Monthly Archives: August 2014

Karuizawa Roadster Meeting 2014 (Barchetta & ZOOM)

Today’s a very short post as I don’t have much pictures of both vehicles, unfortunately. We’ve met Barchetta who’s working on mostly high end products that are very limited editions and ZOOM who’s always here to create some new, functional items.

Barchetta

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERABarchetta came with their cool NC (one of the first tuners who started developing parts for it). It’s very flashy with orange bumper dam, mirrors and wheel lips! It also has a custom air duct in the front bumper.

ZOOM

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAZOOM came with their legendary Elan shop car. It’s such a cool looking car, very retro inspired. The yellow roll bar makes it even cooler.

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAThey also showed us some of their ball shift knobs which will be available soon at our web store as well as their EUNOS badges and their very popular Cellphone Holder.

 

 

 

Karuizawa Roadster Meeting 2014 (Jet Stream)

A few weeks have passed since our last post. Had to take some vacations 😉 Now, I deserve a full post for Jet Stream as they have brought many AWESOME cars and really deserve this exposure. I met the owner of the company last January and he is awesome and always looking at creating new cool items. He recently launched his side business called DHR (Dark Horse Racing) to build parts for racing purpose that are track tested.

Jet Stream

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As usual, when going to Karuizawa, we travel with Jet Stream. A nice convoy of NA, NB and NC that all represent the company very well.

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAThe NC interior parts are under development. It looks real nice. Jet Stream is still not satisfied with the overall look, so it’s not available to purchase yet.

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAHere’s the car that everyone talks about. It’s a track prepped car with all Jet Stream aero (GT200 kit) and undisclosed engine modifications. It has a DHR Headlight Lid to bring more air into the engine bay. Talk about racing and style.

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAThis is the owner’s personal car. It’s rocking their NC3 front lip and DHR Front Bumper Intake Duct. The owner tells us that he can’t stop looking at his car as he finds it so beautifully done. I totally agree with him.

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAThis is DHR NC intake system. A very popular part in the Japanese racing crowd. Proven to give better acceleration, many other shops use it and love it. It’s going to be available soon at REV9.

14 2014-05-25 18.19.22_2This is the NA that’s working 16″ Work Meister S1 and some Jet Stream aero. It’s not one of their shop cars, but a customer car that represents them.

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAThey also showed us a recent customer install of their front lip onto a NC2. Gotta love hot it changes the look.

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERATo finish, here’s a last shot of their customer’s NB race car. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karuizawa Roadster Meeting 2014 (JoyFast & RS Factory Stage)

Here’s another blog post for our annual coverage of Karuizawa Roadster Meeting. This time, I’m posting from Republican Republic, so I’m not sure if everything will appear correctly, but I’m doing my best. First shop we’re showing is JoyFast which is very involved into racing and creates some very nice Roadster-specific parts. Second shop is RS Factory Stage who happen to develop many interesting parts for all NA, NB and NC Roadsters and recently developped a NB Rear Lip in collaboration with REV9 Autosport 🙂

JoyFast

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAJoyFast latest shop car (NC3) rocking some awesome RAYS TE37 and many aero additions (front spat, rear flares) to make sure it’s legal off the line.

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It also has a very nice Jet Stream (DHR) Front Bumper Air Duct that allows air to go directly into the engine bay so it stays cooler when going at high speed.

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You can also see their newly released Oil Catch Tank made especially for the Roadster.

RS Factory Stage

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RS Factory Stage came with their nice NC1 that is running their NC1 to NC3 conversion kit with some cool vinyl on the front bumper and doors. It also has some ducts on the hood which does not seem to be released yet as their products. Can’t wait to see what product they will come with next.