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WHEEL GIVEAWAY! SUBSCRIBE TO WIN!
Want a chance to win a set of wheels?! We’re running a wheel giveaway from now until the end of April and its super easy to enter for a chance to win!
All you have to do is sign up for our email list!
1. Just click on THIS LINK: CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE!
2. Fill out the information.
One person will be selected from our email list in the first week of May and contacted via email (more details below).
We are not aiming to spam you, don’t worry. We’re just looking for another way to give you information, updates on new wheel releases, new finishes/fitments, upcoming events, other GIVEAWAYS (HINT…HINT!), new podcast releases and much more! We’re going to try and use our email list to increase our dialogue with you and to bring you real value!
Open through April 30th, 2019!
Giveaway Info:
– MUST Subscribe to our Konig Wheels Email List no later than APRIL 30TH 2019.
– Open to United States and Canada residents only. (Sorry to others, however we would love to have you as part of our email family if you are still interested in subscribing!)
– Winner will be contacted via Email (which they provided by signing up).
– The winner has 24 hours to reply. The email will come from Sponsorship@konigwheels.com if you would like to add that to your approved emails to ensure delivery. If the response is after that 24 hour period the prize is considered forfeited and another winner will be selected. The process will be repeated until a successful winner is confirmed.
– One (1) prize package will be awarded to the selected and confirmed giveaway winner.
– Prize consists of 4pcs of Konig wheels (1 set).
– Winner must choose the same diameter wheel.
– Winner must choose wheels that are in-stock at the time of being chosen. No substitutions and the winner is non-transferable.
– Winner must be considered an Adult in the state they reside in and have valid state or government issued Id to prove their Age and residence.
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Thank you for all of your support!
Freeform – Matte Silver
Freeform – Radium Bronze
FARUK KUGAY – FD PRO DRIVER – BEHIND THE WHEEL PODCAST – EP10!
Formula Drift Pro driver, Faruk Kugay joins Scott (Konig, Marketing Director) on the Behind The Wheel podcast and tells us what’s to come in the 2019 season, his journey in the Europe Drifting scene, Sonoma Drift Winter jam, advice to the grassroots drifters some advice on what to do when building a program and so much more!
We’re going to be releasing the YouTube video versions in multiple parts from now on. We will continue to release another part every day until we come to the conclusion!
The full audio version is live on iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher right now!
If you like what you hear and see, please subscribe! We’re on iTunes, Google Play and of course, the full video version of every episode is on YouTube! Thank you!
You can also, subscribe or download the podcast on our website, iTunes, Google Play, Youtube & Stitcher:
FOLLOW:
Faruk Kugay: @faruk.kugay
https://www.instagram.com/faruk.kugay/
Scott Weiss (Konig) Instagram: @scott_Konig
https://www.instagram.com/scott_konig/
Behind The Wheel Podcast: – EP10- Faruk Kugay
Faruk Kugay, Formula Drift Pro drive, came on the podcast to give some major announcements. One of them, (not hard to figure out) is that he has now partnered up with Konig. But the second announcement will shock most of his fans!
This is a really great episode of the podcast and Faruk is a lot of fun to listen to. Scott and Faruk go through the ins and outs of having a professional program, his personal evolution in drifting and what it takes to run a program. Faruk is super down to earth and reveals so many things about himself, how he funds his program working 4 jobs (bet you won’t guess what they are), his most frustrating issues with his program and how he plans to move forward.
If you’re not a Faruk Kugay drift fan, you will be by the end!
By the way, PODCAST listeners will get the scoop on his major announcements before the YouTube viewers. We will be releasing the podcast on our YouTube channel in 5 parts starting today at 5 pm. We will be releasing another part of this podcast every day until the conclusion.
We will update this page below! Part 3 is the Konig announcement and Part 4 is Faruk’s major announcement. That will be live on Monday at 8 am EST (on YouTube).
Thanks for all of your support and listening!
And please, if you like the podcast and what we’ve been doing here, please subscribe! We’re on iTunes, Google Play and we always put the full video interviews on our YouTube Channel (we’d love if you subscribe there as well)! Thank you for listening!
As always you can use our timeline cheatsheet (below) to jump around in the podcast and hear what you like the most.
CONTENT CHEAT MENU:
0:19 | Longest 10 Question Quick-fire ever (but its so good)!
15:05 | We bet you never knew this about Faruk!
22:15 | Introducing Faruk Kugay!
23:20 | Sonoma Drift and Winter Jam
26:04 | Faruk x Konig! We-are-family!! The story of how we met.
33:01 | Move to Turkey and Drifting in Europe!
36:57 | When and Where did you get into Drifting?!
37:53 | First exposure to drifting!
39:58 | Bombshell and Faruk’s plan for 2019…Plus what REALLY happened at Irwindale
48:20 | Faruk’s goals! How can we move the program forward?!
53:32 | Motegi Racing Super Drift. SEMA Ignited. GRIDLIFE.
55:03 | Putting together a drift program! The trials and tribulation!
1:03:17 | Advice from Faruk and what to take away from his experience in the drift scene
1:08:35 | Outro
FOLLOW:
Faruk Kugay: @faruk.kugay
https://www.instagram.com/faruk.kugay/
Scott Weiss (Konig) Instagram: @scott_Konig
https://www.instagram.com/scott_konig/
More on the Konig Behind The Wheel Podcast and to SUBSCRIBE:
https://konigwheels.compodcast
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Behind The Wheel Podcast: – EP09- Kevin Lawrence
Formula Drift PRO driver, Kevin Lawrence has been a Konig sponsored driver for 4 years now. In that time Kevin and the Enjuku Racing team have become like family to us. We asked Kevin if he wanted to come on the podcast and he was down!
In this first part of his podcast (Part 1 of 5) Kevin talks about how he got into drifting, his love for AE86s, making his Formula Drift Pro debut at FD Long Beach (#FDLB), what caused them to have to make that debut last minute with Enjuku Racing’s Demo / back up vehicle ( R32 Skyline ) and of course we kick things off with a 10 question quickfire!
We will be releasing another part of this podcast everyday until conclusion. We will update this page below!
Thanks for all of your support and listening!
And please, if you like the podcast and what we’ve been doing here, please subscribe! We’re on iTunes, Google Play and we always put the full video interviews on our YouTube Channel (we’d love if you subscribe there as well)! Thank you for listening!
As always you can use our timeline cheatsheet (below) to jump around in the podcast and hear what you like the most.
CONTENT CHEAT MENU:
0:20 | 10 Question Quick-fire
2:44 | Introducing Kevin Lawrence
3:50 | Our Relationship + Enjuku
4:20 | K Law or Hatchy? (AE86)
6:14 | How did you get into drifting and become involved with Enjuku?
8:45 | What was your journey to pro?
10:20 | AE86 -> S-chassis?
11:06 | Not enough credit is given to running a program
12:04 | FD Pro Debut and it was not ideal!
15:57 | What are you doing to prep for 2019?
18:40 | Hours during the season
20:42 | This is not like golf; do it for the LOVE!
22:38 | Drifting in person…Live Stream doesn’t do justice
23:58 | Going into 2019; RB again. 370 next
24:07 | Purist RHD to 370z (LHD)
27:00 | RB to 370?
29:04 | “RB32”! What is it? Dry sump; The answer to issues
30:24 | What does someone need for an RB30 – powered “s”?
32:04 | Improvements to driving/program?
34:35 | Car got way faster each round!
36:40 | Any tracks you’re looking forward to revisiting?
37:47 | Differences in drifting here vs. abroad
40:57 | Trips as mental breaks?
47:36 | FD Doesn’t get enough credit
51:50 | Struggling mentally while competing.
1:03:09 | Advice for rookie’s this year?
1:05:30 | No spares!
1:10:00 | Enjuku is a class act; you are super reliable
1:11:20 | We out!!! Outro
FOLLOW:
Kevin Lawrence: @k_lawrence352
https://www.instagram.com/k_lawrence352/
Scott Weiss (Konig) Instagram: @scott_Konig
https://www.instagram.com/scott_konig/
Enjuku Racing Website:
https://www.enjukuracing.com/
More on the Konig Behind The Wheel Podcast and to SUBSCRIBE:
https://konigwheels.compodcast
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Is the Fiesta ST the Hottest Hatch?!
Article written by: Jonathan Wooley of S3 Magazine
As the editor of S3 Magazine, I’m super-fortunate to drive a lot of newer cars. And with that opportunity… comes all sorts of eye-opening surprises. A few years ago as I drove the line of Ford ST/RS models, I began to realize that these things felt more like imports… then most of the imports!
That’s for real.
Take the Fiesta ST for example: This car is a time-warp back to the simplistic energy of 90s import car culture. A TRUE hot-hatch. A tire-spinning, torque-steering, wound-tight little Tasmanian Devil.
…Devil who LOVES mods.
I also have an old swapped CRX, and an older 911. And even with those cars as a comparison, I can vouch that the driving experience in the Fiesta ST is as pure as it gets. The only place where Ford seems to have screwed up is the oddball 4×100 bolt pattern for the wheels.
So I called Scott at Konig, and explained the frustrating lack of wheel variety & quality for the FiST (Fiesta ST) subculture… and that’s where the flow-formed Konig Hypergram in 4×108 was born! We nailed down a good fitment for the FiST chassis: 17×8 +40. And a couple months later, the wheels were finished & hitting the scales at just 17lbs.
5.5-pounds lighter than the OEM wheel, AND an inch wider. That’s what sport-compact tuning is all about!
DO YOU AGREE? Is this Fiesta ST one of the hottest hatches our right now? IF NOT, what do you think is the hottest hatch? COMMENT BELOW!
WHEELS / TIRES / SUSPENSION
Konig Hypergrams – 17×8 +40
Toyo R888R – 205/40/17
Treadwear tire letters
ST Suspension – XTA coil overs
ST Suspension – front & rear swaybars
TB Performance Products chassis bracing
(TB traction bar, cross member brace, i-brace, & trunk brace)
ENGINE – 291whp on 93octane
Borg Warner EFR 6258 turbo – .64AR
Custom manifold by Motorwerks Racing
Custom downpipe by Motorwerks Racing
Cobb Accessport with JST Performance custom tune
Cobb intercooler
Cobb exhaust
Cobb drop-in air filter
Cobb rear motor mount
TRANSMISSION
Boomba Racing complete short-shift kit
EXTERIOR
Vega splitter, skirts, wing extension
FTR support rods on a splitter
Boomba wing risers
Sylvania lighting
Sylvania Cube-X spotlights replace OEM fogs
Yakima rack
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Jonathan Wooley is the Editor-In-Chief of S3 Magazine. Jonathan is running Konig Hypergram in 17×8 et 40mm squared. The Konig Hypergrams is Flow Formed.
FOLLOW JONATHAN:
https://www.instagram.com/s3magazine_wooley/
http://s3mag.com/
Behind The Wheel Podcast: – Wheel Wednesday – Wheel Giveaway
Happy New Year! In this weeks Wheel Wednesday podcast Scott and Nick talk about the new wheels and are asking our listeners/viewers to show us their builds for a chance to get a set of the latest Konig wheel releases. Thank you for your support and for listening/watching!
And please, if you like the podcast and what we’ve been doing here, please SUBSCRIBE! We’re on iTunes, Google Play and we always put the full video interviews on our YouTube Channel ( https://www.youtube.com/konigwheels )
(we’d love if you subscribe there as well)! Thank you for listening!
For more info on NEW! wheel releases: konig2020.com
FOLLOW:
Scott Weiss (Konig) Instagram: @scott_Konig
https://www.instagram.com/scott_konig/
Nick Pedroza (Konig) Instagram: @nick_pedroza_
https://www.instagram.com/nick_pedroza_/
More on the Konig Behind The Wheel Podcast and to SUBSCRIBE:
https://konigwheels.compodcast
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CHRIS OF B IS FOR BUILD ON THE “BEHIND THE WHEEL” PODCAST – EP 08!
Check it out! In Episode 8 of the “BEHIND THE WHEEL” Podcast, we are joined by the content creator of B IS FOR BUILD, Chris Steinbacher! Chris takes a break from his Popular YouTube channel and lets us know how he went from a Professional Poker player to B IS FOR BUILD and so much more!!
If you like what you hear and see, please consider subscribing! We’re on iTunes, Google Play and of course the full video version of every episode is on YouTube! Thank you!
You can also, subscribe or download the podcast on our website, iTunes, Google Play, Youtube & Stitcher:
Thanks for listening!
FOLLOW:
B is For Build: @bisforbuild
https://www.instagram.com/bisforbuild/
Scott Weiss (Konig): @scott_Konig
https://www.instagram.com/scott_konig/
