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Nau and Alex Rei’s friendship started out in typical fashion: meeting through cars. What started out as just neighbours, soon turned into friends digging into car builds, detailing, and more. As it turns out, Alex was starting to build something really special with his 2013 Subaru STI. When they first met the STI had an OEM+ build, but after years of gathering unique parts, it has gone into full show race car mode. This is not to mention his M3 that he has which, is going through a full restoration. Listen in on the stories that make up these unique builds.
 
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Music: Jobii - Pizzazz

Produced & edited by: @koda_sound

Kodawari Collective's three dads: Nau, Allan and Chris, sit down and have a real talk about the business struggles, what it's like transitioning from 20s to 30s - from single person to family man, and KOG. The three friends discuss the dream they had about KC before it was KC. And sadly, one of our Koda dads resigns from KC to work on other endeavours - not only do we wish him the BEST OF LUCK!!

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Music: Jobii - Pizzazz

Produced & edited by: @koda_sound

KC Team members Nau, Allan and Dave go over some of the new car releases coming out in 2021-2022. Talking about the exclusive Euro/Japan releases like the Toyota GR Yaris, MN GR Supra, 2nd gen FRS, Nissan's 400Z, Porsche's 992 GT3, to the new BMW M3/M4/M5 drops with the bigger kidney grille. Which ones are you most excited to try out??

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Website and merch store: https://www.kodawaricollective.com/
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Music: Jobii - Pizzazz

Produced & edited by: @koda_sound

With all the different facets to car life, we found that most enthusiasts started off with toy car models first. Listen to Allan Phim, Nau Ho, Dave Hong and special guest Adam Sen, as we go ‘full otaku mode’ over diecast cars. Talking about being ‘masters of your own collection’ and being able to live out your car dreams through these models. Adam gives us the secret to an affordable models and advice on adding to your collection.

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Model Cars Canada website: HERE

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Website and merch store: https://www.kodawaricollective.com/
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Music: Jobii - Pizzazz

Produced & edited by: @koda_sound

We get the pleasure of sitting down with Varun Contractor, a pillar in the 240SX Toronto community. Starting out as a passion of driving and fixing his 240, it quickly turned into a business of importing parts from Japan leading to the start of the first 240 turn key swaps in Canada and the beginning of VHC inc (VHC Performance). He is your go-to for advice on all things cars, breaking down what changes he’s seen in the last 20 years working in the performance/aftermarket industry and talks about what makes a car enthusiast. On top of all that, he is also a huge foodie (thanks for the recos!) and great unicyclist.

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Website and merch store: https://www.kodawaricollective.com/
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Music: Lakey - In My Dreams 

Produced & edited by: @koda_sound

Nau sits down with an OG from the Toronto car scene: Neal Woon-Fat. He’s done it all from building cars for competitions, to working with sponsorship brands, becoming a head judge for ImportFest, co-founding FittedLifeStyle, and now is the director of the Driven Show Toronto chapter. During the midst of all this, Neal also found a niche in the car community for his apparel company: Throttle Brake Apex (aka TBA Brand). The two touch base on how the car scene in Toronto is represented in North America and how it has evolved in the last 20 years.

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Follow & Support Neal: HERE

TBA Brand on IG: HERE

Driven Show on IG: HERE

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Website and merch store: https://www.kodawaricollective.com/
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Music: Lakey - In My Dreams 

Produced & edited by: @koda_sound

Hosts Nau and Kodawari Dave sit down with The Pillai Brothers: Nathan and Navin, after the first PTN (Porsche True North) meet of the season to talk Porsches. You can tell how strong their sibling bond is by how many cars they have built over the past 20+ years, from Mustangs to RX-7s, from Aston Martins to just about everything. This is mostly a Porsche podcast episode but I assure you that there is just as much talk about the Corolla AE86, enjoy!

Watch this on video podcast on YouTube: HERE 

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Nathan: HERE
Navin: HERE
Pillai AE86 Build page: HERE
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Website and merch store: https://www.kodawaricollective.com/
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Music: Lakey - In My Dreams 

Produced & edited by: @koda_sound

Host Nau sits down with Alex, a Florida-native building his dream detailing garage, to chat about the ups and downs of navigating through the pandemic. We met Alex through IG, and through his content and support have come to know him well. We also get into a serious conversation about mental health and how working on your passions, creating that Kodawari mindset, has helped to re-focus on what is important. And of course we go over all of Alex's car builds.

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Music: Lakey - In My Dreams 

Produced & edited by: @koda_sound

In this episode Nau and Chris talk to Chris James, content creator for JRP. Chris James is always on the go with his work creating content for JRP and as well as for himself. We get into his work process of how he films or takes pictures, his mindset on always thinking about the next step, or the next project, and his love for cars helps him stay consistent.    

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 IG: HERE and HERE

www.jrponline.com/ 
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Website and merch store: https://www.kodawaricollective.com/
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Music: Lakey - In My Dreams 

Produced & edited by: @koda_sound

Nau and Chris sit down to review January 2021, PPF training with Kaval (seriously, we love that guy), the Rays Giveaway photoshoot (that we won!), our diecast store launch and what our plans are for the shop car builds. 

Watch this episode on YouTube: HERE

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Kaval from Make It Shine Detailing IG: @makeitshinedetailing

Photographer Chris James on IG: @itschristopherjames

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Follow & Support Kodawari ↴

Instagram: @kodawaricollective & @kodacast 

Website and merch store: https://www.kodawaricollective.com/
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Music: Lakey - In My Dreams 

Produced & edited by: @koda_sound