Liberty Walk Supra gets ultra-wide arches

Bolt-on fibreglass parts give Toyota's A90 a lot more girth - for £15k

By Sam Sheehan / Tuesday, 9 June 2020 / Loading comments

There are arches. And then there are arches. Anyone who spent their formative years with their nose embedded in Max Power will tell you the difference. Even OEMs (think everything from the BMW M1 to the CLK DTM AMG) know that it’s a recipe to weaken knees - as well as allowing for extended tracks and a circuit-focussed chassis tune. But in the world of Liberty Walk, it's more about arches for arches sake: case in point, the Japanese brand’s new bodykit for the A90 Toyota GR Supra – which gets straight to the point.

The Supra’s bolt-on fibreglass appendages look to be about as wide as arches can realistically get on road cars, extending the 340hp two-door’s tracks by several inches and allowing room for a broader setup underneath. In the case of this demo, LW’s fitted a set of deep-dish rims wearing tyres with an alarming amount of stretch. There’s also an enormous front splitter, side skirts and a whacking great rear wing above a more prominent diffuser and twin exhaust tips.

It all looks purposeful as hell in the renderings – and exactly the sort of aftermarket stuff that feels somewhat mandatory for a successor to one of the world’s most modified cars, the A80. The firm has also released pics of a car part finished (note the clamped beam holding the rear wing in place) which is bold considering the less than flattering look of the unpainted bits. But let's cut it some slack before we see the finished product - which will presumably include wheels that fit.

Regardless, LW's approach is not for everyone (it isn't meant to be) but you don't need us to remind you that stance culture is alive and well on social media. The firm produces kits for everything from the Ferrari F355 to the Toyota Prius, which tells you everything you need to know about the market. That applies to this country too, of course, with the official UK Liberty Walk outlet The Performance Company already taking pre-orders on the new A90 setup.

A spokesperson told PH that prices for the fibreglass kit are £14,850 or £17,934, with the latter getting a carbon fibre bonnet on top of all the wide archery and other addenda. First deliveries are due in August, shortly after which the firm is planning on producing its own demonstration of the new kit to lure in more buyers. The Performance Company is normally pretty visible at UK motoring events, so expect to see its A90-based creation at plenty of shows when the world gets back to normal after 2020.