shadow12one

ah lol. I wasnt even thinking in that manner lol

scandalous

Nope, they've always been 19's. The only video/television show's I've been on is the Street Fury one on G4 (link in my signature) and I don't even remember talking about the wheels

WAlterEgo

iTrader: (1)

yes they do!



j/k

mengsta

IM sorry but isnt tanabe 100 percent made in japan? therefore it is a japanese part. Wuld that be JDM?

shadow12one

The same can be said for Greddy and HKS. They make JDM parts for cars. JDM doesnt refer to where the parts are manufactured or assembled. The tC is made in Japan but its not a JDM car because its not sold there. JDM refers to parts that are sold in the Japanese Market, hence JDM (Japanese Domestic Market).

To put it simply, its not about where something is made or by who, its about which market its sold in. Its not about the manufacturer but about the end user. Does that make sense? So no, the Tanabe exhaust for the tC isnt JDM. Nothing for the tC is JDM since there are no tC's sold in Japan and no manufacturer makes parts with the intention of selling them for tC's in Japan.

Gman1028

That is a great desciption of JDM. It would think JDM would mean it is something you can only get in Japan

shadow12one

Not exactly parts that you can only get in Japan. There are US distributors that sell JDM parts. Ultimately, yes they do come from Japan. You as the end user can get them in the US because a distributor brought them here. So for YOU, they are available in the US. What I meant with my statement is not where the parts are made or purchased physically but more of where the intention of distribution is. JDM parts are intended to be distributed in the Japanese market, but because of globalization, its possible to get that same part in the US.

Lets also look at this, the OP mentioned Tanabe and their exhausts being manufactured in Japan. Lets take the Concept G exhaust. That same model exhaust is made for multiple cars. The difference being really only the bends in the piping between each model. The Concept G may be available for the Nissan Silvia (JDM 240sx) as well as the tC. How is the exhaust JDM for the Silvia and USDM for the tC? The intention of distribution. Its the same part, just different cars, except that the one for the Silvia was only intended to be sold in Japan for that model, just as the one for the tC was intended to be sold in the USDM.

VIP_CAMO

cut oem springs are not performance springs..

mengsta

lol k got it, and VIP thats a good one.

greybox

1) There is no 'type R' scion
2) Mugen does not do Scion
3) If you have air horns ON your hood-(well enough said-mexi-rice anyone)
4) If you have a four door automatic sedan and you put a huge tuner sticker on it (like from the front wheel over the rear wheel-like 5 feet long) it does not make your car a racer
5) If you are cornering hard enough you are on your bump stops because you cut your springs you will loose it at the first pavement ripple and I will laugh at you sliding into the weeds
6) Stereo stickers do not make your car louder (or faster)
7) A coffee can doesn not make a good muffler
Stock size steelies with stock size tires on the front and aluminum rear wheels does not make a car a drag racer

9) stickers that say 'tunerz' do not a tuner car make


and #10)

THE THINGS THAT YOUR TIRES GO ON THAT HAVE LOG NUT HOLES AND BOLT TO YOUR CAR ARE NOT RIMS-THEY ARE WHEELS (rims are just the outer circle where your tires mount-think of a bicycle wheel and the fact that it contains a rim)