AutoCon - Charity Car Show

Saturday December 11, 5ZIGEN USA participated in AutoCon charity car show. AutoCon joined together with US Marine's Toys for Tots program and corrected many new toys for children who need support in this Holiday season. 12月11日(土)、5ZI…

5ZIGEN in major motion picture!

5ZIGEN products will be appeared on silver screen soon. A producer of "Born To Race" movie, Ali Afshar casted 5ZIGEN wheels and some other products (check what 5ZIGEN products in the movie) for the new youth/motorsport movie. Ali is also k…

Econ works and works well

Long time 5ZIGEN dealer and a Honda specialized tuner in Orange County, CA, Inline Four recommends ProRacer ECON to their customers lately. I like to introduce testimonial comment from Inline Four's mechanic and crew chief of their race te…

Ksport Super Lap Battle Video

Team 5ZIGEN is in Tsukuba Circuit for Hyper Rev's time attack event. Hoping Mr. Ooi breaks FWD course record with 5ZIGEN Civic Ver.2010. 今週末は、ハイパーレブのタイムアタックで、チーム5ZIGENは筑波サーキットへ。 大井選手、必ずや5ZIGEN Civi…

5ZIGEN supports Toys For Tots

How's your Holiday season going so far? 5ZIGEN USA staffs have been experiencing very busy December for business, show and events, etc. etc. 皆さん、ホリデーシーズンですが、いかがお過ごしですか? 5ZIGEN USAスタッフ一同、セールスに、ショー…

5ZIGEN Supra @ Gymkhana Grid

The First Gymkhana Grid Ken Block Invitational was held Saturday December 4 at Toyota Speedway, Irwindale, CA. A lot of motorsports fans gathered to see "what is the Gymkhana." The Ken Block version of Gymkhana is show-up version of autocr…

New Time Attack Machine for Tsukuba

Team 5ZIGEN is participating Tsukuba Super Battle this weekend, December 11. The new machine to aim 55 seconds at Tsukuba is FD2 Civic Type-R + K20 Turbo. The new time attack special engine generates over 500ps... チーム5ZIGENは、今週末12…

Come to see GT500 5ZIGEN Supra!

5ZIGEN Supra JGTC GT500 race car will appear at Motor Mavens presents Mass Appeal Car Show in the Gymkhana Grid Saturday December 4. It is last minutes decision we made by request from the show manager. I am glad we can join Gymkhana Grid …

5ZIGEN in Las Vegas Auto Show

During the Thanksgiving weekend, Motor Trend International Auto Show Las Vegas was held from November 26 to 28. Two 5ZIGEN wheel users displayed their cars and represented our brand. サンクスギビングの週末、11月26日から28日までモータートレ…

Fredric’s Triumphal Return to Norway

5ZIGEN users have been rustling all over the world. The Norwegian driver, Fredric Aasbo who obtained the rookie of the year in 2010 Formula-D in the USA returned in triumph with FN01R-C. He participated a big event in his mother country. 5…

ID Auto Fest MEGA Sale

Hope everyone had good Thanksgiving Day. People in the Japanese performance parts industry in Los Angeles had quite busy Thanksgiving weekend this year because we had a big event yesterday. The event was called Industry Day Auto Festival. …

Drift MX-5 at Grange Motor Circuit

Bill of International Allstars asked me to tow their drift MX-5 to Grange Motor Circuit. It is in Apple Valley, CA where is 100 miles away from Los Angles on the way to Las Vegas. So, I said OK!, but it was tough job than I was thinking...…

Thanksgiving Holiday Events

Thanksgiving is approaching! I'm sure many readers of this blog will have good time with the family and friends. Eating Turkey dinner and pumpkin pie, watching football game on TV, running to shopping mall on Black Friday are all good way …

SubieJam video & photos

We got official photo gallery and video from SubieJam 2010 that was held SEMA weekend of November 6 at Subaru of Las Vegas. スバル・オブ・ラスベガスにてSEMAウィークエンドの11月6日に開催された、「スービィージャム2010」からビデオと写真が…

Huge Sale at AUTO FESTIVAL 11/28!!

JDM parts Garage Sale comes to Irwindale! JDMパーツのガレージ・セールがアーウィンデールにやって来る! More than 10 Japanese performance parts makers and distributors are going to get together and have special sales event at AUTO FESTIVAL Su…

We do Tsukuba!

Reverberation from two big time attack events, Super Lap Battle and Redline Time Attack, is still remaining in Southern California. However, 5ZIGEN race stuffs are busy to prepare for hot battle in Tsukuba Circuit. The Japan original, Tsuk…

A 5ZIGEN user won at Redline

Redline Time Attack 2010 season finale was took place at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA on November 14. A 5ZIGEN user, Professional Awesome won the Street Tire AWD Class and Overall Street Tire class. The team had traveled all way from In…

Redline Time Attack 2010 Final

Redline Time Attach 2010 final round is in this weekend at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA. 今週末、2010年度レッドライン・タイムアタックの最終戦が、カリフォルニア州フォンタナのオートクラブ・スピードウェイで行われます。 Let's hope we can se…

Super Lap Battle 2010

Super Lap Battle time attack event came back to Buttonwillow Raceway Park this year again!! On November 10, many modified sports compacts gathered at the Mecca of the time attack to find who is the fastest. Unfortunately, Team 5ZIGEN who h…

2010 SEMA

The world biggest and greatest special auto parts trade show, 2010 SEMA was held from November 2 to 5 at Las Vegas Convention Center. I visited last 2 days of the show. Every year, SEMA gives me opportunities to see 5ZIGEN dealers, especia…

SubieJam @ Subaru of Las Vegas

It was perfect weather, not too hot not too cold, for car meet on Saturday after SEMA show. SubieJam was held at Subaru of Las Vegas on November 6th. The event collected a lot of Subaru fans not only Las Vegas local guys also people from o…

Race with Allstars at K1 Speed

The International Allstars put on another Great event that pulled the best people around from Mexico, Japan, Hollywood and France! AllStar Mixer at K1 Speed of Ontario, CA on October 29. It seems they had a lot of fun with spokes models. E…

SUBIEJAM in Las Vegas, this weekend!!

The biggest aftermarket auto parts convention, SEMA show starts tomorrow in Las Vegas. And, a big Subaru owners' meeting is going to be held in Las Vegas Saturday after SEMA show. It is called, SUBIEJAM. The event has been held as Subie In…

5ZIGEN SP for Lotus Evora

In addition to its prime exhaust system line-up, 5ZIGEN International has just released new 5ZIGEN SP exhausts for Lotus Evora. 5ZIGEN SP series are flagship model of 5ZIGEN exhausts. Its craftsmanship and quality have been well-know by R3…

Pit stop practice

Motorsports season is almost over. I like to introduce behind of the colorful racing scene. Here are videos taken 3 years ago that Team 5ZIGEN practices tire change of Formula-Nippon. These videos tell us that race mechanics are really ath…

Center Muffler for Mazda 2

Announcing debuit of third center outlet muffler, Border S-Plus axle-back muffler for Mazda 2 is now on sale in USA. Border S-Plus for Mazda 2 (called as Demio in Japan) is one of the most poplar 5ZIGEN mufflers among B-segments in Japan. …

Speed Alliance BBQ

One of 5ZIGEN dealers in San Diego, Speed Alliance had customer appreciation BBQ Sunday October 3rd. We like to share pictures from the event. It seems customers and staff of Speed Alliance had nice time together. サンディエゴの5ZIGENディ…

D-Euro Forged

5ZIGEN USA proudly announces that we started distributing D-Euro Forged 3-piece 22-inch wheels for Lexus LS460 & LS600h in North America. 5ZIGEN USAにてレクサスLS460及びLS600h専用22インチ・3ピース・ホイール、「D-Euro Forged」の北米での販…

2010 F-D Rookie of the Year!

We got press release from the sliding Norwegian, Fredric Aasbo today. Of cause, it's a good news! The FN01R-C equipped drift Supra and the young driver from Norway got Rookie of the Year in 2010 Formula Drift!! 今日、横滑りノルウェー人のフ…

Cool Color on Headlight is Hot!

Headlight coloring seems to become one of the hottest trends, especially among Euros and Exotics. Headlight lens coloring kit should be good item for Japanese car owners who want to give bit more unique expression on their ride. So, 5ZIGEN…