LitWhips On Steemit #5: LIBERTY WALK 🇯🇵

2017 Acura NSX By Liberty Walk

Hey Steemians, how you guys doing? Hoping y'all are enjoying your Weekend. Today I wanted to write about my favorite Wide Body Kit tune shop known as Liberty Walk with it's headquarters in Nagoya Japan. It makes stunning wide body kits by literally chopping off the wheel arches of supercars and of course I wasn't impressed with that bit initially but when I saw the finished product after a few more cars that they did I ended up loving it.

2017 Nissan GT-R By Liberty Walk

From the time I saw the first Nissan GT-R by Liberty Walk I can not see myself being content with a stock Nissan Gt-r. As seen in the above picture it just looks bad ass and extremely aggressive then any stock. Liberty Walk belongs to a Japanese man known as Wataru Kato aka Kato-San. He's a very down to earth, humble and extremely friendly and talented individual. When he did his first car he didn't even have the money for shipping the car to SEMA Auto Show in Las Vegas which would have got his work a lot of exposure and he needed that more than anything else. Fortunately DUB accepted to sponsor him and shipped his car which was the major break he needed to kick start his business.

Charismatic Kato-San with one of his Nissan GT-R at an auto Show

He made a saying representing his company Liberty Walk and it's **'Imagine All The People Living In Peace' ** which he really has lived and stood by it till today. Here is a brief history about him courtesy of Robert Jensen (Turbo Guy) and GTChannel.

Ever since the Liberty Walk/LB Performance Ferrari 458 hit SEMA in 2013, car lovers have wanted to know more about the man behind this innovative Japanese shop. And thanks to this great vid from GTChannel, we got an insightful look into Liberty Walk and its interesting owner. His name is Wataru Kato, and he’s a pioneer in building custom body kits for Japanese, American and European vehicles. However, you have to go back to 1980s Japan to understand his eclectic style.

Lamborghini Aventador By Liberty Walk

Back then, the Bosozoku—a biker gang with a translation that means "reckless tribe,” ruled Japan’s roads. Tens of thousands of Bosozoku would run red lights and cause general mayhem on hopped-up bikes. And 18-year-old Kato was a Bosozoku kaizo-sha: a reckless kid in a modified car. Bosozoku cars were lowered, had modified bodies with huge fender flares, and used insanely long exhaust pipes. "We would run Skylines with rivet-on wide fenders and drive all night,” Kato explains, "running traffic lights and raising hell with 50 or so bikes and cars. Those are my roots.”

In 1993 at the age of 25, Kato tried to make a career out of his passion. So in Nagoya, Japan, he opened Liberty Walk, which in Japanese, translates to "walk free.” You might think that after years of hell-raising, the name gives respect to his Bosozoku past. Kato clarifies: "Liberty Walk means to not be afraid to cut up a Ferrari,” he explains. "To not worry if it will drive straight. To not be bothered by the naysayers. If it’s a car I bought and if it’s not causing harm to anyone, then I should be able to do as I please. That’s liberty.”

Mclaren 650s by Liberty Walk

But even though Kato has enjoyed liberty for 21 years now, it wasn’t always easy—especially during his first trips to SEMA. "Before, we would ship one car out from Japan for about $1,400 without insurance, and had to beg DUB to have our car displayed in their booth.” It got so tough that Kato considered giving up. But a wild Lamborghini project and a Toyo Tires SEMA booth invite finally got Liberty Walk’s body kits the attention they deserved. GT-R and M3 body kit projects followed, and the rest is fast, innovative history.

Charismatic and outgoing, Kato is the perfect spokesperson for his company, and his low and wide show cars are a breathtaking mixture of his past rebellion and present boldness.

Mercedes-Benz By Liberty Walk

As you can see the man has got skills and is very good at creating such beautiful beats. He's hard work paid off and he never dropped the ball after getting the fame. He's always humble and down to earth and that is what made many really like him and follow his work. I am an extreme car enthusiast so believe me when I say every Auto show I follow around the world especially the one's Kato San is participating in they are always fans around him taking pictures with him and sometimes I think the his fans enjoy his company more than the cars he makes.

Maserati Granturismo By Liberty Walk

Lamborghini Huracan By Liberty Walk In South Africa's Auto Shop called RACE

Nissan GT-R By Liberty Walk in New York

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