Last week, Yokohama released new wheels.
These will be deep-dish version of RG and RZ.(Just like RS-D)
RZ-DF in Gloss Black (Matt Black, Silver, Gloss Black avail)
RG-D in Gold (Gold, Matt Black, Silver Avail)
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Designed and manufactured by GT Motoring under our new productline, Challenge..
We have released the performance brake lines for E9X M3, S2000 and GT-R recently.
This full stainless steel line kit replaces all your flexible brake lines on your performance car.
We retained the stock line configurations and mounting points for an OEM quality fit and finish.
Challenge uses stainless steel braided Teflon® hoses. Each line has a clear coating protecting it from any of the elements.
Stainless steel braided Teflon® brake lines will not expand or contract under braking.
This results in a vehicle with less brake pedal travel, without locking the brakes.
All parts and components are DOT approved. Made in USA
Recently Hawk has released HP+ and HPS rear pads for E9X M3.
So now you can purchase the matching HP+ and HPS pads front and rear.
Both pads are composite pads which covers wide ranges of brake temp.
We recommend HP+ pads for mild track use and HPS for street.
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Dec
BBS RE-V for E9X M3
Last month, BBS Japan released RE-V for E9X M3 application.
GT Motoring always brings you new BBS line up to your M3s.
Please contact us if you want to be the first one with RE-Vs in US!!
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One of rare monoblock FORGED wheel from BBS.
F : 19×9.0 ET22 (10.8kg/23.8lb)
R : 19×10.0 ET25 (11.3kg/24.9lb)
MSRP : $5280
Two colors are avail. DSK & DBK
This is new body kit from Amuse called Vestito(Italian word meaning “well dressed”) for new 370z.
This kit will be avail in Feb of 2010, and it’s made in FRP.
I am very impressed with design concept. The lines are very clean and simple which flows extremely well with whole car.
I like this kit so much that I would want to buy 370z to just get this body kit. 
We have not set the offical pricing for this kit yet, but contact us for more details!
Last week, BBS USA has release the info of their new 19in sizes for CH-R.
Although 20in version was release early springs of 2009, many customer were asking for 19in version.
CH-R holds EXCELLENT quality and value. To supply what market requests, BBS now releases 19in CH-Rs.
For now we only have specs for BMWs, but there will be more application avail later on.(Porsche and ect)
CH-R
-. “New for 2009″ One Piece Counter Pressure Cast Wheel
-. Back-milled spoke area
-. Spun inner rim using BBS Flow Forming Process
-. Featuring stainless steel rim protector
-. Weight optimized by FEM analysis
Part # Size ET BC Application
CH-R 104 8.5 x 19 +32.0 5 x 120 BMW 3er
CH-R 105 9.0 x 19 +20.0 5 x 120 BMW 3er, M3, M5, M6
CH-R 106 9.5 x 19 +35.0 5 x 120 BMW 3er, M3 VA
CH-R 107 10.5 x 19 +25.0 5 x 120 BMW 3er, M3, M5, M6
Last week, we went out to Autobahn Country Club track to take some photo-shoot.
We were there with IND and IND’s customer’s Altantis Blue M3.
While our M3 sports Ericsson, BBS and Challenge goodies, the Altantis blue M3 also had Challenge trunk and diffuser.(along with many other upgrades like Brembo, BBS, RD Sports and ect)
It was nice day out and we had tons of fun taking good pictures of two beautiful M3s.
Enjoy!
Our philosophy on ride quality of coilovers is….
Precisely matched, tested aftermarket coilover should ride smooth and predictable at the limit which helps on both street and track, in terms of car’s handling.
Well Matched Springs/Shock = Good Ride Quality = Easier to Control = Faster around the corner
Because of that, we always pay extra attension when it comes to street ride quality.
And ALL of our Challenge Coilovers are developed and tested under this theory.
Even with stiff springs, well controlled/damped shocks will still offer good manner on the road.
Due to its draw back of rear suspension geometry of Genesis Coupe, we are spending extra attension to the damping of rear shocks.
We already drove thousands of street miles on our Genesis on streets, making adjustment here and there.
We have finalized our setting last week and will be releasing the production coilover within few weeks.
Fortunately, I was invited to Hankook Tire’s drift event.
While this event was for drift beginners, I was be able to get to drift on fully race prepped Genesis Coupe 3.8.
I was be able to drift and track at the circuit, which was blast to drive with all the modifications.
Originally, I was very disappointed with stock 2.0T from last test-drive, but this race car was totoally different animal.
The car had stripped interior with full rollcage with many other race goodies.
Although engine remains pretty much stock other than tuned ECU to kill the ESP/VSA, car was equipped with full clutch type LSD and aftermarket coilovers.
The car was MUCH eaiser to drift than my S2000 or M3.
Due to its long wheelbase, car feels very controlable at the limit, which give me a hope that this car can be very good beginer’s drift car.
Only down side would be…
The power steering tends to boil pretty quickly, which needs better cooling soultion if you start to drifting hard.
It was very fun event, I was also be able to feel the Hankook’s new tire,RS-3, which I believe it will be one of best tire in its class.
Currently, the Challenge R&D team is testing new coilover for Geneis Coupe.
This Genesis Coupe 3.8 race car has equipped with our Challenge coilover.
This race car is also equipped with GPS based stand-alone data acquisition system for full analysis.
We used this system to fine-tune the suspension and the car which resulted one of best lap time for Genesis Coupe in this track.
Genesis Coupe has very limited suspension travel on rear, which was big challenge for us to sustain proper suspension travel even if car was lowered.
With new alumium shell case and new design, we were be able to maintain good amount of travel.
Please be hold for the press release of Genesis Coupe coilovers!!!
