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Rasy
03-07-2012, 09:32 AM
http://www.stancenation.com/2012/03/04/fitted-fes-usdm-in-japan/

From what I gather, we love:

Un-painted bumpers
Smoke tinted lights
Sticker bombing
Rust
Roof Racks

Pretty much sums up the current trend.

Si Death
03-07-2012, 10:18 AM
this is rather funny

theMan_ny
03-07-2012, 10:19 AM
I though it was pretty funny that they have CA plates just like we take EU plates and Japanese plates.. :)

FoReVaPmP
03-07-2012, 10:22 AM
..... Me Likie!!!.... :msmile:

usedep3
03-07-2012, 11:54 AM
What's usdm about this?

http://www.stancenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/12.jpg

feel's grill + mugen lip does not look good together..

Kerby
03-07-2012, 11:55 AM
I want that scirocco!

POOPTOOTH
03-07-2012, 12:07 PM
:(

.colin
03-07-2012, 12:34 PM
lol pretty funny stuff. Everyone should just get together and just trade cars

sleepy ep3
03-07-2012, 12:49 PM
I want that scirocco!
I agree. That bish looks nasty.

lol pretty funny stuff. Everyone should just get together and just trade cars
I agree. I have been trying to sell my usdm shit, but nobody over here wants it, LOL. You should just start up a USDM store in Japan, and you would make a killing, just like the JDM stores do over here.

gtolio
03-07-2012, 01:11 PM
Ugh... fail is fail in any language.

POOPTOOTH
03-07-2012, 01:35 PM
Ugh... fail is fail in any language.

Thank you.

Danielsle
03-07-2012, 01:59 PM
I think its pretty insulting. LOL But I guess my point is proven. The reason why we buy JDM/EDM stuff is to upgrade our cars, differenciate ourselves from eachother using a combination of parts to give us a unique look. Everyone is always wanting to upgrade, and coincidently its the JDM/EDM stuff we buy. Now in Japan, they already have everything we hope to get. But they want to modify their cars too, so they do USDM/CDM. Doesn't matter where you are, you always want to buy something new for your car. Does that make sense?? haha....

Rasy
03-07-2012, 03:27 PM
What's usdm about this?

http://www.stancenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/12.jpg

feel's grill + mugen lip does not look good together..

I think I spy smoke-tinted tails. They took cues from the Euro trends too - painted mirrors. Did painted roofs start over there, or here?

usedep3
03-07-2012, 03:30 PM
grass is always greener...

T_Virus
03-07-2012, 08:25 PM
I want those volk te37sl's...

Kerby
03-07-2012, 08:44 PM
grass is always greener...

know why? cause there's more *ish to deal with.

superchargedk20
03-09-2012, 07:57 PM
Why is every single car white?

preludeh22vtec
03-09-2012, 09:59 PM
I guess we always want to emulate the other markets.

SHG_EasyE
03-12-2012, 07:56 PM
Not sure why anyone would be suprised by this. There are teenage ricers with terrible taste no matter what nationality or country.

15000rpms
03-12-2012, 09:46 PM
what they fail to understand is the culture here in the usa. Its not surprising that we want their stuff and they want ours.

Un-painted bumpers-they fail to understand that it cost lots of dough to paint the bumper. Also, some unpainted bumpers were results from accidents and needed a quick fix.

Smoke tinted lights-this is true. I'm not a fan though.
Sticker bombing-came from fast and furious crap. the america style. and few sponsers.
Rust-man, how stupid can they be. Nobody wants rust. It's our daily driver. Didn't the rusted hood come from them? And the good looking cars come from the OGs in japan. Guys who already own a beater.
Roof Racks-i thought this was jdm too, but guess not.

15000rpms
03-12-2012, 09:48 PM
I think I spy smoke-tinted tails. They took cues from the Euro trends too - painted mirrors. Did painted roofs start over there, or here?

Painted mirrors? hmmm...man back in the days when i saw my bros old civic w/o painted mirrors and door handle, I was surprised. And the civic without passenger side mirror; what kind of shit is that?

Anyone spy a red spoke from the rims?

sleepy ep3
03-12-2012, 11:00 PM
Not sure why anyone would be suprised by this. There are teenage ricers with terrible taste no matter what nationality or country.

China's ricers are the worst

tlikethedrink
03-12-2012, 11:51 PM
smoked out lol. guilty! thats throwback usdm! so 2007!
i kinda like the smoked out Red H's.

-i thought black roofs, racks, and rusty hoods were jdm? racks are cool either way if you use them...

-whats with all the white? guess thats the new "in" color. clean for sure...

15000rpms
03-13-2012, 08:56 AM
smoked out lol. guilty! thats throwback usdm! so 2007!
i kinda like the smoked out Red H's.

-i thought black roofs, racks, and rusty hoods were jdm? racks are cool either way if you use them...

-whats with all the white? guess thats the new "in" color. clean for sure...

thats cuz the most common color for type r is white. Just like some of us, we can't get the type r, so we get the white to replicate the type r. That kind of thinking has turned any white japanese car looking jdm. That's the impression for me at least. White ep3, rsx, fd2, ek9, cl7, sti, evo, etc. A nice simple and clean one will make it look jdm and type r even if its a sti. lol

POOPTOOTH
03-13-2012, 09:20 AM
Painted mirrors? hmmm...man back in the days when i saw my bros old civic w/o painted mirrors and door handle, I was surprised. And the civic without passenger side mirror; what kind of shit is that?

Anyone spy a red spoke from the rims?

Actually certain trim civics came without a passenger mirror from the factory.

The rusted hood thing came from 'rat-rods' and hotrodders back in the day. Roof rack being jdm? Rofl, I guess anyone who ever rides bikes or kayaks and uses a roof rack, is only doing so to be jdm?

15000rpms
03-13-2012, 09:34 AM
Actually certain trim civics came without a passenger mirror from the factory.

The rusted hood thing came from 'rat-rods' and hotrodders back in the day. Roof rack being jdm? Rofl, I guess anyone who ever rides bikes or kayaks and uses a roof rack, is only doing so to be jdm?

Yeah, at first I didn't know about models, but it was shocking to know that cars came like that. The roof rack thingy though, I know some who actually don't ride bikes or kayak, but just have the roof rack to be jdm. Yes...its a fact. lol. I didn't believe it either.

SkareKrow
03-13-2012, 09:51 AM
Lmao. That is all.

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EP3Lov3
03-30-2012, 08:19 AM
All the cars look pretty clean!

HFPcivicSI
04-02-2012, 08:14 AM
I want that scirocco!


+1. That mofo looks bad. I hope we get a US version soon.

StimulisRK
04-02-2012, 12:09 PM
As far as I know, the rusted hoods started with the VW crowd imitating the Rat Rod crowd.

I guess my take is if people like the way their car looks and it makes them happy, then good for them. I'll still have my opinion, laugh every once in a while, and the occasional :twitch:

RhINoX^
04-04-2012, 10:12 AM
The only one I liked is the red Golf MK2. Look pretty clean to me.

los
05-23-2012, 06:22 AM
usdm in japan is super lame

MadLorEP3
05-23-2012, 02:08 PM
The grass ALWAYS seem greener on the other side!

rhdsirek4
09-15-2012, 05:02 PM
The grass ALWAYS seem greener on the other side!

we need more of your ep in our lives!!!

el_puncho
09-16-2012, 11:46 AM
I spy side marker delete...The eg/ek/etc grill looks good on it. Overall id say its a good lookin EP.

rhdsirek4
09-16-2012, 12:06 PM
There actually a group in Japan, like a car club I guess that convert their cars to USDM spec... Kinda weird but makes since since they all have the jdm goods we don't.

gtecd20
09-26-2012, 10:38 PM
guess we should just trade cars in general they should of only made the type R here in US and made the base in Japan

02ep3413
11-30-2012, 05:03 AM
That would be the day! Love the type rs

02ep3413
11-30-2012, 05:03 AM
Saw a 2012 Si, not the same as ours. not even close!

eloc49
12-05-2012, 06:14 PM
I feel like we go for the JDM look becauase their cars are way more powerful. K20a/a2 > K20a3. It seems stupid of them to want to imitate our underpowerd American version.

02ep3413
12-06-2012, 06:45 AM
I feel that the jdms have just more of an authentic look to them, not that Honda doesnt take pride in what they do or the making of an si, however i think its safe to say that if you had a choice between the jdm or the us version. youre going to go jdm everytime

gtimportfanatic
12-11-2012, 12:25 AM
I feel that the jdms have just more of an authentic look to them, not that Honda doesnt take pride in what they do or the making of an si, however i think its safe to say that if you had a choice between the jdm or the us version. youre going to go jdm everytime

yepp.. got that right

Silva
12-11-2012, 07:35 AM
All the cars look clean. IMO they mostly look like USDM cars with some real nice JDM pieces lol

02ep3413
12-14-2012, 07:45 AM
Regardless of the look, they still push out a little more horsepower. Even the exhausts I believe look nicer than ours. although most people with eps dont keep the exhaust on there cars anymore