4:35 The car's owner clarified on IG that he asked for the tow hook to be glued on temporarily for a photo shoot. He's since fabricated an actual mount that the tow hook is mounted to.
then maybe don't film that particular process for everyone to see, especially to those that want to bring down RWB. they should have used their brains a bit but are too busy circle jerking as they film the build.
I assume you're similarly impressed when your waiter ladles the clam chowder directly into your cupped hands. "What a subtle genius he is, for thinking outside the conforming norms..."
Drew, no glaze, I did some searching on the tow hooks, and they are in fact bolted. the clip where he tapes/glues the tow hook was done due to the owner wanting a finished photo of the vehicle and he didn’t have the clearance or time to bolt it, he went back later on to finish it. There are numerous rwb owners who came out after that clip to clarify they are indeed bolted
Yeah you can see the two holes on the side of the tow hook, and those 10/12 mil bolts he said are part of the body panel is actually what holds the tow hook on
Rwbs are raced regularly in Japan. That is what they were originally designed for. It's Americans who turned them into status symbols. They are built the way they are so its easy to repair if you mess it up at the track. Replacing a fiberglass fender is quicker and cheaper than repairing a metal fender. As for the tow hook in the video. The customer asked that he glue it on for a photoshoot. They are typically bolted on but there was an issue with that build that didn't make it possible at the time. People love taking out of context videos to create a narrative.
I'm sorry mate I want to believe you but I don't see the actual performance gain from any of these mods. To say they are designed for racing may well be a stretch if there is no aerodynamic gain and weight savings.
@@asianboyyy117 Just look up all the RWB endurance races. Think they call them Idlers. The idea was a custom bodied Porsche, custom turbos in some cases and wide grippy wheels. If you bumped into someone or had minor damage it was mostly contained to the kit which was easy to replace. All those cars were mostly shit and bad examples or Porsches so you didnt feel bad cutting them up and changing interior. Last 20 years or so they have because status symbols, hardly any one races them really.
@@Undertaker93 so educating yourself on a topic and actually knowing what you're talking about, instead of basing opinions off out of context videos is glazing. ok bro 👍
I feel like social media these days is just flooded with trend hoppers. RWB porches have long been popularly seen as a beautiful car, one video of someone dogging on them blows up and all of the sudden people hate them.
It's the realm of Porsche too, something 99% of us will never be able to worry about in our lifetimes, this only came to light because someone made a video on it, that's it. I'm sure if he was doing Honda Civics like this the whole time, he would have been exposed a long time ago, but for these cars? Meh, don't care, never will care, people with that much money especially should know better when it comes to hacking up their cars in what is essentially a half-assed body shop.
I personally like how they look, i think rwbs are art oriented more than anything. Akira isn't a professional either. He is a professional in his own rights, but he doesn't do the work a professional body shop does. He does it his way, and i think that's part of why he's so popular and legendary. He came out of nowhere and made some of the coolest looking cars.
My RWB tow hook is welded and bolted on. The video of the tow hook glue is because the owner’s airtank in the frunk for his air suspension created clearance issues to be bolted that he would later properly bolt on. But because his build was just finished and he wanted a picture of a more complete look, he asked Nakai to glue it so in the picture it looks 100% complete.
I gotta ask a question what kind of bolt is he using im not hating but im genuinely asking because it's want to know what kind of bolt is he using to determine if it's safe or just cosmetics thing
@zelay.mp4 there is only two types of screw heads but 7 Phillips drive sizes like ph0000 to ph3 Video pictured countersunk black screw and button head green screw but this whole genre of scum bag money revenue videos is the problem
Because people would rather support an icon in the car scene than a small town car shop who will do it right.. but it’s funny seeing rich people spend money on garbage mods with hot glue and Phillips head screws
@@WayaWolf it would be funny if he is doing all this on purpose, like purposely lowering the standards to see how much he can get away with and still be called an amazing car artist
Drew teaching us the dark side of each “tuner” company, already did it with Pimp my ride, the next one is Liberty Walk, i cannot wait to see his opinion.
@@suzukisubaru2709As a Mercedes fanboy your comment highly offends me brabus actually have facilities and are approved by Mercedes themself as an official tuning company to the brand they don't just slap on some cheap ass fibreglass fenders and call it a day they actually disassemble the whole vehicle from each nut and bolt for a full restoration or tunning E classes or G glass Merc cars perhaps go watch the history and documentaries on Brabus.
Whatever the case may be though, RWB 911’s are designed for the track, that’s usually why they look kinda rough, in Japan the RWB club will have frequent track days where they apparently thrash the shit out of these cars, I don’t really think they’re designed as show cars necessarily
why possibly spend 300 plus for a new grille for that specific bumper when you can use chicken wire thats easy and cheap to replace while still looking good.
@@Mp-jw1qg its true that most of his customers treat it that way now but if you go back to the mid 2000s when he started making those widebodies they were track cars
@@Mp-jw1qg yes they are, that’s what RWB originally was for, now rich people are having them built as show cars, but if you look at the original ones, they almost all had rollcages and a bunch of other race car stuff, also, he doesn’t do the suspension, he is a bodywork fabricator so people eventually put them on air suspension. But again, you’re wrong because they were originally for the track hence the 90’s GT1 style aero, it’s only that popular media has gotten ahold of it and now people think they’re show cars, look at the first few cars and you’ll see that they’ve had the shit beaten out of them on track with scratches and cracks on the lower bodywork
I’ve seen all the videos and negative comments about the tow hook but that was done upon the owner of the Porsche request cause it had a large front mount intercooler that was in the way and he wanted it done for pictures so he had him just temporarily glue it. “He uses screws for the fenders” yeah to line up the fender for mounting before using rivnuts, like ever other fiberglass widebody. He’s been doin it for 20+ years, that why it looks easy👍 There’s also a 2 plus year wait for him to come install so that gives the customers time to get the car exactly how they want before the kit is installed making it the cherry on top of the build and it starts at 40k for kit
Wood screws are temporary to hold in place until final fit with proper hardware. Silicone is for waterproofing arches and holding mesh. Tow hook was a one off only for a photo shoot.
'Phillips head' yeah it's an M10~ bolt with glue around it bro. An M10 depending on grade has a yield strength of 2.3-7.2 tonnes range and very likely is in the upper end of that. TLDR: You could tow a car with a single M10 bolt. Not that you should, but you could. There will be 2nd bolt, making that entire hook able to hang the car if the subframe is strong enough. Do you work on your own vehicles?
It doesn’t destroy the car . It looks great . The only thing i dont like is they charge too much money for fiberglass bodykit . Atleast they could use carbon fiber or aluminium
rwb are historically track cars that were meant to be banged up. glued on fiberglass panels are the easiest thing in the world to replace after a wreck on track
The translation for Rauh Welt is Rough World. The slap dash/thrown together look is literally what the brand is called and yet people are expecting a boutique experience and super precise handcraftsmanship out of a guy who built these cars for him and his friends to kick the shit out of round racetracks in Japan. this video is a part of the problem lmao Akira Nakai isn't the one 'destroying porsches', he's just capitalising on a whole bunch of hype that people have for some reason generated around him and I don't blame him. He can afford to do all of the nice things he wants in life, in this day and age where everyone is struggling- both in his native country and worldwide. Tuner shops in Japan are dying because of the economy. Nakai is still here because he's found a niche and is running with it.
No German native speaker would say “Rauh Welt”. The correct phrase would be “[Die] Rauhe Welt” ([the] rough world). The word “Begriff” behind it means “term” and makes no sense at all in this context.
@@StealthFX9Tbf Japanese tuner shops sometimes have names that don't make sense like Revolfe. I guess Nakai just wanted a name that *somewhat* represents what he does
It’s actually really hard to make a frame for a grill mesh. Because it’s a plastic bumper. So glue is easier. And it stays on. You do know they make glues specifically for car mesh?
@@halcyon4485how is it rice when nakai track the shit out of his in jp and a lot of his customers track then with him on rwb track events. Just people here are not tracking them doesn’t mean they are cosmetic only
When you buy RWB, you are buying RWB's culture, This is how they made cars back in their day, this is RWB 'culture' RWB isnt going to go 'professional' but they are going to build your car like they built their cars years ago.. thats all it is
Pretty clear to see how many people have zero clue of car building, especially a race car inspired build.. To call the bonding agent silicone is bad, but that car builder guy says a caulk gun.... All those cheap tube frame guns hold all kinds of sealing tubes.. Most bonding glues are stronger than welding now.. most multi million cars are carbon fibre that's bonded together... sorry is that silicone...
The silicon glue that he's using are the replacement for rivets in my work place, the panels of the Bullet trains in japan are built with this using this SIKAFLEX silicon from Germany. I worked at Daimler transit division here in Canada.
IMO, RWBs are literally Porsche's GT race cars-inspired builds that you could drive on streets coz they are plenty of RWBs that has been literally used on circuits even Nakai-san himself (Rotana RWB if I'm not mistaken), heck, there is a time attack RWBs in Japan too!! Even in the Philippines, there is a Time Attack Spec RWB!! The Aero kit itself is functional AF!! It's basically the closest thing you could be able to get a 935 or any GT race cars of Porsche you could ever get!! It deserves its own respect despite the hate it gets from social media clouts.
If people think this is bad they should check out the finale of Mat Armstrong's videos of the Mansory Rolls Royce rebuild and see what they're doing at Mansory. If anyone has anything to say about RWB then the same should definitely be said about Mansory, even if it's "higher quality" it's still a guy going to town with silicone lol
It has become a lot more common place now with composite materials in super/hyper cars where the body panels are held on by panel bond. Look at any of Tavarish's builds on his McLaren. They couldn't believe the panels were just on with panel bond. It is different than silicone. But it is glue none the less.
Calling it glue is no different in saying silicone. While they are different materials people keep making incorrect assumptions from using the wrong name. Most common are usually PU adhesives which are immensely strong. And yes while technically glue, people make an assumption of very basic glue with little bonding ability. Ive done videos for customers on bonding and sealing where they ask why am i using silicone because they see a plastic tube in a sealing gun. Takes forever to explain its not silicone, nor the price of silicone, good PU adhesive is about 10x the price of silicone. @atyoursix5520
I’ve seen a video in the past of a RUclipsr that had rwb build his porsche, apart of the cost is you don’t send your car to nakai. He flys to you and builds the car in your garage or wherever you keep it. You’re allowed to film him and have people come watch while he works. Also, if I remember correctly, you pretty much spec out your own build. They have different kits and such, last time I looked, and they build them. Send everything to you and nakai flys out and gets to work. They can even paint the whole car if you want. This was like 2 years ago when I checked btw
They got a sponsor from playboy for this shit, and honestly they don't look too bad considering back in the day this was exactly what people did to their cars. The entire point was to accentuate the body lines and even exaggerate it. In the 80s this was done by some Porsche designers. RWB's are nicely done imho, the problem is y'all hop on trends to diss something and then a few years later you'll come back to it. HOWEVER, yeah, his caulking shit is bad. If you're going to do your passion, do it with quality. Doesn't matter who's receiving it, they're paying you to get the product.
As a panel beater being in the industry for 8 years, the craftsmanship is absolutely abysmal by any standards. All well and good when it’s finished and looks a million bucks, but deep down lying behind the surface is what we call a can of worms. Plenty of cars can appear “clean” but have skeletons hiding. Respect to the man for what he has accomplished, just my opinion
If anyone here watches Mat Armstrong you know Manson also just glues on vents and carbon pieces. Using the same materials. May calls it Manson glue too.
Most of the cars are panel bonded together, how is it any different for the wide body kit? The tow hook was bad though. I think he should be using grade 8 button head bolts though.
I think that Akira Naka doesn't really give a shit about the way he builds customer cars. I can almost guarantee you he isnt putting nearly as much as effort and time compared to his actual race track ready rwb cars 😂
1. rwb is for racing. Nakai started his shop modifying porsches for form and function on the track. It was never meant to be a "show car". Looking at RWB with show car standards is the wrong perspective. 2. the price of porsches are not hundreds of thousands, they've always been porsches from the 80s, 90s, and maybe early 2000s. They're *usually* not mint or collectors porsches. 3. 9 times out of 10, these guys swap in a built engine or build the stock motor. 4. THE BUILD QUALITY. Everyone likes to say that the build quality is shit, but fail to mention how Nakai is doing all of this body work by hand, essentially eyeballing it, and the end result is symmetrical on both sides. That's decades of skill. Especially at the speed he builds a RWB. 5. Everyone saying RWB is more artistic really doesn't understand what RWB actually is. RWB got popular almost 10 years ago now thanks to guys like Krispy media and Woyshnis for videoing the build process. I think that's when people really started to say it's art. It's a pretty car definitely. Dudes are paying astronomical amounts of money to have nakai build these cars and he's been building them for much longer than most of us have been alive honestly. TLDR; The product is the product. If you want gods work then go commission a Singer Porsche to be built (they're in the millions of dollars for one car and there's at least a 4 year wait list), I'm sure you'll still find something to complain about.
He uses caulk because this is a drifting culture - they are meant to quick fix and be back on the track in hours. dude has lap records and is a major component of race culture.
i feel like peple like the feeling of the car basically being a DIY project built in a garage like back in the days type of vibe and then the value it adds would be the cherry on top
I lived in Japan for 3 years from 06 to mend of 09. I can say when I first went to shops for work, they legit do full builds in summer clothes and flip flops. Not all but a lot of them do. Honestly it’s all the older guys that do this. The younger guys wear nice uniforms, even at the gas stations in Japan.
People need to understand he is not building cars. He's I making art. The car is just a medium to him. What he is doing is strictly aesthetic. How the car performs or whether or not it is ruined matters not. A car comes into his shop; a work of art comes out.
@@johnstevenson3369but it's not performance aero. It probably makes the car slower and less stable at top speed. Porsche designed the aerodynamics to be great around a track from factory, and he just goes, "hey, this will look cool"
nah, they should be track cars since thats what they used to be (and what their site literally advertises), best example is his own, the black and gold, thats tracked not sat on a stage
I don't see a 10mm but I do see welds to a plate and something larger like 12mm bolts each side. Flat top with the edge flange- Oem style porsche fastener. They silicone the car in the video for the photo shoot. The actual tow hook was bolted on later in a totally different spot.
How do you know it's silicone ?? Are you aware that we have many many bonding agents in the car building world ? Saying it's silicone shows how silly people are in 2024.. and they are all young..
And that is the problem my friend... so if everyone else says something stupid then you are happy to agree with them ?? Is that not very foolish ? You could get yourself in trouble by agreeing with fools buddy.. There is multiple tubes of bonding solution we use for car body kits and more. Suggesting its silicone like this video guy shows their complete lack of vehicle knowledge, yet so many people believe him ? It shows he is lacking in knowledge of bodywork repairs and cars in general.@Dark.Wing.Venom.
@@evelghostrider dont think its that serious man. Silicone is a general term because Akira could have used like one of 5 different sealants or bonding agents. If someone didn't know what was being used then saying silicone is a fine broad term, just as "sealant" is.
Nevermind the kits (beauty is subjective). I’ve seen his builds up close when he visited the country. Was surprised on the shortcuts in rustproofing the fender cuts. I wonder how its holding up on his earlier builds in terms of rusting on the cuts itself.
I’m not a big fan of RWB, but my first experience was 2013. No one even bothered to stop - other than me and a couple of other people. So it is crazy to see the hate/fame
The RWB cars aren’t sent to Japan.. he supposedly flies out to wherever the car is and does the work there. As for chicken wire, that’s how all Japan body kits were done in the 90’s. Early Lancer Evo used the same mesh but had screw down points.
RWB's originated for the Track so no they are not going to use custom-formed metal body panels, because track cars are designed with parts that are easily replaceable. Part of the charm of RWB's is owners being present and watching your car get built by nakai. This is not some body shop that you give you car in and like 6 months or year you hope to get it back.
i was just thinking of Singer while reading through these comments from people defending RWB. Singer cars are actual works of art, akin to the Mona Lisa. RWB cars are like Jackson Pollocks paint splatters in comparison.
Bolting a tow hook to the bumper would also be incorrect because it needs to be bolted directly to the frame and protrude through a hole in the bumper.
you can see holes in the tow hook when he applies the silicone, im sure he is only using rtv to be sure no moisture gets in after drilling and mounting
he simply didn't like the wheel base of the car, and wanted to make it more stable by widening it. So he used his design background to fab a kit, and put it together himself. People like the way it looks so they ask him to do it. The performance gain is stability. His customers normally paint the car before the kit is assembled, and thats why they all look mint.
Drew I love ya but you're blind you can literally see the grade marking on the bolt head at 6:20. As far as chicken wire and a nonmetal widebody is concerned, there's different ways you can look at it. Is it as beautiful and proper as custom made frames and molded extensions of the body that are seamless and perfect? No, it's not. but it is something that's easier to fix or replace. If you actually use the car and mess up your metal widebody or a custom made grille you're gonna pay out the ass for a new one and to have it fixed or "fixed". I work in autobody and I've seen some real examples of people that had no right to mess with bondo, a repair on a car like that could easily become a nightmare in the wrong hands. At least with a bolt-on flare, if it becomes damaged you can take it off and fix it or order a new one. I would have to imagine it would cost less when compared with a fix on a metal widebody. Even if the damage on the metal widebody is really small you still have to disassemble and mask and paint the whole panel you can't just spot it in, and you might have to blend the color on neighboring panels or parts. Personally, as somebody who likes to actually drive my cars, I would rather take the chicken wire and fiberglass. The materials aren't as special but they're more available and less costly.
There used to be a ruby star RWB 964 here in Pittsburgh. That car was BEAUTIFUL. Owner sold it, moved to California, and then had another RWB built that isn’t nearly as nice imo.
He's using aviation grade sealant, if it won't fly off of a jet at speeds far greater than any car then the wide body won't either. The tow hook is an issue, that's crazy.
i think RWBs nowadays are for people who collect cars and let them sit to up their value. as far as i understood, Nakai san comes from street and semi pro racing, so he wanted to imitate the roughness (Rauh = rough) that comes with motorsport back in the 80s, where pit crews hack off and drill parts on the fly to get the car back on the track again. you are right though, his bodykits wont last in harsh weather or daily use for sure. he probably realized all of his modern customers wont ever race these cars, so he doesnt see the point in going the extra mile to make stuff practical or functional. i wouldnt necessarily race my RWB either, after dropping 150k in this economy 😅 also, as far as i heard, he hand builds every single one of his kits. thats why theres a massive waiting list. each build is unique in some way or another. no kit is the same. so customers have that going for them too on top of having it assembled by a guy thats cool as a cucumber 😂
I think its a customer thing. On the RWB website there is a page where it talks about the building process and first thing that it says is the “customer figures out what build he/she likes to do” I'm sure if someone wanted a track car Nakai would build it differently but all these people seem to want only show cars.
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4:35 The car's owner clarified on IG that he asked for the tow hook to be glued on temporarily for a photo shoot. He's since fabricated an actual mount that the tow hook is mounted to.
So why even glue it if it's for a picture lol
@@Simple_tl because gravity is a thing
then maybe don't film that particular process for everyone to see, especially to those that want to bring down RWB. they should have used their brains a bit but are too busy circle jerking as they film the build.
Never heard of physics? @@Simple_tl
@@Simple_tl glue is easy to remove with simply alcohol
I can't help but respect Nakai for not giving a shit what anyone thinks and continues to do what he does
Stop glazing
I assume you're similarly impressed when your waiter ladles the clam chowder directly into your cupped hands. "What a subtle genius he is, for thinking outside the conforming norms..."
@@REVVEDM3DIA lol so someone has a different opinion than you its glaze?
@@Nardo-the new way of thinking lmao
Why do you respect someone for over charger for low quality product
Drew, no glaze, I did some searching on the tow hooks, and they are in fact bolted.
the clip where he tapes/glues the tow hook was done due to the owner wanting a finished photo of the vehicle and he didn’t have the clearance or time to bolt it, he went back later on to finish it. There are numerous rwb owners who came out after that clip to clarify they are indeed bolted
Yea thats what i read too
Yeah you can see the two holes on the side of the tow hook, and those 10/12 mil bolts he said are part of the body panel is actually what holds the tow hook on
Not the first time Drew pulls ish outta his rear without any research. But you gotta do what you gotta do for views I guess.
Drew deleting comments for being a hater
This is literally just what I thought when I saw it I was just like well obv it’s for the specific clip of him building it n shit
Rwbs are raced regularly in Japan. That is what they were originally designed for. It's Americans who turned them into status symbols. They are built the way they are so its easy to repair if you mess it up at the track. Replacing a fiberglass fender is quicker and cheaper than repairing a metal fender.
As for the tow hook in the video. The customer asked that he glue it on for a photoshoot. They are typically bolted on but there was an issue with that build that didn't make it possible at the time. People love taking out of context videos to create a narrative.
I'm sorry mate I want to believe you but I don't see the actual performance gain from any of these mods. To say they are designed for racing may well be a stretch if there is no aerodynamic gain and weight savings.
@@asianboyyy117 Just look up all the RWB endurance races. Think they call them Idlers. The idea was a custom bodied Porsche, custom turbos in some cases and wide grippy wheels. If you bumped into someone or had minor damage it was mostly contained to the kit which was easy to replace. All those cars were mostly shit and bad examples or Porsches so you didnt feel bad cutting them up and changing interior. Last 20 years or so they have because status symbols, hardly any one races them really.
Quit glazing lil bro 😂
@@Undertaker93 GTFOH, go back to the Blue Oyster for martini night.
@@Undertaker93 so educating yourself on a topic and actually knowing what you're talking about, instead of basing opinions off out of context videos is glazing.
ok bro 👍
I feel like social media these days is just flooded with trend hoppers. RWB porches have long been popularly seen as a beautiful car, one video of someone dogging on them blows up and all of the sudden people hate them.
THIS ^
Its probably because most people didn’t realise how he was actually making them before
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It's the realm of Porsche too, something 99% of us will never be able to worry about in our lifetimes, this only came to light because someone made a video on it, that's it. I'm sure if he was doing Honda Civics like this the whole time, he would have been exposed a long time ago, but for these cars? Meh, don't care, never will care, people with that much money especially should know better when it comes to hacking up their cars in what is essentially a half-assed body shop.
lmfao true
drew channeling his inner old man vette owner w this one lmaoo
You just glazing
@@jhonjhonhenny4375 u just retarded 😔
This is nothing..... Porsche purist are worse then Ferrari guys..... 98% of people who go to Luftgekuhlt hate RWB.......
2024 the new thing is to hate everything that popular
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I personally like how they look, i think rwbs are art oriented more than anything.
Akira isn't a professional either. He is a professional in his own rights, but he doesn't do the work a professional body shop does. He does it his way, and i think that's part of why he's so popular and legendary. He came out of nowhere and made some of the coolest looking cars.
Quite coping..... His builds are larping real 993 GT2 evo race cars.....
Don’t forget early saleens had wood screws holding on the body kits too lol
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Drew deleting comments 😂
My RWB tow hook is welded and bolted on. The video of the tow hook glue is because the owner’s airtank in the frunk for his air suspension created clearance issues to be bolted that he would later properly bolt on. But because his build was just finished and he wanted a picture of a more complete look, he asked Nakai to glue it so in the picture it looks 100% complete.
I gotta ask a question what kind of bolt is he using im not hating but im genuinely asking because it's want to know what kind of bolt is he using to determine if it's safe or just cosmetics thing
@zelay.mp4 there is only two types of screw heads but 7 Phillips drive sizes like ph0000 to ph3
Video pictured countersunk black screw and button head green screw but this whole genre of scum bag money revenue videos is the problem
This is an example of when u take things out of context
At least they retain value
Because people would rather support an icon in the car scene than a small town car shop who will do it right.. but it’s funny seeing rich people spend money on garbage mods with hot glue and Phillips head screws
@@WayaWolf it would be funny if he is doing all this on purpose, like purposely lowering the standards to see how much he can get away with and still be called an amazing car artist
@@WayaWolfI’ve never seen a small town garage do anything the proper way. They’re usually the first ones to fuck your shit up unapologetically.
@@badrott8028 I’m saying an actual body shop, you just don’t know the spots 🤣 rich people are so dumb
@@WayaWolfthere’s no small town shops that would do it and that’s the problem.
Drew teaching us the dark side of each “tuner” company, already did it with Pimp my ride, the next one is Liberty Walk, i cannot wait to see his opinion.
Mansory should also be on the list
@@codmw2nooblet Brabus also
@@suzukisubaru2709As a Mercedes fanboy your comment highly offends me brabus actually have facilities and are approved by Mercedes themself as an official tuning company to the brand they don't just slap on some cheap ass fibreglass fenders and call it a day they actually disassemble the whole vehicle from each nut and bolt for a full restoration or tunning E classes or G glass Merc cars perhaps go watch the history and documentaries on Brabus.
@@codmw2noobletRich people don't give a shit as long as their Ferrari looks different from the other 20 in the neighbourhood they don't care
Going off a RUclipsr who hates on everything like leafy is questionable in itself.
The Glazers are these hating trend hoppers
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Whatever the case may be though, RWB 911’s are designed for the track, that’s usually why they look kinda rough, in Japan the RWB club will have frequent track days where they apparently thrash the shit out of these cars, I don’t really think they’re designed as show cars necessarily
no tf they are not, they are put on AIR ride and that wheel fitment is ASS on a track.
why possibly spend 300 plus for a new grille for that specific bumper when you can use chicken wire thats easy and cheap to replace while still looking good.
Are you legitimately retarded?
@@Mp-jw1qg its true that most of his customers treat it that way now but if you go back to the mid 2000s when he started making those widebodies they were track cars
@@Mp-jw1qg yes they are, that’s what RWB originally was for, now rich people are having them built as show cars, but if you look at the original ones, they almost all had rollcages and a bunch of other race car stuff, also, he doesn’t do the suspension, he is a bodywork fabricator so people eventually put them on air suspension. But again, you’re wrong because they were originally for the track hence the 90’s GT1 style aero, it’s only that popular media has gotten ahold of it and now people think they’re show cars, look at the first few cars and you’ll see that they’ve had the shit beaten out of them on track with scratches and cracks on the lower bodywork
I’ve seen all the videos and negative comments about the tow hook but that was done upon the owner of the Porsche request cause it had a large front mount intercooler that was in the way and he wanted it done for pictures so he had him just temporarily glue it. “He uses screws for the fenders” yeah to line up the fender for mounting before using rivnuts, like ever other fiberglass widebody. He’s been doin it for 20+ years, that why it looks easy👍
There’s also a 2 plus year wait for him to come install so that gives the customers time to get the car exactly how they want before the kit is installed making it the cherry on top of the build and it starts at 40k for kit
it's 40k for 4 fender flares and labour tho...
@@tatacraft791 and you get the owner of the company to come spend 2-3 days installing it. I don’t see pandem doing that🤷🏼♂️
porsches dont have their intercoolers on the front bumper.. they have oil coolers up front instead
@@parx2477 stock Porsches, yeah. that one has a front mount
@@Josh-th8by you cant have a front mount intercooler on a rear engine car....
the supra silhouette in the back is falling drew
Naw, just dropping into a canyon. LOL good eye
Oh yea its tilted forwards
@@billhusted1753 i saw it since the beginning i couldn’t stop looking at it 😭
Nah it just caught fire😭
Wood screws are temporary to hold in place until final fit with proper hardware. Silicone is for waterproofing arches and holding mesh. Tow hook was a one off only for a photo shoot.
People hate it when someone is an original innovator...Mr.Nakai San is a Legend☝🏼
'Phillips head' yeah it's an M10~ bolt with glue around it bro. An M10 depending on grade has a yield strength of 2.3-7.2 tonnes range and very likely is in the upper end of that.
TLDR: You could tow a car with a single M10 bolt. Not that you should, but you could. There will be 2nd bolt, making that entire hook able to hang the car if the subframe is strong enough.
Do you work on your own vehicles?
The way he is attaching the body kits is the way that body kits are attached.
The owner actually requested Nakai to glue it on bc i think it was gonna be only temporary
How do you know? What's your source
@@5PLANËSGÖthe owner commented on an IG post
@@5PLANËSGÖit was on IG it was temporary for a picture shoot, it has since been permanently mounted
@@5PLANËSGÖthe owner said it himself lmao
Echo chamber mentality seen like 30 otger people comment this lie 😂
"They look cool but I wouldnt do it my car" pretty much sums it up for me...
Nah bruh, that body kit is sick af being all wide. Love it
It doesn’t destroy the car . It looks great . The only thing i dont like is they charge too much money for fiberglass bodykit . Atleast they could use carbon fiber or aluminium
Doesn’t destroy the car?😭 Did you forget the part about cutting off the quarter panels?
Quarter panels that can be easily replaced
@@gigacream5830 yes, because you can't replace quarter panels
rwb are historically track cars that were meant to be banged up. glued on fiberglass panels are the easiest thing in the world to replace after a wreck on track
It's a bespoke garage build. Idk if he still organizes them but the RWB endurance races is where you see them shine.
The TikTok mentality got to Drew I fear
Anything to get views. Surprised he’s not yelling GYATT at Ferraris
You realize your mustang and corvette have caulk and adhesive in many areas...haters will hate
Yeah, used as sealant in seams and adhesive is normal. This is more than that.
You never fail to surprise us!
Hey Drew, the tow hook was bolted on, both sides, both 10mm heads, I'm not sure why you can't see it
They say if you ride behind a RWB you can catch a few souvenirs 😂
So i have a wrap shop and a lot of cars have grills glued on including and not limited to Ferraris, Lamborghini's, carbon fiber kits
Exactly
RWBs are all work of art, incredible cars tastefully made by hand and they are actual race cars since a race division populated only by RWBs exist
"work of art"... "tastefully"... 🤣🤣🤣
@StealthFX9 sub 80 iq response
@@PROFESSOR_TV Dream on.
Panel bond is correct for putting fiberglass over steel bodywork, it will allow for thermal expansion, preventing cracking.
The translation for Rauh Welt is Rough World.
The slap dash/thrown together look is literally what the brand is called and yet people are expecting a boutique experience and super precise handcraftsmanship out of a guy who built these cars for him and his friends to kick the shit out of round racetracks in Japan.
this video is a part of the problem lmao
Akira Nakai isn't the one 'destroying porsches', he's just capitalising on a whole bunch of hype that people have for some reason generated around him and I don't blame him. He can afford to do all of the nice things he wants in life, in this day and age where everyone is struggling- both in his native country and worldwide. Tuner shops in Japan are dying because of the economy. Nakai is still here because he's found a niche and is running with it.
No German native speaker would say “Rauh Welt”. The correct phrase would be “[Die] Rauhe Welt” ([the] rough world). The word “Begriff” behind it means “term” and makes no sense at all in this context.
@@StealthFX9Tbf Japanese tuner shops sometimes have names that don't make sense like Revolfe. I guess Nakai just wanted a name that *somewhat* represents what he does
@@StealthFX9 It's not a German that named it it's a Japanese mechanic.
@@ryryzam79 So, obviously it would be better to stick with Japanese brand names... Greetings from 🇩🇪.
@@StealthFX9 Yet here we are a decade after.
Thank you for finally covering this subject Drew!!!! 🏎️ 💨 🙌
It’s actually really hard to make a frame for a grill mesh. Because it’s a plastic bumper. So glue is easier. And it stays on. You do know they make glues specifically for car mesh?
The glued towhook was only for a picture because it was a strict time limit it was properly installed later on
^ THIS. if nakai were to really build a customer ready car, he'd need more than half a day.
I wouldn't say its rice at all. The kits are inspired by the raing Porsche 911s of the 70s, 80s and 90s. Hence the wide body's.
Rice stands for race inspired cosmetic enhancent btw
rice literally means "race inspired cosmetic enhancements" by definition, it is rice
Its rice, just not rice rice. 😭
@@halcyon4485how is it rice when nakai track the shit out of his in jp and a lot of his customers track then with him on rwb track events. Just people here are not tracking them doesn’t mean they are cosmetic only
@@aphael7949build quality prob
When you buy RWB, you are buying RWB's culture, This is how they made cars back in their day, this is RWB 'culture' RWB isnt going to go 'professional' but they are going to build your car like they built their cars years ago.. thats all it is
I love a bunch of amazon builders talking crap
Pretty clear to see how many people have zero clue of car building, especially a race car inspired build..
To call the bonding agent silicone is bad, but that car builder guy says a caulk gun....
All those cheap tube frame guns hold all kinds of sealing tubes..
Most bonding glues are stronger than welding now.. most multi million cars are carbon fibre that's bonded together... sorry is that silicone...
The excessive glue doesn’t bug me since that is how Mansory also attaches everything to their Rolls Royces.
The silicon glue that he's using are the replacement for rivets in my work place, the panels of the Bullet trains in japan are built with this using this SIKAFLEX silicon from Germany. I worked at Daimler transit division here in Canada.
I used to work with a transmission rebuilder, he was like this too... but he could tear down a transmission so fast. 😮
IMO, RWBs are literally Porsche's GT race cars-inspired builds that you could drive on streets coz they are plenty of RWBs that has been literally used on circuits even Nakai-san himself (Rotana RWB if I'm not mistaken), heck, there is a time attack RWBs in Japan too!! Even in the Philippines, there is a Time Attack Spec RWB!! The Aero kit itself is functional AF!! It's basically the closest thing you could be able to get a 935 or any GT race cars of Porsche you could ever get!! It deserves its own respect despite the hate it gets from social media clouts.
11:17 so if he’s not doing anything wrong and these clients of his aren’t complaining why are you and anyone else? But hey your show go off droopykock
If people think this is bad they should check out the finale of Mat Armstrong's videos of the Mansory Rolls Royce rebuild and see what they're doing at Mansory. If anyone has anything to say about RWB then the same should definitely be said about Mansory, even if it's "higher quality" it's still a guy going to town with silicone lol
These cars are built for race car look... not full luxury my friend. Massive difference people can't seem to grasp. .
Drew has bagged on the Mansory cars plenty of times
It has become a lot more common place now with composite materials in super/hyper cars where the body panels are held on by panel bond. Look at any of Tavarish's builds on his McLaren. They couldn't believe the panels were just on with panel bond. It is different than silicone. But it is glue none the less.
Calling it glue is no different in saying silicone.
While they are different materials people keep making incorrect assumptions from using the wrong name.
Most common are usually PU adhesives which are immensely strong. And yes while technically glue, people make an assumption of very basic glue with little bonding ability.
Ive done videos for customers on bonding and sealing where they ask why am i using silicone because they see a plastic tube in a sealing gun.
Takes forever to explain its not silicone, nor the price of silicone, good PU adhesive is about 10x the price of silicone. @atyoursix5520
32k for the most expensive kit. Not to mention, if you want him to fly out, you will also pay for his hotel and flights. And his cigarettes.
32k for this garbage
So like 2-3 cartons of smokes. If it takes a couple days.
And his coca-colas
It’s okay bro just get a rocket bunny kit or whatever cheap other 💩 in the market 😅😅
And his stupid a$$ chair
babe wake up new drew peacock video 🙏
I’ve seen a video in the past of a RUclipsr that had rwb build his porsche, apart of the cost is you don’t send your car to nakai. He flys to you and builds the car in your garage or wherever you keep it. You’re allowed to film him and have people come watch while he works. Also, if I remember correctly, you pretty much spec out your own build. They have different kits and such, last time I looked, and they build them. Send everything to you and nakai flys out and gets to work. They can even paint the whole car if you want. This was like 2 years ago when I checked btw
They got a sponsor from playboy for this shit, and honestly they don't look too bad considering back in the day this was exactly what people did to their cars. The entire point was to accentuate the body lines and even exaggerate it. In the 80s this was done by some Porsche designers.
RWB's are nicely done imho, the problem is y'all hop on trends to diss something and then a few years later you'll come back to it. HOWEVER, yeah, his caulking shit is bad. If you're going to do your passion, do it with quality. Doesn't matter who's receiving it, they're paying you to get the product.
As a panel beater being in the industry for 8 years, the craftsmanship is absolutely abysmal by any standards. All well and good when it’s finished and looks a million bucks, but deep down lying behind the surface is what we call a can of worms. Plenty of cars can appear “clean” but have skeletons hiding.
Respect to the man for what he has accomplished, just my opinion
If anyone here watches Mat Armstrong you know Manson also just glues on vents and carbon pieces. Using the same materials. May calls it Manson glue too.
Most of the cars are panel bonded together, how is it any different for the wide body kit? The tow hook was bad though. I think he should be using grade 8 button head bolts though.
I'd expect an "art oriented" widebody kit to fall under the "race inspired cosmetic enhancemens" category, but what do I know?
No man is going to touch my porsche with his caulk
I think that Akira Naka doesn't really give a shit about the way he builds customer cars. I can almost guarantee you he isnt putting nearly as much as effort and time compared to his actual race track ready rwb cars 😂
In the skit with the guy checking his tow hook you can clearly see the silicone in the top of it
Not sure about their quality, but I had a chance to see a RWB in real life and damn, that was the most gorgeous Porsche I’ve ever seen
1. rwb is for racing. Nakai started his shop modifying porsches for form and function on the track. It was never meant to be a "show car". Looking at RWB with show car standards is the wrong perspective.
2. the price of porsches are not hundreds of thousands, they've always been porsches from the 80s, 90s, and maybe early 2000s. They're *usually* not mint or collectors porsches.
3. 9 times out of 10, these guys swap in a built engine or build the stock motor.
4. THE BUILD QUALITY. Everyone likes to say that the build quality is shit, but fail to mention how Nakai is doing all of this body work by hand, essentially eyeballing it, and the end result is symmetrical on both sides. That's decades of skill. Especially at the speed he builds a RWB.
5. Everyone saying RWB is more artistic really doesn't understand what RWB actually is. RWB got popular almost 10 years ago now thanks to guys like Krispy media and Woyshnis for videoing the build process. I think that's when people really started to say it's art. It's a pretty car definitely. Dudes are paying astronomical amounts of money to have nakai build these cars and he's been building them for much longer than most of us have been alive honestly.
TLDR; The product is the product. If you want gods work then go commission a Singer Porsche to be built (they're in the millions of dollars for one car and there's at least a 4 year wait list), I'm sure you'll still find something to complain about.
I think this is art to him and that's his attitude. He's an artist.
I can take a dump on a plate and display it and call that art
He uses caulk because this is a drifting culture - they are meant to quick fix and be back on the track in hours. dude has lap records and is a major component of race culture.
I’m an auto body tech. If my boss caught me using some of these techniques on a car, I’d get fired. They look amazing but, I’m not sold on the quality
He's an Artist, period. Your paying for "one off" Art pieces.
If you're expecting nakai-san to make a clean cut on a porsche, he would've named the brand Smooth-ahh World.
i feel like peple like the feeling of the car basically being a DIY project built in a garage like back in the days type of vibe and then the value it adds would be the cherry on top
I lived in Japan for 3 years from 06 to mend of 09. I can say when I first went to shops for work, they legit do full builds in summer clothes and flip flops. Not all but a lot of them do. Honestly it’s all the older guys that do this. The younger guys wear nice uniforms, even at the gas stations in Japan.
People need to understand he is not building cars. He's I making art. The car is just a medium to him.
What he is doing is strictly aesthetic. How the car performs or whether or not it is ruined matters not.
A car comes into his shop; a work of art comes out.
No he’s not, his cars work fine.
@@johnstevenson3369but it's not performance aero. It probably makes the car slower and less stable at top speed. Porsche designed the aerodynamics to be great around a track from factory, and he just goes, "hey, this will look cool"
@@Treaxvour old late 90's rwb porsches did well on track so
nah, they should be track cars since thats what they used to be (and what their site literally advertises), best example is his own, the black and gold, thats tracked not sat on a stage
Rwb is the reason why I love the game racing rivals because of him.
I don't see a 10mm but I do see welds to a plate and something larger like 12mm bolts each side. Flat top with the edge flange- Oem style porsche fastener. They silicone the car in the video for the photo shoot. The actual tow hook was bolted on later in a totally different spot.
4:59 he used silicone to hold up the hook for positioning i saw a video of him screw it into the frame
How do you know it's silicone ??
Are you aware that we have many many bonding agents in the car building world ?
Saying it's silicone shows how silly people are in 2024.. and they are all young..
@@evelghostrider I was just using the terminology everyone else was using
And that is the problem my friend... so if everyone else says something stupid then you are happy to agree with them ??
Is that not very foolish ?
You could get yourself in trouble by agreeing with fools buddy..
There is multiple tubes of bonding solution we use for car body kits and more. Suggesting its silicone like this video guy shows their complete lack of vehicle knowledge, yet so many people believe him ?
It shows he is lacking in knowledge of bodywork repairs and cars in general.@Dark.Wing.Venom.
@@Dark.Wing.Venom.appreciate the honesty buddy, not many people do that on Internet today.
Respect my friend.
@@evelghostrider dont think its that serious man. Silicone is a general term because Akira could have used like one of 5 different sealants or bonding agents. If someone didn't know what was being used then saying silicone is a fine broad term, just as "sealant" is.
There's a guy in TN who has one and he drives it everywhere. It's basically a daily and he's had no issues from the kit
Nevermind the kits (beauty is subjective). I’ve seen his builds up close when he visited the country. Was surprised on the shortcuts in rustproofing the fender cuts. I wonder how its holding up on his earlier builds in terms of rusting on the cuts itself.
Drew really fighting for the “most unlikeable car guy on the internet” position
you can literally see two bolts next to the tow hook
Bad ass design, bad ass dude designing them
Even as art craftsmanship has value. I think the type of work shown is exploiting customers
I’m not a big fan of RWB, but my first experience was 2013. No one even bothered to stop - other than me and a couple of other people. So it is crazy to see the hate/fame
If my engine builder was wearing pajamas in crocs, I wouldn't give a damn as long as it's done the way I want it
We need a video on Liberty Walk now
5:08 i’d say you’re in good hands, clothing don’t matter when you work as long as it’s comfortable
You're not paying him for the work of putting it on, your paying him for the signature at the end
RWB is special because Nakai builds them all his self and no 2 are alike.
Damn, gotta be the first time drew let us down. Says he wont slander him as he literally slanders him 😂😂
The RWB cars aren’t sent to Japan.. he supposedly flies out to wherever the car is and does the work there.
As for chicken wire, that’s how all Japan body kits were done in the 90’s. Early Lancer Evo used the same mesh but had screw down points.
RWB and Mansory have similar build quality, both rely on glue and tape to keep it together
RWB's originated for the Track so no they are not going to use custom-formed metal body panels, because track cars are designed with parts that are easily replaceable. Part of the charm of RWB's is owners being present and watching your car get built by nakai. This is not some body shop that you give you car in and like 6 months or year you hope to get it back.
This mood in here is everything!
Bro
You can do whatever you want with you car. If one day I own a Porsche I will do the same they look awesome
LETS GOOO 2:34 Im drifting at the event.
EDIT:did not see the man. Prolly being a BUM and stayed on the drag side
Good luck!
Imagine Singer's disgust when they see him hack and superglue Porsches 🤦♂️
i was just thinking of Singer while reading through these comments from people defending RWB. Singer cars are actual works of art, akin to the Mona Lisa. RWB cars are like Jackson Pollocks paint splatters in comparison.
I think prices on stock form would sky rocket on the market once Akira finishes almost all of them
Bolting a tow hook to the bumper would also be incorrect because it needs to be bolted directly to the frame and protrude through a hole in the bumper.
you can see holes in the tow hook when he applies the silicone, im sure he is only using rtv to be sure no moisture gets in after drilling and mounting
he simply didn't like the wheel base of the car, and wanted to make it more stable by widening it. So he used his design background to fab a kit, and put it together himself. People like the way it looks so they ask him to do it. The performance gain is stability. His customers normally paint the car before the kit is assembled, and thats why they all look mint.
Drew I love ya but you're blind you can literally see the grade marking on the bolt head at 6:20. As far as chicken wire and a nonmetal widebody is concerned, there's different ways you can look at it. Is it as beautiful and proper as custom made frames and molded extensions of the body that are seamless and perfect? No, it's not. but it is something that's easier to fix or replace. If you actually use the car and mess up your metal widebody or a custom made grille you're gonna pay out the ass for a new one and to have it fixed or "fixed". I work in autobody and I've seen some real examples of people that had no right to mess with bondo, a repair on a car like that could easily become a nightmare in the wrong hands. At least with a bolt-on flare, if it becomes damaged you can take it off and fix it or order a new one. I would have to imagine it would cost less when compared with a fix on a metal widebody. Even if the damage on the metal widebody is really small you still have to disassemble and mask and paint the whole panel you can't just spot it in, and you might have to blend the color on neighboring panels or parts. Personally, as somebody who likes to actually drive my cars, I would rather take the chicken wire and fiberglass. The materials aren't as special but they're more available and less costly.
There used to be a ruby star RWB 964 here in Pittsburgh. That car was BEAUTIFUL. Owner sold it, moved to California, and then had another RWB built that isn’t nearly as nice imo.
He's using aviation grade sealant, if it won't fly off of a jet at speeds far greater than any car then the wide body won't either. The tow hook is an issue, that's crazy.
i think RWBs nowadays are for people who collect cars and let them sit to up their value. as far as i understood, Nakai san comes from street and semi pro racing, so he wanted to imitate the roughness (Rauh = rough) that comes with motorsport back in the 80s, where pit crews hack off and drill parts on the fly to get the car back on the track again. you are right though, his bodykits wont last in harsh weather or daily use for sure. he probably realized all of his modern customers wont ever race these cars, so he doesnt see the point in going the extra mile to make stuff practical or functional. i wouldnt necessarily race my RWB either, after dropping 150k in this economy 😅 also, as far as i heard, he hand builds every single one of his kits. thats why theres a massive waiting list. each build is unique in some way or another. no kit is the same. so customers have that going for them too on top of having it assembled by a guy thats cool as a cucumber 😂
RWB, raggidy wide body.
Are the widebody kits at least bespoke?
I think its a customer thing. On the RWB website there is a page where it talks about the building process and first thing that it says is the “customer figures out what build he/she likes to do” I'm sure if someone wanted a track car Nakai would build it differently but all these people seem to want only show cars.