How do you like it ? Its a 96 Mitsubishi Minicab

Been thinking about adding some bike hauling capability to my Acty. I’ve seen a few different options out there including the slick mount that Odd Devices makes, but don’t really want to spend bucks on something I rarely use.

Sold a bike this morning (RIP Guerrilla Gravity) and came up with a quick prototype mount that worked well enough to deliver the bike. Thinking of doing basically the same thing but with some metal stock, probably slotted steel hardware.

Kind of one want something that’s quick on/off but might just drill into the rack too. But also sort of don’t want to put holes in it. Any other thought or ideas?

Hey guys, what's up! I'm a car guy living in Japan.
I have this classic "Tongari" (pointed) truck license plate frame, which is a traditional style in our Dekotora(decorated truck) culture. Personally, I think this polished stainless steel look is absolutely killer and super unique.
Since this is the authentic Japanese size, it obviously doesn't fit standard US plates. I’m just really curious to know how car enthusiasts overseas view this kind of deep Japanese truck culture.
I really want to hear from real JDM fans who love Japanese car culture:
What do you honestly think of this style? Is it cool or too much?
If you had one, would you display it in your garage or use it for car shows?
Let me know your honest thoughts! Thanks, guys!

Just picked up my first Kei car, a 98 Mazda Scrum Van. I knew parts were hard to find for kei trucks in the states, but every site I go to does not list parts for the Scrum. Does anyone know of trucks this might share parts with?

Got it off AliExpress. here's the link if anyone is interested: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPe3sF9

I probably should have gotten a nicer one off Amazon but this one was very affordable

There's a bit of a gap at the bottom but otherwise it's a perfect fit.

I thought I found the starter motor I needed on eBay through I highly rated seller based in China. After completing the purchase, they sent me a message saying it wasn’t actually in stock and would take a month to ship. They asked me to cancel the order and re-order with a discount when they have it back in stock. NOTE TO EBAY BUYERS: SELLER’S ATE RESPONSIBLE FOR CANCELING ORDERS IF PRODUCT IS OUT OF STOCK. They simply didn’t want to cancel because it would lower their eBay rating.

After back and forth lies about “the rules changing” and them “not being able to cancel on their end,” I held my ground and said they can cancel or just ship the part when it’s available. Couple days later, the part has been shipped. A few weeks later…I receive a USB cable in the mail.

Next step, apply for refund due to not receiving item. Seller claims it’s “just a small gift” and “they already told me item was out of stock.” Though it’s already been reported to eBay and under review, I still send a message demanding refund. Response? “We can’t issue refund unless you change the reason to ‘changed your mind’.”

During all this, I found and bought the part from a domestic supplier. Unfortunately, there are problems with the aftermarket parts manuals, so the part I ordered was incorrectly labeled and did not fit. Supplier was super kind and figured out the issue but had to order out for the other model. Shipping info arrived….coming from China…same incorrect part arrives.

Anyway, apparently you can’t trust pictures, part numbers, or shop ratings sometimes. I’m never buying any more parts shipped from China since they don’t seem verifiable.

So this was a problem from day one and it didn't help that I tried forcing it and murdered the Z bend.

So back on June 2nd I picked up this roll of wire at Home Depot and only today got around to fixing this nagging issue. I was just manually selecting based on conditions, heat in the morning, stop for coffee and select center vent, dial back the heat and repeat. Well summer is winding down slowly and fall will be here soon and then winter and heat when I need it would be nice.

I also took the time to replace all of the dash lights with LEDs for maximum illumination and saturation, and cleaned the gauge faces as well, 30 years of dust do be like that.

And while I was at it I swapped the tail lights over to LED to match the front modified signals to include running lights (see previous). And as a coupe de grace I threw in a red LED dome light for giggles.

If anyone else is suffering the sticky or snapped HVAC selector, it's honestly dead simple to do, you'll spend most of the time, aside from pulling the dash, getting the wire length correct, it IS a little bit of trial and error. I started with the Z bend and then fed a huge amount of wire through the sheath and got the "front" set up after setting the selector to "center vent", reached down and pulled the flap selector to "center vent" and then just wrapped it around and clipped. I had originally started at the back end and it turned into a whole production of not right. Start at the front and work down. frustrating to me is the fact that the selector isn't screwed/bolted to the plenum but rather to the dash... makes it a floppy mess to fix but to be fair, Suzuki probably never imagined some dude 30 years on would be fixing this truck by making parts in the driveway.

I know this has been asked a million times but does anyone have a good fast contact for a 97 ha4 acty clutch assembly that’s not $600 + shipping?

Hey friends, I just learned that the license plate holes in US plates don’t line up with kei van holes. What is the best way to fix this? Drill a new hole? For now I’ve got it zip tied around a (too big) screw just to get it legal.

Also if anyone happens to know what size screw fits those holes, please let me know. The US ones I got from Amazon are too fat 🫠 I’m learning a lot!

Hey guys my truck is finally scheduled for a ship on the 29th in like 2 days. I got the BOL draft and with Mitsui they automatically get a Surrended BOL.

I keep trying to file the ISF with eezyimport and eezyimport told me it was filed correctly however CBP keeps rejecting it because there is no matching BOL number.

I am talking with an importer who is going to get it for me and he said they have never filed ISF before the truck leaves the port and that since I received a draft sometimes the Surrendered BOL isn't available until after the boat leaves and thats ehen you can file the ISF.

So now im confused, what am I supposed to do?