Osaka Automesse 2006

Well, it was a ****-poor show this year, full of euros with big rims. Very boring. Only a handful of FDs - and they were mostly shitty.

anyway...



yes - real live fish in the back

an incredibly large piece of rice workmanship - done by a local automotive technical college

 

double scissor doors - of course. note the airbrushing on the door panels

 

The craftsmanship is good; however, I don't like it. It just doesn't fit my taste.

 

I liked the car next to it though - paint was beautiful - these pics do it no justice

 

first one

second one is ok except for the wheels

 

I don't recall seeing this particular variation on the tailights. Not as bad as most - but I can't see why you wouldn't stick with the factory versions.

There were hordes of rice merchants flogging a mind-boggling array of 'clear' and 'chrome' things.



note the pedestrian-cutter t-wing, and nicely pumped guards

 

not sure what's going on with the combo lights on this one. blue? why?

 

I simply _cannot_ believe someone would take a car to a high profile car show, with panel gaps like this. Again, mind-boggling.

 

at least the tailights were okay!!

 

yep, this one's a bmw, not an FD...

 

...but check out the engine bay!



(yes, it is the same car, despite the different paint)

 

here's the same FD from above, but from the front. Love the amemiya hood.

 

 

The quality of these lights was actually better than I expected. I still wouldn't have them on my car (or anything that didn't sit flush).

 

 

 

 

amemiya had an old faithful on display...

 

 

amemiya doing the feed-style 'CF' handles now...



people might have mixed opinions of these - but I gotta say, it's one thing on my car that always gets a "wow, they're really nice" response.

 

 

grenade's FD...

 

 

for some reason, they went with a silver theme for these tailights...

 

the craft square style mirrors are becoming quite popular