While many Americans would quickly label this as Bosozoku style, that is Japan’s youth movement from the 1950s onwards associated with biker gangs and customized motorcycles. Instead, it’s a Kaido racer, which was an even more heavily modified type of vehicle inspired by vintage race cars from the 1980s. Kaido racers – Inspired by 70s and 80s race cars, they’re hard to miss with their ground-scraping ride height, tall extended exhaust pipes, huge overfenders with wide wheels to match and wild custom bodywork. Kaido racer is a broad word used to describe what some people wrongly call a “Bosozoku car” i.e a GX71 cresta on SSR Mark ll wheels that’s very low, has a chin spoiler on the front and a slit spoiler on the rear with some FET Kyokuto decals, this is what a Kaido racer actually is.
Shakotan is a word you’ll hear by many of the Japanese public used to describe a Kaido racer, but the word itself means low car, and can be used to describe modern low cars too. Haiso is a style of Kaido racer that is more or less a 1980s VIP car. But if you think a slammed F40 may be outrageous, then you had better look away from this new interpretation because it is now way beyond controversial. Also, those unfamiliar with the design ideas get a pretty thorough explanation as to what subculture this appeals to.
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