Tokyo Auto Salon 2014

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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.



(Click here to view previous GT86/BRZ FT86club coverage of Tokyo Auto Salon 2013)

(Click here to view general coverage of Tokyo Auto Salon 2013 & visit to HKS Technical Factory)

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



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.



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 on it's way to Tokyo to again be displayed in the RAYS booth. We were honored that RAYS chose us again this year and that the two most important Japanese performance magazines RevSpeed and Option have provided the support to make it all happen, along with our long term partners at Varis Mfg Co. We always dreamed of sending one of our cars to compete with the best in Japan and this year the stars have finally aligned.



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

Because we'll be pretty busy supporting our car in Tokyo, we've brought six people this year to ensure that FT86 Club gets the same special coverage of the latest in FT86/FR-S/BRZ tuning from the land of the rising sun. That means you'll still get the behind the scenes access and FT86/FR-S/BRZ reporting that you've come to expect starting during set up day, 24 hours before media members turn up.



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 FT86 tuning from legends like Top Secret, Powerhouse Amuse, HKS Technical Factory, Varis, Esprit, Liberty Walk, Ben Sopra, TRA Kyoto, and many more.



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.



If there are any specific brands, new products, or demo cars you are interested in seeing... please let us know by posting in this thread.



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

Team Bulletproof

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Tokyo Auto Salon Day - 0! A behind the scenes look at setup day and teasers for the whole event!

Kei Miura preparing to fit his Rocket Bunny V2 bumper to Trust's FT86.


Members of the Varis team prepare the Varis Arising II Standard Boy FT86 for Tokyo Auto Salon!


D1GP practice runs preparing for the huge crowds on Saturday and Sunday!


Absolutely gorgeous ITBS FA20 setup!


Blitz's Time Attack FT86 is so aggressive.. it looks like the vehicle is in motion just when standing still.


Blitz carried enough spare wheels and tires.. maybe they were planning to race it at TAS!


Max Arido's V8 powered D1GP beast!

HKS Kansai Service GT86 spotted outside just before load in on the new Advan RGIII's!

[raytrix]

More widebody coverage

[STALL HARD]

can i just give you my credit card number and you can just buy one of everything under the name school supplies that way i can just write it off for uncle sam? please?

[zigzagz94]

GRMN and Silk Blaze please, thanks.

[BPAuto]

Day 1

[STALL HARD]

So nothing till show is done

[the new guy]

Saw this on Instagram

[the new guy]

:OOO

[OICU812]

Lol dude with Drs mask on

[OICU812]

Some pics of new Advan GTs on our cars would be cool, the 18" versions that is.

[bestwheelbase]

God I love that Style Cb so much.

[botbs]

Do you have any picture of the white blitz wide fender 86/BRZ in the back of this picture ? I found many pictures of the chrome blitz 86 but couldnt find any pic of the white one.

Thanks!

[ozne99]

Originally Posted by the new guy

:OOO

Looks like a fish