Style first, Function second, Safety third, right?
Well maybe not in this case…

This car was built for one thing only and that was to go sideways on the streets of the local industrial area at 2am on a Saturday night. But by following the classic Japanese street style look, a lot of the functional choices got translated into a car with great styling as well.

A car needs wheels, and a drift car needs drift spares. But Snask don’t run no junkyard spares (…but it’s fine if you do). His current wheel setups include OEM R33 GT-R wheels, Advan Model V’s and Model 6’s. Finding these kind of wheels in Sweden is incredibly rare, and most people have no clue what they even are, but that also means that you might be able to get them for a steal…

The car is still powered by a CA18DET, but not it’s original one. A full setup list will come at a later date where I plan to do a post showcasing some of the local CA18DET setups. While most of them are very similar, small parts sets them appart.

Finding garage storage these days, especially in or close to bigger cities, is not an easy task. Snask shares a corner in a big open underground-garage with his friend and his BMW E30.

It’s not often that you see an E30 built this way. Aggressive stance on Watanabe-styled wheels, battle-scarred exterior and a fresh M52B28 engine swap.

The S13 started it’s life dark red. But after repairing a rusty rear quarter panel and covering a chunk of the car in primer, the car got a respray in Nissan 326 white, a color that originally came on the R32 GT-R.

I personally think that Model V’s look the best in either silver or bronze, but white wheels on a white car in this style is definitely a good vibe. I still to this day hate myself for not buying these when I got them offered to me for a great price before Snask bought them…

Interior wise you have all the stuff you might need in a streeto-car. A Mirco bucket seat, Nardi steering wheel, cup holder for the cigarettes, external gauges and a massive dil… shift knob.

Being a 90’ model the “pignose” front has been with the car from factory, which has been paired with chuki sideskirts. My old Type-X rear valence was added to the car recently which completed the lower profile added by the front lip and sideskirts. After this photoshoot the pignose front got swapped out for a Type-X front to allow for better air flow (and because it looks sick).

Som very OG Lardel stickers are displayed on the rear side windows.

Apparently RX7 FC brake calipers are a common swap on E30’s. The more you know.

I thank both owners for lending me an hour or two of their time letting me photograph their cars.

Two very cool street-machines built by two very kind people. You will definitely see more of these cars on Lardel/Yonaka related platforms end social medias in the future, probably on the Yonaka instagram doing streeto captured on a potato-cam.

Thank you very much for reading all the way through. More blog posts are in the making and I will do my best to not leave you hanging during the winter off-season. Don’t forget to sign up to the newsletter via the shop to not miss any future posts or new merch/sales.

Much love,
Robin.