ok peeps... ma best friend is in korea for a little while doing some teaching for his college or somthin.... i just wanted to know if korea has any good import parts that would be worth bringing back to the states.. anything i could use on my ITR head or my teg..

thanx..

 

ITR stuff...no, but i'm bet they have lots of Hyundai and Dae Woo parts

 

hmm, ok thanx..... looks like i cant have any JDM parts on my car...

 

I'm pretty sure there are some JDM tuner shops in Korea. Just a matter of finding them.

 

I'm with you on that, but i'm willing to bet that you won't find any Japanese cars there. (bikes maybe)

 

tell him to bring you back some luck.

s. korea winning that game over italy , luck must be abundant

 

Bah, that wasn't luck- if you say Ahn's goal was luck then so was Vieri's.

 

luck?! please. and you'll find racing shops in korea if you look REAL hard but nothing for itr or japanese cars. not even worth looking for.

 

it wasnt luck, but to come back in two games with a few minutes left is something special.

 

Korea's goal were SKILL!!! Not luck. So quit being sour and give Korea their credit.

 

Korean girls might get all excited after the great performance of the soccer team.......

 

I will be stationed here for about another 6 months(Army). The only parts I have found are for Daewoo, Hyundai, Samsung (Yes, they make cars and trucks), and Kia. The only Hondas you see over here are the cars soldiers bring with them from the states.

 

I just got home from there 3 weeks ago. I spent a year over there curtosey of the Air Force. If you thought rice boys were bad in the states, Korea takes the cake. I **** you not. The Hyundai Tiburon is like a Ferrari in that country. I traveled all over that country and saw nothing in the way of JDM. Belive me I seached. As a matter of fact I only saw 1 car that even looked halfway good ( stock new model Tiburon). They are all into oversized exhaust tips, neon washer fluid nozzles, neon anything, HUGE wings. Typical ricer stuff.

 

KDM r0x0rz!!

 

Signal Auto has a presence in South Korea. They have a tuner shop as well as technicians there. There is an import racing scene in Korea. Check out their website for more info.

www.signalauto.co.jp
or
http://www.signalauto.com/10_3index.html

Here is their Address and info in Korea:

http://www.signalauto.com/SIGNAL_INC.html

SIGNAL KOREA
234 POEI-DONG KANGNAM-KU SEOUL KOREA
TEL +82-02-576-1842 / FAX +82-02-576-1832

And a pic of Signals Boss in Korea:



As for Korean Soccer, that goal by No.21 against Portugal was ALL skill. Sick man. I give Korean Soccer due credit.

 

there are a couple of shops in korea that can get JDM stuff pretty easily...

if you can't get to japan, you might be better off getting some of the parts
through them...

last time i was in korea, i saw a lot of mugen stuff....
not sure who the hell was using them, but that's what i saw...

rims are cheap as hell in korea...

on a side note,
the korean soccer team is what you call playing with heart!....
especially playing in the home country, wouldn't you say you have a lot
to loose if you lost?

Korean and proud of it!



i forgot to add, i saw the mugen stuff when i was hitting up the game rooms with my uncle... this was in pusan...

there was a local track there, saw some hyundai scoupes gutted out and modified.

didn't see a lot of JDM cars there, although i saw a corvette busting on the track....

American cars are big in Korea..



[Modified by TurboT, 9:06 AM 6/19/2002]

 

I saw alot of Hyundai's and Kia's on my base (Kunsan) with....I **** you not..."Powered By Honda", and "Mugen" stickers all over them. There was some crazy "rice" going on over there.

I do have a question though. What is the Honda/Daewoo connection? I saw 3 or 4 Honda/Acura Legend's running around with Daewoo emblems (even on the wheels), and the name "Arcadia" on them. Can anyone shine some light on that?

 

yea honda sold the blueprints of the legend to daewoo, and yes it's the exact same car except it's got daewoo labels.

 

 

thats funny cause when I was stationed in korea. I shared a room with a korean soldier and he said that they didn't like japanesse people too much. When I was there for a year I think the only hondas I saw where the ones the soldiers brought with them from the states and also the ones I saw in SCC and SS magazines. But this was back in 98' I'm sure things have changed.

 

you guys not might know this but korea is rite next to Japan.
there are SOME people that are into imports and it might be kinda expensive to get parts from Japan but im sure there are people that does it.
they have a few race tracks that are open to the public sometimes and they drag race and stuff.
there's couple of Rx-7's ,supras, eclips but not that many hondas over there but im sure u can find some action over there.
there is a lot of twisty mountain roads and it might be fun driving at night.
my cousin is from korea and he use to race on the mountain roads with his crew.
very dangerous but fun. hehe.

 

the car that looks like the legend is actually called Leganza in korea. it has the exact same engine as the legend but it just has the Daewoo emblem on it.
i heard that if something goes wrong with the car you have to take it to a honda technician. thats what i heard at least.
that car is supposed to be the most expensive korean made car in korea rite now.

 

hi friend..!!

 

haha... hes not my friend....

 

your right it wasnt luck, luck cant be bought!

anyway, your friend wont really find too much over there for you car.