Tofu Auto Works

In the latest episode I finally got to show off the newest sponsor, Goodyear. Honestly it's so sick that they reached out to me and wanted to get on board with the build. I figured as well as just posting all the nice photos here, I'd also explain how it all came about because it's still honestly pr

So some pretty major news in this video, there's some awesome news with the new sponsor, and some less awesome news regarding the Japan situation but I've already filled you guys in on that in the previous post.

We'll start with the good news since I'm currently in a pretty good mood, but it did take me about a month to get around to posting this update... so yeah... There's actually a whole bunch of good news, but the biggest of all of them is that I have a brand new project coming in in the next couple we

Took a little break from the LMR2 this past week to work on the S13. I really want to get it all back and painted again but the fitment of the kit was bugging me. So I made some tweaks to the fitment and will hopefully have this thing ready for paint in a few episodes.

※English text follows at bottom TOFU AUTO WORKSがスタッフを募集します！ 日本でTofu Auto Worksをこれからもっと成長させていくために、そしてこれからも日本で生活しながら仕事を続けていくために、次のビザを取得することが今の大きな目標です。 そのため、一緒に働いてくれる人を探しています！ フルタイムで、主にFRP製品の製作とSNS関連の仕事を手伝ってもらいます。SNSの仕事は一部リモートでもできるので、ハイブリッド勤務も可能です。 これまでの仕事での経験は必要ありません。必要であれば、最初にしっかりとした研修を行います。もし今までの経験が

Oh man, a lot of work lately and frankly not too much to show for it but that's how these things go sometimes haha. In this episode we make a start on fitting the roof section, refining the fit of the fiberglass panel and getting ready to start covering this thing in bodyfiller.

Quite a short video this time. I was expecting much more work to go into getting on the car but hey, I'm not gonna complain when things are easier than expected.

Some leftover photos from last week that I hadn't posted yet, mostly just the filler work to the 3d prints and then some beauty shots of the part fresh out of the mould.

Following on from the mould making from last episode, in today's episode we make the rear clamshell for the Group C build. This is the largest fiberglass part I've ever produced. Enjoy the video.

Ya boy's back in the kitchen. I've just finished editing the video so go check that out if you want, but as always I took a few photos throughout the process and so I've got this post to compliment the video with a little extra dialogue. It was fun having a break from Japanese paperwork and actually

Finally back to working on the MR2. In this video we glue together 20kgs worth of filament, wrapping up the final of the major mould sections for the build.

Here it is, the grand finale.

Here's the trimmed and audio balanced version. I've also uploaded subtitles (English only)

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I've just finished the rough first cut for this episode and figured before I go through and trim out all the fat and do the audio ballancing and add subtitles, all that stuff, I might as well do a quick render and put up this longer version for anyone that wants it. I'll have the trimmed version fin

This is going to be a very pic heavy update so strap in. Here's where we were at with the last update. Body work finished, looking like a mess. The shapes are great, it's definitely all getting that sharper look that I always had in mind. Gotta overpower those soft Mx5 curves. Got some primer on the

I know that the last few videos I've uploaded them unlisted onto YouTube and that was helping with the viewing experience. But unfortunately I don't know if it's a coincidence, or YouTube deliberately affecting my channel, but since I've started doing that my channel has been performing quite poorly

So you guys all know the drill whenever I don't update for a while, it's because I've been working my tuchus off just trying to get whatever I'm doing on the car finished. In the last update we finished off the front making the new flares, headlights, and oil cooler. This time we're moving around th

Quick update on the Mx5 and the progress on the front end. Fenders are coming along great and they are really doing a good job at adding that circular detail from the rear fender into the front to tie them together. I'm liking things a lot better now. In other news the replacement fuel pump arrived

Quick photo dump to get everyone's attention. Some of you might have noticed that I've removed the turbofans and gone back to the original black and red aerocovers. I still think the turbo fans are cool, but at the moment my focus is on getting the front and rear of the car back looking like they be

I've only got just under a week before I fly back to NZ and hopefully get a new Visa to keep on living in Japan. Luckily I was just able to finish this video up so that means I'm free to worry about everything else now until my flight, like cancelling the Shaken for the Twin since race cars don't ne

In an earlier post here I announced the two new builds, my S13 that I've had since I was 15, and the new Choro-Q styled group C Twin build, and as of this week I've officially started on the S13 build. There have been a couple teasers in my latest videos where you can see two different Silvias sitti

Extra photos from during the build process on the past two videos for anyone that likes still images.

The other weekend I made my way out to NOS. As someone who absolutely loves classic cars, this was a must see for me, and it was a beautiful day for it. You always see some pretty cool cars driving around in Japan, especially any day there's a show on. I didn't have my zoom lens on but I still manag

So I'm still figuring out the best way of doing these uploads. The last video I uploaded a single video as unlisted first for you guys to watch, then changed it to public, but that seemed to mess with the YouTube algorithm a bit and that video didn't perform quite as well as they normally do. So thi

It's finally arrived! After almost a full year of waiting, my container with all my fiberglass moulds and my childhood S13 has finally made it to the new workshop. It feels so good to finally have that over with. I know I tried to get a whole bunch more sent over like my tools and my personal belong

Testing out the new links to YouTube instead of native Patreon. Still finishing up the upload so it's missing a few things like description, timestamps, and translated subtitles but if all you need is English subs then feel free to watch it straight away. Finishing the mould | 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘊 𝘔𝘙-2 �

In this video we're piecing together all the 3D prints to fully assemble the center section moulds.

Here is my coverage of Tokyo Auto Salon 2026. The whole show was unreal and it was awesome to meet so many people I knew and got to see evolution of builds I'd been following for years. So to make things about as difficult for myself as possible, I decided that in addition to filming a quick video f

I've been waiting weeks for the first bit of snow in the new house, something I've never had in any of my other homes. Back in NZ it only really snows in the mountains or certain areas, never anywhere I've lived. I had to bring the Twin up and get some photos of it in it's first snow.

Happy New Year to all you absolute legends that have supported me throughout the year! I'm enjoy a nice little forced break while I wait for all the businesses to open back up so I can get back to ordering supplies, but figured I'd bring you along with what I've been doing for fun the past few days

Someone mentioned in a comment that a better name for this car would have been the LMR2 as in LeMans, and I've been fuming thinking of how I didn't come up with that. I've changed names of my builds before, you reckon LMR-2 is better than MR-C? And also I remembered to include subtitles this time ho

Continuing with my trend of not really knowing what to title these posts, how to start them, or what to even put in them. I figured since this year is wrapping up I'd just post a few of the photos I had left over that didn't fit into my other posts. A little behind the scenes at some more of the stu

We're back with everyone's favorite build, and in today's episode we'll be addressing the most common complaint I get which is "why do I never do any performance mods" well that changes today.

I think half the reason I'm so bad at posting is because I never really know how to start these things. But I still like to accompany my "early" access videos (when I'm not finishing them 2 hours before my deadline) with some pretty pictures if I can remember to take them throughout the process. I'v

So in between all the sanding and episodes, I've been trying to get out and about a bit more. When some friends came to visit recently we decided to head to Daikoku but rather than go on a Friday or Saturday night like everyone else, we got up early and headed out to see the turnout on a nice Sunday

Finished with 2 hours to spare. I thought moving to uploading once every 3 weeks was gonna make things easier, how is it even harder now to get these out on time.

And the long format sanding content is back. Cutting it quite close with this one, only about 2 hours left until it goes live on youtube and I've still got subtitles to translate, timestamps to make, and I still haven't made a proper thumbnail although I could just use this placeholder.

I'm just putting the finishing touches on this video with only about a few hours left until it needs to be up on YouTube, so what better time to also throw the continuation post up on here. Fortunately this post doesn't really need me to say anything, just enjoy the photos.

So in the last post we'd stripped down the car and I'd shown in the video me setting up the new 3D printers. So moving straight on from that I got stuck in and spent the past week and a half absolutely chewing through about 16 rolls of PLA + filament. You can see straight away that there are a good

Just wrapped up the finishing touches on episode 1. In this episode we start actual work on the MR-S body, stripping all the panels off and getting ready to start printing off the moulds. By my estimates it's going to take about 2 weeks straight worth of printing before I have all the moulds for the

So the past couple days I finally made a start on this project. You'll remember that when it was dropped off it was lowered into the driveway with a crane and it was missing a wheel, making rolling it impossible. Well I finally found a jack that I liked and some axle stands and so I could now wheel

The wait is finally over. I'm happy to present the next build for this channel, the MR-C. In this introduction type 'build preview' video I'll be covering the year and half design process that lead to the final design. Thanks again to Stan for his help once again with the CAD and 3D scanning work th

6 days until the official reveal of the next build.

I moved to the Japanese countryside so I could buy cheap cars and do dumb mods. This video is honestly mostly a quick recap on what I've been doing behind the scenes for the past few months which is just slowly making my house livable and tidying up the outside. There's a bit of car stuff in there t

In the latest video I teased the latest addition to the tofu garage, my new Suzuki Twin which for now will serve as my grocery getter and daily runabout. Released in 2003 and only sold for 2 years, there are only around 10,000 of these gems left in existence making it one of the rarest production ke

A little early access for the video. I cut it pretty close with the deadline but still had to make sure to get it posted here before it goes up tomorrow over on YouTube.

Time to finally reveal the next project! I have been so excited for this one. My good friend Stan who helped me with the Stagea build and I have been working on the CAD for this one behind the scenes for almost a year now. (I say helping, really I just fumbled around and gave him directions on what

Last time I posted about the garage I had basically just opened up the shutters and that was it. But now that I've fallen into stage 3 sanding withdrawal it's time to actually get to work on it so I can get back to doing what I love. First thing to take care of was give the place a good sweeping and