Aerokit at Drift All Stars LONDON 24th JUNE 2012

We arrived at Wimbledon Stadium after a manic week to have the car ready. Mapped 48 hrs before the event by Jez @ Horsham Developments, the car was making a steady 460bhp. The Event was changed from the O2 to Wimbledon Stadium which proved not so much of a problem in the end. The crowds were already forming and the arena looked lively with live stream TV all around in the stands. Pete seemed to be sporting a smile which was a nice change and that smile would stick on him all day........

The morning practice session went smoothly with Pete really impressing the onlooking Drift All Stars Judges and the early crowds, a few wall runs later and the crowds were hitting the roof! 

Aerokit's presence at London wasn't only the one car on the day, we also had Gavin Cummings in the Pure Performance Aerokit PS13, Dan O'Brien in the ''OMG how could you not notice it" Aerokit S14A and Martin Richards in the Pure Performance Aerokit Soarer. In the show and shine areas BDC driver Lawrence Taylor also brought his Aerokit S14! We also had the Aerokit Girls from NIGHTKIDS! This truly was building up to an awesome event.

So into qualifying for the day, Pete took 8th place in qualifying with Martin Richards in at 9th. Gavin Cummings would have to settle for 12th. Mechanical issues for Dan meant an early retirement from the event after an amazing 1st qualifying lap which would have seen him qualify near the top. The only downside was the Martin would have to drive against Pete. The weight of the soarer was clearly a disadvantage but Pete in the S14.5 would also have disadvantages in that this was only the 2nd time he head driven the car, and now it was at a completely different power setup. Both guys went all out and a slight twitch in the transition by Martin meant that Pete would go through to the next round. Meanwhile Gavin was up against the great Fin Juha Rintanen. The power that Juha was running (750bhp) was simply too much for Gavin and he bowed out after the top 16. 

With Pete through his next opponent would be either Australian Luke Fink or local Brit Nathan Chivers in the GDA S14A. We were at the lush interiors of the VIP bar as we saw Luke and Nathan head out for battle, Luke who had to borrow Stiggy Evan's corolla due to mechanical issues with his S15 pushed the corolla to its limits, maybe a little too hard,,, resulting in a collision that would end the day for both himself and Nathan. Pete was very disappointed, true to his nature he hates not being to battle into the next round and just receiving a bye. He even asked if it was possible to have somewhen else lend Luke or Nathan a car but due to both being knocked out at the same time it wasn't possible. So grudgingly Pete accepted a bye into the semi finals where he would be up against the 'great fin' Juha Rintanen. more to follow......

OFFICIAL RENDERINGS FOR THE AEROKIT S14.5 DRIFT SPEC 2012

Aerokit will be building a drift vehicle for competition entry to Europe’s Premier Drift event, Drift All stars. One of the UK’s hottest drivers, Pete Barber has been signed to compete in the car for this season. Main partners for the 2012 season are Toyo, Tegiwa Imports, Rota, BC Coilovers and Cars paint supplies. 

The car will feature the Aerokit D Spec S14.5 Conversion kit, the main highlight will be the incorporation of 100mm wider arches on both sides at the rear. The car will be running BC Coilovers, Rota Grid Drift Rims with Toyo R888 tyres. Tegiwa imports are supplying the finishing touches on the car whilst Cars paint supplies Dagenham have supplied all the paint supplies for the project. 

The Car is due for its official unveiling at the BHP performance show on the 7th May 2012. 

So with the drift season looming, we decided we just had to get a car in the competitions, with 10 days to go Aerokit have just signed one of the most well known drivers in the UK, Pete Barber..... we now have 10 days to turn this....

into this:

The new Spec R1 Front Bumper for the Nissan 350Z

With an ever increasing demand for Nissan 350Z products Aerokit are pleased to announce that the Spec R1 Front Bumper is now ready for production.

Video - Bodykit fitting Challenge

So Hellaflush UK gave us a call a few days before Drift AllStars @ Wembley. They needed a bodykit for one of their cars which was to be presented to the Drift All Stars academy. They asked us if we could give them a nice discount as it was to be one of their show pieces at Wembley.... we said to them we'll be happy to oblige but how about putting a nice little wager on it...we offered to give them the bodykit for FREE if we couldn't fit it to the car in 10 minutes, if we did they would have to pay the full price for the kit. Naturally the idea of fitting a complete bodykit to a car in under 10 minutes is absurd....or is it? find out who pays the bill in the vid! 





Filmed live at DRIFT ALL STARS WEMBLEY 2011

thanks to 
JDM ALL STARS
HELLAFLUSH UK
AMAR STEWART, Aum Brand

The NEW SPEC D1 Bodykit for the R34, available for the 4DR version

Available now the new SPEC D1 Bodykit for the R34 4 DR!

http://www.aerokit.eu/eng/product.php?product_category_id=48&type_id=19

LAUNCHED!

and heres the finished article, already our best seller this month...and also last!!!