BP Auto Tokyo Auto Salon 2014 Coverage!!
 

One of our favorite events every year is Tokyo Auto Salon in January, where Japanese tuners show off the latest iterations of their demo cars and manufacturers debut or officially release their newest parts. Every year we're there in force, bringing you behind the scenes for an early look at Japan's best.

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Last year we were honored to have an exciting customer car grab lots of headlines at Auto Salon where it was featured in the prestigious RAYS Wheels booth.

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As well as co-sponsoring one of our favorite innovative brands and close friends Varis... in their debut of their infamous GT86 wide body kit & 2013 GT-R.
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While we are always excited for Tokyo Auto Salon (TAS), this year holds something special in store for us again. This time it's not a GT-R but instead our FR-S Concept One which many of you saw at SEMA is currently in Japan and was proudly displayed in the RAYS booth. We were honored that RAYS chose us again this year and that the two most important Japanese performance magazines HyperRev and Option have provided the support to make it all happen, along with our long term partners at Varis. We always dreamed of sending one of our cars to compete with the best in Japan and this year the stars have finally aligned.

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(For more information on the Bulletproof Concept One click here)

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So stay tuned here, keep an eye on our Facebook page, and follow us on instagram at @bulletproofautomotive to get the goods from TAS14 early, often, and with special attention to the latest in 370Z tuning from legends like Top Secret, Powerhouse Amuse, Varis, and many more.

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The other exhilarating but frightening aspect of TAS for us is that we often make very expensive decisions about what we will invest in stocking so that our customers in the US and around the world can have easy access to as many new and exciting parts as possible. As some of you might know, we are one of the very few authorized distributors to many of your favorite JDM brands here in the USA. We're also pretty much the only company crazy enough to stock JDM parts that even the companies in Japan typically only have on a made-to-order basis. In previous years we've invested on new parts from Varis, Top Secret, Zele, Amuse, Kansai Service, Do-Luck, Esprit, Voltex, Mine's, Endless, JUN, and more. Every year we try to choose the best of the best that we think will find an audience with the right blend of design, performance, engineering and price. This year we are expecting to go as heavy and hard as we possibly can because with the Yen finally returned to a decent price level against the US dollar, now is the time to buy great stuff from Japan that was unaffordable over the last few years.

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We can't wait to share this experience with you.

Team Bulletproof

Looks like fun...:ughdance:

Congrats on the Rays booth again! You guys deserve it.

We have been hinting at something special coming from our friends at Varis for the past couple weeks, so here you go! ;) Enjoy! We have been long time partners with Varis, especially considering our Varis widebody kit D equipped Scion FRS was featured in the Rays booth a few steps away!

Anyone like this Varis VSDC cooling bonnet, Arising II front bumper, and front wide fender (8mm on each side) combo?

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Side profile shot featuring Varis Arising II front bumper, side skirts, front wide fenders, rear bumper, hyper narrow 1360mm GT-wing! Amazing finish on the Volk G25 wheels no?

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Another side profile view with the Varis/Runduce 86 peeking through in the background!

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Front Fenders

Great view of the venting and wheel fitment on the new front wide fenders!

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Close up shot of the side vents. This is the FRP + carbon fiber version!

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This isn't only a design cue, but a nice vent to help release air trapped under the wheel wells.

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Another shot from further away showing how subtle the wide fenders can look when blended properly into the body work!

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Rear Bumper

Having a black demo car makes the body lines very subtle, yet aggressive at the same time.

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Check out the venting and rear diffuser section!

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Another angle of the rear bumper! Like the rear carbon diffuser section? ;)

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Rear Wing

Hyper Narrow 1360mm GT-Wing goodness! Check out the weave!

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What do you guys think? Let us know!

More coverage coming soon featuring our friends over at JUN, Fujimura Auto, Veilside, and more! We hit Tokyo Auto Salon in full force to get our fellow 370z owners some good info and eye candy!

Double the down force

Interesting fenders.

I want that rear bumper!!!

Is black varis's signature color or something? so hard to see the lines on a black car

Not a big fan of the intake holes in the front bumper. Is it possible to get it without the intake holes?

I like the fact it looks like a nismo with the colored lip Line all around...love the blue, fenders look good (functional) and the rear looks like an amuse top with varis flare. Looks like the fenders also help with engine heat exit....can you confirm this and gets some under the hood shots?Thanks for always supporting the Z family!!

Ps..the double wing is a bit much

I like it! Just makes me sad I'm not rich enough to afford this in the near future...

I'm not sure of the fenders... The rear is :yum: I'm wondering if I can pull off that rear bumper with the rest of my kit.

I like the rear design, but so hard to tell in black how busy or wild the lines really are to match with the rest of the body flow

I like the fenders, are they widebody? I wonder how they would look with a white amuse

man that thing looks amazing!!!! :drool:

It looks great doesn't it? We will be sure to contact you once we get pricing directly from our friends at Varis! :tup:

We agree. We hit Tokyo Auto Salon in full force and everyone said it was super hard to accurately get the body lines in the shots! Trust us though, it looks great in person!

Varis has always been a company who has based their designs more on function and allowed form to be a derivative. With that being said, the intake holes are functional, but if you're not a fan, I'm sure any reputable body shop will be able to take care of them when preparing your front bumper for paint. :tiphat:

The rear design is super aggressive but we love it! It adds just the right amount of flair to the stock 370z's "bubble butt". ;)

Yes sir! They would look AMAZING on an Amuse car! Any reputable body shop will be able to make the front bumper extensions fit onto any bumper. The front fenders are 8mm wider on each side. Varis chose this number because they felt it was aggressive enough to fit a good sized tire, but subtle enough to barely know it was a wide fender.

More coverage for our fellow 370z owners coming soon! :excited:

But for now.. we'll just leave this here:

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More pics I found.

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I'm loving the rear!

lots of red and blue e-tape usage... :ugh:

Please do, actually... Any idea when these things might actually become available for import to the States? I was getting ready to go with a Nismo rear bumper but definitely not after seeing this!

Our team was lucky enough to be given the special grand tour of the Powerhouse Amuse facility during our recent trip to Japan for the Tokyo Auto Salon 2014 and here are some sneak peek shots just for our 370z owners! ;)

One-off BLACK TITAN 370z exhaust rear section (sorry fellas, the muffler sections cannot be done in this finish, but the exhaust tips can! ;)) Also, if you have a good eye, you can spot the titanium rear brace bar in the back!:

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I'm sure you guys can never get enough of Amuse's absolutely amazing craftsmanship! Titanium A-Body B-Tail eye candy!!

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S2000 header on the left. 370z headers on the right! Special one-off BLACK TITAN finish!

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This car needs no introduction, the original Amuse Vestito demo car!

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Just thought we'd finish off this post with eye candy to the max! Every exhaust tip combination available in the upper left. TE37 Tokyo Time Attacks. TE37RT. Centerlock magnesium F1 wheel hidden on the left. Recaro seats hidden on the right. 370z A-Body B-Tail titanium madness dead center. :D

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Thanks for viewing! :tiphat:

Bensopra Z33
 

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While you guys are at Amuse, could you bring my exhaust home with you thanks haha :rofl2:

No trip to Tokyo would be complete without a visit to the Nissan Gallery Ginza!!!

Anyone want a figurine of their car? They have all colors available!

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Anyone have a chrome 370z? We know you're out there! :p

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This was the original showroom (albeit recently remodeled) for many of the vintage JDM Nissans from back in the day!

amazing...

I need a Roadster figurine!!! in Black!

Anyone interested in this Veilside widebody roadster?

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This photo was taken during the setup day, so the wheels weren't done yet! No hellasunk around here, that's for sure!

Hate it or love it? Leave your comments below! :tup:

Hate it. But that's how I feel about most Veilside stuff.


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man thanks for bring us those pics!!! i want to see more about the veilside wide body haha!!! just to see what they do on the front!!!The Benspora 350Z :drool:

Who do you guys think makes this carbon fiber strut tower bar for the 370z? Hint: I checked it out and it's actually real carbon fiber and not just a wrap/overlay. ;)

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More information coming shortly! :D

Can't wait to find out


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Let's check out what our long time friends over at JUN Auto brought to Tokyo Auto Salon specifically for us 370z owners!

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This dry carbon hood helps a lot with extracting hot air out from under the hood and inside the engine bay.

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Form follows function when JUN designed this front bumper!

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Each opening in the front bumper has a duct behind it, which draws air to where the end user needs it most!

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Here's a close up shot of their vented front fenders!

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At first, this looks like a normal carbon fiber add on piece that was riveted to the rear bumper...

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However upon further inspection, it reveals a real diffuser that even wraps around the exhaust tips!

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We were lucky enough to be around the car when JUN Auto decided to open up the bonnet and it revealed something quite interesting!

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Check out that carbon fiber strut tower bar!

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Hope you enjoyed our shots so far! More pictures and information coming soon! Be sure to check back later for more goodies from our Tokyo Auto Salon 2014 coverage! :hello:

Hate it or love it? Leave your comments below! :tup:

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I want that rear diffuser! It's so pretty!

I look forward to more pics. Always love seeing new z parts.


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Do you think they can bring some of the performance mods (JUN) they make to the Z's here in the states? I've seen online that they have a Z 380whp NA or so I think??

Another of Vielside!

interested in that CF strut tower brace

They don't have the little toy models in black cherry do they?!

I like that strut bar, but it looks to much like the OEM bar. I really wish top secret or zele still made theirs... while you're over there try to talk them into producing them again.