The JDM Appreciation Thread...

[Djw John]

Love this pic

 

[Iridium]

^^^
Echo above post

 

[Hazza]

Hong Kong background FTW

 

[JamieITR]

 

[Christopher]

Non-pusuit car... LOL

 

[Englebert]

LOL! Is the gold badge on the front just the Jap police badge?

 

[Englebert]

 

[Christopher]

Aye, like our crest on a Bobby's hat.

 

[Mr. White]

whats the perspex barrier on the bonnet for?

 

[Christopher]

It's a wind deflector. It clears the air at high speed for the huge lighting setup on the roof.

 

[Timmay]

It's a wind deflector. It clears the air at high speed for the huge lighting setup on the roof.

my god you're a clever chap!

 

[Mr. White]

ah makes sense, cheers

 

[Christopher]

It also explains why that sh*tty Toyota Platz doesn't need one.

 

[Ian_182]

lol

 

[Turkish]

You'd have thought in Japan, a country known for cutting edge electronics they could have made a set of lights slightly smaller than a garden shed to put of the roof of the plods cars.

 

[Christopher]

They have to be huge, have you seen how little you can see of a Japanese fella behind the wheel?! They can't see out properly. Even worse than i can!

 

[Turkish]

We should market adult booster seats with wakaba print, we could clean up lol

 

[dutty_112]

Damp!

i keep looking at these and really really want one! my cousin still has his in his garage with 9inch wide wheels to go on, had it for about 4years parked up...hmmm i want!!!!

 

[Iridium]

Japanese five-oh know their rides hehe That AE86 above is lover-ly.

 

[ClaneO]

god that AE86 makes me want to sell my car real bad!

 

[Christopher]

Hachiroku FTW

LOL @ Si.... i'd buy one.

 

[Bjorn]

 

[cat171]

^
no, just no !

 

[Bjorn]

New colours apparently, i like the purple.

 

[cat171]

I was thinking that it's more to the fact that the thing is fooking ugly tbh mate

 

[BenR]

Love this pic

I've taken a pee down that driveway.

 

[Bjorn]

Ugly?

 

[Bjorn]

 

[cat171]

Yep still ugly, the front looks a bit new scooby (which is ugly) the rest just looks like they didn't bother.

Give me an evo anyday over that.

 

[Guppy]

the spoon one looks hot imo

 

[Marky_]

Yep still ugly, the front looks a bit new scooby (which is ugly) the rest just looks like they didn't bother.

Give me an evo anyday over that.

Rofl.

I tend to agree with you there.

 

[jon_r]

lol.

 

[Hazza]

Did u take that to Trax?? ^

 

[Revels]

LOL!

A track, yes.

Trax, no.

 

[jon_r]

The car was actually in Monte Carlo on the day of Trax.

Wot wot.

 

[Englebert]

Looking good Jon!

 

[Iridium]

That's awesome Jon hehe I assume from your Av you took in the Ring too? Sounds similar to my trip earlier in the year, did you take in Stelvio Pass on the way down to Monaco?

Dan

 

[Christopher]

FD2's aren't ugly IMO!

I love them!

The Spoon one is rapid too, search it on YT

 

[Bjorn]

Minus the graphics and id happily have one of these.

 

[Iridium]

Lose the stickers for me, and that'd be awesome. Although I think, that photo in the above post is the best angle to photo them from. The front somehow looks 'stretched' from side to side for me, but it doesn't offend me.

Personally, I love them for what they are to drive, but I'd never own one. Apparently the JDM FD2 Type-R has rock hard suspension, and is totally unsuitable for our roads, and I imagine the Spoon one is going to be even harder. If they're as harsh as everyone says, I could never own an FD2 for that reason alone. Ok, it's mad fast round Bedford in Evo and stuff, especially for a FWD with only 220bhp, but that wouldn't really matter to me as, if I could still drive, and I had one of them, sure I'd do some trackdays, why buy one if not, but I'd want to be able to live with it day to day.

The R27 is great on the road, not jiggly or crashy at all, yet it also managed to feel absolutely fabulous on the Ring Ok, i freely admit it's the only car I've ever taken round it, but a Ring school place just up the road had a small fleet of normal 197s (and a new white cup) - so that tells me that they must be ok, and it's not just me. I suppose, their Cup and my R27 would be even better as well, with the slightly stiffer/lower setup.

However I suppose, in TV stuff/magazines etc Jap roads all appear race track smooth, and it is as far as Honda are concerned, designed for the JDM market only, so why should it be softened out for crappy UK roads, or a race track that's not Suzuka or Tskuba