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In the automotive world of customizing, you have many brave souls that wander and strive to claim fame as the best from the rest. Each individual has a set taste and persona drive that pushes them to customize the way they do. Whether to break or make their status is soley up to the individual, but one person standing head tall in this industry is single boy by the name of wolf... "Change the font colors and everything you want, but keep the interview as shown. This is fruity, i feel like Mr. Omoto all of a sudden"

"Okamisan konnichiWaAaAaAa."
"Hey yu. Ohayoo nygga."

"Still blunt as usual. So how has the off season treated you? Its about to be a full year from when you won the "Baddest Prelude" award at Importfest. Have you come up with anything new to surprise us this year?"
"actually da off season has been perty productive... ive been scheming new planz fer ayumiz comeback dis year... as yu kno i won the award last year with Team Vengeance but unlike any otha show... i won fifth from the top..."

"Fifth from the top?"
"actually dat weerded me out also... i gez Importfest had a 5 way tie cuz ayumi won last place from top rank... so... 5 preludes from importfest maxxed out their pointz... an ayumi happened to rank last..."

"I see. Has that motivated you in any way this year?"
"well... in a positive an negative way... i knew i won an award an all... but it felt lyk a freebie cuz... one: i wuznt even derr fer mah judging... two: ive seen all da otha winning carz... an three: i ranked last..."

"So you're feeling that you haven't earned that award?"
"yea... i mean i luv ayumi wiff a passion... but at da time it jez hit me like... it felt like a freebie award... so since that sho i left Vengeance and took mah stand point alone to build ayumi into a ghost car... that way ill build ayumi durin da next year or so and return into da scene a new car an see how she does..."

"What team do you represent now?"
"itz not even a team... itz a group uv misfitz to better say it... but yea... we call ourselvez Idolize..."

"So how is the composition of your new team?"
"well first off... were jez a group uv frenz from da market area... so derz a lotta familiar facez wiffin da group... we aint racial profilerz or nuttin so da team iz perty diverse... mosta da carz are NA based but we do hav sum turbo carz also..."

"What is your position in the team and how do you represent them?"
"me... well i hav 2 jobz in da group... behind da curtainz i do most uv da custom fabricationz and body werk... mostly i ghetto rig eberthang but it all werkz out if i do it right..."

"The ghetto right way?"
"yea exactly... 2nd im shot caller... basically wut i do is review new memberz an check da background uv da driver..."

"Background check?"
"yea... it duznt matter if da guy drivez a skyline or a supra... but if he cant klik wiff da resta da crew an jez screwz shiet up... den i really wont let em in... one uv da principlez to a strong team iz unity... az cheezi as it may sound..."

"No that's true. Out in the expressway on a team run, if your partner isn't in unison and won't block for you because of a personal problem outside the team, then it all comes down. "
"yea... mebbe yer right... but anywayz... da way i reprozent mah shiet iz ayumi... mosta eberthang on her i fabricated an did mahself cuz da only way yu can say yu actually did da werk... iz to do it yerself... personally i dont like outside help but im willin to help otherz... so mebbe itz an ego based tyng..."

"I like this concept. Elaborate a little more please."
"mang... well... currently i finished up da R32 Skyline conversion on ayumiz ass... an wen peepl question if i did it mahself... i can say i did do it mahself... now... wut dat duz iz create a bettah profile on mah standing in da team az da GM (general mechanix) an gimme a higher status as an independent professional..."

"Which is why your team name is Idolize?"
"almost... currently im da only member in da group dat would fuq around wiff ayumi to do sumpin mahself... like fer example... da blitz front end iz a replica uv da C-West front if yu look closely... now C-West duznt make da front bumper for da BB6 so i went ahead an hollowed da front end an am fabricated a lip to make it..."

"C-West, seems like you know your stuff."
"yea datz one tyng also... since exposure to da import scene... ive been behind wiff da NCCA an seen how a judge rankz each vehicle... so lately ive been lookin into all sortz uv tyngz dat would reprozent Idolize wiffout ricing out ayumi... so far itz been lookz dat ive been workin on... but i got side projectz also..."

"May i ask what these plans are?"
"a T3 turbo... i woulda saved an got a built kit from a manufacturer... but... likewise i find it fun to do schuff on mah own... an wut better way to do it than alone..."

"Aren't you afraid of doing something wrong?"
"datz da fun part... i do a lil... but at da same time i trust mahself in self fabrication... cuz if it all goez well an werkz out fine... den i could say i did it on mah own once again... i really dun kare how ghetto it lookz but if i can do it mahself an hav it run perfect... den dat jez makez mah name stronger..."

"And if not, blown motor."
"dontchu say dat..."

"So, what drives you to modify the way you do?"
"i really cant say... well... being from daygo an da exposure uv clear taillightz an big wingz... i dint find much uv a difference in TK cuz itz almost da same... i try to kick da bucket an hav ayumi do all da shiet talkin cuz if yer gunna customize... fuckin CUSTOMIZE mang... derz nuttin rong wiff doin it yerself cuz da final outcome iz wut makez or breakz yu..."

"Just for the record, how is Ayumi representing the import world? At what standing?"
"i would say one of da best... da werk could be better but she is representing... even Toshi Hayama from Apex hates the whole altezza tail trend cuz it duznt look good... now wut i hav done iz taken a whole different carz taillight an mated it wiff a different car... all da wiring workz... an i took mah time 2 make it look right... da color scheme fer da clear taillightz iz so off beat but da carbon taillightz are a lil more acceptable... if on dark carz..."

"But it's still altezza."
"yea so itz gay none da less... one thing that everyone is making a misconception about is big wingz... i hate aluminum wingz but am in luv wiff carbon fiber wingz..."

"What's the difference?"
"aluminum wingz are big and dont even work... everyone makes fun uv it cuz itz so trendy now... which makes it harder to hav respect for a carbon GT wing... at da moment im reaching to get a C-West GT Wing II S which cost a hefty 2 Gz... but for itz performance and propz it getz from da peepl who kno... da price tag will heal overtime..."

"So you would spend 2 G's on your car, but not me?"
"if yu were a car den i would... but yer not... i really couldnt spend money on a person though... cuz say if i bought yu a 2 G sneaker... and yu got mad alla sudden an left me... itd be a waste cuz yu could jez burn thoze sneakerz jez to get back at me... now a car on da otha hand... performz better wiff each correct upgrade..."

"But a car can also be stolen."
"which iz Y i dun walk far from her... sumtymz itz hard to modify since derrz a buncha theivez around also... but yu jez gotta do it on da d-low... mosta da shiet i do iz ghetto rigged an i even go da extra step to make it harder fer sumone to jack... dat way dey gotta werk if dey wanna jack it... like mah tach... it lookz lyk 2 boltz but really i cross linked it underneath also..."

"So what can we look forward to when Ayumi is ready to debut again."
"hopefully wiff all da shiet im doin... i would hope to motivate eberone dat seez her... i jez wanna sho da werld a real customed car an a tru racerz life projected... i sweated an bled for itz production an i jez wanna thro bloz at eberone hoo tynkz dey got sumpin... i look fer perfection an balance each time i look fer a upgrade to put on... and seein carz dat totally kill and bring about a mockery uv importz fuckin getz me heated..."

"dis year im doin heavy modificationz an repairz... so expect ayumi to be fully ready next year... i aint plannin to flashy shiet so i aint gunna be pullin sucker punchez on mah competition... ayumi iz strictly a street car so all dat sho car quality iz gunna be to a minimal... da tyngz dat ill be werkin on iz a lotta custom fabricationz an a lil interior... after da turbo dat iz... so... next year... im not hopin to win anytyng but i jez wanna motivate peepl to actually do sumpin right fer a change..."

-Rumiko Takahasi the astist

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