introduction for K-car JDM lifestyle

What Is JDM?

So you have heard all about JDM cars and are wondering what all the fuss is about. Well let me give you a prior warning JDM Cars are ADDICITVE! In fact if you finish reading this page and you’re not hooked ill eat my own muffler.

So what are JDM Cars?

JDM is an acronym and stands for Japanese Domestic Market… Great, but what does that mean i hear you cry. Well it literately means “cars that are from Japan, and sold in Japan”.

Now this doesn’t narrow it down much does it!

The description above pretty much covers all cars from all Japanese manufacturers… This is where things get a little more complicated. When talking about car modification JDM cars means something slightly different. Let me explain….

There are two main types of car styling when it comes to Japanese vehicles these are called “Rice” and “JDM”. (See our page on JDM cars for young drivers)

JDM Cars – NOT RICE!

What is JDM.. NOT RICE! Rice is the typical boy racer style of making your car as loud and  as visible as possible. Adding things  to you car like huge spoilers that belong on aircraft, exhausts with holes in trying to make a 1.3 litre Honda civic sound like a twin turbo Nissan skyline. Under car neon’s so bright you can see the car from space… All without enhancing the performance noticeably at all.  See the picture below – you get the idea..

 BUT...

JDM cars are much more attractive when they are hyper clean, in fact its key to the styling of JDM cars. Not a super clean car? Then its going to look a lot like any other standard car… The first step to modifying JDM cars is to CLEAN them! What is JDM? JDM is clean.

so you all may know right now what is jdm right? heheheh.. so be JDM yoooo......