RWB – Hanzo – Kuro Sora

There are some events, people and brands that transcend the various sub genres of the modified car scene and it is fair to say Rauh Welt Begriff (RWB) is one of those. Personally, whether it’s your number one style or not is a bit irrelevant as you can appreciate, the dedication, work and passion. Hearing that Mr RWB himself, Akira Nakai, would be here in South Australia to create the first RWB build of 2020, I knew I would have to witness it myself. With that in mind I took the hour or so drive from Adelaide to the Bend Motorsports’ Park.

With Nakai – San arriving in Adelaide and starting work on Friday, by the time I headed out on Saturday, much of the obvious work was already done. Whilst what one person (along with a helper) can do in 24 or so hours is quite amazing, (it would take me hours just to undo a few bolts!) watching from the sidelines you realise there is a lot to do that is not that interesting! Sure some of the work, such as cutting the fenders by hand, is very obvious a lot of the small details just take time.

The treasure chest, this is what Nakai San takes across the globe with him.

There was some other serious machinery in the workshop where the build was occuring.

Whilst this build was happening there were plenty of people coming and going, including a mini car show in the car park. It was cool to see amazing cars going up and down the freeway as I made my way up and back.

No surprise there were plenty of Porsches around!

Of course there was other makes and models to be seen.

This RX7 is a serious piece of kit and well known around Adelaide.

There was plenty of hot hot machinery around with a track session taking place at the same time.

Not everything was drive-able on the road.

Heading back inside it was quite remarkable to see Nakai-San absolute commitment to the build, in the time I watched he was never fazed by the constant stream of people coming and going, as well as plenty of cameras clicking constantly.

Not fussed by all the commotion behind him.

Fresh shoes to go with the new look, this is one of the front wheels in particular.

People were constantly watching the 7th RWB build in Australia.

Without going into details, which I don’t know enough about to comment on, it seems a body kit goes for around 25,000 USD before you factor in all the other work (& the car itself!).

This shot shows just how much extra girth is achieved (depending on the kit you select the amount varies). Again, I don’t know the technical details about whether the mounting holes are existing or if they are part of the creation process.

It was all recorded so there might be a time-lapse of just how much work goes into these builds. The time is something that I often don’t see talked about on social media but is quite impressive.

There was plenty of serious kit in the workshop to keep everyone amused.

Nakai-San had a helper, I am not sure about the footwear choice!

I had to head off before the car was complete, as with all builds (there can be up to 100 a year) a unique name, in this case RWB Hanzo, was given at the end of the process. There were plenty of dedicated media people running around so if you are interested the completed product hit up social media, one that springs to mind is Castle Car Media is one that springs to mind!

I had to leave with the car looking like this, close…

Nakai-San runs off cigarettes, frozen coke and occasional phone checks!

A constant images is one with the master with his head in the car cracking on!

Of course before I headed home I had to check in what was happening on track and being displayed at the visitor center.

There were more Porsches parked near the main circuit.

Liberty Walk, the Ferrari equivalent of RWB?

Of course I managed to find the Skyline that was parked near the pits.

In fact I managed to find a few, this GT-T appeared to have done a few laps itself.

No surprises to see (& hear) Porsche’s ripping up the track.

A quick peek in the visitor centre revealed more Porsches!

That wraps up an interesting weekend, RWB Hanzo is complete and whether it remains here in Adelaide or heads back to Melbourne (where the owner now resides) remains to be seen. Regardless though, we were fortunate enough to see the build process take place here in SA!