exactly. I hate this new "JDM" thing people have going on. Its kinda annoying.

 

jdm .. 15s or 16s, maybe 17s depending on the car. no 22s

 

jdm is what you make it like i have the cedia badges , yellow fogs and i think thats it oh im wingless too i see it as a clean look no loud *** exhaust or annoying wings

 

Thats the thing. JDM is just that. the japanese domestic market. taking JDM parts off a cedia and putting them on your lancer is putting JDM parts on your car. Style is just style. If you like it clean, do it up clean. Theres a lot of wild stuff in japan. even more so then in the states so even crazy body kits and graphics is "jdm" by most peoples definition.

 

Jdm Rocks !!!

 

I think the simple reason of "wanting what you can't always have" attracts a lot to JDM. You simply don't see enough of it here. Everyone is used to seeing so much common stuff, that uncommon stuff becomes interesting.

 

So basically you are all talking about a clean look. The market in Japan consists of crazy looking stuff all the way down to clean, plain stuff. So what you should call it is clean, mild, stock, or plain looking, not JDM. There was a guy with a prelude at a car show I went to recently who had true JDM parts. I don't see the point because you pay out the *** just to say it's JDM. All the aftermarket parts he bought were actual Japanese parts. Even his lug nuts were and he payed like $200 for them. It's what he wanted for the shows, but I don't think it's worth it.

 

Does anyone know if any bumpers from their site would fit an 04-06 ES like stock?

 

Well I guess that guy just wants to appeal to this "JDM" crowd. He wants to drive down the street, and have other "JDM" lovers getting their panties moist over the extra money he spent

Personally, the only time it makes sense importing parts from Japan for your car is when you imported the car itself in from Japan.

 

lol not even for those driving around, not even a Japanese person would recognize the JDM parts, they look just like anything you could get here.

 

So....you are saying I could just roll around SAYING my parts are JDM!?

My Lancer is now JDM!

 

I'm still unclear about "JDM." I don't see the point of adding JDM parts unless you think they look better. I don't get people going on a quest to have their car look JDM for the sake of JDM. I can understand replacing our stock parts with JDM parts because they are nicer, but not so someone can tell me "Dude your car is so JDM." Who says that?

 

No, I hope you were joking. I'm saying that his bronze rims, yellow fogs, red lug nuts, and everything else on the car didn't look like anything special.

 

Sadly someone did exactly on this forum. He claimed his stock suspension and stock clutch were rare JDM parts.

 

I have seen some guy with a civic change out the air conditioner direction vent things to ones that came from japan. And its the same exact part!

All stupid if you ask me.

But I do love the Cedia lights and grill, and bumper.