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Jan 17, 20172 min read

Tokyo Auto Salon (TAS) 2017

Every time January comes round we have a decision to make, do we head to the Autosport show at Birmingham, or the Tokyo Auto Salon in Japan, this year the TAS2017 show won the toss up and are we glad we made that choice, to say the show was brilliant is an understatement, for us it’s the show of the year, and one we just don’t like to miss, sorry Autosport, but Japan does it bigger and better.

Tokyo Auto Salon 2017 (TAS)

For this trip we teamed up with our good friend Iby at Speedwells, and it was his first Japanese visit, so it was up to us to show him around and take care of him, and as he hasn’t stopped talking about it since, I think we can safely say he enjoyed his trip immensely, he is a big Japanese sport car fan and his current line up is a 700+ wide body supra, with an all new black wide body in build process, as well as the awesome 280ZX V8 Turbo he is also currently building, so this trip was to add a little inspiration to his up and coming projects, as well as getting to see a little bit of Tokyo.

Our hotel was a stone throw from the Messe hall where the TAS show is held year in year out, it seemed so much bigger this year than it has the previous years, and the cars on show, as always in Japan was mind blowing, although the continuing trend of over fendered cars was in full force, and to be honest if you have seen one you have seen one you have seen them all, the cut and paste kit are in full flow and sorry apart from the odd over fender conversion like the BN Sports RX7 or the awesome Old & New Porsche 997, the rest had little or no interest, although we did capture a few pictures for all to view.

The show was set over 3 huge halls, plus the outside entertainment, and it took us a full two days to get around it all, but as its set out so well, one halls just flows into the other apart from halls 9,10 & 11 that are set away from the main halls, but worth the visit just to see the Top Secret R32 and the BN Sport wide body RX7, they both made us drool.

Our personal favourites from the show have to be the wide body Aston Martin Vantage from ACR Performance and the Porsche 997 flat nose from Old&New Japan, we will be bringing both conversions to European shores, and we will cover both in up and coming blog posts.

With the show covered on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sunday was a free day, so we decided on heading off to visit Tokyo city, with a trip to Ginza, the highlight of the day was walking around the kaminarimon, which is a great experience, full of the old traditional Japanese buildings, and miles of little market stalls. Until next year Japan, it can’t come round quick enough.

Ginza Strip & kaminarimon, Tokyo Japan

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Nov 1, 20162 min read

Speedwells Wide Body Supra

The Speedwell Supra, owed by our good friend Iby, it’s a showcase not just for his skill set but his company too, he puts life back into worn out alloy wheels, he is the ultimate wheel restorer, and is extremely good at what he does, just think of a colour and he can make it happen, including one off colour and bespoke finishes, and the good thing is he caters for all wheels from oem wheels to 2 and 3 piece forged splities, he can pretty much restore any wheel back to original, all wheels are dry painted and finished to perfection, so next time you need your wheels refinishing, look him up and tell him VAD sent you, we promise you will not be disappointed.

The car itself needs no introduction, that is unless you have been living under a rock with no internet or wifi connection, we have featured it a couple of times over the last few years in various disguises, it must be one of Europe’s most posted Supra's across the media networks, its lit our feeds up this years more than any other Supra around the world, but what we can say is we haven’t seen one picture of this car that does it justice, not one, in the metal this is mind blowingly good, with the kit is a complete one off, well it was... until now.

Since we can remember we have been hounding iby to reproduce the kit, as we have had so many requests, he had also been inundated with request too, so he has finally stepped out of his manic schedule and pulled the trigger, and will be available to buy over the next few months, and you can buy it right here at VAD.

The kit will feature the usual wide body aero parts, front bumper, front splitter, front wider fenders, side skirts, rear wider quarter panels, rear bumper with integrated diffuser.

With any wide body project you will need the wheels to suit, you can fit 17” 18” 19” or if you desired 20” will fit with slight mods, but 20” as long as you run 10.5” front and 13” rear with suitable width tyres, other upgrades will be required, suspension, with fitting and painting required to completed look.

If you fancy this unique wide body look for your Toyota Supra, drop us an email, or get in touch, and we will hook you up with what has to be the ultimate supra conversion on the market.