Ralliart the OE tuning company for Mitsubishi announce in a press release to their customer that it will be closing down. But this will not effect any of their current or future models that has Ralliart features. It will only effect their aftermarket parts for Mitsubishi. What does this mean for you? Get the parts you need now before it goes on Ebay for double if not triple its value.

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I randomly check the apple APP store to see if anything Orlando or Car related new is out. Yesterday I ran accross this little app from the Orlando Infiniti dealer. Since I have and Infiniti I just had to download this to see what it was all about.
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In part one of our suspension guide we covered the cheapest way to lower your 03 M45, springs. Springs are great and will take out some of that nasty wheel gap but you are stuck at whatever height the spring was made for and none of the one for the m45 seem to get the drop just right.

So in part two we showed you another more adjustable option in coilovers. Coilovers eliminate the need to settle for one set height. With a wrench, jack, jack stands and say 30 minutes you can change your ride height as often as you like. Coilovers also offer you the ability to fine tune your suspension via dampening. The drawback is that 30 minutes it takes to change the ride height, not very handy if you come up on a speedbump or steep incline.

Enter Air Suspensions.
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If you love your Honda this is an event for you. The event was at the famous Suzuka (Honda) track on Feb 20th 2010. Special thanks to Rays Engineering for the pictures, Enjoy…

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I know this is a domestic but its one of the best looking domestic car on the market. The car will feature the same carbon fiber parts available on the ZR1 and many more. Rays offer the TE37 for this car if you want to save a little more weight .

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Even Spoon is jumping on tuning Hybrid, check out all the new parts they are developing for this car. Pretty Crazy!!!

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I don’t know why they keep releasing previews and trailers for Gran Turismo 5, we all know it is never going to come out. I think sony realized that there is no way it can live up to the hype so they figure they will just release a new amazing trailer every few months and never release the game. The trailer is after the jump, watch it if you want to be pissed.

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It sat under boxes collecting dust for over 2 years, missing a front bumper and in rough shape. Vinny acquired it fro Sean and is in the process of resurrecting it. Vinny brought it out to the Titan Motorsports grand opening and I shot this quick video of it in its current form. Check the video after the jump.
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Hot on the heels of the Tron trailer Robert Downey Jr. premiered a new trailer for Iron Man 2 on Jimmy Kimmel after the Oscars. In this full trailer we get a look at Sam Rockwell’s Justin Hammer and Scarlet Johansen as the Black Widow. We also see that there will be an army of suited baddies for Iron Man and War Hammer to deal with in addition to Whiplash. Check the video and some stills after the jump.
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If you watched the Oscars live then you probably saw the first official trailer for the upcoming Tron Legacy movie starring Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges. I have already said that I am super excited to see this movie. In the trailer they showed during the Oscars we see that Flynn has a son and his dad has been missing for years. The trailer is pretty cool showing us a glimpse inside Tron world but what you didn’t see is the second trailer.

The second trailer features an amazing light cycle battle that is going to rock in 3D. The videos are after the jump.
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This one comes from the Jade mail bag. We get lots of mail at Jade asking all kinds of things but I thought this one was worth sharing. It comes down to an unwanted accessory and the void left behind when it is removed. The original email is after the jump along with my suggestions.
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We decided to stop by and see what the boys at Titan Motorsports have been up to, and they have been busy. Titan started off as a small shop that really only specialized in Supras and has grown into a huge operation with a full race team and enough stock to modify half the cars in Orlando.

On this sunny Saturday I packed up the gear in Project VIP and set out to Titan’s new headquarters in the shadow of the Orlando Airport. The only other Jade ride to make it out was Vinny and his widebody STI. It was nice that Russ and Chad were in town to celebrate their mothers birthday. It was fun chilling with the boys again, felt like old times.

UPDATE: Video 1 Added (part 1 the shop)
UPDATE: Video 2 Added (part 2 the rides)
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I recently attended this event for the first time thinking it would be a chill weekend  but I unexpectedly ended up running in to a lot of the people I knew from socal. It was so crowded that the lines wrapped around the garage an hour before it started up until we left .  This is definitely more the just a meet once a year, it has become the place to be if you’re a jdm/hellaflush crowd.  Wekfest is definitely an event you MUST attend.

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Tein USA is hosting a garage sale later this month along with Mackin Industries and Carbonetic, if you are looking for a good deal on some parts this will be the perfect. So mark your calender! (continue reading… )

Nissan and Nismo have unveiled their plans for motorsports in 2010 with an announcement today regarding the teams and cars to be featured in 2010 championships. In the Japanese SuperGT championships, Nismo’s field will shrink to just three teams down from four in 2009 which was five in 2008!
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Toyota, trying to find a way to crawl back from this embarrassing recall fiasco, has release this press release along with a “family photo shoot” of the FT-86. They are really trying to to make that link with what people like us would consider their great cars of the past.
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It has been pretty busy lately and as I was working on the site I got to wondering “How long has it been since we went to this design?” Almost 1 year ago exactly we embarked on changing the Jade site from a stic page about just our cars to a full on automotive portal.
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My problem with springs is that they always seem to be just a little off as far as the perfect drop. Once they are in that is it, they are not adjustable. One of the other problems is that if you switch springs eventually your struts will go bad and that can get expensive.

Coilover’s solve these problems giving you a fully adjustable suspension with built in upgraded struts. Once installed you can set the height of each individual corner so that you can get the perfect drop all around. Some coilovers also allow you to adjust the dampening on the struts so you can fine tune the ride stiffness. This allows you to be able to adjust your suspension to the optimal setting for multiple driving situations. If you were so inclined you could go out and have your car corner balanced.
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Nissan Motorsports International (NISMO) has launch its two new teams for the FIA GT1 World Championship series in which the R35 GT-R will compete in 2010.
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The Abt R8 GT R is on its way to the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. This supercar is of course based on the Audi R8 V10 but with a few performance enhancements. Only 25 units will be produced.

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