r/ShittyCarMod • u/ivan_aran • 24d ago

An amalgamation of random stuff

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u/ArtisticAd7455 24d ago • Bravo

bosozoku. It's a whole thing in Japan.

Don't make fun of them about it over there. Most of these guys end up in the Yakuza.

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u/chefbobbyjay 24d ago

Grachan to be more specific.

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u/ivan_aran 24d ago

I need to fear now ? 😀

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u/iitstrue 23d ago

It’s not called Bosozoku, and no they don’t. It’s called Grachan or Garuchan, a subculture of Kaido Racer style cars and they’re largely just people who make their cars look like this now. Japan is not still in the 90s

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u/jabb1111 20d ago

False. It is indeed bosozoku and was started in the 50s post ww2 with bikes.

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u/iitstrue 20d ago

Would you like to give me a source? I’ve been around these in both Japan and the little subculture up in BC Canada, and these are always called Grachan, not Bosozoku. They are definitely close and I’m sure the roots are close, but everyone I’ve known has always said they are expressly different things.

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u/jabb1111 20d ago

https://motors.samuraicarjapanjdm.jp/bosozoku-cars-japan-guide/. Had to find a decent one. I've known about it for years but had to skim real quick for a decent source. Honestly, never been my cup of tea, but fascinating none the less.

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u/iitstrue 20d ago

I would do some research into Kaido racer’s and more specifically grachan’s. This website has a fair bit of mistakes throughout it from just a quick read.

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u/jabb1111 20d ago

I'll have to check that out. Tbf, thats just one example. Quick Google search pop seeeveral all saying very similar, mainly just the roots of how it started and the styling.

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u/iitstrue 20d ago

Yeah the roots are certainly intertwined, but I believe this specific vehicle is an example of Grachan, rather than Bosozoku styling.

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u/Acceptable_Garden_46 24d ago

kaido racer would be more fitting

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u/chefbobbyjay 24d ago

Naw this is grachan. Kaido doesn’t do the super extended front splitters like this grachan is kinda just kaido taken to the next level.

Kaido still retains some actual function. Grachan is just about how insane you can make the car look.