I’ve visited a lot of places in my life, but Bangkok caught my heart. The place has a lot of fun, feels quite safe and has all the craziness you’re looking for. In other terms of craziness, a ND MX-5 has a base price of 2.7 Million Baht (2,700,000B)!

It may not mean anything to you, but 30B = $1 USD. A rule of 3 makes a MX-5 price out of the showroom at a whooping USD $90,000! Now, that’s a high price to pay, but let me tell you that all owners really take care of their cars! A used NA car in Thailand costs about USD $20,000, so the value is still pretty good.

Why are they so expensive? The government put around 300% tax on specific import vehicles… and they don’t allow import of used cars!

During my visit to Thailand, I decided to do a small and informal REV9 Meeting. I decided the location very last minute, and the forecast was less than ideal, so I didn’t expect many people to show up.

Luckily, the meet ended up being pretty nice… now let’s show those pictures!

It was a beautiful and colorful event:

Many people who showed up are long time REV9 customers, I was so happy to put faces on names! Here’s a car who had parts mostly coming from us:

The car had a neat and rare RS Aizawa Front Bumper, RS Active Headlights, beautiful Jet Stream Turn Signals & ZOOM Fuel Lid :

The interior was also pretty crazy with a lot of awesomeness. It had a beautiful match of yellow Kevlar, carbon fiber & suede. Not to mention the super rare and cool Club-NA Swarovski Horn Button (bling bling!).

This car was built to perfection, the rear end was just as amazing as the rest of the car. He has the REV9 OE-Style Carbon Fiber Trunk that’s custom painted to fade to blue, it’s the first time I saw that and absolutely loved it. The Garage Vary Tail Lights also really complement the car!

The car was also rocking some beautiful special edition Work Equip 03 15” Wheels with AP Racing Big Brake Kit and the rear fender body work was exceptional:

Don’t get me wrong, usually, when doing meetings, I don’t post SO many pictures of one car, but you really do need to see the engine bay:

The car had a beautiful IRTB kit that ran perfectly fine (and was swapped with 2005 NB 1.8L engine), everything was just perfect. The REV9 OE-Style Carbon Radiator Panel also looked quite nice in there.

The owner told me he also has a Pit Crew NA as well as an Acura NSX… I was starting to get jealous there…

OK, now let’s check the other cars who attended the meeting;

A brand new $90,000 car!

A mildly modified ND with many parts from Blitz! I really like the Blitz ND Battery Holder! The car was also on beautiful Rays 57Transcend 17” Wheels!

Some more people showed up!

This ND had some interesting custom mods. Also, it’s actually very rare to get a Manual Transmission ND in Thailand… this one had to come through the grey market… at least he’s got the Recaro package!

The car had custom spoiler (KUHL inspired), custom dual exhaust and Advan RS 17” Wheels!

The event was going pretty well!

A last visitor came in, with a beautiful time capsule!

The car was rocking A LOT of super rare parts. He had beautiful RS Watanabe 14” B-Type Wheels, Garage Vary Tail Lights, Mazdaspeed Roll Bar, Runabout M2 Mirrors and something I never saw… NOPRO Triangle Window!

The exterior of this car was simple and beautiful, done with taste.

And now you can see the beauty of the Garage Vary Tail Lights for NA…

The interior was done really modestly, but with lot of taste, too. It had beautiful KG Works Crash Pad Integrated Meters,  a nice Motolita Steering Wheel, a cool & retro Denon Sound System & KG Works Ventilation Balls were featured:

The car also had super rare Mazdaspeed Bucket Seat:

This meeting was absolutely fantastic. I really enjoyed my time in Thailand (the land of smiles), made new friends and had great time checking all of those super cool cars!

I hope you enjoyed this blog post! Lots of pictures… I know! If you missed it, we also did a meeting in Taipei, showcasing the biggest Mazda dealership in Asia!