I remember there used to be a thread in this forum that showed some of the top Japanese Minis. There were links to a few of the Japanese tuner sites. Anyways, I was interested if anyone knew of any Japanese tuner sites. Thanks.

 

www.gut-mini.com

www.racers.jp

 

There's some cool stuff on those sites I wish we could get

 

I know of GUT, and found out about Racers the other day. I know that there are at least 5-10 more sites out there. I wish that original thread never got deleted...

 

Here are some I was able to track down off of the MightyMiniz website...

Bond:
http://www.hosokawa.co.jp/bond-mini/index.html



I know there are other sites....

 

I was looking at the black faceplate for the tach/speedo... Can't read japanese, so I translate using google, and it says:
20,000... yen?

I do a currency converter for yen to USD... $180!!!!! OMGWTFBBQ!

It's a piece of plastic!

 

They sell Alta parts..for some reason I am shocked.

 

surprisingly M7 and ALTA are both very well known amongst japanese tuners. Kinda cool

If you just want pics of owners cars try googling for "Prestige mini japan" or look for "club r50" . Club r50 is their big club dedicated to the mini and will have lots of links to other sites. I Would google it and give the site names, but my computer is acting up...sorry

 

absolutely love the front aprons.... one of them didnt work for me though... but if only i got the funds to pay for shipping

 

Yes, but it changes image enormously--what do you expect for an enormous change

 

Feel free to post pics of some hooked up Japanese MINIs...

 

Enormous discount? Yeah, too much to ask for. I'll go back to my corner and tinker.

 

C-One 505:
http://www.c-one505.com/mini_product01.html#01





Janspeed:
http://www.janspeed.co.jp/newmini/newminiindex.htm

Bitte West:
http://www.bittewest.co.jp/newmini-side.html

 

http://blog.livedoor.jp/rika_sji3232/
http://blog.livedoor.jp/ninja532s/
http://www.studie.jp/mining/owners.html
http://www.prestige-ag.jp/mini/owners/owners-top.html

And the best kit ever;

Garbino
http://www.garbino.net/mini/mini/index.html

 

Real cool stuff, I will start surfing on Japanese websites more often, those guys have taste, cool cars.

 

Are these kits only available in japan??

 

if someone can communicate in japanese and perhaps strike a deal im sure someone will be able to bring em over

unfortunately, over in the states, there seems to be a lack of interest for making minis look good

it seems to be a very un-tapped market, whereas in europe we have great bodykit options like orciari or esquiss, japanese have great half spoilers etc... here we have? m7's splitter...................

 

mate dont complain.. im from australia and we have jack all for minis...

 

im sorry but some of those minis above are freakin hideous in my opinion.

Have sir alec rolling in his grave...

 

I said before, to each their own. But I would not mind having black dials.


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wow nice wish i can buy some stuff from them

 

I almost forgot Arqray, they have some nice stuff and they also have a dealer in australia, check them out;

www.arqray.jp

 

If anyone here can find out more info about some of these sites that would be great. Keep the links comming...

 

I can add that a couple of months ago I emailed Garbino asking them if they had a European dealer, but they didn't, so I continued to ask them how much their whole kit would be plus shipping to Sweden, the answer?

The front, back and sides would coust half what shipping them would cost.

I don't have the exact prices infront of me but say the parts were 100€, the shipping was 200€ bringing the total to 300€, too bad, isn't Europe the biggest market for MINI's? They'd make a fortune.

 

At least they didn't say "no". I wonder if they would allow tuners here in the US to officially carry their products. Wouldn't hurt to ask...

They take VISA and Mastercard and even Diners Club...I don't see why they wouldn't ship internationally