Acclipse's JDM Rant

[ehulst]

Why are you always so flippin on point???

because its so TRUE.Its a style some people like, people like big wings, big skirts, big kits, people like clean OEM look, people like clean JDM look(non-knock off parts)..we do what we like, we build what we want, we build to make us happy, what else madders? i mean if it makes u happy keep doing what makes u happy, if its a hobby u enjoy, dont stop doing it, lifes full of changes, but you should always have something that makes u happy to help u with those changes....IMO JDM is cool,and its different

Edit:
Some people actuly do mods for the like, not for popularity...75% i will say is for street respect......the other half does it for like i gess.....

the remove the engine because of TAX reasons...they dont just take em out for the purpose of selling them(even tho they still do).....they dont want to pay the Tax so they junk them.....that at least what i herd

[uncle_el]

The dead reason most people modify their cars is because they want it to "look good" to themselves and the public eye. Its incredibly rare to find someone who did their mods because they like it. This is how a trend or fad starts in the first place. Which is also the reason why I am ranting about it. Its is known that anything thats in style or hot at any given point will have inflated cost. For example, Lacoste shirts were hot about a year ago. I had a quite a few shirts from long before that only cost me around 30 bucks each. I went into a Macy's and saw the same style shirts going for 80 bucks.

Same thing happens with the JDM craze. I really do not think it has anything to do with affording it. Why the hell would you buy used parts from a car you have never seen? Better yet, JDM engines coming with "30-40 thousand miles". If the average American got a new car and knew after 3 years their engine would have to be removed, think they would maintain it?

lacoste has been around since 1933, and began being marketed in the u.s. in 1952... the polo shirt (after all, a lacoste shirt is a polo; unless your referring to a lacoste oxford shirt) itself appeared in the mid 19th century. the polo shirt has been in style for well over 100 years!!

again, you either like it, or you don't. some people like the crocodile (the symbol for lacoste that many mistake as an alligator), and some people don't. again, if you like lacoste, and you can afford it, then do it. if you like it, and can't afford it... or if you don't like it, and don't care... do you. at the end of the day, do you.

back to cars. who cares what anyone else thinks, as long as you like it.

Its incredibly rare to find someone who did their mods because they like it.

so, what's the proposed reason that people do their mods?

Why the hell would you buy used parts from a car you have never seen?

people buy new & used things that they haven't seen, regardless of whether they're jdm or not.

[92ex]

anyone know where I can find a JDM ashtray?

[Inkyturbo]

The reason I like JDM is because 1) it's not shiny and 2) (in most cases) it does not add weight. If a part does one or both of those IMO it is rice and does not belong on my car. Plus I like the interesting gadgets and stuff(like the bumper pole) that JDM cars have. And generally stock JDM cars look better than stock USDM cars.

[phatdoughnut]

^ i guess your not gona have a jdm h22a, cause its heavyer and its shiny.. o wells more for us.

[wed3k]

The reason I like JDM is because 1) it's not shiny and 2) (in most cases) it does not add weight. If a part does one or both of those IMO it is rice and does not belong on my car. Plus I like the interesting gadgets and stuff(like the bumper pole) that JDM cars have. And generally stock JDM cars look better than stock USDM cars.

a bumper pole adds weight...so do jdm fogs and sidemamrkers?

[KillerCam282]

back to cars. who cares what anyone else thinks, as long as you like it.
... so, what's the proposed reason that people do their mods?

A good amount of people...example RICERS modify their cars to get noticed by other people. And we see them all the time. They go into speed and muffler shops and ask for the loudest, deepest or raspiest exhaust available. Or the Loudest intakes, or the shinest rims... Notice how everything is in the superlative form. They go around constantly asking for other's opinions. Like, what exhaust? which intake, etc on forums. Hell, if no one cared what anyone else thought, would there be forums, car shows, and the like? The mods you chose may be your preference but in the end its all to increase the appeal of your vehicle to yourself and to OTHERS. So everyone on here is guilty to extent.

people buy new & used things that they haven't seen, regardless of whether they're jdm or not.

Lets limit this to car stuff...people say "this car is 15 years old". Well I got news for you...those PFM's, Climate controls and other JDM electronics are just as old. Knowing the condition of something you have not seen before may help to eliminate the chance of picking up a defective product. So, yes the importer may describe the item to you, but its a business. If they can get their hands on some PFM's do you think they care if they work or not? Either way, you are going to pay them top dollar to obtain it.

[accordme93]

lacoste has been around since 1933, and began being marketed in the u.s. in 1952... the polo shirt (after all, a lacoste shirt is a polo; unless your referring to a lacoste oxford shirt) itself appeared in the mid 19th century. the polo shirt has been in style for well over 100 years!!

again, you either like it, or you don't. some people like the crocodile (the symbol for lacoste that many mistake as an alligator), and some people don't. again, if you like lacoste, and you can afford it, then do it. if you like it, and can't afford it... or if you don't like it, and don't care... do you. at the end of the day, do you.

back to cars. who cares what anyone else thinks, as long as you like it.


so, what's the proposed reason that people do their mods?



people buy new & used things that they haven't seen, regardless of whether they're jdm or not.

haha, funny that you mentioned lacoste. those polo shirts are just about as knocked off as JDM parts are. i know because i bought a fake off ebay! lol

[uncle_el]

i'm not arguing that other people won't like your car. but to do it solely for that is the issue. you stated earlier:

Its incredibly rare to find someone who did their mods because they like it.

now you're qualifying it.

Hell, if no one cared what anyone else thought, would there be forums, car shows, and the like? The mods you chose may be your preference but in the end its all to increase the appeal of your vehicle to yourself and to OTHERS. So everyone on here is guilty to extent.

i never stated that no one cared what anyone else thought. my statement has been one should build his/her car to his/her own desires. it doesn't matter if other people are happy with it or hate it, as the other people won't be driving it

Lets limit this to car stuff...people say "this car is 15 years old". Well I got news for you...those PFM's, Climate controls and other JDM electronics are just as old. Knowing the condition of something you have not seen before may help to eliminate the chance of picking up a defective product. So, yes the importer may describe the item to you, but its a business. If they can get their hands on some PFM's do you think they care if they work or not? Either way, you are going to pay them top dollar to obtain it.

you'll end up spending top dollar?! if you know where to look, you won't. and again, who cares what someone else pays?! if you can afford it, regardless of whether it's jdm, usdm, edm/ukdm, pdm, or other, then you can afford it. and if you can't afford it, again regardless of whether it's jdm, usdm, emd/ukdm, pdm, or other, then you can't afford it.

of interest:
a set of usdm cb7 headlights can be obtained for about $100-140. a set of jdm cb7 headlights can be obtained for about $180-230. it's not that much more. but again, you either like it or you don't. you can either afford it, or you can't.

oem cb7 wheels (used) w tires go for 200-400 depending. non jdm aftermarket wheels w tires (used) can go for less, the same, or more. same w jdm aftermarket wheels. hell, i spent more for konig caffeines (which i liked) then i did for volks (which i liked) or ssr's (which i liked). i bought each set of wheels because i liked them- some other people liked them, some other people didn't. it doesn't matter whether anyone else likes/liked it or not, as it was my money, and it pleased me. nothing to do with oem, jdm, edm/ukdm, or otherwise.

again, as long as you like what you put on your ride, who cares?
if you think something costs too much, then don't buy it. regardless of who makes it, where it came from, whether it's new or used- if you can't afford it, don't do it. if you don't like it, don't buy it.

personally, i think h22's are overpriced. should i rant about it, and state that it's overpriced, and not worth it, people are jacking up the prices because they're in love with it?! no. if i can't afford it, or don't like the price, then it doesn't matter. i'm not buying it anyway. in the end, the market dictates the price.

again, build your car for yourself. you've got to take pleasure in it. don't get wrapped up in what other people think you should do. be a man/woman, and make your own choices.

[Clueless]

If it's real jdm stuff that's hard to come by , I understand...but cheap jdm apc stuff? I mean, com'on...

[ray ray]

very well put uncle el,and i get comments around here all the time about why dont i fix my car up and do this and do that ,well i like the way it looks with the jdm parts,im not into ricessories, but they are so be it, its there car.but now everyone of them in my area wants to do jdm, it sucks. because now every accord in town will look like mine. and the thing they like about it is that me and owequitit have the cleanest accords in town.but ive seen lots of kitted accords i did like,so i guess i should throw a body kit on my car because everyone is always telling me to fix my car up,but i dont,because i built it the way i like it too look.basically im 33 years old,i dont give a shit what anyone else thinks about it,as long as i like it.

now im going to go start a rant about body kits lol.i love all of your guys accords there all beutiful in there own way.

[uncle_el]

cheap jdm apc stuff?

hopefully you understand the relative contradictions in that statement.

[DeathFromAbove]

hey el, my friend has jdm altezzas on his civic, they are THE shit.


no.


about whoever said "well i guess you won't be getting an H22 then cause they're heavier. the little amount of weight added is by far outweighed by the power that comes with the swap, so that's a weak argument.

and h22's aren't all that overpriced. i got mine for 2700 CDN installed. itr engines are like 5g US and shit, H have more displacement, and power so i think they aren't that pricy. i mean, if you're comparing them to certain JDM f series which weren't designed to be fast, only we like boosting them...then ya, but as an engine that was made to perform it will undoubtedly cost more than a regular grocery getter powerplant. and we should be lucky that h's drop right into our cars, cause on a local forum up here poeple listesd the prices of their H22 swaps in teggys and civics and what not, and many of them, if not all were well into the 4000$ CDN range.

an H into an accord is probably one the most efficient and economical swap you can do in a honda that pack power from the bat.

[KillerCam282]

I just hate seeing people who want to be original and then COPY SOMEONE ELSE'S SHIT. The noveltly of JDM seemed cool until I realized all the pioneers got copied. Then the prices got jacked up astronomically. El you touched on the H22. I was talking to DoctorCipher the other day. He said anything of the H22 is considered to be holy grail...which is damn true. To me, the market got the biggest steal of its life with the JDM craze. I rant to save the naive fellow who could have fell to the JDM craze.

P.S. Back in the day you could have picked up any of those VTEC riceburners for 400 bucks. And by "back in the day" I mean in the year 2000/01.

[KillerCam282]

so now asking for someones opinion on parts makes someone a ricer, i believe people ask for opinions so they can figure out which is the best part since parts arent cheap they want to make sure they are getting the best bang for their buck

Way to take me out of context . Why don't we slap that back in my paragraph and get the full meaning...