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JontaK skrev:
Bilen ska ha ett utseende som följer japansk stylingtrend, oavsett vart bilen är köpt.
Volmod skrev:
JDM vehicles often differ in features and equipment from vehicles sold elsewhere.
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Vad vet du om JDM?
Jag har följt stilen i nästan 7 år och sett den utvecklas, du har läst en krönika av EN kile? Ursäkta, men jag hänger inte med på att en kille med merca kommer in och spelar besservisser när man har fel. Jag har följt JDM från det exploderade i USA, när det kom till sverige via Hondaklubben, när det kom två-tre år senare till resterande japanska bilmärken och till det blivit vad det är idag. Och jag kan lugnt dementera att tror någon att JDM styling är en Impreza med kolfibervinge, 19" Volk och C-west kjolpaket så har dom fel. Det var helt enkelt inte i den ändan det började, kanske definitionen har gått över till det nu? Jag har redan skrivit en kort sammanfattning om stilen, som hamnade längst ner på sida 1 i denna tråden om någon orkar läsa.
Här är en kille som har relativt bra koll på vad som håller på att hända i USA med JDM, och ha i åtanke att denna krönikan är över två år gammal, så ni kan ju tänka er vart den är idag.
"Take the Honda tuning "scene" today. What's big, what's not, what's gay, what's cool. What's cool to like, what's cool to hate, what's cool to hate because everyone else likes it. All of these "anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-JDM" people who live their lives off of Honda-tech and myspace yet claim they hate both. Making life decisions off of advice from myspace buddies and building their cars with Honda-tech approved parts. How can you tell who's who anymore? It's easy... the ones making the biggest ruckus about being "unique" and "JDM before it was cool" are the ones who probably just jumped the JDM 'wagon. Those who hate "JDM" usually can't afford it, or don't understand it, or even worse, hate it because everyone else likes it.
This "JDM" thing is pretty gay these days. I saw a quote a while back, "emo was cool back when it wasn't cool." The same can be said about "JDM." It was cool when it wasn't "JDM." When it was just a bunch of people who liked quality parts and clean looks that happened to find that, coincidently, in parts made in Japan. Its been around forever, from the beginning, through all the "rice" trends, till now. It'll always be there, because people will always like subtle looks and quality parts. JDM isn't going anywhere. It won't end up in automotive obscurity like the Veilside kit and widebody trends of the 90s. Why? Quality parts and subtle, clean looks. It never goes out of style. From the first car ever produced until we start transporting our molecules through space, quality parts and clean looks will always be in style. I just wish they had never come up with a damn name for it.
The point is, people were doing it way before Honda-tech made it cool. It was all they had. We were lucky enough to grow up in Southern California and see all of the cool stuff, RnRs and BBRs, FF-squad and a lot of today's pro racers rolling around the street races. Then the JDM fad hit, and a collective sigh and sad shake of the head was put out by all of those who knew what it would mean.
This is where it all comes full circle. So far, the theme has been, things that don't go well together and "JDM" blowing up (messing up) the scene. What blew up? "JDM wheels!" MF8s and SW388s and Regamasters and GAB sports were all sought after. Bronze became the new silver and everyone ditched their 18" Racing Hart C5s for 15" Desmonds. Rota got smart and saw that they could make billions off of the "cheaper is better" American market. Smart guys.
Then, the new rage hit, ushered in by the Honda-tech generation: RED. Red became the new silver, more JDM than you could ever be with bronze... and with the help of Rota quickly became the biggest market saturation the world has ever known. Black slipstreams, bronze C8s, and red GT3s were everywhere. Still are. At least now they're painting them all sorts of uglier colors to be "unique" since they were "JDM before it was cool."
So you take two things, cool in their own right. Say, an electron blue pearl 2000 Si, and red 16" GAB sports. They don't go together. Blue car... cool. Red wheels... cool. Blue + red... Compton gang war. Doesn't make sense, does it? It doesn't to me either. I still can't figure out why it works, but it does. Hell yes it does. I know a few people with blue EM1s... all nice in their own right, but all distintly different. I can't say I like any of them more than any of the others, but they're all excellent and each have their own look that makes them unique in their own way. No need for stupid spray can wheel colors or homemade lip spoilers to accomplish it either. Less is more right? Another one of those cars to put into the "I don't know why, but I like it" category.
So you take two things, cool in their own right. Say, an electron blue pearl 2000 Si, and red 16" GAB sports. They don't go together. Blue car... cool. Red wheels... cool. Blue + red... Compton gang war. Doesn't make sense, does it? It doesn't to me either. I still can't figure out why it works, but it does. Hell yes it does. I know a few people with blue EM1s... all nice in their own right, but all distintly different. I can't say I like any of them more than any of the others, but they're all excellent and each have their own look that makes them unique in their own way. No need for stupid spray can wheel colors or homemade lip spoilers to accomplish it either. Less is more right? Another one of those cars to put into the "I don't know why, but I like it" category."