Would it be weird if i built a JDM style domestic??

[madking411]

...hm, im just wondering, cuz i REALLLY like JDM style, but right now i dont have a japanese car, i have a domestic. But i want to start workin on it soon, probably when the school year starts in the fall..First mod will be a fart can style exhaust:D , but i want it to have a JDM style angle out the back of the car. Am i crazy for wantin to build somethin so mixed up like that?:thinking:

An American JDM car......hmmmm.....

[silversol]

sounds like a whack idea to me. but what kind of domestic?

[william_jeff]

sounds like wheat...

[madking411]

its a white 96 pontiac sunfire...

Well, then, if i cant build it JDM style...how can i build it so it'll still be reeeally really hot and CLEAN* with minimal extra body work in the end?

*(as in, no body kits and strobes and wings and lambo doors and crap like that? i dont like cars wit all that nastiness on them..):no:

[william_jeff]

get a honda

[scionara]

Word ^^^

[mxglory258]

Agreed. PIck up yourself a honda. then ORDER a JDM style exhaust (who knew)? lol

[madking411]

well, me buying a honda wont be happenin anytime soon cuz i dont have any moneyy right now for a new car, and plus we just got finished rebuilding the pontiac trans, so i kinda wanna keep it for a long time....Meanwhile, i wanna build it so it'll b a really clean, nice car...can i get any help or advice on how i should build the car? cuz im not gonna trash it and get a new one...at least not for a long while..

[mxglory258]

I'd cut my losses and buy a honda if it were me. As for you i'd just look into a clean exhaust, dont just put a muffler on it. Do a whole exhaust. You may have to fab up a header. I don't know about those cars at all. But if your doing exhaust do it complete so its actually benificial rather than just the loud muffler. Then some suspension work and wheels, and you'll have a clean car.

[madking411]

alrite then. thanx. All im lookin for is somethin really nice and clean and has a good exhaust note. When fall comes, is when i'll get to work!

[BluesClues]

It's impossible to make a domestic JDM.
JDM= Japanese
Domestic= American

You do the math

[GSRteg®]

Get a honda last last you longer!


its a white 96 pontiac sunfire...

Well, then, if i cant build it JDM style...how can i build it so it'll still be reeeally really hot and CLEAN* with minimal extra body work in the end?

*(as in, no body kits and strobes and wings and lambo doors and crap like that? i dont like cars wit all that nastiness on them..):no:

[Dracc]

its a white 96 pontiac sunfire...

Well, then, if i cant build it JDM style...how can i build it so it'll still be reeeally really hot and CLEAN* with minimal extra body work in the end?

*(as in, no body kits and strobes and wings and lambo doors and crap like that? i dont like cars wit all that nastiness on them..):no:




NO NO NO son.. omg.. hell no.... shhh... just walk away.. if you want JDM get a honda.. if domestics peeps saw this lol...:no:

[COGCaviZ24]

there is realy no way to make a sunfire have the jdm look. there is no JDMish parts for that car.

[COGCaviZ24]

the closest way is to buy a cavalier(both cavi and sunfire=j-body) and badge it as a toyota cavalier(yes, its real.look it up). or have the real thing imported(street-line.net)i have yota cavi taillights on my car.


if you have any questions about your car IM me, or you can and SEARCH for your answers on j-body.org. MOST IA people don't like us domestic people, especialy if your wanting to make one JDM mad TyTe yo!

[iEvo]

get a mo-ped

[Dracc]

the closest way is to buy a cavalier(both cavi and sunfire=j-body) and badge it as a toyota cavalier(yes, its real.look it up). or have the real thing imported(street-line.net)i have yota cavi taillights on my car.


if you have any questions about your car IM me. MOST IA people don't like us domestic people, especialy if your wanting to make one JDM mad TyTe yo!



yes the yota cav is real.. and so is the converstion.... most ppl on IA don't like us cause we are domestic.. who cares. we all have cars we love get over it.. but trying ot jump in the the JDM scence with a domestic vehicle....:no: no sir..... we like to call the PMS.... Poser Man Syndrome.. please dont' fall victim to this, I have spoken

[COGCaviZ24]

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[Dracc]

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check us out, madking411


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[Kyle]

Well if you're going to invest money into this car to make it JDM you might as well just spend a little of that money and trade it in for a honda.

[Humphrizzle]

wtf?

you cant make an ugly car clean from lowering it, exhaust and wheels...

it just wont happen.

[AnthonyF]

what a dumb fucking idea. how can a USDM be JDM?

if ur american...how can u ever possibly be hispanic?

[COGCaviZ24]

what a dumb fucking idea. how can a USDM be JDM?

if ur american...how can u ever possibly be hispanic?

said the guy with yellow fog lights on a 'stang

[BluesClues]

^^^lol

[Humphrizzle]

that's pretty stupid to say... how could my USDM civic ever be JDM then?

no car made in america can be "JDM"..

stupid thread all around.

get a body kit and do that stuff

[COGCaviZ24]

it cant no car in america can be "JDM"..

so a car imported from japan, in america, is not JDM? :rolleyes:



get a body kit and do that stuff

no, bodykits for sunfire are not good, unless it's from RKsport which is $$$$

[BluesClues]

^^^ Because JDM parts are made for USDM civics to convert them. JDM parts are not made for other domestic cars

[COGCaviZ24]

JDM parts are not made for other domestic cars

were did my toyota tail lights come from then? 'cause they were shipped from japan

[BluesClues]

were did my toyota tail light come from then? 'cause they were shipped from japan

You said you have a cavalier right? And they have a yota cavi right? Therefore they would have tailights to fit your car right?

[COGCaviZ24]

yes, yes, yes

[BluesClues]

Ok, my point has been made

[COGCaviZ24]

im lost

[Humphrizzle]

i dont think you all know what JDM and USDM mean.

JDM: Japanese Domestic Market- meaning the car was made IN Japan along with the parts on it.

USDM: United States Domestic Market- car was made IN US along with the parts on it.

excluding CRX's.. they were imported in early 90s

JDM parts were not made to convert USDM to JDM civics.. they were made because that's how they were made in Japan.

Fuckin ridiculous.. learn some shit

[BluesClues]

i dont think you all know what JDM and USDM mean.

JDM: Japanese Domestic Market- meaning the car was made IN Japan along with the parts on it.

USDM: United States Domestic Market- car was made IN US along with the parts on it.

excluding CRX's.. they were imported in early 90s

JDM parts were not made to convert USDM to JDM civics.. they were made because that's how they were made in Japan.

Fuckin ridiculous.. learn some shit

No they were not made to convert, but you can convert. You can convert a USDM civic to be JDM using JDM parts. My point is that you can not convert a domestic car if there are no japan parts made for the car

[green91]

i dont think you all know what JDM and USDM mean.

JDM: Japanese Domestic Market- meaning the car was made IN Japan along with the parts on it.

USDM: United States Domestic Market- car was made IN US along with the parts on it.

excluding CRX's.. they were imported in early 90s

JDM parts were not made to convert USDM to JDM civics.. they were made because that's how they were made in Japan.

Fuckin ridiculous.. learn some shit

Shit, i guess my 91 civic is CDM then since it was made in canada. damnit.

[cactusEG]

sale ur car and get an acura

[COGCaviZ24]

ok, my tail lights was made for a japanese car. what part of that is NOT JDM?

[mxglory258]

wtf?

you cant make an ugly car clean from lowering it, exhaust and wheels...

it just wont happen.
I meant just for a start. I just left words out b/c i'm in a rush today

[Dracc]

the Yota cav is pure JDM

[Jerra]

I'm with them...get a Honda. They are inexpensive, more reliable than anything Domestic...and parts are pretty cheap on most of them. Get a nice little Teg or some shit.

If you try to make your Sunfire JDM...you'll have to get everything custom...and it will still be slow as shit.

For the record...you can have something that is Japanese and American at the same time...how about all those guys in WWII who knocked up little Japanese girls...those kids were....wait for it...Japanese and American...Oh Snap!

Get a Honda.

[Echonova]

Swap a Cavi front end on to the Sunfire, it bolts right up... It looks pretty good. Sunfire front end on a Cavi = FTL. DON'T DO A BODY KIT!!!!!!!! Almost any and every body kit looks, feels, smells, and tastes like rice. Keep it low key and you won't have every ricer trying to run you at every light. As far as JDM for USDM....... DDEERRRRRR.

[COGCaviZ24]

Swap a Cavi front end on to the Sunfire, it bolts right up... It looks pretty good. Sunfire front end on a Cavi = FTL.


i have a sunfire front end on my cavi. i think i looks realy good

[RandomGuy]

i say you get a mugen valve cover ... it'd look sick

[COGCaviZ24]

^ LOL

[Kyle]

i say you get a mugen valve cover ... it'd look sick
Nah just get bucky to spray mugen on the current valve cover.

[Humphrizzle]

I'd like to see you convert everything on a honda civic ej6 to EK4 EK9 status.

[Echonova]

i have a sunfire front end on my cavi. i think i looks realy goodI'm sorry you are gay. While I can appreciate the struggle, don't push the agenda on the rest of us.

[Dracc]

I'm sorry you are gay. While I can appreciate the struggle, don't push the agenda on the rest of us.


you are :gay: .... its hot looking.. why fault the man for doing what he wants to HIS CAR... i mean come one its what he wants.. now as far as the JDM thing welll we all know thats a :no:

[superboost]

its been done :tongue1: lol

http://www.motorpasion.com/images/fast_furious_mustang-03.jpg

http://carsmedia.ign.com/cars/image/article/710/710765/the-fast-and-the-furious-tokyo-drift-car-of-the-day-rb-powered-mustang-20060531034526431.jpg

[COGCaviZ24]

I'm sorry you are gay. While I can appreciate the struggle, don't push the agenda on the rest of us.

yup, i'm a full blown homosexual, but some how i managed to get a woman to marry me and have my son(see avatar).u dont know me.

i'm not pushing anything. i agreed that the idea of a JDM sunfire was not a good idea. if you appreciate anything, you should appreciate my passion for cars, ALL cars. i dont stick to cars that are gm(unlike most import guys that think domestic is the worst thing on the road). i just know them well. as a matter of fact, i just helped a friend build a b17a, turbo, chipped the ecu(92 integra), rewire the harness, and put it in a civic dx.


but i'm done here.

[ryanh300]

You guys need to look at the thread starters birthday. He just turned 16 in November, hes just a kid who probably doesnt make any decisions for himself about his car.

[madking411]

can someone delete this thread?? im not gonna do ADM/JDM....im gon go back to my old corolla and play around with that. I'll have a new thread on it though, cuz it needs a carb re-build and i need to know where i can get that done...

[HeLLo iM iZzY]

There is nothing "JDM" about the Toyota Cavalier. It wasn't made in Japan it was made here in the USA. After the Cavalier was done here it was then shipped off to Japan under "Toyota." Im not trying to offend you in any way but im just putting out the facts. And also, your part was shipped from Japan because the Cavalier that was made here was shipped to Japan then was stripped for that part and then shipped right back here, to you. So therefore, nothing is JDM about that Toyota Cavalier except it went by Japan specs with the RHD, amber turn light signals, and other things. And just because a vehicle follows Japan specs doesn't make it JDM, it was made here in the USA, not in Japan.

There is my :2cents:.

[Total_Blender]

how about all those guys in WWI who knocked up little Japanese girls...those kids were....wait for it...Japanese and American...Oh Snap!
.

I think this might be the single most misinformed thing I have ever read on IA. And that saying a lot. Don't you mean WWII? Because WWI was in Europe. Kthxbye.:goodjob:

Anyhow, paint your hood flat black, get a folgers can on your exhaust, and some "type R" stickers. Be sure to add some blue headlights and some altezza taillights, and maybe som Japanese letter decals. You don't have to know what the letters mean, just tell people they mean "made in Japan".

Since your transmission was "rebuilt" I am guessing its an automatic, which is good. You'll be driving faster since you don't have to stop to shift. :goodjob: You might also want to invest in a high downforce rear wing that will reduce the effect of all the weight on your front end from the front wheel drive layout.

[madking411]

I think this might be the single most misinformed thing I have ever read on IA. And that saying a lot. Don't you mean WWII? Because WWI was in Europe. Kthxbye.:goodjob:

Anyhow, paint your hood flat black, get a folgers can on your exhaust, and some "type R" stickers. Be sure to add some blue headlights and some altezza taillights, and maybe som Japanese letter decals. You don't have to know what the letters mean, just tell people they mean "made in Japan".

Since your transmission was "rebuilt" I am guessing its an automatic, which is good. You'll be driving faster since you don't have to stop to shift. :goodjob: You might also want to invest in a high downforce rear wing that will reduce the effect of all the weight on your front end from the front wheel drive layout.

oh good lord....it concerns me slightly that you'd actually advise someone in such detail on how to turn their car into complete TRASH.....:lmfao:

[Total_Blender]

its been done :tongue1: lol

http://www.motorpasion.com/images/fast_furious_mustang-03.jpg

http://carsmedia.ign.com/cars/image/article/710/710765/the-fast-and-the-furious-tokyo-drift-car-of-the-day-rb-powered-mustang-20060531034526431.jpg

I hated this car pretty bad when I saw a pic of the body the other day. Now that I have seen whats in the engine bay I really hate this car. Why would someone do this? Is this some kind of sick joke? Look how close the intake manifold and turbo pipes are to the strut towers... thats not good. You hit a bump and you'll lose boost when the manifold breaks or the turbo tubes come loose :crazy:

[Jerra]

I think this might be the single most misinformed thing I have ever read on IA. And that saying a lot. Don't you mean WWII? Because WWI was in Europe. Kthxbye.:goodjob:

Yeah...i did in fact mean WWII...missed an "I" in there...my bad.

[sirkus]

I'd just tint the windows 5%-15%, get the car repainted. Maybe lower it a little if you can, and then throw some 17's on it. That's as clean as you'll ever get a Sunfire.

[BTLFED]

GAWD I FUCKING HATE THE WORD "CLEAN!" HALF OF YOU FUCKING PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS. :slap:

[sirkus]

GAWD I FUCKING HATE THE WORD "CLEAN!" HALF OF YOU FUCKING PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS. :slap:
What does it mean then? I always thought it was just it being an overall nice car. Paint (in great condition), wheels, and everything pretty much goes together well. "It looks clean." :thinking:

It's better than the word "HawT"

[BTLFED]

It is the most overused fucking word in the import industry.

I fucking hate "Hawt" more.

[COGCaviZ24]

There is nothing "JDM" about the Toyota Cavalier. It wasn't made in Japan it was made here in the USA. After the Cavalier was done here it was then shipped off to Japan under "Toyota." Im not trying to offend you in any way but im just putting out the facts. And also, your part was shipped from Japan because the Cavalier that was made here was shipped to Japan then was stripped for that part and then shipped right back here, to you. So therefore, nothing is JDM about that Toyota Cavalier except it went by Japan specs with the RHD, amber turn light signals, and other things. And just because a vehicle follows Japan specs doesn't make it JDM, it was made here in the USA, not in Japan.

There is my :2cents:.

ahh damn, you got me. thought i could pull a fast on the ignorant. lol

[HeLLo iM iZzY]

LOL, it's all good.

[AnthonyF]

said the guy with yellow fog lights on a 'stang


hey retard...yellow fog lights CUT THROUGH FOG. they aren't country oriented.

i live out in the country where fog is a must every single morning. :2up:

[COGCaviZ24]

hey retard...yellow fog lights CUT THROUGH FOG. they aren't country oriented.

i live out in the country where fog is a must every single morning. :2up:

dont give me that shit. i live fairly close to you and go thru hoschton from time to time for work, and unless it rains, there is very little fog period. i'd understand if you lived in london (damn fog breathers). not trying to dis your car thu, i think it looks good :goodjob:

[§treet_§peed]

damn i am sleepy.. 26 hours later i sit here

[AnthonyF]

dont give me that shit. i live fairly close to you and go thru hoschton from time to time for work, and unless it rains, there is very little fog period. i'd understand if you lived in london (damn fog breathers). not trying to dis your car thu, i think it looks good :goodjob:


no! u don't gimme shit! :D i'll admit...white foglights just SUCK!

[Gutling]

my old car, rksports cat-back, front lip. eibach springs, and 17x7 wheels.

[AnTi-PooN]

jdm pontiac i see those all the time... lol

[allmotoronly]

sunfire=waste of time and money. It wont be jdm, it will be nothing but rice. no different than all the other sunfires and caviliers that wide around with shitty sounding fart can exhaust. They just dont have the sound of a true japanese 4 cyl.

[Gutling]

lol sound of true japanese 4 cyl? you do know thats what started the whole fart can bumble bee trend :P
It wont ever be jdm, but its no more a waste of money than selling it to buy a honda, because lord knows theres not millions of them with shitty sounding fart can exhaust, or rice.
If you like the car, there are a couple of good places to check out, Rksports.com, j-body.org, search around.

[§treet_§peed]

how about if you wanna be JDM.. you go to Japan.. buy a real JAP car then Bring it back over here on a boat..:goodjob: lol :D

[AnthonyF]

^^ or on his way to japan...jump out of the plane and kill yourself for asking so a dumbass question

[OTG Signs]

I wanted to do a rotary swap and a single kicked can on my car, 'til I realized rotaries are unreliable as shit.

[§treet_§peed]

^^ or on his way to japan...jump out of the plane and kill yourself for asking so a dumbass question or that would work as well

[allmotoronly]

lol sound of true japanese 4 cyl? you do know thats what started the whole fart can bumble bee trend :P
It wont ever be jdm, but its no more a waste of money than selling it to buy a honda, because lord knows theres not millions of them with shitty sounding fart can exhaust, or rice.
If you like the car, there are a couple of good places to check out, Rksports.com, j-body.org, search around.

no excuse you can make will make a sunfire any cooler. Theres millions of hondas out there for a reason. and FYI, the fart can bumble bee exhaust was not started by the japanese, it was startd by beaners here in the us who are too cheap to put a real exhaust system on their car, so they cut the exhaust out and run some flex pipe out the back with a huge tip.... A real JDM exhaust is not going to sound like a fart can. The last three systems I have had (RSR exmag, mugen twin loop, A'PEXi WS2) were deep sounding, not raspy and buzzy like the ricers you see here with their caviliers that are sooo "jdm".

[allmotoronly]

lets take a vote... what would you rather have, this



http://www.dragtimes.com/images/10668-2001-Acura-Integra.jpg

or this

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/-elmo-/Rice.jpg

[allmotoronly]

or this

http://www.pilesgm.com/Carshow/CAR%20SHOW%20IMAGES/2003%20cars/DONNIE%20HANCOCK%201998%20CHEVY%20CAVALIER%20Z24.j pg

[F1ian(si)]

sounds like a dumbshit idea to me

[Nissangeek]

that's pretty stupid to say... how could my USDM civic ever be JDM then?

no car made in america can be "JDM"..



Cars made in the States are not JDM. You can make them look JDM which, I guess, would be JDM style, but if the car is American it isn't from the Japanese Domestic Market.

Japanese- A native or inhabitant of Japan.
b. A person of Japanese ancestry.
2. The language of the Japanese, possibly related to the Altaic family, written in kana and Chinese characters.

Domestic- Of or relating to a country's internal affairs
A product or substance discovered in, developed in, or exported from a particular country

Market-A place where goods are offered for sale

So as you can see, saying something is JDM means that it is from *gasps* JAPAN!! You may have JDM parts and your car may look like a JDM car; it may even be RHD, but unless it was built in Japan to be sold in Japan it is not JDM. It is just an American car built in America, albiet by a Japanese company, to be sold in the states. It just has JDM parts on it.

[boostedb16]

just leave it oem because most of the honda owners that say "jdm" really mean they have oem tyte car.lol

[sagarchahal]

uhhh nooo get a honda

[Bballjamal]

lol, it's easy to have a clean cavy...

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/2359/cav4fn9.jpg

I've seen some clean sunfires, but not many!

Either way, it's time to upgrade....

[takume]

Man, a sunfire can never be a civic or integra or whatever related to JDM.
It just impossible to ask a man to ack like a woman unless he is... (haha~~ you know what I mean). Later.

[Humphrizzle]

you dont make sense.