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Karuizawa 2016 Meeting : Jet Stream

I begin the coverage of demo cars from Karuizawa Meeting 2016 with Jet Stream as, in my opinion, they released the craziest demo car in the whole meeting this year. It was actually a VERY QUICK build that needed a lot of time, sweat, tears and patience. I met with the Jet Stream team in the morning at 4:00 AM and their demo car was not even close to be completed. That reminds me of all those car building shows we see at Discovery Channel, but it was in real life. What a thrill! Now, enough talk and let’s look at what they showed for Karuizawa:

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They made a really unique NA this year, with full Jet Stream NA22C Wide Body Kit as well as their Jet Stream Hardtop Extension. It is called NA22C, because it’s inspired from the old school RX-7 that had chassis name of SA22C. The kit consist in a Front Bumper (+ Front Lip), Fender Flares & Side Steps.

It is pretty nice seeing that they relocated the OEM headlights onto their front bumper, but also did relocate the fender turn signals out there, too!

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The car was rocking some extremely wide Work Meister S1 in 15×9 paired with spacers to give it some really low offset!

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The Jet Stream Hardtop Extension was one pretty awesome and unique design. It’s hard to see, but it’s made out of 3 pieces : 2 side pieces and 1 trunk extension. You basically keep your OEM hardtop and put these extensions on top of it to totally change the look of your NA!

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The car was also rocking a SUPER WIDE Jet Stream Rear Spoiler that was designed specially for their Hardtop Extension .

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Not only the build was inside on the outside, but the engine bay was also SUPER neat.

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And not to mention the super simplistic interior.

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Here is the team behind this crazy build:

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And here’s what it looked like at the end of the day… don’t forget that they worked pretty much non-stop for the past 48 hours and were already working at 2:00 AM that morning…

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This is the legend behind all the crazy Jet Stream parts, my friend Akio:

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And just for a final laugh, Engrish never gets old;

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I hope you enjoyed this blog post as more of them are coming for our Karuizawa Meeting 2016 Coverage!

The other MX-5 Shop Cars at TAS2016

Due to restrictions in picture areas, I’ve compiled into 1 blog post the shop cars from Acre Brakes, Bride, Blitz & Sabulive.

Let’s start with Acre Brakes ND Demo Car! This beautiful Ceramic Metallic MX-5 with Garage Vary ND Front Lip, neat vinyl graphics all over the car (and cool ones around the headlights) and 18” Enkei RSM9 Wheels. We cannot see it well on the picture, but the car also has some nice ND Brembo Big Brake Kit based on Ferrari F360 calipers! The car is sitting on Japan-made Spirit Coilover System.

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The car is also featuring their original ND Titanium Tip Exhaust System:

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Now, let’s check Bride Seats ND Shop Car rocking their classy Edirb Leather & Fabric ND Racing Seats and some nice Bride ND Floor Mats! For those who haven’t noticed, Edirb is Bride spelled backward. It’s their new luxury division of racing seats.

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Here is the super aggressive Blitz ND Shop Car that’s rocking their newly released ND Turbo Kit, ND Front Bumper with LED Lights & ND Side Skirts. The car is also rocking some 17×7 Enkei RPF1 Wheels with 25mm spacers to be flush with fenders.

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The car also features their ND Low Rear Wing, ND Rear Bumper Skirt & ND Quad-Tip Exhaust System.

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And here’s the Sabulive ND Demo Car. I never heard of Sabulive before seeing it at this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon. The exterior of the car looked pretty much stock…

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Then, I asked the shop manager if he could show me the engine bay of the car… and it was AMAZING. It was featuring their ND Turbo Kit (pushing over 200hp from the 1.5L engine) and their ND Turbo Funnel:

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Not only the engine bay was amazing to look at, but they wanted to keep the car’s weight at its minimum, so they made some pretty insane ND Carbon Fiber Racing Seats:

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Hope you enjoyed this little showcase of the Acre Brakes, Bride, Blitz & Sabulive ND Shop Car at Tokyo Auto Salon! If you are interested in any of the parts shown, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@rev9autosport.com !

 

 

Knight Sports ND MX-5 Demo Car at TAS2016

Knight Sports is a very famous Rotary Engine tuner, but has also been tuning the NA Miata in the past. Since there are no more RX vehicles in Mazda lineup, they decided to switch their sports car division to work on the ND Roadster! It’s also important to mention that they tune a lot of CX-3 & CX-5, so they have a lot of experience in Skyactiv vehicles. Car is running some beautiful Advan RZ-II Wheels in 17”.

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Their demo car had their ND Front Lip & Diffuser installed as well as their ND Front Tow Hook to give a neat racing look to the vehicle. The Front Lip is HUGE as it integrates a front diffuser and goes at least 20 inches under the front bumper.

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The back of the vehicle was very classy. It was running their ND Titanium Exhaust, ND Rear Diffuser (which is also as huge as the front one), ND Rear Tow Hook and their ND Rear Spoiler!

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(Their ND Rear Spoiler had a small space between the trunk and the emblem which they claim to be their way to be unique).

They also had their ND Turbo Gauge… probably a hint to what’s coming soon for their vehicle!

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I did not take pictures of them, but they also just released their ND Big Brake Kit as well as their ND Lightweight Flywheel (only confirmed to fit 1.5L at the moment) which gives a big difference when driving the car!

Hope you enjoyed this little showcase of the Knight Sports ND Shop Car at Tokyo Auto Salon! If you are interested in any of the parts shown, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@rev9autosport.com !

Fujimura Auto ND MX-5 Shop Car at TAS2016

Fujimura Auto has been tuning vehicles for a while. They want their vehicles to stand out from the crowd and they really did an awesome job at doing that with their ND Demo Car!

Their shop car was showing their ND Original Front Bumper with Carbon Fiber Lips, but most importantly, their ND Rotrex Supercharger Kit!

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They also had their ND Side Steps in beautiful Carbon Fiber installed on their car. The beautiful Rays ZE40 17” Wheels really complimented the car as well!

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They ran some racing seats that used their ND Harness Mounting Points for running racing harnesses with super easy installation process.

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The car also was running their new ND Titanium Exit Dual Sound Muffler as well as their ND Rear Diffuser in Carbon Fiber finish (sorry for the bad pictures, but it was a tight spot)!

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Hope you enjoyed this little showcase of the Fujimura Auto ND Shop Car at Tokyo Auto Salon! If you are interested in any of the parts shown, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@rev9autosport.com !

Ducks Garden ND MX-5 Shop Car at TAS2016

Ducks Garden is a tuner from Japan that does not care about conventions. He thinks of a design and just does it, from his dreams. His ND Miata is a proof that you can be really unique, if you want to!

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This year, they had 2 demo cars at Tokyo Auto Salon, a Bright Yellow one and a Black one! As you can see, both were rocking full body kit featuring their ND Rear Bumper as well as their ND Rear Spoiler!

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It was also featuring their very unique ND Side Steps two tone paint as well as some (low quality) 17” Wheels!

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They were really proud of their super aggressive (and different looking) ND Front Bumper that has black Carbon Fiber pieces under the headlights to give them a different look from far:

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The black shop car was also featuring some pretty cool Endless Big Brake Kit with blue calipers!

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Lastly, the yellow shop car was featuring their ND Aluminum Pedal Kit that is available for both Manual and Automatic transmissions ND MX5s.

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Hope you enjoyed this little showcase of the Ducks Garden ND Demo Car at Tokyo Auto Salon! If you are interested in any of the parts shown, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@rev9autosport.com !

Kansai Service ND Miata Shop Car at TAS2016

Kansai Service is also known as HKS Kansai but uses this name since just a few years. They are pretty much one of the biggest HKS dealers in Japan and produce their very own parts for platforms that they like to work on. We’re happy to see that they built a pretty cool ND Demo Car!

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Their shop car had their ND Front Diffusers & ND Front Tow Hook which looks a lot like the OEM ones, but the shape and size is slightly different and finish is beautiful.

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It was also featuring their very near ND Side Steps in Carbon Fiber as well as some beautiful Advan RS-II 17” Wheels!

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As usual, their aero parts are very subtle and clean, so was their ND Rear Spoiler as well as their ND Rear Flap!

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The modifications were really subtle and hard to notice, but they also are a proof that you don’t need to always have extreme looking parts to look nice.

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Hope you enjoyed this little showcase of the Kansai Service ND Demo Car at Tokyo Auto Salon! If you are interested in any of the parts shown, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@rev9autosport.com !

RK Design ND MX-5 Demo Car at TAS2016

RK Design is a tuner out of the ordinary. They really emphasize on making some unique cars and they do it beautifully. For example, one of their other vehicle was a left hand drive Subaru BRZ (for a Japanese customer) which is really unique in the country.

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Their demo car had their ND Front Bumper Canards which are the very first on the market. They painted the car in a sexy matte grey and their glossy black parts looked real nice out there!

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They also had some ND Front Fender Ducts to help with the aerodynamics of the car and also give a very aggressive look. They were rocking their very own RK Design 17” Wheels with ND Rotora Big Brake Kit.

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The car was also equipped with some ND Rear Brake Ducts & ND Rear Fender Ducts which were functional (see picture of ducting for brake cooling) and really cool looking. Again, a very unique item made by them.

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If the exterior is unique, the interior was even more unique! They had the whole Carbing ND Bolt-In Cage recovered with Alcantara. The seats were Bride Low Max recovered in matching Alcantara, again. Same goes for their steering wheel!

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The last exterior piece that was from their design was their ND Rear Spoiler. It’s the first time for me to see this kind of rear spoiler. It’s kind of cool looking and subtle!

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Finally, they showed us their very neat ND Front Strut Tower Bar that’s made from very light machined aluminum. They also have other chassis bracing made from the same method, but we couldn’t see them as they were underneath the car.

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Hope you enjoyed this little showcase of the RK Design ND Shop Car at Tokyo Auto Salon! If you are interested in any of the parts shown, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@rev9autosport.com !

 

Aimgain ND MX-5 Shop Car at TAS2016

Aimgain is a relatively new aerodynamics company from Japan. They are getting very popular due to their extreme designs that pushes the limits of the vehicles!

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Their shop car had their ND Front Lip which is much wider than the vehicle’s OEM bumper.

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To continue with the extreme look, they put some pretty cool ND Fender Flares as well as their Aimgain G2M 16” Wheels (16×9).

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To complete the look, they installed a real aggressive ND Ducktail Spoiler as well as a ND Rear Diffuser and some really nice ND Dual Center Carbon Fiber Exhausts!

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Finally, the car was rocking some beautiful and classy Edirb Leather & Fabric Racing Seats!

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Hope you enjoyed this little showcase of the Aimgain ND Demo Car at Tokyo Auto Salon! If you are interested in any of the parts shown, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@rev9autosport.com !

Esqueleto ND MX5 Shop Car at TAS2016

Esqueleto is top choice for Roadster enthusiasts when it comes to custom racing seats. They have proven their reputation by building awesome quality seats that can be 100% customized and many Japanese tuners will only run their seats as the build quality is next to perfect.

 

Their shop car was showing their ND Rear Spoiler Type-1 as well as their ND Rear Skirt with FRP/Carbon Fiber finish.

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They had their ND Front Lip installed with a mix of FRP and Carbon Fiber that really does give a super aggressive look to the front of the car.

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They also had their ND Side Skirts in the similar FRP/Carbon Fiber finish to give a nice aggressive & luxury look.

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Since they are mainly making racing seats, they were running their latest released products : ND Type-7 Racing Seat (driver side) and ND Type-8 Racing Seat (passenger side)

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The main difference between the Type-7 and Type-8 is that the Type-8 has a 4 degree difference in seating angle which is actually made for racing. When I sat in both, I really preferred the Type-8 for some reasons.

 

Now, this is really a neat feature; they integrated speakers into the racing seats (where the harnesses usually go) and these will allow the driver to keep the Bluetooth and infotainment functions that the OEM seats have!

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Hope you enjoyed this little showcase of the Esqueleto ND Shop Car at Tokyo Auto Salon! If you are interested in any of the parts shown, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@rev9autosport.com !

TRUST (Rocket Bunny) ND MX-5 Demo Car at TAS2016

TRUST is a legendary shop that has been tuning many Japanese vehicles for a while. Since recent years, they are associated with TRA Kyoto (Rocket Bunny maker) and we all expected them to release a ND Demo Car. They did great, it is pretty sick looking and WIDE.

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They were showing off their beautiful ND Wide Body Kit that is made by TRA Kyoto especially for the ND Roadster. It reuses many of the vehicle’s already aggressive panels, so only Fender Flares & Lips have been added. rocketbunny_nd_2 rocketbunny_nd_3 rocketbunny_nd_4

As you can see, the car is running SUPER wide Rays TE37v 17″ Wheels to obtain a real nice drift look! rocketbunny_nd_5 rocketbunny_nd_6

The car is also running a super tall and wide ND GT Wing that sure has its benefits when driving at high speed on the track! rocketbunny_nd_7

We don’t have much details on this build, but we know that there is a ND Turbo Kit under the hood and many custom modifications on it.

(If you look closely in below pictures, they replaced the Windshield Frame & Roll Bar Covers with semi-transparent ones that light in bright blue, pretty cool!). rocketbunny_nd_8 rocketbunny_nd_9

Hope you enjoyed this little showcase of the TRUST/Greddy/TRA Kyoto ND Shop Car at Tokyo Auto Salon! If you are interested in any of the parts shown, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@rev9autosport.com !