- Damd gives the Suzuki Spacia Gear a redesigned face and new wheels.
- Conversion kit features a custom grille, headlight and bumper garnish.
- Optional accessories include 15-inch alloy wheels and a roof basket.
Give Japan’s aftermarket scene a kei car and it knows precisely what to do with it. The humble little box turns into a pocket-sized retro machine, and you find yourself wanting one. Damd has been playing this game longer than most, and its latest is the Noct kit for the Suzuki Spacia Gear.
The donor vehicle here is the adventurous member of the Spacia family, already kitted out with rugged styling cues and hard-wearing cabin materials. Damd pushes the theme further with tasteful styling upgrades and optional accessories.
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The redesigned face anchors the Noct package. Rather than aping a famous off-roader, the nose stays true to Suzuki’s own styling language, trading the stock Jeep-style grille of the Spacia Gear for a classier honeycomb unit. Aluminum-look trim frames the grille, with matching bezels around the round LED headlights. Those headlights also gain body-colored garnish in place of the black factory casing.
The front bumper of the kei car might look different, but it’s actually the standard version dressed up cleverly. Damd added a horizontal trim piece reminiscent of the metal bumpers on classic models. The profile carries over from the Spacia Gear, though an optional set of 15-inch Cantabile alloy wheels freshens up the look. Those new shoes can be wrapped in all-terrain tires for greater off-road capability.
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Want more practicality? An optional roof rack made from New Zealand-sourced Accoya wood handles that.
Damd leaves the performance and chassis alone. The kei car carries on with its mild-hybrid 660cc three-cylinder powertrains, good for 49 hp (36 kW / 50 PS) naturally aspirated and 64 hp (47 kW / 65 PS) with the turbo. Drive goes to the front wheels (2WD) or all four (4WD), always through a CVT.
Pricing for the unpainted Noct kit starts at ¥140,800 ($880) including the grille, headlight garnish, bumper add-ons and Suzuki emblem. For those who want the kit together with the four-piece Cantabile wheels the cost increases to ¥242,000 ($1,500). Finally, the optional roof rack retails for ¥64,900 ($400) and the Nomad stickers cost ¥3,960 ($25).
As for the Suzuki Spacia Gear donor vehicle, pricing in Japan ranges from ¥1,952,500 ($12,200) to ¥2,217,600 ($13,900) depending on the configuration.