If crazy is not enough: Bosozoku Style Tuning from Japan

Recently updated on February 7, 2022 at 07:15 am

If you think that your car looks very blatant by a conversion, then you have not yet heard of Bosozoku Style Tuning (Bōsōzoku) from Japan, because this tuning can not be topped in terms of brutality.

What is Bosozoku Style Tuning from Japan

Bosozoku is Japanese and literally means "brutally running tribe". That says everything about the Bosozoku Style Tuning from Japan; the goal of those is to tune vehicles and to be “brutal” in traffic. Bosozoku were originally called motorcycle clubs in Japan.

The birth of the Bosozoku Style Tuning from Japan

In the 80s, the emergence of Bosozoku gangs increased. Their hallmarks were the attack uniforms (Tokku-fuku), which were based on the Kamikaze pilots and were equipped with Kanji characters. As the gangs disbanded over time, a subculture persisted, namely Bosozoku Style Tuning with a shift towards tuning cars. The touring racing cars of the Group 5 racing series from Japan are the models for the Bosozoku style tuning.

The Bosozoku Style Tunings from Japan today

Inspired by the touring racing cars, the spoilers, front and rear bumpers have been adopted and "somewhat" lengthened. The description "something" is good, because you could stand comfortably on the extended spoilers or even take some sunbathing. But the Bosozoku Style Tuning from Japan is not about function at all, it's just about the look. Have you noticed the excessively long exhaust pipes? What are they good for? The long pipes make a lot of noise, but nothing more. It goes without saying that all sound-absorbing elements have been removed from the pipes so that the engine sound can be heard unadulterated.

driving style

Not only the look of the cars is brutal; the Bosozoku often perform dangerous maneuvers on their joint excursions. An example of this is wild lane changes or ignoring red traffic lights. Furthermore, the shinai boso is one of the dangerous driving manoeuvres. It is deliberately exceeding the permitted speed limit. It's not about who is the fastest, but rather about the thrill. The leading vehicle of a column is manned with the sentosha; this is the responsible leader of the action.

The rule is that nobody is allowed to overtake him. Other vehicles are used to secure the vehicles from the side and / or from behind. Bosozoku also race, but some groups only prefer brutal driving. During the rides, speeds of five to ten miles per hour are driven, Japanese flags are waved and obscene words and sayings are loudly shouted. But it has also happened that the groups became more brutal and, for example, threw Molotov cocktails or carried spears and swords with them.

Bosozoku Style Tuning from Japan

Within the Bosozoku subculture, however, there are still various sub-subcultures such as the Shakotan style, the Yankii style, the Kyusha style or the Garuchan style (Grachan). The literal translation of Shakotan is "low car" and this generally refers to extremely low vehicles with wide, heavily offset wheels and trailing tires.

• The Yankii Style is basically the same as Shakotan, except that he's more inspired by racing; i.e. wide racing rims, widebody kit, fat wings, etc. The term " Yankee ' comes from Yankee - the term for people who followed the street fashion of the 1970s and 80s with brightly colored aloha shirts followed by gangsters.
• Kyusha literally means "Japanese Old Classic Car", which mostly corresponds to muscle and pony cars in the USA. These vehicles are moderately modified through appropriate tuning with subtle fender flares, rear duck-tail spoilers, front spoilers and low-offset wheels.
• The Garuchan or Grachan -Style also comes from the 70's and 80's, just not so much from the street as straight from the Fuji Speedway. The "Zokusha's" had held large gatherings in parking lots and got a lot of inspiration for this type of tuning straight from the Group 5 Super Silhouette cars then competing in the Grand Championships. That means wide racing rims and tires, special wide-body aerodynamics, complete racing chassis and engines, which essentially correspond to replica Group 5 cars, were all part of it.
• The Bosozoku -Style is a mix of all of the above. So extremely low, extremely wide, extremely long, extremely individual road cruisers, which were created through decades of inspiration, reflect this tuning style.

Another subculture often associated with BosoSoku is the bipu- or VIP -Culture. These cars are extremely deep luxury cars, often from domestic manufacturers like Toyota, that come with big rims and lots of shiny things.

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