Decided to get Masa kit... but how?

[Brazen]

Alrighty - biting the bullet and going for the Masa kit - but can anyone tell me how to order it?? Dont think Masa themselves ship overseas - so how do I go about buying it and getting it over here??

This is their page: http://www.masamotorsports.com/

Looks good:

So yeah - how do I buy a full kit from Japan?

Cheers

Adam

[Talej]

You will more than likely need to find a buyer in japan... or someone in aus that has a buyer in japan... or you could send me on a holiday to japan and I will buy it for you.

It would be very cool to do but all I can say is I hope you have a lot of $$$.

[Brazen]

Yeah - hence 'biting the bullet'... full kit is $2300... plus buyers fee, plus shipping, plus duties, plus GST, plus fitting, plus painting... *sigh* - but it'll be so nice

Any1 know a buyer in Japan??

[ICE12]

Yeah - hence 'biting the bullet'... full kit is $2300... plus buyers fee, plus shipping, plus duties, plus GST, plus fitting, plus painting... *sigh* - but it'll be so nice

Any1 know a buyer in Japan??

$2300.00 is that all (cheap even with all the other stuff added) I was inform that it would be around the 10G's Maybe a group buy LOL

cheers ICE

[Brazen]

Probably wrong - have been many times before lol

Just going off their website and an email I got back from them.... but it probably doesnt include the headlights and stuff - dunno will find out soon and let u know.

[Ronin 09]

Probably wrong - have been many times before lol

Just going off their website and an email I got back from them.... but it probably doesnt include the headlights and stuff - dunno will find out soon and let u know.

I'm guessing that is just the MASA panels - bonnet, guards, front bar... I imagine you'll have to get GTR front rad support, bumper reo, headlights etc etc

I think that R34 headlights are 400ish each from Nissan... ?

[Brazen]

Yeah hard to work out - if you look at their site - see the picture of the kit parts at the bottom, with the arrow beside it and the characters "パーツ内容"... that translates to "Kit contents". Well the "6 pieces" Kit Price is also on the site as 239,400 yen - but thinking about it thats probably the pieces with the stars beside it - which all translate to body panel names... so yeah - they must charge extra for the mounting parts and headlights etc... hmm - no matter... ITS MINE REGARDLESS!!!!!

[Ronin 09]

Can't wait to see it. LOVE the MASA front ends for Stageas

I want pics of it on your car now now now!!

[Dahtone Racing]

its gonna look awesome man

we'll all be patiently waiting

[Lone]

Cant wait to see how this looks for you, well be awesome with the yellow

Make sure to keep all your old parts, someone from here will probably need them one day

[Brazen]

Gonna need the stock panels myself it seems - Spent the day in at the inspection centre talking to inspectors, then phoning engineers, and finally speaking to the head honcho who issues "in principle" approvals to procede with modifying the body panels of a car.... and the result - bloody new ADR requirements. Turns out that NO car made after 1996 can have a non-original replacement front or rear bumper or bonnet or fenders fitted... UNLESS the proposed replacement panels are submitted by an engineer to a full ADR crash test - yep thats right Id need to buy a MASA kit - fit it - SMASH my car engine and all at 60km/h - then IF all is ok they can approve THAT body kit only for application to Stageas in future LOL.

This applies across the board - gave the boys at the spoiler places a shock - all the aftermarket bumpers they fit to 96+ Skylines and Lancers and Echos etc lol - none of them have been crash tested and are defectable. But before 96 model cars you can fit whatever u like to it - apart from carbon fibre bonnets which are defectable no matter what.

BUT I'M DOING IT ANYWAY - just means if I get defected I have to book it in to have the entire kit removed and stock panels put back on - pass pits - refit MASA - rinse and repeat

Hasn't put me off - can live with the possibility of getting defected ... body-kit places reckon Id be unlucky if they did me for it - so only enquiry left that could stop me is the insurance company - gotta check they'll permit it... wish me luck!

[Talej]

good luck!

That is a really strange rule that I bet a lot of people have never even heard of. I can understand why they would do it for safety reasons and such but still... Does this just apply in WA or other states as well?

Hopefully you wouldn't need to modify too much to get the kit to fit so then if you did get defected it would be a fairly easy swap.

[Brazen]

good luck!  

That is a really strange rule that I bet a lot of people have never even heard of. I can understand why they would do it for safety reasons and such but still... Does this just apply in WA or other states as well?

Hopefully you wouldn't need to modify too much to get the kit to fit so then if you did get defected it would be a fairly easy swap.

Australia-wide coz its laid down under the Australian Design Rules. But yeah - thats what Im hoping - that the change of bumper support and panels and headlight is relatively easy - but still likely to be a good 6 hrs professional labour - $400 odd bucks a time - so I think I'm gonna have to get to know how to swap it myself to save $ and do it in a weekend every time I get defected.

[Jordan]

Wasnt there a kit around somewhere that would do the same thing for a R33?

[LiQuid IcE]

that rule is screwed!

good luk with the coversion... i think insurance places just classify it as a bodykit...

[Brazen]

Man this is gonna be hard to do in a hurry... got a few seperate emails back from Japanese enquiries saying MASA going down hill and really hard to deal with lately, and now a really bad regard inside the industry in Japan... problems with supply, quality etc... but I'm gonna push on regardless!

Actually thinking of combining two kits - coz I find the MASA skirts and ass-end too bulky and blocky...

Yeah - not my thing... so instead I am gonna go for the TakeLows Vol 2 rear bumper with carbon fibre rear-bar diffuser, and skirts and door panels:

Then yeah the MASA front end... with the more expensive fenders - seen here on the white MASA kitted Stagea on the left - never been able to make the detail out on the Black kit - but those vents etc look wild!

And yeah - not sure if I'm gonna stick with yellow - or switch to bayside blue like in my signature.... whatcha reckon???

[Lone]

Stay yellow without a doubt!

Those sideskirts are a must! They are damn awesome for the car and dont stick out at all, their the only sideskirts ive seen that work with the car!

[Brazen]

Stay yellow without a doubt!

Those sideskirts are a must! They are damn awesome for the car and dont stick out at all, their the only sideskirts ive seen that work with the car!

Which skirts? - i hope u mean the Takelows ones - not the MASA ones?

The TakeLows dont stick out coz you can buy those door panels as well that go half way up the door Only problem I am thinking is how the sideskirts will fit up with the MASA front fenders.... looking at the fenders on the white MASA, I might need some custom work done to the TakeLows skirts to match them up... aargh its never easy

[Lone]

Yup the Takelows damn nice, I noticed that there must have been another addon part

[RSFour]

Here's an idea for anyone else thinking of getting the Masa kit, just swap all the front end bits with a GTR owner looking for something different.