Going to HK:)

[Mux213]

Well as you know I made it

Thanks for inviting me. Maybe nice for other readers to read, I was very close to mfactory's office it turned out while getting my visa for going to China. Problem was that I was woggling around having gotten blisters on my foot the day before but hey, no pain no gain. Not to mention that mongkok must be the hottest part of HongKong, I think I lost a few kilo's of sweat today

I was searching for a work shop or similar and was somewhat confused when I arrived at the place. 5th floor within a shop/office blok? Hmm no workshop there I'm sure Arriving on the 5th floor we find ourselves in a nice office with a rack filled with goodies, loads of parts for several cars, some of the usual stuff you find in most tuning shops in one form of another (steering wheels, hubs, that sorta stuff) and some things less regularly found. On the ground were dozens of boxes and offcourse a computer in the corner with our forum running on it (well I'm actually lieing about that last forum bit part).

The confusion is quickly set right, the workshop and stuff is all in Taiwan, that's there they make all the goodies, in HongKong they just do the international business for several reasons all to booring to go into.

Anyways, mfactory couldn't wait to show me the goodies, he explains they mainly do Nissan and Subaru parts and do very well with them indeed but they also make a collection of AE86 parts, mainly suspention parts. The packages on the floor he was just about to put into boxes and send off to the UK to some known friends of ours at driftworks so they will be happy to know I inspected their stuff personally Man I wish I hadn't forgotten my camera as usual....

First item that comes out of the box is one of the uniball adjustable 4 links. One of the smaller ones. Just looking at it makes me drool Its hard for me to compare, I'm no expert in these matters, I've seen the uniball setup on TE71Corolla's Levin drift car but if I am not mistaken those are not adjustable length. They look and feel great though, they are solid, light and just look like they were expertly made which offcourse they are. I was definately impressed.

Next item on the list was on of the front controll arms (not completely sure about the name, I always mix it up, if I looked correctly its the bar that runs from the front of the car to the wishbone making sure it stays aligned). Again the same quality as the 4 links. Stock at the front you normally juse have the bar sandwitched between a couple of rubbers, this uniball setup just looks like it will do a much better job..

Last item for the show is a bit more substantial, at first I thought it was one of the longer 4 links but a nice panhard rod is produced. Uniballs at both ends, adjustable length if I am not mistaken, and again a great quality looking piece.

This stuff wont give you a more comfortable ride, It'll probably raise the road noice by alot, but its a killer system on race and drift cars

After these formalities were done we'd started just talking about loads of things, I was surprised to hear about the racing and drifting scene around here, it seems China is the place to be. I definately hope to learn more about it though I doubt i will have the chance to visit a drift event this month.

Also talking about loads of the other parts around the office gave some interesting stories, from some of the parts made for driftworks to the little magneting drain plugs. I definately want one of those so I may end up picking some up later this month (I left in a hurry because time was pressing and didn't get a chance.. awell).

Also R&Ps were discussed, it seems it is definately possible to start making these as they make similar gears for other cars, problem is volume. To make the price compatitive to what is in the market today enought people need to want them, so thats something that we'll need to look at.

I'm sure more products for the hachi roku are possible in the future

Anyways, I really had a nice afternoon so thanks again for the invite!