:laughabove: :laughabove: :laughabove: :laughabove: :laughabove:

Price goes up from here, if you want 4 way adjustability.
https://www.counterspacegarage.com/p...g-brz-frs-gt86

https://www.penskeshocks.com/product...-2013-present/

You can also have dampers built to your very own spec, for upt to $10,000.00 per corner.

Only those in California will understand. The rest of us don't know shit about the car scene.

Is this an AvE reference?




The rest of this thread is not worth responding to.

WUT?


People still care about quality. The problem is Japan is not the final stop for quality anymore. The world has moved on and found the truth thanks to globalization. You're the only one stuck 90's/00's fast and the furious fantasy world.



Also "assembled in XXX" is not a thing. Most countries have laws that allow for last value added and assembly of parts from foreign countries to count as "Made in XXX". You seem to have very limited knowledge about the manufacturing sector, so your attitude towards "JDM vs the world" comes as no surprise.

GERMANS USING CDM DAMPERS??? BLASPHEMY.


Le Mans winning, and arguably the fastest thing on 4 wheels (including F1) Porsche 919 LMP1


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dec18fHW0AA6y-W.jpg

What do they know? They put it in sideways.

Uncle bumblefuck is good for the occasional clever idiom. Plenty to borrow from as I am not too good at coming up with my own:bonk:

Here's a shop tour of the Fortune Auto facility.

@Tcoat Host of this video speaks Canadian well; hope that helps.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqHg_Gf7JSo[/ame]

I can't help myself if we're going to talk about Multimatic.

In 2000 Multimatic Motorsports won their class in the Le Mans 24. Since then pretty much the entire field of prototype race cars in the WEC use Multimatic DSSV dampers.

In Formula 1 Red Bull used Multimatic dampers and won 4 drivers championship titles in a row. Mclaren also a customer.

In IMSA the Mazda prototype is using a Multimatic chassis.

In GTLM/GTE Multimatic is heavily involved in the Ford GT race program. Multimatic builds the Ford GT in Markham Canada. Needless to say the Ford GT race and road cars use DSSV dampers.

In GT3 the AMG GT GT3 runs DSSV and Multimatic manages the AMG spares program at races.

In GT4 Multimatic builds the Mustang GT4 race cars.

Mazda MX-5 Cup switched from Penske dampers to DSSV when the ND MX-5 came out.

IMO they're a beacon of Canadian excellence and engineering. Right up there with Magna and exceeding them in terms of motorsports.


Now talk about their carbon/monocoque work. :drool:

Yup, but they're not HKS so OP has NCE.

I think the results speak for themselves. If you follow time-attack you should know who Will Au-Yeung is and that he's sponsored by FA.

https://www.motul.com/kh/en/news/eve...eats-the-clock

Going to Japan and beating the Japanese...HKS no less

The only question I ask OP is does he rep either of these stickers?
Please reply yes or no.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...k/IMG_1239.jpg

Will can be fast on anything, and World Time Attack, although hugely exciting, and Will is my boy, is ameteure bush league racing.
I often wonder how fast he'd be with an unlimited budget.

That's exactly the point I'm making. He's some privateer guy with a limited budget (like most time attack guys) going up against and beating a highly regarded Japanese tuning company who built a car specifically to beat the FWD Tsukuba record. Plus he beat the HKS record by over two seconds. On a track like Tsukuba, that's light years ahead.

EDIT: I guess what I'm getting at is even though something's Japanese or made by a Japanese company, it doesn't make it better than anything else

Most people forget that Japanese companies based operations on the west coast primarily because back in the 1970s and 1980s planes only flew as far as Hawaii or LA/SF on a single flight. Their US HQ were based here for convenience.

Now, nonstop flights from anywhere in the US to Asia is SOP, so there was no longer a motivation to have it based on the west coast. Plus, with most of the manufacturing spread out all over the continental US, a HQ in the middle somewhere makes more sense if you want to do business.

Just based on this post alone, I'd say you have no idea what you are talking about.

As someone who worked at 5Zigen from 1999 to 2005, you have no idea what it means to "own" a wheel design versus contract work.

5Zigen never truly owned the mold to that wheel. The factory that made it for them in Taiwan gave them exclusive rights to that mold as long as contractual obligations were met. After ~2006 the market started drying up for these types of wheels so the contract basically ended, and other companies came onto the market buying from that same factory with different logos.

The rest of the stuff you've posted in this thread shows how easily good marketing can influence end user buying decision. Many posts from you show a lack of understanding of the difference between a brand (that outsources), a brand (that produces its own products), an official/exclusive importer, and a distributor.

-alex

No sir. I'm a jdm fan boy but a huge hater of so many trends:
New driver symbol
Roof racks
Canibeat, illest, supreme. Etc. Stickers
Sticker bombing
Ig handle decal
"Jdm" tow hooks
Rocket bunny flares
Liberty walk flares
Chasis mount wings (most cases)
Camo wraps
Catch phrase stickers "twerk it, send nudes" etc.
Long spiked lug nuts

I'm sure there is more but can't think of anymore

A self proclaimed JDM fanboi, that doesn't actually know what JDM means. Imagine my shock.
Guess what. Something can be produced for the Japanese Domestic Market outside of Japan, just like USDM cars can be made in Japan and send to the US.

You do know tow hooks are functional for the track, right? They aren’t a style item, except for people who decided they wanted to look like they track.

Also roof racks are widely functional for anyone who DD’s their car and also likes the great outdoors, which is why you see them on so many WRX’s. Race it at the track and take it on a camping trip.

I learned something new though - even tow hooks are “JDM”!

Chassis-mounted wings - also functional.

On a completely different note, you do realize Supreme is an NYC-based company, right? It has absolutely, literally, nothing to do with “JDM”.

After reading this thread, I've decided to buy my third set of FA coils.

I think he's coming from the view that I also have.
For all those things I personally saw them mainly on cars that did not actually need/use them.

100% for looks.
0% function.

At his level of downforce, power, and traction control, suspension isn't absorbing the ground, as much as just holding the car up.

Look at all the WTAC cars porpoising and scraping.

Now now now Tok you used the word "Domestic" and then screwed it all up.
Stuff made in Japan for Japan is JDM
Stuff made it Japan for export is JEM (for export market)
Stuff that comes into the US from Japan is JIM (for import) once it hits port
Stuff made in the USA for Japan is USEM
Stuff imported into Japan from the US becomes USIM

No imported or exported products can be termed "domestic" even if the parent company itself is based in the importing country.
This is part of what all the tariff debates are about. A Mustang made in the US would be domestic and not taxed. The same car made in Canada (if they went through with the threats) would be considered an import and tariffs would apply even though both are Fords.

Holy crap that is confusing when I see it in print. No wonder people get it messed up.

We all know what the literal definition of JDM is and then it is also a blanket term to signify Japanese brand. The acronym is so convoluted now that it even means Japanese inspired.

I particularly enjoy this definition and example on Urban Dictionary:

“The term JDM has long been used to "one-up" a friend or acquaintance at Krispy Kreme car meets and the likes. By adding a JDM item to your "ride" you are instantly "cooler" than your friend's USDM counterpart.”

“mike: dude, I'm so JDM I sleep on the right side of the bed
mike2: yea, well, I'm so JDM I only have a right testicle”

So you spent half the thread stating you only buy "JDM" parts for their made in Japan quality and now you change the definition so that anything "inspired" counts. Well a knock off body kit hand made in a hovel in Lower Solbovia can be "inspired" by Japanese parts so that makes just about everything JDM Yooooo. Many Japanese brand items are not made in Japan whether you like it of not. JDM means domestic and changing the meaning to suit your point doesn't make it better.

Every time I respond, I keep asking myself, "WHY AM I STILL RESPONDING?" But it just keeps getting better, and I just can't help myself. This is what happens when I have 6 days off work and nothing better to do with myself...

He's also running secondary springs inside the primary ones instead of bump stops because of the aero loading.

LOL I always respond. The sillier things get the more I respond. It is an addictions I am sure. I probably should seek counseling.

But only from a certified JDM counselor....:bonk:

basically you're this guy:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A-ZLqQxfN0[/ame]

wow that is horrible beyond description

What's worse is that while being a satire, there are people like that...
This is another good/funny one too.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-BGIcRBPHM[/ame]

The term JDM used to have so much value back in the days. This was from family bringing us a Pa*****o machine and Super Famicon with games all in when we were kids. Watching my neighborhood friends try to figure out where START or 2 Player option were since it was in Japanese was hilarious.

Then in the 90's, it was trips to Japan to look for special parts that didn't even exist in the U.S. I remember packing 2 sets of Integra Type R headlights in my friend's suitcase. :lol:

It's a shame that fewer people are forgetting how exclusive Japanese parts used to be. Patents have long expired and outsourcing to China have really changed the game.


https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/14...g?v=1511037470

Hey I've got a Pa-*****o machine, almost the same model...love that game. Mine sadly has a bad path in it and need repair. On the project list, but you can play it if you put a container behind it to catch the balls returning.

this thread is as interesting as it is mind boggling as it is irritating.

That's awesome! We donated ours a long time ago. I'm sure someone picked up and restored it to its glory.


Back on topic, I see more BC c/o installs then FA. I couldn't go with those coilovers. I'm an Ohlins guys for my motos and HKS Hipermax III's on my Supra.

I can't fake the funk. I already cringe when I see the Porsche 911 guys swap their tail lights for Depo LED's. :barf:

troll be trolling.