visiting tokyo and possibly osaka.. what to buy?!
 

Hey everyone, will be visiting tokyo and possibly osaka in march. Wondering if anyone knows some good places to pick up some rare parts for my brz? I want to get something that I wouldn't be able to get in the states but not sure what?? Do you guys have any ideas of what to look out for? Im thinking like a steering wheel and a cool license plate frame or something. Please give me ideas!!

Picture of my car:

https://i.imgur.com/hIez3Ky.jpg

Nigle JDM

Seriously....

Yes!!!! :thumbup:

Visit “Upgarage”
You’ll thank me later. Depending on the yen rate, you can get a set new defi gauges for like $500, would be close to $1000 stateside if not more. You’ll thank me later. Stay away from autobacs. The big ones sell nice shit but it’s way over priced.

BTW nobody runs license plate frames in Japan.

But if you got to...

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eDz1EkIB0Q[/ame]

Same thing. Right Hand Drive.

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rare parts? It's hard to find unless you spend significant amounts of time looking at every shop.

Most of the "rare" parts you can already buy via 3rd party sites like RHDJapan, Japanparts, etc.

Would suggest you spend time doing other things besides looking at auto parts, Japan has much more to offer.

If you have time and are willing to make a trek and/or do car stuff, look up these:

Megaweb (Odaiba Tokyo)
Nissan Heritage Collection (Zama, Kanagawa)
Honda Collection Hall (Twin Ring Motegi, Tochigi)

great website! I was more looking into finding shops in japan i could visit and buy things there and bring back to the states.. a part that is only exclusive to japan.. hopefully that makes sense haha

thank you for the idea! I will look into upgarage forsure

thats what i figured.. yeah im sure japanparts has anything i could ever want.. I just want something I can install in my car back in the states and remind me of my trip in japan.. I am already planning on checking out some of the car meets there as well.. thanks for those suggestions! will look into them

this is an excellent video, how have i not ever seen this.. i love jeremy clarkson

Try out "soapland"
Yeah, your welcome.

Exactly this since the internet has allowed us westerners access to a wide variety of JDM products the last 10 to 15 years to the point I don't even find visiting big city centers all that attractive anymore. Japan truly has a lot to explore other than shopping.

I don't know about car parts but for most other things in Japan, rare these days is usually associated with discontinued deadstock items and the prices are astronomically high (that's if those Chinese resellers haven't raided them already like how Japanese resellers used to come to America to buy up vintage clothing).