KodaCast

Nau met our next guest in typical car enthusiast fashion: through shopping for NSX parts. Marc Perez, heads Mita Motorsports in Japan, a shop that specializes in exporting and fabricating NSX and S2000 parts. When these two first got in touch, their phone conversation stretched to over 3 hours long… needless to say Nau didn’t get much work done that day but his wallet certainly got lighter.  Marc...

The KC team flew out to Calgary, Alberta to visit the Kodawari man himself, Tony Nguyen. Cousin of Nau Ho, and along with long time friend Allan Phim, the trio talk car shenanigans and passions. There are too many stories to recount but the most epic story would have to be blowing the EM1 motor, which would be inevitably turn into the second engine swap for that chassis, fun!  We listen to Tony’s...

Nau gets to sit down and talk to Hector Levario, a fellow car enthusiast from California. We get to hear about his iconic S2000 build and the social media following that grew around it. Hector reflects what IG ‘fame’ can be like for a car enthusiast and they discuss the good and bad about social media: what that does to the human condition. Yep! We’re getting into Psychology.  The ultimate secret...

If you’ve been tuning into our YouTube channel, then this face should look very familiar! Andrew Wad sits down with long time friends Nau and Allan to talk about everything from growing up in with a passion to making it come true. They get into all of details of how Andrew went from becoming a mechanic to NASCAR to drag racing to Apex Motoring to becoming a name in the 10th gen Civic community.. t...

Nelson is a photographer out of Ottawa, Ontario. He connected with us through instagram and was one of the first people to shoot the shop's NSX. Nau and Nelson discuss how the Sony branding has stayed  strong and his loyalty to the brand. The two talk about learning and developing your own path when it comes to taking pictures and taking initiative to meet new people in your field of passion...

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 s...

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 O...

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?? Watch this episode on YouTube: HERE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

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 ad...

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 c...

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...

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 the...

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...

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.     Watch this episode on YouTube: HERE...

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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kaval from Make It Shine Detailing IG: @makeitshinedetailing Photographer Chris James on IG: @itschristopherjam...

Nau and Chris invite Jason Hoang, a fellow enthusiast out in Calgary, Alberta, on the podcast to share his car stories. Diving into Jason’s two big passions, we learn how cars and photography tie into his blog - lifewithjson. We hear about his efforts in founding the Calgary car group 'Ill Motion”, AND his current project being the creative behind car illustration page: @jtooned. As the three...

Nau and Chris sit down with KodaCast’s first guest, CEO and one man show: Kaval Vilkhu, from Make It Shine Detailing. With 14+ years in the car detailing industry, Kaval shares stories and advice about entrepreneurship, paint protection film, and tracking cars. They discuss how car detailers are viewed in the industry and how visionaries like, Matt Moreman’s (@obsessedgarage) influence has changed...

The KC team discuss the car shops and movies that we grew up around and their influence when it came to investing into car parts, clean builds, and what OEM+ means. Each member swaps car accident stories, including Nau’s epic Mugen RR inspired CSX Type S build and the accident that ended its legacy.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow & Support Kodawari ↴ Instagram: @kodawaricollective , @...

In our first KodaCast episode, we give a brief history of Kodawari Collective and trade stories on how the team met. Featuring owner, Nau Ho and team members: Chris, Sherry, Allan, Cindy and Khang. We reveal stories about growing up and hanging out as friends and family before working together as Kodawari Collective. Definitely NSFW!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow & Support Kodawari ↴...