Meihan drift 2007

[@louie2592]

2000's Japan was the best era of drifting

[@DriftmanX]

Agree. 500%

[@renz1013]

I agree. actually not just japan but for the world. I'm looking at you bentmafkfilms

[@MrTahrik]

Facts 💯

[@calltheambalamm]

ditto

[@naokinakamuratechniquestud226]

It was good but I still strongly believe that culture of hard driving and pure fun has still been kept well at meihan.. Ither parts of the world oh well.. But meihan has done well in preserving its style and culture

[@DWAYNE-WORLD]

Literally better than formula drift any day

[@datutturugang666]

beating a dead horse, fd is the embodiment of american car culture, loud, flashy, unrefined, coarse. drivers just slam the throttle and call it a day

[@seanowens3153]

​@@datutturugang666this video is literally loud, flashy unrefined and coarse, they're also smashing the throttle when they're on the line.....you could at least have some actual criticism other then your obvious distaste for America.

[@seanowens3153]

Better in what way? Driftings drifting.

[@f_aint]

@@seanowens3153 better in the fact that the car is rolling art, and its not about massive grip and speed rather style and making something that looks cool fly, when drifting was about having fun

[@seanowens3153]

@@f_aint ...."Art"??? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder so what you consider art another might consider amateur. As for the speed and grip, Japan does the exact same thing in their competitions, this is just a grassroots track day, c'mon mate.

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Love the black roofs and stock steering angle.

[@daedalus_20v]

The fixed camera really gives you a sense of the speed and how much mid-corner "adjustments" are being made. I have more respect now for the drivers that make it look buttery smooth.

[@s70driver2005]

It actually looks like it's slightly sped up. Like 1.25x

[@xyanide1986]

Really makes me appreciate how good recordings/gear have gotten over the years. The audio and video quality we get from you is nuts.

[@LaurenceJanus]

The main camera was a Sony DSR-PD170, the fixed and in-car footage was shot on a Canon MVX20i…

[@akaiuwu]

@@LaurenceJanus the pd170 was objectively good, and he's using the internal mic instead of one of the xlr connected ones, it was one of the best non-broadcast SD cameras, what cropping to 16:9 and removing half the recorded lines to get 30fps instead of 60i and not deinterlacing properly is whats wrecking the quality

[@LaurenceJanus]

@@akaiuwu Is the sound bad, my ears aren't great, but I was definitely was recording this audio with the XLR mic connected, but it was using auto gain. It was shot as 16:9 PAL 50i, so it converting it to 1080P25 is definitely pushing the footage

[@junglistmassiv]

so many legendary drivers in one video

[@LRSNRCNG309]

Pretty much the golden era of drifting

[@kamanmartin1575]

S13‘s for 1.5k

[@PhantomBuster]

Funny how despite being from 15 years ago, the models of car being driven here are pretty much the same as the ones being driven on track today in your videos !

[@Uglier.]

All the OG body kits and parts 😭

[@AT-sf3wq]

I wish every countries car scene was this friendly. The guys cheering at the long Left onto the straight are awesome. Everyone just happy to be there and having a blast. Here in the UK you could guarantee some Tracksuit Clad fresh faced lad in a Financed Merc would be jumping out and threatening everyone 😂 Thanks Noriyaro as always for some epic content!

[@Zoltec-q1g]

I love seeing old footage like this. The video quality alone brings this certain feeling. Makes you nostalgic for the 00s, crazy.

[@desu250]

2007-8 was the last year of retro drifting, low angle, and bolt on parts hell

[@trolleyracingmaster7075]

Yep now its big hp fully competitive spec cars that don’t even drift they just do burnouts sideways lmao. This drifting is a beautiful display of balance

[@emanh4keem_san420]

@@trolleyracingmaster7075 and they called it professional drifting,low hp cars more sketchy

[@User-md3ul]

the ceremony is gold

[@DWAYNE-WORLD]

we need you to get a time machine and just keep bringing these out!!!

[@flipsilog_Gaming]

love watching your old videos.. hope you got some more to share.

[@SLiguykyle]

this was peak drifting

[@DWAYNE-WORLD]

Im on the edge of my seat watching these solo runs!!!! oh my god!!!

[@oli1658]

Wish I could have experienced 2000s car culture in America or Japan. Seemed so much more chill

[@vicolossal]

I love how most of them dont use the handbrake and keep a drift that clean, so good to watch

[@3bli]

Keep bringing these gems out ✨

[@ThrashRacing]

It’s called TD06

[@inertiaMS]

I love watching this era, i'm not going to be as bold to say it's better or worse than today, but crazy nostalgic.

[@codeninja100]

Really love these time capsule videos of early 2000s Japan. The first one you posted a few months back is probably my favorite video on KZbin. Seriously

[@uber_stuber]

one of my fav Japanese tracks used for drifting. that straight away into the tight turn is so intense

[@cz-bundy6896]

I love the old videos. Makes me love my old clapped out 240. Been workin my @ss off on it just getting it back to being street able again. Thanks alexi for these!

[@Tornike.Suladze]

This is so good, I didn't have enough internet and even pc time to see this when it was happening, back then I only had a single DVD with random car videos bundled together by my cousin. There was a video off of some kind of drift matsuri featuring Team Orange cars doing manji between promo girls, champagne colored sil86 cabrio with chrome eurolines and black r32. Also was that Naoki Nakamura in white s13 with purple decals?

[@JDMism]

Yes, it was Nakamura I guess your DVD was of the “Big X” event?

[@kempinenPC]

funny that back in the days drifting was about sliding, NOT POWER SLIDING. nowadays everyone wants to put a 500hp+ engine, huge wheels with super sticky tyres and all that expensive stuff. it's mostly spread in the US where drifting is about a show with lots of smoke.

[@Uglier.]

Style > Performance

[@Andrew_460]

Well it depends if youre drifting for fun or in a drift competition or drift demo. If youre trying to impress the crowd and judges you need lots of tire smoke speed and angle. To achieve that you need sticky tires lots of hp and suspension that can handle it. If youre just drifting for fun then you dont need any of that.

[@FORDLYFAOTEAROA]

So elite,hope these videos never get lost in the matrix 🤣

[@noobitski700]

Woah alexi you got some old vid way back in the day

[@NekoSoophie]

I absolutely love these throwback videos, really was the best time for drifting.

[@patrick_gingras]

The triples are so crazy lol

[@kibalicious]

Love old vids

[@twizzy8783]

And i was JUST rewatching your other 2007 video wow

[@nanashi8686]

it’s crazy how shallow people ran the main corner in comparison to today

[@edumacted]

they didn't have that b-knuckle back then

[@snooz510]

It's crazy how good they are without the fancy knuckles

[@JDMism]

@@snooz510 they also have waaaay less power and less grippy tires

[@LifeofBrad1]

I was 13 in 07. I remember spending my mornings watching videos like this with Dogfight playing over the top of them while I ate my bowl of cereal. Everything felt so carefree back in those days. I'm trying to relive that vibe, but it's difficult with the way people are nowadays.

[@allineediz1mike]

This made my night. Can't thank you enough for posting this.

[@buckorooster]

Such a cool angle

[@explore.brandon]

2:50 look at diago, he had to be 17 or 18 then.. this vid is gold. thanks for sharing.

[@JDMism]

Naoki Nakamura was 25 in 2007

[@willotoole4118]

2000s era nostalgia Drifting 🤌

[@dillondavis4996]

0:35 that sound

[@laniemon]

Nice blast from the past

[@keiboh_u3u3]

ちょっ吉さんうますぎる

[@naokinakamuratechniquestud226]

Good show

[@yokomuki8634]

Love seeing the hype the 2nd to 3rd gear corner building up for the straight.. I'd write my car off lol

[@Aldarris]

Here come the crop and filter for future phonk videos

[@gluee8674]

naoki was psycho behind the wheel

[@lazurithmusic7165]

Man my first glimpse of the OG drift days

[@leehrvyoswld]

~good vibes~

[@returnfire1]

best video on KZbin rn

[@0riginalkiyoshi]

Before street drift cars were sequential, hydro hand brake, 700+whp!

[@GundamAeroMx5]

They still aren’t lol

[@kshysztof9649]

I mean they still send it pretty much the same way on C Course every weekend

[@sabotagetyler]

So many good noises here.

[@hanamiauto3806]

Drifting events without corporate sponsors... are just too cool.

[@gk6018]

Sooooo many cool cars...... Imagine if events today were this cool

[@F77j]

The STYLE was so much better than today. (Or am I nostalgic?)

[@junglistmassiv]

no its truth

[@Bardyboy_]

Nah ur right, so much better

[@Charlie-Charlot]

It seems like an eternity ago, fifteen years ago now …

[@OPEK.]

naoki with the same manifold... thats amazing xD

[@FRIEDWINGZ17]

This is so sick. Thanks for posting all this footage!! What was this shot on? looks like Sony VX1000 quality. Love the vibe, reminds me of the video quality in skate videos.

[@JDMism]

It was shot on my Sony DSR-PD170 which is basically the pro version of the DCR-VX1000

[@FRIEDWINGZ17]

@@JDMism Oh that's cool. Just looked it up and it really does just look like a VX2/VX21 with a different handle and mic. Thanks for the response.

[@JDMism]

@@FRIEDWINGZ17 I’m super impressed you could accurately spot the family of cameras just from looking at the footage!

[@FRIEDWINGZ17]

@@JDMism thanks. I can only do this w VX/SD stuff though, when it comes to HD i have no clue what im looking at haha. It helps that all the skateboarding videos back in the day were filmed with VX’s so i have that 4:3 grainy SD quality imprinted in my brain i guess haha

[@echoes7MGTE]

Thank you

[@treeman001]

can anyone ID the bronze 5 spokes on the rear of the red bull livery car??

[@milkteaman510]

volk ce28

[@ferrononferro3941]

非常に素晴らしい

[@roguebogey]

hell yea

[@jeffcheung1995]

MSC CHALLENGE

[@EMERIC4N]

how much were those s13s then, i wish i could have one

[@oggeorgy5519]

Back when s chassis prices was okay

[@vivid2288]

This is so nostalgic!

[@Toropetskii]

damn those team triples are cool

[@oooooooliver]

3:33 anyone know whos car this is? and more pics of it

[@JDMism]

It’s Naoki Nakamura’s car

[@JK061996]

I've been there many times... in Assetto Corsa. By the way what's the reason behind all those mirrored liveries on the right-hand side of cars? Was it simply cheaper to make two copies of the same model?

[@JDMism]

It’s the same reason the American flag is backwards on one arm of US soldiers.

[@TalooshDaBoss]

damn, good stuff

[@thegaragemats]

back when cutting your quarter panels for over fenders was fairly uncommon

[@Itskylewalker]

In what year were angle kits first produced? Because even in the late 2000s when I got into it. It was very common. It wasn’t until around 2013 that I noticed it became more common. So in Japan what were common angle mods, and what was everyone doing back then? Spacers and extended tie rods?

[@TheForbidden0ne]

“Angle kits” such as wisefab are a pretty rare modification even today in Japan and was non existent at this time in the video. Seeing how shallow the entries are, you can tell there are no steering angle modifications. I’m not sure exactly when but maybe a few years after this Naoki started cutting knuckles for more lock and everyone at Meihan followed the boss. To this day that’s really the only angle modification most drivers do at Meihan; stock arms, stock rods, and cut knuckles (B knuckle by Naoki) with hub-centric spacers.

[@mervinsese3195]

noriyaro video option

[@TURST67]

Almost 20 years later, most drift cars are the same models.

[@Josh.c.144_knight_Errant]

Yep better than D1... any day.👍😎Alexi...love the content.used too hav HPI subscription back in the day...them where the dayz...who knows what happened to Japanese tuning garage Zani Tani...? Anyone I just remember the blue Supra they disappeared..I can't find anything about them online who remembers them?👍cheers from a fellow Australian...

[@panospapadimitriou3498]

let me catch some snacks// fresh oldies !!!!

[@damon938]

imagine the prices on these s-chassis back then

[@thatcandont]

In my opinion, the golden age of drifting is 2001-2004. But the golden age of sim drifting was 2010-2013 lol.

[@Andreasy2]

Back when cars where fun and cheap

[@evoGage]

Don't care what people say. The SR20 sounds really good!

[@atreyuh]

Fr legends 😲

[@PGHdrift]

This is epic

[@nofacelarp]

is this a hint as to what track the S15 will attack next???!?!?!?!!???!

[@zuperdrunk]

damn, who was the driver of the red rps13??

[@JDMism]

Chokkichi

[@goobworx]

dope

[@syn3rax]

I love how much of a mess the triples runs are

[@Uglier.]

slim chance any of those chassis are still alive 😪

[@oooooooliver]

would be cool to see one of them still alive today

[@corda3037]

I was like 6 years old when this was filmed bruh

[@tenwayssss]

i was 2lol

[@Soysaucerc]

2007 Meihan Styling = US 2022 styling.

[@Daren_PNW]

That girl looks familiar, anyone remember who that was and if she's still in the car scene?

[@jakebarrett9539]

this makes me moister than an oyster

[@snooz510]

Is asayan, looking ae86 still drifting ?

[@danobernabe5861]

Why some stickers are mirrored?

[@JDMism]

Writing on vehicles in Japan traditionally goes from front to back, but English looks weird written in reverse order so they just mirror it

[@kayinnaidoo7089]

To think I was 3 years old in 2007 probably eating sand in the playground like some dumbass really got me thinking how far technology has come and how fast time flies 😐

[@raphaelavorodrigues]

I was there 300 yeara ago

[@fakultiminda]

msc 07, please more !

[@acolyte1951]

coool

[@pukedout]

15:50

[@calvinliem8271]

dislike? more like dis i like

[@BadonkKadonk_Fool_Enjoyer]

So... This is what nfs pro street attempt to? (Please forgive me for my poor english & feel free to correct me if I make any grammatical mistakes)

[@emanh4keem_san420]

Not really,the game is based on drift point not judging.Meanwhile on D1GP PS2 game its based on how your angle,speed,style you made and not with bs drift points

[@martyhowie75]

Where’s all the massive camber like today.