Monthly Archives: July 2017

New aerodynamics and muffler for the ND Shop Car & Byebye

I always enjoyed seeing cars with nice front lips. With my current ride height, I needed to make sure I had a front lip that would allow me some clearance and was looking for a clean look.

I opted for a new front lip that just got released not long ago, the TK Style Carbon Fiber ND Front Lip. It installs over the OEM front diffusers and just required a bit of drilling at hidden bumper spots to fit. You can install it within 30 minutes and it looks amazing :

Many people think it’s the Mazdaspeed ND Front Lip, but it’s got a different shape and lays flat with a slight raise in the middle to provide with more clearance.

It completes the look of the front end pretty nicely.

And, as you can see, it follows the shape of the front bumper, too!

I also decided to install the Odula Carbon Fiber ND Rear Diffuser as I wanted a more aggressive look for the rear end of the vehicle.

This piece took about 10 minutes to install, it only requires drilling at 6 different points:

It’s pretty hard to take good pictures of it, due to the high contrast of the Ceramic Metallic light color.

Lastly, I installed a muffler from my friend at Integral Kobe : the Integral Kobe Type-US ND Exhaust. This is called Type-US because it’s aimed for the overseas market since it’s not legal in Japan (sound level). It’s not overly loud, and in my opinion, it’s just perfect.

Look at the quality of the product :

It has a very unusual angled tip but looks pretty cool once installed with the laser cut logo:

I do not have a sound clip yet, because when we tried to do it, we hit a nail on the road and got a flat tire. Now, we will be able to do a sound clip about it very soon, but we have to warn you, it sounds extremely good. A full review of the muffler will be done soon!

It was sad to do, but the ND Soft Top is now back to stock and for sale at our local dealership.

Here is one last picture in all its glory:

This will be the last blog post about our Soft Top ND Demo Car (Project Clubman) because the car is now retired (back to Mazda dealership) and we now are working on our new ND RF Project Car (Project Classy). More updates coming soon!

Our 2017 USA & Canada Miata Road(Ster) Trip

For a long time, I dreamed about “doing the USA” by car. This year was REV9’s 10th Anniversary and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to live a life long dream and meet with customers and enthusiasts!

Last year, I did a Road(Ster) Trip and went all the way from Quebec to Texas (Houston & Austin) and drove back home. I made many friends and had lots of fun.

(Picture from Houston meeting)

This year, I’m planning to travel across most of the USA (except some states as I cannot be everywhere, unfortunately) and come back by Canada!

 

I’ve created a facebook group called Road(Ster) Trip – North America that I suggest you to join if you’re from USA or Canada so you can get access to information about meetings before others~

 

Since many people asked me about my schedule and the organized meeting, here is the tentative schedule :

 

2017-07-27 : Southington, CT – Meeting at Witchdoctor Brewery – PICTURES : Event / Garage Quinn Motors

 

2017-07-27 : New York City, NY – Meeting at Astoria Park – PICTURES : Event

 

2017-07-29 : Philadelphia, PA – Meeting at Evil Genius Brewery – PICTURES : Event

 

2017-07-30 : Virginia Beach, VA – Meeting at Commonwealth Brewery – PICTURES : Event

 

2017-08-05 : Deal’s Gap, NC – Meeting at Nantahala Brewery

 

2017-08-06 : Atlanta, GA – Wild Heavens Beer Company

 

2017-08-10 : Charleston, SC – Frothy Beard Brewing Co – PICTURES : Event

 

2017-08-20 : Miami, FL – The Tank Brewing Co

 

2017-08-27 : Tampa Bay, FL – Rick’s On The River

 

2017-09-03 : New Orleans, LA – The Lakefront

 

2017-09-05 : Houston, TX – 8th Wonders Brewing

 

20017-09-09 : Austin, TX – Circle Brewing Company

 

2017-09-13 : Dallas/Forth Worth, TX – Community Beer Company

 

2017-09-14 : Santa Fe, NM – Santa Fe Brewing Company

 

2017-09-15: Phoenix, AZ – Helio Basin Brewing Company

 

2017-09-18 : Las Vegas, NV – Tenaya Creek Brewery

 

2017-09-22 : San Diego, CA – Green Flash Brewing Company

 

2017-09-23 : Los Angeles, CA – Peter’s Marina Landing

 

2017-10-07 : Lacuna Seca Raceway, CA – Miata At Lacuna Seca Raceway

 

2017-10-14 : San Francisco, CA – Buffalo Wild Wings

 

2017-10-17 : Portland, OR – Level Beer Company

 

2017-10-20 : Vancouver, BC – Milltown Bar & Grill

 

2017-10-22 : Seattle, WA – Diamond Knot Brewery

 

2017-10-24 – Salt Lake City, UT – Uinta Brewing Co

 

2017-10-26 : Denver, CO – Station 26 Brewing Co

 

2017-10-29 : Chicago, IL – Crystal Lake Brewing

 

2017-11-01 : Detroit, MI – Dragonmead Brewery

 

2017-11-03 : Toronto, ON – Orange Snail Brewers

 

2017-11-05 : Montreal, CA – Microbrasserie Labrosse

 

ALL DATES ARE POTENTIALLY CONFIRMED! Just locations need to be chosen now.

If you are wondering why many meetings are held at breweries, it’s just a personal preference. I am a big fan of microbreweries and enjoy seeing and trying new places. Also, they usually have good food and big parking lots.

 

Again, you can have live updates by joining our Road(Ster) Trip – North America facebook group!

 

Hope to see you during my trip!

 

Cheers!