VeilSide

VeilSide is a Japanese automotive company located near the Tskuba Circuit in Tokyo, Japan that produces high performance aftermarket car parts like: body kits, suspension, wheels, intake manifolds, steering wheels, gauges, racing seats, pedals, and shift knobs. VeilSide also produces a clothing line of VeilSide apparel. Currently, it seems that body kits have become the focus for VeilSide, since they discontinued some of their car parts and wheels.

Mazda RX-7 Veilside Fortune body kit

VeilSide’s most notable products are their body kits or “aero-fashions.” One thing that makes VeilSide cool is that their body kits drastically alter the original lines of a car yet look stock. VeilSide’s aerodynamic parts catalogue was originally based on Japanese cars like the Toyota Supra and Subaru Impreza, but recently they have designed body kits for American and European cars. In Summer 2007, VeilSide released a new body kit for the 2005+ Mustang body style.

VeilSide D1-GT Mustang body kit

VeilSide was established by Yokomaku Hiranao in 1990. The name VeilSide is derived from Yokomaku’s name - Maku meaning “Veil,” and Yoko meaning “Side.” Initially, VeilSide focused on performance tuning and at the 1991 Tokyo Auto Salon custom car contest, VeilSide won Grand Prize in the Tuned Car Category even though it was the first time the company had ever participated in the event.

One of VeilSide’s most popular body kits is the Supra Combat series that was awarded the Grand Prize in the Complete Car Category at the 1993 Tokyo Auto Salon. According to Yokomaku, the Batmobile from the 1960’s television show Batman inspired the VeilSide Combat series. “In Japan, people think that superheroes are something for kids, but in the States I saw adults looking at the Batmobile with keen interest.” At first, even the VeilSide staff was surprised by the new Combat Supra styling, “But they just stared without backing off, and the more they looked, the more they liked it,” says Yokomaku.

VeilSide Toyota Supra CI Combat body kit

After the Supra Combat was a success at the Tokyo Auto Salon, VeilSide began adapting the Combat series style to other car models. In July of 1995, VeilSide received the Japanese Ministry of Transportation authorization to produce all the Combat’s aero parts, so now the car could pass official Japanese inspection - a first in the aftermarket performance industry.

Another popular VeilSide body kit is their Fortune series. Most VeilSide Fortune series body kits replace every body panel except the roof. VeilSide is like a DJ in that they remix the body style of a car creating a new and exciting body style design.