My visit at ODULA (Japan)
01-29-14 | 03:02 PM
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My visit at ODULA (Japan)
Not sure if it is the right place to post ?
You can see my Japan Trip Diary for non-RX7 items here : https://www.rx7club.com/lounge-192/r.../#post11668330
I thought I would create separate threads for specific RX-7 shops as I might receive questions from you guys
My visit at Odula in Japan:
I always loved Odula products. They make so many of them for so many Mazda vehicles that I wanted to visit their shop. Pretty far from Tokyo, it's a 8 hours bus drive (took the night bus) and rather close to Kyoto (~45 minutes Train).
When I leave the train, I find myself in a far, far, far city with absolutely NO english signs anywhere. Just explaining the taxi drivers that I want to go to a specific address took me 3 different persons to finally find one with an iPhone who basically scammed me as the 1.2km drive was supposed to cost ~$5 and ended up at ~$15.
Well, now I'm at Odula, in a semi farm/industrial area, and this is my first sight (badass delivery truck content):
Reminder to myself, Odula = Over Drive. I was a bit confused at the beginning, but at least I found the place!
Then, the owner does not let me look at the cars, he wants to discuss business a bit (I like that), and he shows me his office. There was plenty of trophies showing that Odula is not only making cool looking items, they race using them:
He then showed me his best selling items and gave me some explanation about them:
I asked him about the super-wide SSR wheel and he told me he used this wheel while doing GT(?) Races:
He took a picture of me and sent it over the Japanese internet: γγ£γ±γγ΅γΌγ*γγγ―γγγγγοΌ γ«γγ
And my visit continued to the garage.
He first asked his mechanic to bring his FC3S and show it to me:
What a nice looking car. It had Odula's Original Front Lip in Carbon Fiber and the car sounded pretty solid. Here's the *** shot:
After that, he showed me his demo car (RX-8 R3) rocking all their aero parts:
Since Odula is sponsored by RAYS, it was on very nice RE30? in special blue finish:
I'm really starting to dig GT Wings. They are not the cheap, ricer versions we saw in 2000s. They are now very nice, wide, perfect height and not made of aluminum, but carbon fiber:
He then showed me his RX-8 Race Car (I always thought it was the same car... but they just share the same color!), with around 300hp:
It had this cool ram intake that brings air directly into the airbox:
You can see my Japan Trip Diary for non-RX7 items here : https://www.rx7club.com/lounge-192/r.../#post11668330
I thought I would create separate threads for specific RX-7 shops as I might receive questions from you guys
My visit at Odula in Japan:
I always loved Odula products. They make so many of them for so many Mazda vehicles that I wanted to visit their shop. Pretty far from Tokyo, it's a 8 hours bus drive (took the night bus) and rather close to Kyoto (~45 minutes Train).
When I leave the train, I find myself in a far, far, far city with absolutely NO english signs anywhere. Just explaining the taxi drivers that I want to go to a specific address took me 3 different persons to finally find one with an iPhone who basically scammed me as the 1.2km drive was supposed to cost ~$5 and ended up at ~$15.
Well, now I'm at Odula, in a semi farm/industrial area, and this is my first sight (badass delivery truck content):
Reminder to myself, Odula = Over Drive. I was a bit confused at the beginning, but at least I found the place!
Then, the owner does not let me look at the cars, he wants to discuss business a bit (I like that), and he shows me his office. There was plenty of trophies showing that Odula is not only making cool looking items, they race using them:
He then showed me his best selling items and gave me some explanation about them:
I asked him about the super-wide SSR wheel and he told me he used this wheel while doing GT(?) Races:
He took a picture of me and sent it over the Japanese internet: γγ£γ±γγ΅γΌγ*γγγ―γγγγγοΌ γ«γγ
And my visit continued to the garage.
He first asked his mechanic to bring his FC3S and show it to me:
What a nice looking car. It had Odula's Original Front Lip in Carbon Fiber and the car sounded pretty solid. Here's the *** shot:
After that, he showed me his demo car (RX-8 R3) rocking all their aero parts:
Since Odula is sponsored by RAYS, it was on very nice RE30? in special blue finish:
I'm really starting to dig GT Wings. They are not the cheap, ricer versions we saw in 2000s. They are now very nice, wide, perfect height and not made of aluminum, but carbon fiber:
He then showed me his RX-8 Race Car (I always thought it was the same car... but they just share the same color!), with around 300hp:
It had this cool ram intake that brings air directly into the airbox:
01-29-14 | 03:03 PM
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Around the race car, there were plenty of awesome wheels and tires:
And these tires were dedicated for the race car, never enough(?):
It's so nice to see such a shop develop so many products just by passion of Mazda. He told me that over the years he saw many counterfeit versions of his items and was always hesitant to sell oversea. I told him that many people had the mentality of doing big bucks instead of offering original products... sad. I just want to tell you guys that when you encourage original items, you help them create new products which create diversity!
It was time to leave to another JDM shop... so he washed the car... looks so nice!
Bonus pic; delivery van on JDM wheels!
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And these tires were dedicated for the race car, never enough(?):
It's so nice to see such a shop develop so many products just by passion of Mazda. He told me that over the years he saw many counterfeit versions of his items and was always hesitant to sell oversea. I told him that many people had the mentality of doing big bucks instead of offering original products... sad. I just want to tell you guys that when you encourage original items, you help them create new products which create diversity!
It was time to leave to another JDM shop... so he washed the car... looks so nice!
Bonus pic; delivery van on JDM wheels!
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I would love that front lip - and the bronze wheels look amazing as well. Very clean car! Thanks for the other pics as well!
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02-10-14 | 07:37 PM
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02-10-14 | 07:39 PM
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02-10-14 | 08:17 PM
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nice! Reminds me of my adventures around Japan a few years ago, especially the sing language, translators, and one word communications lol.
Have you been, or are you planning, to stop by Total 7? (they also took a picture of me and blogged it, haha)
Have you been, or are you planning, to stop by Total 7? (they also took a picture of me and blogged it, haha)
