Right-hand drive means the steering wheel is on the right side of the car. This episode is focused on that setup, which is common in some countries and is a big part of the car’s identity for fans.
Fog lights are extra lights on the front of a car meant to help you see better in fog or bad weather. Here, they’re also being used to help figure out which version of the car it is.
JDM stands for “Japanese Domestic Market.” It usually means the car was made to be sold in Japan, which often includes right-hand-drive and different factory options.
The Nissan 300 ZX is an older Nissan sports car that a lot of car fans love. People like it because it looks cool and drives like a real sports car, even though it’s from the past.
The Chevrolet Cavalier is an older, regular compact car from Chevy. In this story, it’s the car the speaker got instead of the sports car they thought they’d buy.
This is a 2.3-liter engine that sprays fuel directly into the engine’s cylinders. That kind of fuel system helps the engine control fuel more precisely, which matters a lot on turbo cars.
The Mazda Speed3 is a sporty Mazda that a lot of people modify. Here they’re saying it’s easier to work on than some other cars because there’s more room in the engine bay.
The Nissan GT-R is a fast sports car made by Nissan. It’s built for performance, so people often expect it to be very quick compared to other cars. In this episode, it’s being brought up in the context of racing and performance talk.
A turbo is a device that uses exhaust to push extra air into the engine. More air usually means more power, and that’s why turbo cars have lots of aftermarket parts and tuning options.
The radiator support is the part up front that holds the radiator in place. When you add a turbo and parts don’t fit, people may have to cut or modify that area to make room.
A “stock block” means the main engine housing is still the factory one. Tuners call it out because making huge power without upgrading that core part is harder.
The Miata is a small two-seat sports car made by Mazda. It’s designed to be light and easy to drive, so it feels fun on twisty roads. The “96” refers to the model year, which some owners like for its specific version of the car.
The Mazda RX-7 is a sports car from Mazda that uses a rotary engine, not the usual piston engine. Because it’s an older enthusiast car, people often talk about keeping it maintained and fixing common wear items.
In rotary-car ownership discussions, “seals” usually refers to the sealing components inside the engine that can wear with age and mileage. When seals aren’t in good shape, performance and reliability can suffer, so owners plan maintenance and repairs.
The Mazda RX-8 is also a rotary-engine Mazda—so it’s built around a different kind of engine than most cars. People who own them usually expect to do maintenance and repairs as the car gets older.
The “Evo” is Mitsubishi’s performance model line. It’s basically the brand’s way of saying “evolution,” and the conversation here is about how the name came to be used.
Car
Mazda Speed 3
The Mazda Speed 3 is the hotter, turbocharged performance version of the Mazda3. They’re saying they traded into one and that’s what pulled them into that “Speed 3” world.
The “import process” is the set of steps for bringing a car from another country. The shop is saying they help customers with the paperwork and logistics so it’s easier to get a right-hand-drive car.
Tuning is when someone adjusts the car’s settings—usually the computer—so it runs differently. It can make the car faster, but if it’s not set up right for the parts, it can also cause problems.
The intercooler core is the part inside the intercooler that does the cooling. It’s basically the heat-exchanger that helps the turbo air come in cooler.
RHD Japan is a shop that sells parts for Japanese cars, especially right-hand-drive setups. Here, they’re being waited on for a specific part to finish the build.
HKS is a company that makes aftermarket performance parts. A “high suction” kit is meant to help the engine breathe better by improving how air gets into it. The host is saying they installed this kit on their car.
Bushings are little rubber parts that help connect suspension pieces. When they wear out, the car can feel loose or vague; replacing them can make the ride feel tighter and newer.
A subframe is a strong metal framework that suspension parts bolt to. If the connections there are worn out, the wheels can feel less precise—fixing the bushings can make the car feel much more solid.
White Line makes aftermarket suspension parts, like bushings. Here, it sounds like they used White Line pieces when replacing the worn suspension connections.
Power steering uses a pump or electric assist to reduce the effort needed to turn the steering wheel. Without it, steering effort is higher—especially at low speeds—so stripped “race car” setups often remove it.
ABS is a safety system that helps you brake without the wheels locking up. That way, you can usually steer more effectively, especially on wet or icy roads.
“OEM plus” means upgrading the car in a way that still feels like it could’ve come from the factory. It’s not trying to make it look totally custom—more like tasteful improvements.
A blow-off valve is a turbo-related part that vents pressure when you lift off the gas. It helps the turbo system behave better and can create that distinctive “pssh” sound some people like.
Radiator hoses carry coolant through the engine and radiator. If they’re old or upgraded for performance, they can help the car stay cooler and avoid leaks.
An R-Tech exhaust manifold is an upgraded part that helps get exhaust gases out of the engine more efficiently. On turbo cars, that can help the turbo work better.
The Haltech 1500 Elite is a tuning computer for the engine. It helps control how the car runs so the turbo and fuel system can be calibrated for the upgrades.
Term
anti-light for the launch
“Anti-light” here sounds like a launch feature that helps the turbo respond quickly when you start accelerating hard. It’s meant to reduce lag so the car feels punchier off the line.
Term
Hugest flame
They’re talking about big flames coming out of the exhaust when the car is launched hard. It usually happens when the engine is running in a very aggressive mode, and it can be stressful on the exhaust over time.
The Mustang is a sports car made by Ford. It’s known for being a popular performance car with different versions over the years. People bring it up a lot because it’s widely recognized and there are many different Mustangs to choose from.
This is a special limited version of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Because only a small number were made, it’s the kind of car that collectors pay attention to.
Term
stamped
In wheel talk, “stamped” usually refers to markings or identification impressed into the wheel (for example, part numbers or authenticity indicators). The speaker pairs it with “Authenticated,” implying the wheels are verified as belonging to a specific Evo variant.
The Ford Falcon is a car model made by Ford, and the “six sixties” reference means an older 1960s version. It’s known for being a classic performance car. In this context, the speaker is saying it handles well and grips the road.
Term
interwall
This sounds like it might mean the tire’s sidewall—the part of the tire next to the rim. That area affects how the tire holds up and how it’s identified.
Blitz ZZ's are suspension parts that change how stiff the car rides. “6k” is a stiffness setting—higher numbers usually mean a firmer ride and better control when driving aggressively.
Rallycross is a racing style on a short course that can include both dirt and pavement. Cars need good grip and suspension that can handle uneven surfaces.
An antique plate is a special type of license plate for older cars. It usually has rules about how old the car has to be, and that age rule can change.
The Mitsubishi Mirage is a smaller Mitsubishi. In this chat, it comes up because someone is talking about how a Mirage can be modified or compared to Evo-style cars.
The Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 is a faster, performance version of the Galant. In this segment it’s mentioned as another Mitsubishi people bring up when talking about Evo-like builds.
Carbon fiber is a super-light material used on performance parts. It can make the car lighter and is also popular because it looks “race-y.”
Term
Evo 5/6 platform
An “Evo 5/6 platform” is basically using the Evolution V/VI as the blueprint for how the car is built. People do it to copy the Evo’s setup and parts rather than keeping it stock.
“Cage it” typically means installing a roll cage—an internal steel framework that strengthens the cabin. It improves occupant safety and helps the chassis resist flex during hard driving or track use.
“Tracking it” means taking the car to a race track for laps. It’s harder on the car than normal driving, so people often set the car up differently for it.
A boot seal is the rubber seal around the trunk area. If it’s worn out, water can leak in when you wash the car. Replacing it can stop leaks and reduce wind noise.
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Hey, and welcome back to the next episode of the right hand drive guys podcast the podcast for guys who like right hand drives
I'm Bobby. This is Aaron. Yeah, yo, and we actually have somebody live today at blunt garage garage in the studio
Jeremy Weller. What's up, dude? What's up guys? Thanks for having me. Absolutely, man
And if you are watching on YouTube, you can see behind Aaron is
Definitely, I mean, it's the right color right now. It matches like
This is actually a pretty sick visual yeah
But he has an Evo in here and we'll let him tell you about it in a little bit
But we were like dude, just bring the car right in right? Yeah, seriously. Let me see those fog lights
Yeah, let us see these fog lights. That's you and if you heard that then you know, it's definitely a JDM right hand drive Evo
Pre-7 right? Yeah, sevens didn't have the is when they discontinued the fog lights. Yeah
So dude and actually this is really cool, right? Because this guy actually lives up the road not too far
How many miles would you say?
23 miles three miles. Yeah, and we we like really had no clue Aaron
You met him. What like you met this guy. I think good like a year ago
Yeah, like last summer I went out to one of the Meads and Brunswick and yeah, he was there
With our buddy Chris Hinkley as well. Yeah, so Chris. Yeah, he must have been a cool guy. Yeah, so you're like, oh
You're like, I haven't seen this one before
Yeah, that's cool. So yeah, I mean if and if you have been listening to the podcast
You've heard us talk about Chris Hinkley before he was stationed in Japan. We met up with him
You know at a an underground meet after Otto so long
And then he was organizing some meets here and I think I went to one. Yeah, I did I went to one and
But yeah, so that's Chris and you've known him what since like high school in high school. Yeah, and I left for the Navy first
Maybe like a year before he did. Mm-hmm. He stuck around for a little while
Started a main drift project. I believe with a few buddies
And that I heard went really well. Yeah until it didn't seem like a good time. Yeah
But yeah, we could use that again. Yeah. Yeah, Chris and I go way back though
So back then, you know, what year are we talking like before you went to the Navy?
2005 2006
So you're like mid 30s. I'm 37. Yeah, okay
So where you both in the cars pre-Navy
Yeah, I would say we were
You know Chris and I
We knew each other. Mm-hmm. We never really hung out after, you know after school
We had similar friend circles. I see so, you know a lot of passing and going
But I would say
100% he was in the cars. I knew I was 100% in the cars
My first car was supposed to be an old 300 ZX
Oh, that didn't happen. I got a 95 for escort
Total that son of a bitch
Whoa, what a switch off. Yeah, right. You think you're getting a 300 ZX and you get a
No, dude simpler. I thought I was getting a Civic. I got a Cavalier. It's both start with C
but like
No, no, so I know Chris he was stationed in Japan obviously that's how we got to see him
Yeah, but you you weren't in Japan with him. No, man. I was punching holes in the ocean punching living that sub life
Oh, you're on submarines. Yep. Dang. That's I mean
Everybody would say dang. That's cool. Dang. That's cool. Was it cool?
Yeah, it was kick-ass man. I love I love to growing up on submarines
You know went through a lot of
Transition
Transitional phases through the military, you know a lot of politics that come with that but
Yeah, you know, I saw a lot of good bad and ugly
Sure
But you know survived on the other ends
Still came out sort of normal
Growing up under the ocean kept kept your passion for cars alone a hundred percent. Yeah
Okay off topic, but real quick like dude. What the heck is it like like under the ocean like is that like that's like wild
Like dude, you're like under the ocean for a while at a time, right? Because those don't refuel their nuclear, right? Yeah, yeah
nuclear
No, honestly, it's
It's not too crazy. I don't know how it would be nowadays a lot of things have changed since I've
stepped foot on submarine it's been like
The better end of a decade since
But honestly you have some of the closest friends you'll ever make, you know, your best your best buddies
Nothing to do
Yeah, so you're just talking about everything and anything
Dreaming big, you know
Making plans before they actually happen if they ever happen. Sure. I guess yeah
You have a lot of time to do that type of type of thing planning and whatnot, right? Yeah, you get out
You got everything in the rest of your life
So in those plans was it ever an Evo like like if you think back
Did you ever do you think you ever mentioned Evo in any of those stations?
I think just as a kid, you know watching Fast and the Furious
Playing need for speed underground, you know, always loved the Evo platform, you know being able to use that in video games
You know, but it was never a conversation piece
I don't think while I was in you know, even you know with nothing to do under the ocean
Yeah, no, I fell into that Mazda lifestyle. Okay, the 23 dizzy. I love that platform
So I like okay, so I'm like ignorant to that you say 23 dizzy. I'm like, I'm like that sounds sick like
That's cool. Yeah, but what is like? What is it?
It's just a to me. It's just a normal
2.3 liter direct inject engine
Like that's it's a 23 dizzy man. Like I see my Mazda boys out there. They know
I'll be on the internet trolling people to be like, oh, what this this GTR is gonna race this this Mazda speed three
It's gonna walk it. I'm in there like even though it lost. I'm like nah
nah rematch
Gonna walk that
Do it
That's cool, you know, how are they turbo? They are okay, so it's a factor loader. Okay. Yeah, I get it
Yeah, I think turbo cars seem to have like
I don't know the easy to tune so you can yeah
they really seem to have a following and they have a huge aftermarket platform and
you know just
Any car guy out there any any, you know, even female working on their own cars like knows how
how
Ridiculous it can get sometimes on certain platforms where you're like dude, I don't have any friggin room
Oh, yeah, that is not the case with a speed three. You have all the room man
We're just gonna know how to twist your fingers and yeah, your elbows. Yeah, that's cool
Yeah, that is the worst when you have a cramped engine bay and you're like, yeah, you like
You try to turbo civic back in the day, dude, you'd have to cut the radiator support. Oh, yeah, it's all kinds of everything's gonna
Yeah, dude, it was a mess, but yeah, I know I just roll around with some guys that
Would just drop these big ass turbos
Hardly any tuning and then they would just make like
1300 horsepower and damn you're like
Three-liter out of a 2.3. Yeah, so
Purple drink tuning if you're if you're watching if you're listening. I still remember you guys
used to roll around with I
Believe his name is Ryan with purple drank. He's a tuner back then. I don't know what he's doing now
But he at one point and maybe still today has the fastest stock block
First gen speed three. I think it was like pretty cool. You know again if you're watching dude
I think it was like 800 horsepower on a stock block
That's insane. That's a lot. Yeah, that's almost 2j number great
Less cylinders, dude
Like damn, that's pretty sick. Yeah, I mean and that that's crazy
I think about there are all these like niche worlds out there like with the different sub models of cars that you wouldn't even realize right like
Obviously, I mean, I figured there were people that like those cars
But I didn't realize it was this this thing just like there probably was so many other makes and models, right?
You're like, oh, well, yo, we're the Cavalier boys that I never got to get up in there
Oh
So that's been your thing up until this car has been
Yeah, the Mazda's for the most part. Yeah, it was actually a
It's kind of a slow death
for Mazda's for me
I sold my last speed three
Or I should say my second speed three. I picked up
2001 and a half s4
completely just built
Such a fun car
drove it across country when I went out to Washington State had it for like yeah, that's all three months and
Was going up the hill and the transmission just
Went out the back really and I was like whoa what just happened
like what
My brain was in panic mode. I didn't know what the hell just happened what to do
ended up getting it home and
Scrapped it for three 3k and then I got back into my my third
2013 gen two and had some fun with that
Picked up my first Miata out there
M-edition 96
clean super clean like Jay Leno would appreciate how close was was it one of the
It was
It didn't have that tuning now
Had like 40,000 miles on it. Oh, that's insane. It's just well one owner. Yeah, well maintained
Had a guy offer me like 10k for it had to do it
I actually let him go with for 5,500. Hi. I was just trying to move on. Yeah, and
winner was coming
And yeah, yeah, he came over from Idaho and he was like dude
You have the lowest mileage cleanest looking Miata in all three states. He was like, I've got 10k in my pocket
I was prepared to just give it all to you, but we shook on 5,500 and I was like, man, did I did I say 5,500?
7,500
The loss is the worst. Yeah, I'm an honest man man. I passed it on it was it became his project car was older guy
Like a Datsun guy. Yeah, and probably good that the first probably still together if that's the case
Right. Yeah, like or not
But and then yeah, I
Yeah, how do you get from like Mazda life over here to Mitsubishi?
so I
Wanted I got rid of my truck. I wanted a
Fun car
But my wife had
Stipulations and you know some car guys out there know what that's like, you know when you have kids and things sure
Need it. Yeah, I did four doors. I knew I wanted something turboed. Yeah, and I knew that the right-hand drive scene was just up and coming
I lived down in Jacksonville at the time
Really big car scene down there, especially for the art, you know, right-hand guys
It's just it's booming. It's out of control now and
And I just I was scouring the internet for anything
You know almost walked into an RX 7 was gonna go through the the shipping process
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, I mean
It's one of those things right like they are different
They're a car with a different type of motor than is even is in this room, right?
Like they're one of the few cars with this motor and like as beautiful as the car is and like
Awesome as it is. It's not the mid 90s anymore
No, you know, and if these cars haven't been maintained or gone through you're going to do it
Oh, you know so where maybe with this you were able to get it drive it
Enjoy it and not have to worry about replacing seals or doing this or that. You know exactly. I was just planning on stealing Hinckley's
Car parts. Yeah. Yeah, that word is still alive. So oh and he does have the original 13 be in there
I
Believe so, yeah, even my shinkha that I had I had a RX 8 shinkha as well
They had the the 13 be
REW. Oh really? Yeah, and that how does that work is it was that?
Factory it was factory. Yeah, and I didn't know it came with it. It was such a blast
and coincidentally, you know for those watching shinkha I
I
Believe it's Japanese for evolution, but since the Evo already existed, you know, it was a trademark thing
So I see technically I already had an evolution. Wow, that's pretty cool
Wow, but I should I should not have ever given that car up. It was you know, I didn't have any oil issues no seal issues
you know
Everybody would just talk shit about it and it's like dude. It's a clean car
Yeah, what's it got three? You know, I had the the burnt copper red, you know for those out there that know that color was insanely rare
They only brought 500 to the States. Yeah, I actually traded it for an almost brand-new speed three
That's how I fell into the Mazda or into the the speed three game
Interesting went from Mazda to the or not Mazda from the RX 8 to the speed three
Yeah, we had an RX 8 in here last year that we're selling for somebody and Aaron took it for a rip and it like I was like it
Ripped it's like like noise. Yeah, I mean it was boosted and stuff. So like it was a little above and beyond, but
He did some really great great drifting around the drive was
Sorry Nick
He's not gonna say no
Say no
So so you decide you're gonna go to the Evo what like and you you we're gonna get the RX 7
You dodge the bullet. How does this come into your life?
So I came up on a place driver motor sports out in Rustberg, Virginia
Really great to work with
So for those out there looking for right-hand drive cars, they specialize in a lot of you know that and they take care of the import process
For you, you know decent prices
Just keep your your eyes peeled for that incoming inventory on the on the shuffle all the time
but I saw this and
You know just on their showroom floor. It was just
Immaculate I see so this this car was already stateside. It was you you
Went or you looked on their site and saw it on the showroom
Yeah, I actually did a lot of digging into this vehicle
So before I even purchased the car. I
Found out that HD works did a lot of the work on it prior to my ownership
Yep shout out HD works
Also fix your website because I can't get on to it and I want to
Yeah, I tried to get Peter to
Remote in on this so that we could talk about the car, but he's got kids stuff going on
Yeah, we all know I actually think I had talked to Peter at one time. I was trying to get some info from the original owner
Just wanted to know the good and bad, but fortunately I found a
Complete podcast or just a YouTube video
from HD works with the original owner
They kind of walked through the car and
Kind of told what had been done. I was like, oh, yeah
Like that adds up to this and what drivers driver motorsports is saying
You know found out that the
The original turbo
After they kind of did some tuning it just blew up caught fire
No major damage though. Yeah, but that's why it now has the Art Genari six and a half Evo TME
Upgraded turbo man, and it's it's fast spooling
Mm-hmm, and it just it sounds so great. So it's got an upgraded turbo and so
Most of this came with the car
most of it. Yeah, so under my ownership of
Just kind of maintained
the looks I
So if you noticed earlier the evil nine brambos they were
They were painted
Skyline blue that's cool or the Bayside blue. I'm sorry. Yeah
So I started to color match the emblems. I see
Everything all the way around
Try my best to kind of maintain that it's a very hard color
Surprisingly to actually match
You know whether it's like wrap or even just paint. Yeah, cuz you're not gonna get you know unless you know somebody from Japan
You're not gonna get the the Japanese factory paint
You're gonna get something stateside that somebody whipped up. Sure like I have tried to get
You know the Scotia white and
The paint coat is not that
Right, and it's like, you know, I can look at the car and be like, oh god
It's just those, you know, those specs are just staring at me. Sure
But outside of that I threw on
Different steering wheel, you know, give it a cutie
You know just cleaned it up a lot. I got rid of the orange corners. I cleared everything side markers
I've got a gigantic HKS intercooler
Core sitting at home waiting on my pipe RHD Japan. Hurry up
Um
I'm gonna blast dude. Yeah, it's like waiting on some of those parts like that whenever you order from, you know
Which whichever website this you know, it says in stock and you're like
Is it is it in stock and I don't know. I'm always skeptical
But whenever it does show up or you know, you get the email that it's on the way, you know, you forget about all that
You're just excited
Yeah, exactly, I forget about all of that, you know, I've got so many those shops out in my head
Yeah, oh, yeah, it's the worst like if I can't find it in Japan I go straight to Australia
All of those guys evos are like they're still brand new to them over there
Especially, you know the evo 45 and six platform there
You know, they treat them like brand new cars, you know, the parts are just out the yazu
You know, so I just I tend to lean towards
The Aussies out there and get my parts from them and pay the extremely overpriced tariffs
Kills me. Yeah, it is pretty crazy from Australia. I like lately. I've heard even some companies have like just
You know, not even sending orders to America anymore. Like they're just done with it
They're like, you know what? This isn't worth it. Right because people are getting upset about tariffs and their
Yeah, it may seem like a minuscule number to some people out there with, you know, bigger builds
But I think my last
My last shipment I got tariffed like a grand
Damn, yeah, it's easy like
For why
Bro like why? Right. Um, but yeah, so under the hood. I've also added in an hks high suction kit
Um classic
You know, I had before I I drove it up from Florida. And yes, I said I drove it up
1200 isles from Jacksonville and uh, this little
Paint ship here is the only damage that I took the entire drive
Not bad, dude. That's a hike drove it so slow on the highway. How many hours is that? I did it in like
22 hours
Dang dude, you're slow. You can only make it a national in 19 or 18
17 and a half. It's because you're not driving it. Dang evo
Yeah
Dude, that's I can't tell you how many people I I got passed in those 22 hours just being like go go go
No, no, no, I gotta make it to Maine, bro
Yeah
Kids make it to Maine. Yeah, did some rips through upstate, New York though
Um, you know got up in the mountains and it was cool weather sunny out and no one on the road
I was like, did I turn somewhere wrong? Right? Am I lost?
But I was like fuck it. I got time. So I had some fun up there. Um
Yeah, but anyways, like I was saying before I left Jacksonville
I had a shop go through
and change out
every
bushing
On the subframe front to rear. It's all white line
And I will say
It feels like a brand new car. That's cool. Um
And
Something for the viewers. This is the rs model
So back in the day that would just be super baseline
No frills not even a cd player not even a cd player. It does now. Yeah
Um, you know and bluetooth, you know, that was special
Uh, but you know, I got crank windows
Um from the factory in the rs model
Um, you know, they usually came without abs without power steering without ac. Yeah, it's a race car. I have those
That's so that's a luxury here
Um, especially on those hot days, even though I don't even use my ac
I just put the windows down and I want to feel the breeze and listen to the gears like tomorrow
It's gonna be 89. Yeah, what? Yeah
That's finally it's not yeah, it is crazy. We live in man. You should yeah everyone else is like, what are you talking about?
Dude, it's been summer for a month. Yeah, there's more more. Yeah
Yeah, at least
dying yep, so
What like what was done pre like what hd works have it for what were they doing? So
The previous owner brought it into hd works. Um, you know, I just kind of wanted to comb through the car
Make it an oem plus builds. Um, so
A lot of the goodies on this vehicle are from, you know
Just about every generation
Evo so
45678 and nine
um
so a lot of
Factory I should say goodies. Um, you know, so like leaning more towards the 78 and nine
Those factory items like even as simple as the blow off valve held more pressure
Um, you know looks cleaner into the bay. Yeah
You know, so I kind of went that route and just kept upgrading as many plastic pieces as I could
Got a partial sponsorship with mishi moto for a little while so I got hooked up with some radiator hoses
You know
It is pretty cool with these like with these 90s cars like
You can do that with the upgrades from the other generations because the same thing with the skylines or the s chassis is like
You know, it's pretty cool that you can like update
The older older versions. I like that's pretty cool. I didn't really realize that you could do that with evos too
Yeah, the interchangeability is
Is really what keeps this car going. That's sick some pieces. Um, I
Will not be able to ever get they're just not in manufacturer
Or like in manufacturing anymore, um, or in production
um
You know one thing that really
lights the fire
is
on
The rear the deflectors. They're solid red
Um, all my lancer boys out there know exactly what i'm talking about
Everybody wants them. They're solid red and I have a chip on the driver's side
Getting your hands on a brand new set is
Like damn near impossible. There is one set available
with
a I think it's vega
Motorsports in australia
They have one set
And it's just it's hella overpriced and like how much how much of it would cost with tariffs
Probably 1300 dollars
Just for two just for two reflectors two of the reflectors not the whole tail light
No, no, no just the inner passes of the boot. Wow. Yep. I've had it in my car for
Forever i've been watching this one set. They've had it for a year. It's their last set and it keeps fluctuating and i'm like
Maybe I should just reach out to them and be like brah. I'll give you like 250 bucks for it. Like it's not gonna sell
They'll be like no mate
Yeah, yeah, good night. Yeah, some other conversations I have with uh with these companies too. They're just like
You're so american right shut up. Yeah
You're like, okay, okay. I'm sorry. You called my bluff
Um, so that I mean so it's it's got a little upgrade turbo motor stock otherwise
Yeah, so motor stock. Um, so it's got the injector dynamic 1050s
Um
fuel injectors, um, let's see the I already said the arginari
um evo 6.5 tme upgraded evo turbo
I've got the
Let's see. I've got an r-tech exhaust manifold. Those are nice. Yeah, mhe
I think it's the map dump pipe, uh, invidia dump pipe
Um, I've got the hks high suction kit. It's got what do you have for tuning?
It's a haltech 1500 elite
with
Some touches. Oh, dude, that's right. You have chris inkley
It's got uh, it's got like uh, the anti-light for the launch, right? I remember it does
You shot the
Hugest flame dude. It was like a hugest one. It was like 51 dude. It was insane
He almost caught like a bush on fire with it. They I was like, whoa, do you relax the shoreline had just put in a
brand new fence and I was asked if I was gonna do that to uh, and I don't normally do it but
You know, I pulled up and
I think some of the crowd was like
Bro, why are you like 10 feet away from the fence? Like you'll see
And the dude that was recording right behind the car. I was like, you might want to back up and it just caught him off
Like, you know off guard and it just blasted in
It's like five feet of flame
And everybody was just like
Okay, yeah
That's what's up. That's cool. Dude's friggin blowing the flame throw out the figure. Yeah, it's fun on the highway to get it to do that
You know, um
You know, it doesn't happen often, but yeah, it does. Yeah, um, just randomly flame for a dragon
Out the back of the thing. Yeah, that's cool. Go through the quiet neighborhoods with all the cairns. Yeah
Yeah, um
Fog lights work fog lights definitely work. Dang. They're friggin. I can't stop looking at him. Yeah
Do you want to bond? Do we want to turn them on? Yeah, turn them on. Actually. Yeah
Dude, actually, yes
Slide on the pod here. Oh, dude
They're good
You guys are gonna have to tune in for this. He's gonna turn on the fogs, dude. Wow
I'm just blocking one. I promise they both work. See
Can you see that is sick, dude? They do they do every body kit company in the 90s had
Evo body kit for every civic every like. Oh, yeah
Like whatever dude, they had
They had them for mustangs. Yeah, that's crazy. Like it's crazy how
This like model car created that big of a wave dude to like
I don't know that was like a sought after thing in the aftermarket was like the evo body kit with the huge fog lights
Yeah, the five was the most popular one for that, dude. It's pretty pretty cool. Really. And then spoilers got bigger. Yeah, you know and
You know speaking of or on that fact so
You know the evo for
you know, it was kind of like
Where everybody started picking up on
Just the evo itself, you know, unless you were in uh, you know in Europe, Australia, Japan
Like you already had the evo 122 and three platforms
But to everybody in the state side, it's like
the four dropped
And then everybody is all of a sudden rally racing. Mm-hmm. And uh, and so on that
This is one of 989
Produced vehicles or rs's that were made worldwide
Um, so in the condition that it's in it just makes it a crazy
You know rare car to cost a thousand. That's pretty cool. Yeah in the world
Yep, um pretty sick
Yeah, I've got uh stamped
Authenticated evo six tme wheels. Uh, that's cool. Those are yeah, look brand new. Yeah. Thank you. I've been trying to uh
Find the right replacement set
So that I can save the life of those
I don't want to throw
They are wrapped in uh, the falcon as in a six sixties and they're super grippy
I'm sure you guys have probably run them before they're just great tires and super strong interwall
um
Trying to think yeah, it's got a lot of
Like cusco bracing's
Front bars it's got the rear strut bar
um
You know, I know I'm forgetting somewhere in there. Um, of course, you know, there's just always yeah, there's so much attention work done to
um, I've got
Just kind of like a daily driver setup right now. Um, but I've got the blitz zz's
6k front and rear
coils
Which actually make the drivability
Really great. That's cool on a
You know on an array of of like if I want to be on the dirt or you know tarmac
You know, just I really don't have um
You know any discomfort driving this vehicle are there any plans to rally cross this thing?
I get that question all the time dude and that would be sick
I you know what if I had like
Two and a half million followers and you know instagram and youtube were paying me to do this
The car has 78,000 miles on it to date. Um, when I hit that 100,000 mile
I'm gonna pull the motor. Yeah, I'm gonna build it. Um
And we were talking about this earlier that uh, you know might just put a dog box in it
Yeah, and uh, you know good old sequential and
Because it's not a daily right, you know for right 67 months out of the year
It sits in my garage on wheel dollies
Yeah
No towel
It's not gonna ever see snow. It hardly ever sees rain. Um
You know, I really baby the hell out of this thing
It's just it's a great car and I want to treat it right and yeah
Own it for a really long time. What's up with the custom vehicle plates?
Like I had heard some rumors about this and I'm like, dude, what is the deal?
So what have you heard that you could
Register it under the custom vehicle
And then I also heard that you couldn't it didn't qualify. So it seems like it does it looks so
When you want custom plates, you'll do anything to get custom plates
And I don't mean it in that way
No
I
went into the what is it the uh
City hall now. They don't even like dm fees anymore here town town hall. Yeah town hall. So go into town hall and uh
You know the lady behind the desk is like, oh, you're like, what what are you doing?
Like, oh, I've got my right-hand drive car out there and uh, I want custom plates, please
She's just kind of like
Oh crap, here we go again
And so she walks into the back and this other woman walks out and dude when I say she means business. I mean I was like
Whoa, holy shit, like is this woman gonna jump the counter at me? Like she really just came up in full force and uh
Didn't even ask anything
about
You know like why I wanted a custom plate or anything like that. She was just like what's done to the car
Oh, she wanted the mod list. Okay. She wanted the mod list and but me doing my homework. I was like
Body kit big ass wing
Just like throw all the keywords out there for her that she'll understand. So I was like, yeah, it's got a body kit on it
It's got big ass fog lights
It's a huge spoiler. It's got, you know, crazy rims, you know, like
You know, it's just like it's been gutted like it's
upgraded engine and she's like
Give them the custom plates
I got my fucking custom plates and I was so happy
and
So what does that actually mean because you're the only person I've really seen with that besides like
I guess one or two on the road. I guess. Yeah, I haven't so
For me it was more about
Not having to do an inspection
Oh
Because I I think legally you are supposed to have it inspected still
um and shout out to all the uh
The car mechanics at uh brunswick mazda who want to get their hands on this for an inspection
I hope I don't get you in trouble
They're in an inspection in this garage. Yeah
Not even my fit right. Yeah, we don't even I'm not
In any inspection sticker on that windshield
whatsoever
I hear you there. I just tell people it falls under the antique
You know kind of rules where they don't really have to get an aspect it either
and and
unfortunately
When I went to get registered this
I think just a few months prior
Main passed that new bill that your car in order to qualify as an antique now has to be 35 years
Oh dang and mine is
Just about to hit 30
When it would have been an antique and I wouldn't have to worry about anything. So I see
Yeah, it was more of just uh, but those don't have lobsters on the plate guy. There ain't no frigging lobsters
I actually want to get a blank plate without the tree
Um, you know little customization, you know put evo 4 on there because I'm absolutely tired of people
coming up and being like
Nice lancer. Yeah, can you not read at least I'm gonna call it a prelude right there. Yeah
Yeah, that's true
Yeah, I mean, yeah, it's tough like with people right they they do just kind of
They just see what they want or they don't even know what they know. Yeah, or they don't know
They just have no clue really, especially being up here where it's just like
They've never seen anything like him before other than a lancer, right or not a lancer
Mara that was a mirage, right like the the lancers the mirage the galants, you know, those vr4s
Yeah
Yeah
I mean, it's cool like because I remember the dudes with the mirages would do the evo thing like it was
It's interchangeable man. Yeah, except this mirage will smoke it
Yeah, that's good. Yeah, it's a mirage dude. You want to put 500 on it?
That's cool man that build up so
um future plans for this thing so
Outside of building. Yeah outside of when you hit 100k like like how about this? How about
You know when you got this car, you probably created a vision
Mentally of like the end. What is the end like where this is like?
Huh, I need to buy another car because I'm already I'm done, you know, like oh, I would still drive the hell out of this thing
But you gotta get another one because there's no mods to do like this. So what is done?
So done for me. I
Eventually want to get with
Like a bodyworks company
You know, I've reached out to a few artists that work with carbon fiber
I would love to
recreate a wide like a wider body for this that isn't
You know converting it to an evo 5 6 platform because I just
You know, they're great. It looks good, you know, it's wide
But I kind of want to make something new something different something one off
That's cool, you know, so lots of carbon fiber goodies
You know still make it somewhat of of a show car
You know, I'll completely strip the inside
There's already no sound deadening because that was part of the rs. Oh, that's cool from the factory. So
It's it's extra lightweight. Um, you know cage it
You know
Get rid of the back seats. Yeah, cool. Lock that off because yeah, you would have to have another car at that point
You know, yeah, just put some can't have the family with no seats
Yeah, that's a hero on it, you know and just give it some crazy downforce and maybe you just start tracking it
That would be fun instead of rally just do something a little bit on the road
Yeah, keep it on the tarmac and uh, you know, keep it looking somewhat decent
Yeah, I mean, yeah the the mountain the mountain dirt roads will do a number on this thing quick
They will I went back and forth
For the past year now. Um, I wanted to climb the cloud or climb to the cloud. Yeah, or whatever that race is called. Um
I just kind of wanted to
Do it in a stock ish evo and
You know, there were some evo fives and sixes out there this year and you know, shout out to them. I think they did really great. Um
You know, it's
If you don't have the money for these, you know, and I really hate to bring money into this
But if you don't have the money for this platform
Don't get this platform because it will run you into the ground and you know, I
I see my current so you never owned a Nissan man
Not a chance
Dude, I think it's got to be like just 90s cars. Yeah for sure. Yeah, think about it
It's any you own a super you're broke
You know, like it's the same thing, right? Like because you're just like you go through that whole thing on these 90s cars
Especially, you know, when you describe replacing plastic pieces and in these different things
That's what you do, right? And like yes, those plastic pieces aren't 1999 anymore. You know, they're 99 99 now
Or more of course, so
Yeah, I think it is any of these knees are not nice on 90s cars that like
You're just trying to keep it
Because you wish it was whatever 95 or whatever, right? You wish it was 95
So you're trying to get it back to that point. But like then something else fucks up and you want it period. Correct. Yeah
Like right now I'm replacing all the door seals
I already replaced the boot seal and I you know, you notice an immediate difference
Like you don't hear the wind whistling because the seals are bad and you're like, right, right?
Finally like I can wash my car and not get dribbles of water down in the window. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. You know, that's great
um
And I you know, I still I'm waiting on a new set of
headlights, um
I waited
six months for the set that I have opened up the box and
The passenger side is just shattered
And so fortunately the company was like, yeah, since you had to wait so long like we're gonna just ship you out the
Same side and
You know, that's legit. Yeah. I mean for them to stand behind it because they could just like never respond to you again
Yeah, they'll take care they're gonna take care of all the tariffs and import fees and all that stuff
So I was what company is that?
Um, honestly, I think it's like a chinese company, but it's uh, it's kosa keys. I think that's what they're they're called
I think they do like
Just random shit, but they do some like carbon fiber work too
But they just had it's really hard to find
The lights that I really want for this
And they had kind of the clay like the closest thing so there won't be plastic anymore. They'll actually be glass
Oh, those aren't glass. They look kind of looks glass from here. I was gonna ask. Yeah
um
So the driver side is actually cracked and that's what led me to move into
instead of
You know buff them out and get them clear again
Um, I just wanted a new set. So that's what I want to repair and replace and maintain
That's dope, man. Um
So, okay, where can people find you on the internet?
You can find me at
Man, it's been a while. Uh, what does it say on the car? Uh, jdm triple. It's jdm
underscore triple underscore diamond. There it is. Yeah, okay. That makes sense with the mitzvah
Yeah, I don't have a huge following. You know, I'm I haven't been active on what you're not some big influencer
What are you even doing here?
I get it. I've been driving right this man drives his car. He doesn't post about it. Yeah
Well, that makes sense, you know, I get a lot of offers though to get pictures taken and
Matt mckeen hit you up yet
Oh, yeah, why does the name sound familiar?
He he wants to take pictures of awesome cars. I'll give him that right like he's just
Very he's persistent about it. Yeah, I'm sure he's hit you up if you saw your car because this is the type of car
He probably has I put a bounty out today. I don't know if you
Yeah, if you guys saw that maybe like what provoked this
It may have you know, so tell you manors out there
Or out of staters that are driving you want to fly in and or whatever
You want to fly in from overseas and pick you up at the airport snap picture?
Yeah, yeah, I will that's you did that if I would absolutely do that
but
Yeah, you uh, you catch me out in the wild because I've been just watching that
and
It's so funny because the other day I was at a meet and somebody took a picture of an old rabbit
Right next to my car. Yeah, but you still can't see it
But I knew that it was there and I'm like man nobody wants to show the evo any love
And so I'm like, you know what screw it like I've been driving this thing. No one's captured me
If I'm out in the wild and you see me snap a pic tell me where you got me
If it if it's right like if I really was there and I'm a very honest person
Um
We can set up a day in time or a car meet to show up at
I will 100% just give you like a ride along
Um
Didn't work
The buttons aren't working because that was an air horn in case anybody wanted. I was like
Because he is willing to give you a ride. Yes, that's pretty good. And dude, if you see him
There's not many of these in Maine, dude. Definitely. It's probably the only one, right?
Yep, my wife hates the the the bounty that I've put out there
She's like that's how people get killed and I'm like, well, you know what it's gonna be a bloody mess
In Maine. Yeah
No, and so the reason why I put that out was I want to get more
awareness
Not just to right hand drive cars, but just to the car culture and the car scene that is ever growing here
It's slow. Oh, yeah, we're gonna catch up. I've been waiting since 2004, dude. Yeah, man. We're gonna get there. Um
So I just want to create more awareness for the surrounding groups. Um
Yeah, that's pretty cool
So if you see him out and about flick a pig send it to him, he's gonna give you a hell ride, right?
Is it or is it soft ride?
I was supposed to say like a medium hard ride like let him hear the blow off like yeah
I am getting a new clutch starting tomorrow. So, okay, you know, let me do that break in. It's gonna have some grip
Yeah, I will have some grip
It's got a good clutch in it already. I just
I want to refresh it now. Exactly. See he owns a 90s car
This is not even fucking up and he's refreshing it. It's it's got 800 miles. These are it now
It's like always that paranoia, right? It's like, oh, I better replace it before it goes bad
Right. It got a little sticky. Uh as I was storing it this past winter and I was like
Immediately like that night like new clutch on the way
I've had to clutch waiting since like
November last year. That's cool though. I mean, you don't have to worry about it, right? I think I get the same type
Oh, no, I get I got the same type of issue. I don't know
We ran it too hard on fuji when it was in japan and then since then the clutches like slipped in higher rpms, but like
Whatever just it still sounds cool. Yeah
Sounds super cool. Um, dude, germy, we appreciate you coming on for sure
It's always good to connect with a local especially one. You didn't realize live three miles away. Yeah
Here we are talking shit about manors all the time and I don't have
All right, these is through burning. Yeah
Um for sure man. Hopefully we catch you out. I like the your choice and color of the car. It's pretty much perfect. Yeah
Um, but guys for this episode of the right hand drive guys pop podcast. I'm bobby
This is erin and germy
peace
About this episode
Right Hand Drive Guys welcomes Jeremy Weller and kicks off with the Evo sitting in the studio—JDM, right-hand drive, and even generation clues like fog lights. The conversation jumps from submarine life to how the Evo platform shows up in video games, then into Jeremy’s car path: Speed 3 to a built Audi S4, and later his turbo four-door, rotary shopping, and right-hand-drive import plans. The episode also covers extreme tuning, turbo failures, OEM-plus upgrades, and the practical headaches of seals, tariffs, and rare parts.
In this episode of the Right Hand Drive Guys Podcast, we sit down with Jeremy Weller, a Brunswick, Maine native and longtime car enthusiast whose journey through the automotive world has taken some interesting turns.
With deep roots in Mazda motorsports, Jeremy shares his background in racing and performance, and how that foundation shaped his passion for cars. Recently, he made the jump into the RHD world with his first right-hand-drive car — a Mitsubishi Evolution IV — marking a whole new chapter in his enthusiast journey.
We talk about the transition from track-focused builds to JDM ownership, what drew him to the Evo platform, and how his experience influences the way he approaches cars today.
🎙️ From Mazda racing heritage to JDM evolution — this is what the next chapter looks like.
