and finally some information on their dry carbon hood...
they have 2 versions available , one for the street with a hood latch, so i'm assuming that i can run it safely without hood pins! and the other race, with hood pins instead of the latch and weighing only 2.3kg, in compared to 3.7kg for the street version, and 8.4kg the stock hood weight! the race version starts off about 3 grand, then add another 6 hundred for the street version, it says something about being high rigid type, so i guess you're paying for more than just a hood latch, then you can add a 4 coat clearing coat to protect from ultraviolet radiation for a mere 500 bucks, WTF? is that really needed?

 

thier dry carbon gt wing, tested in a wind tunnel and weighing only 3kg, too bad it's another 3500 + 500 to coat it!

 

their dry carbon trunk, weighing only 2.4kg compared to 7.7kg for stock, but the thing costs 5 grand + 500 for uv coating

 

they have plenty of other parts, these are just some of the ones i was interested in. their web site can be found at

www.webamuse.co.jp

they even have a web store, although i haven't recieved a response yet to see if we can order parts directly from them

 

with today's rates the 198,000 yen amuse r1 would cost about 1,640 dollars!

 

the carbon fiber trunk lid doesn't have the 3rd brake light ...

 

We gladly import Amuse products from Japan and will beat any legitimate price out there on Amuse items. (the prices we beat are the final prices after all freight charges, to your door)

s2k_fever: Keep in mind that the US price you mention for the R1 would only be if you bought it in Japan, with no shipping anywhere, and it would be before the 5% sales tax. Also keep in mind that air freight is quite pricey for large dimensional boxes, and that air and ocean freight prices for large items from Japan usually have high fixed costs attached to them (handling fees and such from freight forwarders), making it only cost effective if a lot of items are shipped at the same time. Oh, and did you consider the wire transfer fees and 2-3 yen loss during currency conversion? Just a few of the many costs involved, to actually do what you were saying.

If you happen to find a way around expensive freight costs for a single large item like a hood or exhaust, please email me, because I'm always looking for cheaper ways to import products.

 

nice pics.

 

some new pics..

 

hey ben, can you find me that license plate holder on the red car? the one off to the side? new or used? do you know anything abou it? supposedly some company in japan made them a couple of years back and then stopped production.