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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 06:16 PM
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My visit to legendary RX7-RX8 shop : RE-Amemiya (Japan)

Okay, so for those who followed my threads, I've been visiting quite a lot of shops because I wanted to negotiate some deals for my companies.

I still have a few more features to show and I'm keeping the bests for the end

So, I arrive at 8:00 AM to RE-Amemiya because I have quite a few other appointments during that day.

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Not many employees working, it's a National holiday, but still, some have time to do some tuning!

First thing I notice is that there are plenty of cool cars for sale at the shop, like this clean FD3S on Advan Wheels:

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Or this black one on Rays SE37k and AD Facer front bumper:

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Also, looks like someone came before me and left their signature...

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There's another row of cars for sale (mainly older demo cars), like this flat gray WIDEBODY RX-8:

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Or this FD3S rocking Super GReddy3 Body Kit:

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Another nice looking RX8:

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This funky-looking very detailed paint FD3S:



So much details, even painted the wheels!

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Now, some of you may wonder why many are missing top of their GT wings ? Well it's because they're VERY expensive to make and they keep them for their actual demo cars (or sell them to customers to upgrade from older to new).

And now a more "RE-Amemiya" normal FD3S which still look so AMAZING:

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So, as I'm good at teasing people, I just showed you their cars for sale, but during all that time, I was next to their actual demo cars (which just came back from TAS2014):

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Their blue demo car is so amazing in person, all the details, the wide-body, the perfect carbon fiber touches, creates an awesome vehicle worth looking at for hours:
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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 06:17 PM
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Front end = perfect
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3/4 shot from rear = perfect
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3/4 shot from front = perfect
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Tail lights & GT wing = perfect
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Dolphin-tail exhaust = WOW
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Now, they ask me for a last shot of their GT300 car before going on towing:

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Okay, so the shop had a nice dyno room (they were working on a customer car):

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And in the garage, they had another demo car which was pretty weird looking. Still rocking a Super GReddy3 Kit:

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And some funny looking paint sheme:

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As I always say to people, Japan is all about D E T A I L S :

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Then, I had to talk business with them, so I went inside and took a few shows; they had many trophies:

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They did not stock as many parts as I thought:

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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 06:18 PM
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But had something cool to show in their waiting room...

Very cool...

It won Tokyo Auto Salon a few years ago:

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And really does not look like a FD3S anymore, but it really is:

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We gotta give credit to RE Amemiya for creating such designs, it's pretty cool looking and looks like it's built with quality in mind:

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Mirror was neat, too:

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Purists will hate it, but I really enjoy seeing something new instead of the usual drop+lip. I gotta admit that the rear end was EXTREME:

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Now, I gotta work on my pictures as I have way more to show in the next days/weeks. Thanks for looking

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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 08:55 PM
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A lot of cool pictures, thanks for sharing

Maybe one day I'll go to Japan.
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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 09:37 PM
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That demo car is bad ***!!
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Old Feb 21, 2014 | 01:51 AM
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that time attack car....hnnnggg
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Old Feb 21, 2014 | 10:27 AM
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Awesome pics; def. on my bucket list of places to visit someday. I'll have to take my brother since he speaks fluent Japanese.
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Old Feb 21, 2014 | 04:13 PM
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awesome!
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Old Feb 23, 2014 | 10:15 PM
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thanks for sharing!
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Old Feb 24, 2014 | 12:36 AM
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Great pictures.
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Old Feb 27, 2014 | 11:02 AM
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Awesome pictures. I really admire how much time must have gone into each of those cars. I would love to see the shop one day! Quick Question and it may be a dumb one but do you know why they place the decals reversed on some of their cars?
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Old Mar 2, 2014 | 03:25 AM
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Did you spend any time talking Prices with them? Curious as to what the market over there vs. here is.
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