Jeffc3s

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Hey Ken, have you consider this hot wide bodykit from RE Amemiya for production? Its also rare and hard to find. I think its time for a Wide bodykit for us FC people. What do you guys think? Would anybody be interested if Ken makes it? Here are a couple of pics

limbar85

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Ugly as hell in my book...RE Amemiya fails with this kit.

That Rx-7 kid

I think a good amount of FC owners would want that kit. Alot less of those people would actually have the money for one. And even fewer than that would actually go through with purchasing one. And it would probably cost shine alot of time and money to reproduce even just a few of those kits. But nice kit and why not just throw the idea out there anyway? You never know.......but thats just my 2 cents.

Jeffc3s

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Yeah you know, its only a suggestion... plus there isnt any wide bodykits available for the FC3S in the US... only phat wide fenders

Jeffc3s

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Ken???

REVERE

I’d be very interested, but I can’t see this getting off the ground

Jeffc3s

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In my opinion that's the hottest 2nd gen wide bodykit, after Mariah Motorsports. This kit is more suitable for serious enthusiasts who would pay the price of it. I mean, if people with FD's are rolling with the expensive Veilseide Fortune Wide bodykit lately, why cant serious enthusiasts with FC's cant roll with this kit? I dont consider myself a serious enthusiast because not always I have money to spend on my car, but theres alot of people out there that are, just think of people from Sevenstocks. And remember, not only people in the US will buy it. what about enthusiasts from Canada Europe and Latin America? we get all the goodies from the US. The only thing I dont like from this kit is that its only available with the flush style. It would be interesting modify or adapt another bumper like GP Sports or Sexy Style. Like I said, it never hurts suggesting, because to be honest with all of you guys, Im sick and tired of seeing people calling "wide bodied" FCs with those sorry drift fenders which are not really wide, because it only makes wheels with big offset to fit. Anybody agrees with me?

REVERE

Flush lights are just an add on, you could run stock pop-up's if you wished too

rhscare

I love REA but its a bit over the top and it would be such a select few that could afford to do it...even the replica. I cant imagine it would be a great investment for shine. I would love to see it in person, but I don't see this happening.

CrownPerformance508

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holy crap i have been looking sooo freakin hard to find a widebody for my fc please make this kit PLEASE

Saavedro88

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I'd like it a lot better if it didn't have so much "GILLage"... But other than that I really like it! Probably one of the only wide body kits I've ever really liked...

ivegonemad

hey you stole my idea...LOL!!

jeff, since the day i saw the kit i loved it but what are the specs on the kit?? how wide are they?? i would just like the fenders and side skirts in general, i dont really need the bumpers...is the door design a part of the kit also? can there be add ons to the parts (ducting)?? jsut asking...

p.s. it should be wider in the back at least 60mm+, lol...

Jeffc3s

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I wouldnt know what specs does this Wide bodykit has because it was long discontinued and because nobody ever made a replica out of this...

Anyways heres a link of a run at the Wangan where a Silver FC3S with the Wide body kit appears:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UdKhhSQb2pE


Here is the complete version:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mN1DXCxnrVc

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aD45tktcucE

Jeffc3s

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Very intimidating if you ask me

nomma

i would deffinately be interested in it if ken was to make it. the kit is sick! there arent too many kits that catch my fancy for the fc and i have been looking for what i am going to put on mine and this one hits the spot! i might change the bumper to the fc2000 but the rest is what i want :"D make it ! plz

ivegonemad

dont they have that here in thew states once, but the entrance fee is about $20k if i recall iits still up..

website
http://www.thegreatamericanrun.com/

heres a vid..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2lpbgdR-N-o
pretty sweet...once i get my hands on a gt carrera ill be there..lol!

back to topic....

carbonfiber

wow wow wow!! that kit is so sexy!! Makes me want an RE FC to go with my RE FD. Sooooooooo damn sexy!!!

ramello

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Im defnitly interested in that kit as the mariah kit was going to be on my list of things to do to my car but if shine could come thru on this id jump on it to go with a FC2000 bumper

my only critiques on the kit is i dont care for the look of the vents in the front fenders and i like the rear vents better on that darker blue car than on the light blue one

Jeffc3s

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Does anybody knows whos making replicas out of this kit in Japan? There must be a way to obtain this Wide Bodykit, but from whom? Try to bring one to the States make a replica with Shine's amazing material and sell or even distribute it all over the world. I know it would take a huge amount of time but it will bring $$$ to your pocket. ARE YOU LISTENING KEN??? lol

Juiceh

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The Rx-Heven Kit is available. It may not have huge strecthed out side skirts and extra weight added to the doors to make them bulge out as well but really why do you want that? All that does is add weight and increase drag(non functional door duct).


Bingo!

2nd hottest after Mariah huh?
The reason why you see FDs with the Veilside kit is because the Veilside kit is actually in production and much more easily obtainable than this FC kit was when it was in production. Nowadays you can order a Veilside kit online with the click of a few buttons... Back when RE-Amemiya was making this kit they may not have even had a website!! Also the FD is a more current car with a more lively aftermarket than the FC. Take a look around, the support for the FC has been dropping off for quite a while now. Some of you guys say the FD guys have money.. The FD isn't really an expensive car. They can be had pretty damn cheap nowadays. If any of you guys think that FD owners are rich because they have an FD and you have an FC you have no business thinking about a widebody kit for your FC.



The serious enthusiasts with the $ will know better than to bother trying to get replicas made of an otherwise nearly impossible to find item. Instead they will go through importers with people overseas in those markets and try to seek out the kits themselves for their own use. That's what I have had to do for some of my parts.


Those are the bitch fenders. I recently saw a "look at my widebody" thread and when I opened it I said to myself "wheres the widebody" and sure enough it was those lame 20-30mm flares. GO BIG OR GO HOME!


In reality this won't put **** into Ken's pockets. The amount of work for them to replicate this kit and fix some of the flaws & gripes that some of the interested parties have pointed out is not worthwhile. Especially when considering the amount of FC owners that would actually buy this and spend a large chunk of money at a competent body shop, which will cost well over 2x what you will pay for the kit from shineauto itself, to actually getting it installed and fitted correctly with a decent paint job and the wheels to fit it. Yes, I know there are some FC owners out there willing to go that distance. But there are just too few of us to make it worthwhile to shineauto. Not to mention how long it may take them to actually find a complete kit.


Heres my take on the kit: RE-Amemiya tried too hard and in the wrong areas.

The front fender gills locations are totally retarded. If they were put there to vent the air scooped in by the fenders I don't really see how the gills would help at all considering the air would have to travel forward in the wheel well to be vented.. Now if they are somehow to be used to vent engine bay air via some sort of ducting I could understand but I'm not quite sure how ducting that would turn out. A vent in the rear of the fenders would be the most logical area to try to vent the air being trapped ASAP.

Huge gaudy and possibly USELESS duct added to the doors(possibly adding drag and definitely adding weight). I say possibly useless since I have not see a pic of those cars with the doors open to expose the door jams there to see if that duct actually goes anywhere. I'm just going to assume it doesn't until shown otherwise. Where would it go anyway? Maybe a brake duct but theres really not much room to work with in that area. Then theres the rear fenders, wtf is that grill **** at the ends of the tail lights on the silver car? Its another fake vent! Look closely there is no opening there, the dark area is actually the end edges of the tail lights. The Blue car might be the only one with actual venting in that area, the red car looks like its filled in.

Another thing I find very half assed about this kit is the semi delete of the body moldings. If your gonna delete the door molding you gotta delete it everywhere else. Instead they kept the molding on the bumpers and front of the front fenders and the rear section of the rear fender of the silver car.


Sorry for kinda on your thread.

REVERE

^ Awesome car
(coming from a guy that dislikes verts), can’t wait till to see it finished.
Always nice to see other true FC enthusiast.


Weight would be negligible and I think you would find if you compare the profiles of the too kits a little closer without the rose-tinted glasses, drag wouldn’t differ a whole lot. Especially if you fill the vent

Exactly right. I think the guys saying this will bring in a lot of cash to shine are a little oblivious to how the business works

Can't argue with you there (considering your build), it's one thing to afford a kit and another to afford to put a kit of this extent on a car properly.
But then what price do you put on individual? the ability to no that when you take you car out there is no chance that you will pass anything even close to your car
All the bits you don't like are very minor aesthetics. Not a lot more work involved in changing those aspects to what you want. Just the fact that each of the cars in the photos has subtle differences makes me think they were owner modifications and not a specification of the kit.

a072mark

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But i would buy that RE kit in a heartbeat!