Kawashima Celica | Returned with Vengeance

[180roman]

The guy is a total BADASS.

Continuously pushing the limits and giving zero fucks

Yes his 2012 look got a lot of people ****** the car, but the car wasn't finished back then, not even close.

[MadMax]

that front is totally insane !

love it.

[-TMK-]

The front looks quite okay, but the rear...

[MrScary]

Definitely paint and/or fiberglass on all the wheels. I guess he was in a rush.
I honestly think the car is great pushing limits and what not. But nothing really works properly on it, kind of a mish mash of ideas thrown together.

[Dr.AK]

To my knowledge it is a FWD car.
The car used to be (or he had a different car that was) yellow, and FWD drifted often. Very crazy as well.

Without ranting, I just want to say I love this car, and this is why I love Japan.
This car serves no other purpose than to please the owner. While it can still drive, and possibly drift, it could do these things infinitely better if it wasn't modified like this, but WHO CARES? Kawashima-san doesn't. That's what I love about Japan, they're "Why the hell not?!" attitude. It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to be fun and/or cool.


TL;DR:
Car is still FWD I think.
Japanese people are cooler than everybody else.



Also, for those of you not familiar with the car (and since OP posted this as someone else's car) I figured I'll post a brief history of it. Brick244 PM me if you don't want this in here.

This is it in 2010:
Supercharged as someone said

http://noriyaro.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/2009_tochigi_baka_006.jpg

2011:

http://noriyaro.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/noriyaro-ff-drift-celica_001.jpg

http://noriyaro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/noriyaro_celica_hippari_001.jpg

This was 2012:

http://noriyaro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/noriyaro_kawashima_celica_nagoya_001.jpg

http://noriyaro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/noriyaro_kawashima_celica_nagoya_006.jpg

And this is some build photos as of late 2013:

https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1476650_501556919941841_1469669369_n.jpg

https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1470090_752138278146938_1198258342_n.jpg

https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...38233126_n.jpg

It's NOT the same car, according to Noriyaro.

He apparently crashed the yellow one at Fuji and then bought the silver one and went nuts on it.

http://noriyaro.com/tag/kawashima-celica/

[Minuki]

Was never a massive fan when it was silver, but it looks so gnarly. Love it.

[Evil Panda]

Never cared for this car. It has always been "too much" for my taste.

[tulesto]

That front end is so damn wicked!

[Zack01GC]

I can certainly appreciate the amount and quality of work that has gone into this vehicle, however, it looks absolutely horrendous. Good on the owner for building to suit his own tastes.

[TheTynosaur]

Part of me absolutely loves this car and part of me hates it. Either way, I can certainly appreciate the amount of work that went into it and wish I had that kind of skill.

Does anyone know how much he widened the front fenders though? The picture of the front when it was in progress looks massive, like it never ends.

[AndreasW]

This is why I love Japan, always pushing the limits!

[cobrawannabe]

A truly impressive machine.... With truly terrible fitment

If he properly fit the wheels and tires, I would say that it was a knock-out.

[sleeps]

Fanstastic.

[244Brick]

See this is why i love this car.. He makes have to have an opinion. You can not simply walk past this car without looking at it. LOVE LOVE LOVE!

[andybob]

While I certainly respect the work put into it, it's not a car I would ever want to own or drive.

With that said, I don't really love the car for what it is, I love it for what it stands for. Doing your own thing, not giving a care about what others think, and simply just doing what it is you like. I think that's something everyone should be able to take away from this car, whether or not you like it or **** it.