i dont know about now i dont really follow it, but when JDM first came about it was the Japanese styling that made its way to Southern California and it started with the EG Hatch. The duckbill and black wheels was the first to gain popularity and it spread from there. The Jap styling "jdm" as it were called, was more centered around an average looking car with little to no exterior mods, and focused more on handling and performance. At the time it was a BIG departure from the american culture which was doing neon strobes , shopping cart wings, body kits, plush interior, DVDs in the headrest, etc. So at first i remember people were like "ewww its so plain, you cant tell anything is done to it". Then it basically got popular with the socal street racers and went off from there.Originally Posted by simontibbett
Today the Americans are stealing from the VW people and calling it their own with this HellaFlush bullshit fad that is going on now. Just like the big bodykits were a fad of the Show Car scene after F&F, the HellaFlush movement is the new fad for the car show people. Its their way t o stand out. I mean lets face it a bunch of JDM looking cars are boring to look at.
I highly doubt anyone in japan is doing what Leng_EG6 and SMRLsvtec is doing to their S2000s. There is no hellaflush movement in Japan that i know of, if there is, its on $50000-200000 cars not hondas
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