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So you want your car in the JDM section at DUMPd 2012? This is what you’ve got to do: Take two good pictures of your car with the front, side [+]

02 February 2012 | Posted in Other | No Comments »

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Stickerdump does not need an introduction here in the Netherlands. If you’re a regular visitor of automotive events or meetings you’ve probably heard of the name and maybe even bought [+]

30 January 2012 | Tags: , | Posted in Reports | 4 Comments »

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Let’s see. As mentioned in the year review blog, we’re now online with our new site for less than a year. The year 2011 is already in the past and [+]

24 January 2012 | Tags: , , | Posted in Reports | 2 Comments »

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Having owned the S14a for 4.5 years I was running out of inspiration for the car. This lead me to search for a worthy new project to follow up with. [+]

16 January 2012 | Tags: , , , , , | Posted in Spotlight | 4 Comments »

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I don’t know where to start with this blog. A lot has happened in 2011. In 2010 we’ve decided to restructure our website and restyle the club logo. Since we [+]

05 January 2012 | Tags: , | Posted in Spotlight | 1 Comment »

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Wangan Warriors looks back on a year in which a lot of things have happened; we’ve introduced our new layout on the forum, we have a very active blog with [+]

24 December 2011 | Tags: , | Posted in Other | No Comments »

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Rising Sun Performance has been a trader on our forum since June this year. Fellow Wangan Warrior Rob and I concidered it was high time to pay them a visit [+]

18 December 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Posted in Reports | 5 Comments »

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It’s almost a month now since our End of Year meeting in Oosterhout. The year 2011 is literally drawing to an end now and we would like to look back [+]

15 December 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Reports | 2 Comments »

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The theme of my Subaru isn’t just a bunch of stickers and decals randomly put together, it’s a precise copy of the Sherman M4A3 which can be found on the [+]

09 December 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Posted in Spotlight | 11 Comments »

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Well, not an actual delivery car, but it’s owned by the holder of an Italian restaurant. I remember my first encounter with the owner which was many years back. As [+]

03 December 2011 | Tags: , , | Posted in Featured | 9 Comments »

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Car aficionados can be found everywhere. Even if you live in the smallest village, the guy you see once a month who lives at the end of your street might [+]

26 November 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Spotlight | 6 Comments »

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So that was it people. The year 2011 is officially to an end in the Japanese automotive scene in the Netherlands. The city of Oosterhout was a magnet for Wangan [+]

21 November 2011 | Tags: , | Posted in Other, Reports | 1 Comment »

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At the Wangan Warriors End of Year Meeting 2010 there were two NSXes present. I can recall my thoughts from back then. I was thinking that one day if I [+]

13 November 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Posted in Featured | 7 Comments »

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When Rens and I visited the Skylimit event at the Zolder Circuit we photographed two unique Skylines. Like Rens said in the R32 feature, Bruce Morris brought a few friends [+]

04 November 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Posted in Featured | 3 Comments »

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Do you remember Bruce Morris’ amazing R33 which we featured a while ago? Link Well Bruce decided to visit Belgium again to drive the Zolder Circuit and he brought a [+]

28 October 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Featured | 4 Comments »

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The thing about automotive enthousiasm is that you’ll find it in every kind of way, generation and even maybe culture. What starts as just an ordinary hobby can blossom into [+]

16 October 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Featured | 5 Comments »

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Mother Nature must have saved up one more perfect day with plenty of sun and very high temperatures. It’s the second of October and it’s 26 degrees outside, a perfect [+]

06 October 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Events | 3 Comments »

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Last Sunday the Zandvoort circuit was all about Time Attack, sprints, drifting, show & shine and everything else that comes with an Automaxx event. Japanese performance was more than well [+]

29 September 2011 | Tags: , , | Posted in Events | 8 Comments »

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There’s nothing that beats the aggressive look of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Something about this model turns countless heads while it passes through streets, making every man think about why [+]

21 September 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Posted in Featured | 5 Comments »

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We are proud to bring you this special feature of an even more special car. The Honda Civic is one of those cars which get modified a lot in the [+]

11 September 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Featured | 8 Comments »

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During our weekend at the German 200SX meeting there were plenty of S bodies to glance at. When we were hanging out at the Brunchen turn, fellow Wangan Warrior Paul [+]

05 September 2011 | Tags: , , | Posted in Featured | 3 Comments »

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Every year, some Wangan Warriors attend the annually organised German SXCE Nürmeet. Paul and I went there for our first meeting, five years ago. As time progressed people have come [+]

05 September 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Posted in Reports | 3 Comments »

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At the Elstars meeting in Breda I spotted a couple of nice cars. It’s no secret that we as Wangan Warriors are huge fans of S2S’s and Type-R’s so these [+]

02 September 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Posted in Featured, Other | 1 Comment »

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During our stay at the Nürburgring we spotted a lot of great cars on and off track. While we were driving back to the holiday park where we were staying, [+]

24 August 2011 | Tags: , , | Posted in Featured | 5 Comments »

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Wangan Warriors Patrick and Kay bought an old AE86 together as a donor for their projects. If you follow the Wangan Warriors forum you’ll probably know that Kay is building [+]

11 August 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Reports | 4 Comments »

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Tommy Kaira, a lot of you probably know the company for their Skylines, ZZ and the 550 bhp RB26DETT-powered ZZII. So for a lot of you it doesn’t need an [+]

04 August 2011 | Tags: | Posted in Cars | 3 Comments »

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When you wake up and look outside and you see the rain pouring down you will probably accept the fact that the day is allready ruined. Especially when you look [+]

26 July 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Posted in Reports | 4 Comments »

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When you think of tuned Nissan’s from factory, I bet all of you think about NISMO (Nissan Motorsport), logically of course, but I bet that just a small group has [+]

20 July 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Posted in Cars | 5 Comments »

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At JCS2011 we spotted this awesome, deep purple, AE86 with Beams engine. The car was in an immaculate state and the specs were super good. This lightweight car pushes out 225 [+]

15 July 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Featured | 5 Comments »

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During JCS 2011 one car drew our attention right away. It was Frank Poelen’s 1970 Toyota Corolla 1200. You could see from far away that this car was in an [+]

13 July 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Featured | 2 Comments »

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Most people who are into motorsport of any kind at all, all have their favorite meeting to attend, race to participate in or event to photograph at. We all have [+]

12 July 2011 | Tags: , , | Posted in Lifestyle | 1 Comment »

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In America it has been done before, but in Europe it’s still fairly unknown: creating your own bumper lip from a garage door seal. These rubber seals are quite sturdy [+]

01 July 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Posted in How to | 3 Comments »

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Paul wanted to visit the Nürburgring because the guys from SXOC.co.uk were going to stay at the Ring for a weekend. A good reason to go to the track and [+]

27 June 2011 | Tags: , , | Posted in Lifestyle | 4 Comments »

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We all have a place where we feel at home, untroubled and won’t get in any state of stress or concerns. Some people have this on a beach with a [+]

27 June 2011 | Tags: , , | Posted in Lifestyle | 4 Comments »

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Random snap of Robin Duxbury driving his time attack EVO. He was a guestdriver at the German Auto Fest. Hopefully we can do a feature of this monster in the [+]

22 June 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Snapshot | 2 Comments »

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This is Thomas and whenever he’s not going sideways in his Chaser from back in the days, he likes to take out his Toyota Corolla for cruising and track days. [+]

20 June 2011 | Tags: , , | Posted in Spotlight | 6 Comments »

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There’s nothing better than cruising around on a hot summer’s day. So why not drop by at our meeting in Utrecht? We’re hosting our next car-meeting on Sunday, July 24th. Some [+]

16 June 2011 | Tags: , | Posted in Annoucements, Events, Other | 3 Comments »

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Upon first sight, not everyone might like the looks of this Skyline, but if you get close to it and see what it entails then you might want to rethink [+]

14 June 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Posted in Spotlight | 6 Comments »

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At Wangan Warriors 8 I spotted an amazing MX-5 turbo. Something to be jealous of. By the time Vincent and I got back from a short photoshoot, this unique roadster [+]

09 June 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Spotlight | 2 Comments »

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Hereby we would like to present to you our newest member Ruud. He has been active on our forum for quite a while now and his club spirit is something [+]

09 June 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Posted in Other | No Comments »

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For some reason we always seem to meet on days that will undoubtedly turn out as one of the hottest days of the year, this meeting was no exception. We [+]

07 June 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Posted in Reports | 3 Comments »

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Here’s the photo shoot of my R32, enjoy! The front bumper is entirely held on by tie-wraps. The stock tow-hook has been replaced by a Driftworks hook. The R32 was [+]

03 June 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Posted in Spotlight | 1 Comment »

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Last weekend I had the opportunity to photograph at the Paradigit-ELE Rally. Three sessions were driven at the army base of Oirschot which has an amazing training course for the [+]

01 June 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Posted in Other | 6 Comments »

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Research has shown that a man’s driving style can be influenced by something as little as a word. I believe it was on Top Gear where Jeremy Clarkson was telling [+]

30 May 2011 | Tags: , , | Posted in Other | 4 Comments »

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I went on a road trip to the north of Italy with a couple of friends in March this year. Except for Daniel’s Supra, the cars are not Wangan Warriors [+]

27 May 2011 | Tags: , , | Posted in Other | 4 Comments »

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We’re kick starting this year’s Wangan Warriors meeting season with a spring gathering, to be held in Nijmegen. This is a short notice as the meeting will take place on [+]

16 May 2011 | Tags: , | Posted in Annoucements, Events | 3 Comments »

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Wangan Warriors wants to thank the guys of Purple Monkey Engeneering for joining us on our club stand at the Japanese Auto Festival. You guys attracted a lot of people [+]

11 May 2011 | Tags: , , | Posted in Other | 3 Comments »

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The sky looks stunning as I wake up at six o’clock in the morning. It is beautifully blue with clouds that could come directly from a picture with an extremely [+]

11 May 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Posted in Reports | 3 Comments »

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I’ve been playing with the idea to DIY-wrap my own car for a while now and in March I decided to order some supplies and try to get this project [+]

11 May 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Posted in How to | 17 Comments »

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During the Japanese Auto Festival at the circuit of Zandvoort, I saw numerous cool cars. But one car in particular got my attention in a special way. As a Miata [+]

10 May 2011 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Spotlight | 9 Comments »