It doesn’t take much to distract me from real work!!! lol
Hmmm, I just got this back from Arai Europe:
''Dear Jane,
To start with the last item.
The correct stickers are on the correct helmet.
If you buy an American helmet, the issue is that this helmet is not produced to European regulations.
Therefore there are no European stickers on.
And we do not give stickers to those helmets, that is illegal.
So we cannot help you out on this.
If you buy a helmet in the US that is your own responsibility.
And it is not possible to have the European stickers on it.’’
Sam, what exactly did you offer to your contact to be treated so nicely?!?
courtesy of the people at P&H motorcycles, the issue with the arai US and arai UK/european would be about head shapes.
in the US they use a more oval shape for the carcass, for our market is more round. so it would be a massive difference in fitting. take this as you please.
thats crazy. The bloke who i dealt with told me completely different stuff.
Look, this is what he sent me. I’m really confussed now
Just seen Alba’s post, It may be as i was only enquiring about Spanish lids, i didn’t even ask about American lids, this could be why you are getting different responses to what i got.
Taken from the US site:
''The Importance of Arai’s Different Interior Shapes
No one pays more attention to the subtle variations and infinite possibilities of the human head shape than Arai.
And even though we know we can never build a perfect shape for everyone, we go to the extra time and considerable expense in a genuine effort to offer interior shapes that allow more people to find a better, more “natural” and comfortable fit than they can get from a helmet line that offers only one shape for their entire line.
This is why it’s important for you to understand all the different aspects of sizing as they apply to helmet brands, models, and, in Arai’s case, different interior shapes.
Understanding Interior Shapes
After many years of listening to riders, we have found that real helmet satisfaction depends on understanding how a helmet is supposed to fit. Most importantly, understanding how proper fit affects helmet performance and satisfaction during everyday riding, and how that comfort depends on the helmet’s interior shape. This is why Arai has gone to the considerable effort to design, create, and offer different interior shapes. (Arai doesn’t believe that real comfort can be achieved by trying to stuff every different head shape into a single helmet interior shape.)
In order to offer the most comfort, a helmet interior must fit snugly around the entire head contour. (This is partly determined by a firm, even pressure felt at all contact points around the liner perimeter, with no pressure points that could become uncomfortable in the future.) Note that having a previous helmet of the same brand, model and size - even if it’s an Arai - may not offer the same fit as a current model or size because the evolution of design and use of new materials can affect the final design and shape.
Attention must be paid to the fit of the model’s shape around the crown of your head - and not with facial fit. (The part that is contacted by a baseball cap’s band, for example, is the crown) Cheek pads in all Arai helmets can be replaced with a size that better suits your facial structure, so the possible need for different cheek pads should only be addressed after the crown is properly sized. All too often, tight OEM cheek pads will result in purchasing a helmet one or even two sizes too big - in effect sizing the face and not the head! The end result will be a loose and noisy helmet, as described above. (Riders with a strong jaw or heavy cheeks should first remove the cheek pads completely in order to not be distracted in determining crown fit.)
Determining Your Interior Shape
How can you determine which of Arai’s interior shapes is best suited for you? In general, our interiors for the North American markets have an oval shape orientation (somewhat longer from forehead to back of the head or front-to-back and a little narrow from ear to ear or side to side) because most heads tend to be oblong as opposed to round. Our different helmet models vary slightly based on that general Oval shape to accommodate a much wider fit range.
LONG OVAL
(Very Long front-to-back, very narrow side-to- side). On this end of the scale, we have the Signet-Q model, offering additional forehead room for those who find that most helmets have pressure points in the forehead.
LONG OVAL HELMET MODELS
Signet-Q
INTERMEDIATE OVAL
(Shorter front-to-back and a little wider side-to-side than the Long Oval). This fit package begins the shift from oblong towards round.
INTERMEDIATE OVAL HELMET MODELS
Corsair-V
RX-Q
CT-Z
XC
Vector-2
VX-PRO4
XD4
ROUND OVAL
(Even a little shorter front-to-back and a little wider side-to-side). This fit package is represented by our RX-Q model.
ROUND OVAL HELMET MODELS
RX-Q’’
So the three basic internal head shapes that Arai use are universal and are the same no matter which country that Arai markets in. If an Arai long oval in the UK is my best fit, then a long oval sold in any other country will fit exactly the same.
I have A LOT of time on my hands at work to research these things! LoL.
Yes, that would make sense, but then if buying from the States Arai UK/Europe Will not support the Lid nor will you be able to wear it on track. I would suggest searching European colours if your not happy with the UK ones, at least that way it will be covered under warranty and you can get the Gold ACU sticker for it
But the European graphics for the model I want are FUGLY!!! As to the sticker issue: Ebay is my friend. LoL. £20ish and I’m back on track with a ‘‘legit’’ helmet.
You can have one of mine for nothing!! as you can see, they sent me 2 
Sam, that would mean you actually having to turn up for one of your rideouts though. You’d ruin your reputation if you did that!!! Mwah.
(Ps, I’ll swap you a sticker for that Held jacket I’ve still got, if your daughter hasn’t grown out of it by now).
Lol, now we don’t want to spoil my reputation do we
OK, its a deal
To be legal in the EU, including here, it needs to have a 22-05 sticker on it, either on the lid or the chinstrap. So you’d be fine buying one from Spain, but a US lid would be illegal on UK roads. I know nothing about Arai’s quality controls, just what the police might do!