CRS Hiace Drift Vehicle

 This is a follow up to the video added by The Mechanic on CRS Drifting. Here are some photos of that particular car at CRS parking lot in Osaka.

Low roof or Baluga......

Here i am again writing on the basics of Toyota Hiace. Locally Toyota Hiace is limited to 2 models.

The first is the low roof panel van. That's the van your friendly Pos Malaysia, Tenaga Nasional and just about every other service van in this country. It is undoubtedly the work house, the backbone of this nations economy as far as durability and reliability is concern. The low roof does not come with glass rear window. There are low roof Hiace with rear glass window running around, but they are either custom fitted with rear glass window or fully imported with glass window like the one we have. But being a simple van, it can be custom built to anything.

The second is the high roof. This model is made for passengers. It comes with rear air-condition, rear seats and glass rear windows. It can be ordered without rear seats. To me this is the ugly duckling of the two. I call this the "Beluga" after the unmistakable Beluga whale. It will be a challenge to pimp this model.

The Beluga Whale picture taken by Alison Reese.

The rest of the Hiace family such as Commuter, Super GL and Regius Ace is not available locally through local Toyota dealers, but the good news is it can be imported.

Low roof panel van (Front), High roof passenger van (Middle) the two models available locally. Picture courtesy of rightcar.govt.nz

The Mechenic

"The Mechanic" is the philosophical voice of Optimoprojets. I will discuss more on the technical side of fabrication and the course of Optimoprojects.

Optimoprojects represent a new flavor for an old already existing market. As with all things i came to realize a large void for improvement in the fabrication industry here. The details of this void remain to be explored.

Quick and easy has been has been taken over by efficient and practical. The "quick and easy" method in the manufacturing industry in Malaysia has left most of our local product in the dark due to lack of quality. This explains why some of our home grown tuners leave their fiberglass body parts unattended to at night when they close down for the day.

The lack of know how and the fundamental of the whole fiberglass laying process.

But there is still hope as some fabricators still do a good job, this was highlighted by our Japanese tuners during their recent visit.

Our aim is to establish Optimoprojects not only as Hiace tuners but synonymous with quality fabrication.

I present to you Toyota Hiace CRS Style....

Outdoor friendly Hi-ace development

These are a few photos of the 3rd row seat that can be taken out and turned into a picnic table with 2 stool.
Demo was done before seat installation works to the vehicle.
Please refer to older post for view of the seats which has been installed.
Many thanks to Bridge Japan for their hard work.

Modification works by Bridge Japan

Below is a few photos of the works that was done in Osaka by Bridge Japan.

These was taken during final phase of development before installation to demo car.

Much of the modifications is a first time ever develop as most of the Hi-ace in Japan has gone to different direction in interior modification.

Designs were done taking into consideration:

- Long distance traveling 

- family of 6 with luggage 

- outdoor friendly

- interior flexibility

Custom made sliding seat rail for 2 row seating

 

Dismantling of rear pillar cover to install custom made cover with Carrozzeria speaker system