I'm going to HK soon. Anyone know/recommend any good/reputable performance shops?

Thanks.

 

are u chinese? if not, than prepare to pay a higher amount for parts.

also what kind of parts are u looking for?

 

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There are many shops...
Really depends what you are looking for.

rims, performance parts, used parts, etc...

 

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if they know you're a tourist then they charge you more for parts...

the guy that owns the shop I take my car to is from Hong Kong, if you can walk in and speak Cantonese you get treated differently.

 

I hear it helps if you are wearing manpris and a fanny-pack as well

 

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LOL, so true... us cantonese folks will take advantage of any situation

there's a street that sounds like "hak po guy" near the metropolitan hotel. the "a" in "hak" is a short "a." the "o" in "po" is a long "o." and "guy" sounds just like... "guy." "guy" is "street" in cantonese. "hak po" is the name of the street. the last time i was in HK, the day i left, i freaking saw the street even though i stayed only a few blocks away they have some tuner/performance shots right around there. there's also another shop right south of the metropolitan a few blocks on the west side... more for new parts, though. i think "wai" on here may be cantonese... may be he can chime in.

 

R Rated,

The Mong Kok area is where you'll want to go for the performance shops. Hak Po Guy is in this area.

-Shawn

 

Chinese rip off tourist for sure and with an attitude. Anyway, HK stores COPY items are more for shows then go!

 

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-Shawn</TD></TR></TABLE>

I can see that God damned street from my apartment... the freaking ricers do the Mong Kok "circuit" starting at 12am till the wee hours in the mornings ... **** me off...

but not like I can blame them... this city has NO racetrack... I don't even bother with the shops here.... you'll find most are into the FASHION of modifying cars instead of the function...

 

KAYABA and GP Shop should at least be reputable places you can check out

also GT SPORT has a chain of stores in HK

 

theres a bunch in Mongkok..
Theres also more in the New Territories.. suburb of HK. since there are more open roads for ppl to play with their cars.


man-autoparts.com is probably a little out of the way...

 

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if you want to score some real parts you're gonna have to go to the New Territories in the Shek Gong/Kam Tin area

http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/trai....html

take the MTR to "Kam Sheung Road" (northwest on the pink line). there are a bunch of high performance chop shops down Kam Sheung Road. they're located 10 minutes from the train station by cab or bus. if you're not familiar with the buses you can just ask the cab driver to take you to the chop shops. the cab fair should not cost you any more than $35 HKD

i've found a surprising amount of good stuff there before. everything you can imagine for subarus, nissans, hondas etc.

i lugged home a set of beat up ohlins PCVs for $250. beats the stock suspension on the street

you'd be better off getting a ride from a friend though.. cause hauling 60lbs across the city was not fun

&lt;- still kicking myself in the *** for not picking up the RM01A axleback for $160

 

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if you want to score some real parts you're gonna have to go to the New Territories in the Shek Gong/Kam Tin area

http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/trai....html

take the MTR to "Kam Sheung Road" (northwest on the pink line). there are a bunch of high performance chop shops down Kam Sheung Road. they're located 10 minutes from the train station by cab or bus. if you're not familiar with the buses you can just ask the cab driver to take you to the chop shops. the cab fair should not cost you any more than $35 HKD

i've found a surprising amount of good stuff there before. everything you can imagine for subarus, nissans, hondas etc.

i lugged home a set of beat up ohlins PCVs for $250. beats the stock suspension on the street </TD></TR></TABLE> Just about where I was going to point out to the OP. Now, how the hell did you able to get a set of Ohlin for $250. You must know Cantonese I paid dealy for mine.

 

i've spent almost 10 years living between hong kong and japan so i don't have any troubles getting around in either

but like i said, the PCVs i got were pretty beat up, they ended up blowing after a year of hard use. but i got my moneys worth with them

 

Good call genetsang and fuko.

R Rated, if you feel comfortable venturing outside of the touristy areas, definitely check out the New Territories area. As mentioned before, you can score some pretty nice stuff.

-Shawn

 

hak po street when i was on holiday there visiting relatives

 

Cool pics! Thanks everybody for the help Hope I find some good deals on parts for my ITR.

 

there are many performance shops in hong kong
its just finding/looking for them all is the hard part

 

The original Ricers got rich!
I remember decades ago that how pathetic cars look in HK from just sticker tuning everywhere and all the junk shops in Mong Kok. Have a safe trip and watch out for your wallet from behind!

 

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I believe it's because they treat outsiders like crap.

I guess it's same as anywhere else...hustle the outsiders.

 

asian pride
lol

 

I am temporary staying in HK at the moment and I have to say alot of shop here has a pretty F'up customer service. I don't think it really matter if you speak chinese or not. I speak fluent cantonese and they be having attitude problem. I think if they don't see you with a car, they think most likely you're not going to buy ****. Mong Kok has all new performance and accessorie part, nothing cheap. Kowloon Bay have a few, it the same as Mong Kok.
Rated R, your best bet is to go 7-11 or the magazine stand and pick up a weekly magazine call Hot Machine. It like $10 HKD. There a classified section were peeps from all the junkyard list there goody on the magazine. There number and info in there, just call them and ask if you don't see want you need on the classified. Remember all the good **** sell pretty fast nowadays in HK. I guess the junkyard peeps got smart, they been selling there rare JDM on Ebay.

 

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I can see that God damned street from my apartment... the freaking ricers do the Mong Kok "circuit" starting at 12am till the wee hours in the mornings ... **** me off...

but not like I can blame them... this city has NO racetrack... I don't even bother with the shops here.... you'll find most are into the FASHION of modifying cars instead of the function... </TD></TR></TABLE>


racingAngel, you in HK?

 

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i'm cantonese, so i can say this : generally speaking - at least for me, the words "(HK) cantonese" and "customer service" don't really go together. however, "cantonese" and "attitude problem" do. seriously, (the closer you are to HK), unless you actually KNOW the person you're dealing with, you'll get the mad-fast-paced-don't-get-in-my-way-take-it-or-leave-it cantonese attitude. if you KNOW the person, you'll generally be treated like family. eh, take it or leave it. at least those of you in HK are in HK and i'm in Kansas City.