Originally Posted by DannyGT

Like another poster here stated...JDM isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. I for one had not 1 but 2 cars with complete (REAL) JDM kits and the fit was just OK. Nothing special...it always needed to have the average body prep done from the shop. Then you come across a company like Shine or others that take the original and get the fitment even better, with about equal quality, what are people supposed to do???

I can certainly appreciate both sides of this, really I do...but let’s take the America vs. Japan thing out of here and take a step back and look at the copy cat of the world, CHINA...let’s talk about how EVERYTHING IS A KIRF there. I just came back from Shenzhen (why I’ve been mia for so long) and its kind-of disgusting...but you know what? Just like here there are a few that go above and beyond in actually putting real quality behind a replica and it happens to be just as good or in some cases (I'm in technology) better!

I think that’s what’s happening here...If it quacks and walks like a duck, it’s a ******* duck. Other than freight (which is what people should be concentrating on) none of these kits for sub-40k cars are worth 10k. Where is the Aero/wind tunnel testing, where is the OEM grade paper work that goes into proving this will be beneficial to the car? Wake up people...Everything is about good marketing. That's a fact!

So in closing, I don’t give a ****. It’s a Z; enjoy the car for what it is and if spending more on perf outweighs paying for a crazy cool JDM kit, good...do it, who cares. If you want to be a show-queen and light up the eyes of all the kiddies wearing I <3 JDM shirts - more power to you. There is a place for both to coexist.