An Inconvenient Truth… About JDM - aka "The Death of Innovation"
Jul 30, 2008, 10:08 PM
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I was having a hard time trying to type out my thoughts and had to edit my post a bunch of times....I'm not saying the Voltex product is not worth it's cost.
1. People buying the knock-offs are doing it for the look not the function.
Maybe they will be punished when the cheaper product fails and blows off the car. I've seen it before with cheap carbon hoods.
2. If the Voltex is truly superior, it will proven with the mentioned wind tunnel and track tests.
A side by side fit and finish comparison never hurts..usually that's where knock-offs just fail.
3. It's still ugly....But I do understand function over form when it comes to racing.
1. People buying the knock-offs are doing it for the look not the function.
Maybe they will be punished when the cheaper product fails and blows off the car. I've seen it before with cheap carbon hoods.
2. If the Voltex is truly superior, it will proven with the mentioned wind tunnel and track tests.
A side by side fit and finish comparison never hurts..usually that's where knock-offs just fail.
3. It's still ugly....But I do understand function over form when it comes to racing.
Jul 30, 2008, 10:12 PM
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Voltex have already proven itself, i.e CyberEVO... it spanked everyone at VIR a few years ago. If they are not functional.. I don't know what that is..
But they are expensive.. so if you break something.. its always expensive to replace.. but I guess that really separates the Men from the Boyz..
But they are expensive.. so if you break something.. its always expensive to replace.. but I guess that really separates the Men from the Boyz..
Jul 30, 2008, 10:14 PM
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If you don't want **** to break.....then you buy quality parts. With quality comes price.
And if it's quality..it doesn't matter where it was made.
Jul 30, 2008, 10:17 PM
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... Honestly, that makes me think. There may be a small factor in all of this which we have not properly explained in the past. Do people know why these items are made, and the price they are set at?
With a wide demographic of people in the industry, its hard to really show the logical side that these products go much further than just having a name of "it's JDM- hard to find". Yeah these parts are cool to show at your local meet, and yeah it might impress a crowd of people in a Best Buy parking lot, but in the end, thats not why these products were made.
We (as in all of us who bring these beautiful products into the US for the consumer to buy) need to start reaching the market of which the products were originally intended for. Thankfully this trend of proper marketing is slowly starting to take place, and more of the american public are getting a better understanding of why we use these parts to begin with. But in the end we have only scratched the surface and still have a ways to go.
With a wide demographic of people in the industry, its hard to really show the logical side that these products go much further than just having a name of "it's JDM- hard to find". Yeah these parts are cool to show at your local meet, and yeah it might impress a crowd of people in a Best Buy parking lot, but in the end, thats not why these products were made.
We (as in all of us who bring these beautiful products into the US for the consumer to buy) need to start reaching the market of which the products were originally intended for. Thankfully this trend of proper marketing is slowly starting to take place, and more of the american public are getting a better understanding of why we use these parts to begin with. But in the end we have only scratched the surface and still have a ways to go.
Jul 30, 2008, 10:20 PM
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Thanks for the update driveline, I will gladly take the FPR hood from Voltex than the Seibon hood, the quality and fitment is just garbage. It's pretty funny, two of the same hoods on two evo's side by side, one fit and the other one didn't. Goes to show how well made Seibon parts are.
Jul 30, 2008, 10:23 PM
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Thanks for the update driveline, I will gladly take the FPR hood from Voltex than the Seibon hood, the quality and fitment is just garbage. It's pretty funny, two of the same hoods on two evo's side by side, one fit and the other one didn't. Goes to show how well made Seibon parts are.
Jul 30, 2008, 10:25 PM
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Carbon parts certainly can be destroyed in racing. The idea of paying for a quality product is that it would outlast it's cheaper counterpart....The "idea" isn't necessarily always true.
Jul 30, 2008, 10:35 PM
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With a wide demographic of people in the industry, its hard to really show the logical side that these products go much further than just having a name of "it's JDM- hard to find". Yeah these parts are cool to show at your local meet, and yeah it might impress a crowd of people in a Best Buy parking lot, but in the end, thats not why these products were made.
Most vendors make thousands importing "JDM" tail lamps and headlights...do they offer any performance gain? No, but they look AWESOME at the best buy parking lot.
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