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Ferrari 458 Tuned by Rowen Japan: Oriental Pearl

The custom kit specialists at Rowen Japan had not one but two supercar projects to show during this year's Tokyo Auto Salon. Because this coincided with Detroit, we kind of missed it, so we retraced our steps to see what they did to a Ferrari 458 Spider.
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Photo: Rowen International
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"Custom Innovation" is their motto and you can see it holds true. Many hours were spent painstakingly creating this body kit in clay over the Pininfarina bodywork of the Ferrari. After that, carbon fiber was used to create a one-of-a-kind look for the 458.

From what we have seen in their photos, we can conclude that a front lip, side skirts, bumper vents and a rear wing are included in a package. All are made from carbon and have that bosozoku ground effects look that makes you think the Ferrari belongs to Tokyo Drift villain.

However, Rowen's core business used to be custom exhausts and the one they put together for the 4.5-liter V8 is a masterpiece. Hand-fabricated from steel and titanium, the set of aftermarket pipes has a trademark blue glow from the effects of the flames on the material.

Of course, this is now as subtle as a white unicorn with a carbon fiber saddle in a herd of cows. But the Japanese seem to love ground effects more than everybody else and Rowen's Ferrari is still more discrete than the Golden Shark from Office-K. And if you think this is different, just wait until you see what they've done to the Aventador!

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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