Cal’s Motor just updated its Chevy K5 Blazer body kit for the Suzuki Jimny, and the reason why tells you everything about where the car industry is headed — even for a 658cc kei car with the horsepower of a riding mower.
The Japanese tuner first launched its Blazer-inspired face-swap in 2024, turning the boxy little Jimny into a convincing miniature replica of the classic American SUV. Chrome grille, square headlights, round LED taillights — the whole nostalgic package. A five-door version followed in 2025. Then Suzuki went and updated the Jimny lineup with mandatory safety tech, and Cal’s Motor had to go back to the drawing board.
The problem wasn’t styling. It was sensors.
Suzuki’s 2026 Jimny now carries millimeter-wave radar and ultrasonic sensors to support adaptive cruise control and improved collision avoidance. That hardware lives in the front fascia — exactly where Cal’s Motor bolts on its custom chrome-heavy Blazer face. So the tuner had to rework the kit to integrate the new sensors without sacrificing the vintage look.
They pulled it off. The ADAS suite works, the chrome stays, and the Jimny still passes for something Detroit built in 1972.
It’s a small detail that reveals a big truth. Even aftermarket body kits now have to negotiate with safety regulators. The era of slapping fiberglass over whatever you want is getting squeezed from every direction.
The kit comes in three flavors. The Beas fits the narrow-body kei-class Jimny, the Beas+ is built for the wider Jimny Sierra, and the Beas+L stretches over the longer five-door Jimny Nomade. Mechanically, nothing changes.
The kei-spec Beas keeps its turbocharged 658cc three-cylinder making 64 horsepower — barely enough to embarrass a golf cart on a steep hill. The Sierra and Nomade versions get a naturally aspirated 1.5-liter four-cylinder with 101 hp. All three use Suzuki’s part-time four-wheel-drive system mated to either a five-speed manual or a four-speed automatic.
Pricing starts at ¥3,380,000 — roughly $21,100 — for the narrow-body Beas as a complete turnkey build in Japan. The Beas+ runs $22,300. Owners who already have a Jimny can buy the pieces individually and bolt them on.
Cal’s Motor also offers a catalog of extras: split LED headlights, chrome disc wheels, leather seat covers, branded floor mats, an Alpine infotainment head unit, a digital rearview mirror with camera, and additional speakers. It’s a full lifestyle play for buyers who want to drive something that looks like it rolled out of a 1970s Chevy dealership but parks in a Tokyo alley.
The Jimny has become the aftermarket’s favorite canvas precisely because it already looks like a scaled-down classic. Its proportions are honest — upright glass, flat panels, no pretense. That makes it easy for outfits like Cal’s Motor to graft on a different identity.
Similar kits have turned the Jimny into Land Cruiser 70 Series clones and Mercedes G-Class lookalikes. The Blazer conversion is the most convincing of the bunch.
What keeps the whole exercise grounded is the price. A real restored K5 Blazer commands $40,000 to $80,000 depending on condition. Cal’s Motor delivers the aesthetic for a quarter of that, with modern safety tech baked in and Toyota-grade reliability underneath. The trade-off is 64 horsepower and a top speed you’d rather not discuss.
Orders are open now in Japan. No word on availability outside the domestic market, which means the rest of the world will have to keep admiring these from a screen — or start shopping for an importer with flexible ethics.
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