Question for all

[Melt]

funny thing is last time I was at the Hopkins in fairfield CA, they had powered by acura windshield banners and altezzas, and I think I even saw some washer leds ...

oh well, if the dealer sells it, it must be legal :hehe:

[VelocityCivic91]

I think that it would be cool to have dealers get JDM stuff, and sell it in America, BUT there are two things that are going to suck about it...

1.)Price. Most of you already said this... it is going to be a arm and a leg...x2.

2.)Everyone that owns a Honda will be getting these "JDM parts" thinking that they are all cool and shit. It will get played out, and everyone will start to not like the JDM look anymore. Kinda like the "Fast and the Fruious effect".

[Civic Jim]

if the price was good then yes it would be a good idea, but that would never happen

prices are mad here as it is for EDM parts let alone JDM !!!!

[BLU CIVIC]

they'll never sell jdm stuff because itz honda of america. i doubt they ever will or even consider it...with such a huge aftermarket and importers...i think the dealership would just lose money....

[4-Door Flunky]

When my distributor went out, I did check all the options, including the dealership just for fun. They wanted $750.
At that point, I'm not just disgusted; I'm insulted.
I was installing a new clutch, and I wanted to get some new bushings. They only cost $20. Of course, the dealership doesn't have them in stock. It seems like anything I want, they don't have in stock. I can get parts ordered faster from Autozone.
At the tremendous price they charge, they should be able to get things fast enough to be useful. They don't.
Having said that, when I've called the dealership here to find out if one part is compatible with different a model of Honda, the guy at the dealership has been very helpful.
Flunky
PS-Back to the topic: No. Dealership price would be prohibitively expensive. Increased availability of the parts we work our asses off to find would only dilute the appeal. Finally, seeing someone with lots of money that just ordered everything from the dealer would only serve to arouse my contempt. Ptuiy!

[turbcivic]

Hey guys, my boos just looked at this post and saw everything you said and he would like to make a few pointers. First about price, these are not gonna be honda parts from the dealership. The dealership is gonna act as a dist. for the parts by having them bought off of salved cars, even ours, and having them shipped by honda for lower freight. Second, he has never heard of the JDM style untill me and the two other guys brought it up. Most likely he won't really even advertsie JDM parts, just if you want them, we will get them. There are some loopholes that he can jump through to get parts over here cheap. I priced out a ZC front clip to be about 700. Does this change any opions?

Don't hate the dealerships. It took a week to get a head gasket for my car. So instead i got one from NAPA and guees what, two weeks later, the gasket is leaking. I will stick with my Honda parts at an employye dioscount:finger: