Category: modification
Give your ride a retro fit, DIY, supercharged air conditioner Hainan style!
Tweet The owner of this little van in Hainan island China got so fed up with a/c failures he decided to fit a house a/c to the back of his van! Hainan island is one of the most beautiful places in China. The tropical weather and fresh air mean the land is green and the [...]
Bluetooth Enabled GPS Rear View Mirror
Tweet Are you a cheapskate like me? Did you buy a bottom of the range car? Do you now wish you had sprung the extra cash for the one with GPS and a better media center? Well never fear! This all in one rear view mirror may just be what the doctor ordered. Installing is [...]
Driverless Cars Travel 8000 Miles to China
Tweet To anyone living in China the little orange van pictured here looks a lot like a Mian Bao Che (meaning bread van due to it’s looks) which is the backbone of China’s small businesses, but this little van has a few tricks up it’s sleeve. Using a total of 7 video cameras built in [...]
BBC’s TopGear Gets Chinese Cars On It’s Track (Virtually)
Tweet Although not officially aired in China, the BBC’s TopGear car show has a huge following in China. Chinese fans are able to keep up with Clarkson and co. through the Chinese version of The TopGear magazine, while more tech savvy fans are able to watch the latest episodes of the hugely popular show on-line. [...]
Austin Healey Frog Eyed Sprite Clone
Tweet Wow! Now this really got me excited when I saw it! I really do love classic cars, but unfortunately there are zero classics here in China. The closest we get to a classic car on the mainland will be the odd 1990′s Ford Sierra, or the ever popular VW Santana/Jetta (which are still in [...]
Wind Booster DIY Plugin Car Tuning
Tweet From the name could you possibly guess what the Wind Booster is claimed to do? If you’re like us and do have some mechanical knowledge you might mistakenly think the Wind Booster improves induction, or the cars breathing, and in turn help to produce more power, but it doesn’t. The Wind Booster is basically [...]
Turbo Charged Chery QQ
One Chinese QQ owner has given their little Chery a very aggressive upgrade!
180hp Xiali N3 Eats GTIs For Lunch!
The Xiali N3 is basically a Chinese built Daihatsu Charade from the 80′s. This tuner has decided to take this, the cheapest car on the road and tune it to 180hp!!
Armed to the Teeth Chang An Ben Ben!
Tweet Chang An’s Ben Ben was released a few years ago to compete against Chery’s QQ. The Ben Ben is, in my opinion, a much better deal as a city car, due to its 1.3 engine, and proven high quality. As it only costs around 35,000 RMB, plenty of young drivers have chosen the tiny [...]
Old Jetta New “R32″ Face
Tweet I can proudly say I have owned 15 cars in the past 10 years! Sounds impressive doesn’t it!? 1.5 cars a year! the stuff of dreams! It matters not that the majority of my jalopies weren’t road worthy, nor that I may have fibre glassed an aluminium sign to the sill of a particularly [...]



