A buddy at work is going over there for a week on business. What easily accesible stores should he hit up to get cheap parts for me ?
I am interested in parts for a JDM conversion (HID headlights), ITR momo SRS wheel, and some Mugen Parts

 

Search for "Hong Kong"

You'd be surprised.

 

most of the accessible places are shops in the mong kok area, like felix, crazy racing, GT sport, etc. shop around, some are expensive, some are decent priced but not dirt cheap; prices are about the same there as in the US but you may find something

i hope you can speak good cantonese too

 

after my many trips to HK I've come to realize that there are no cheap parts!!!

 

Well, you can find places. They probably won't be cheap if they know you are a foreigner. I did get the arc intake for 575 though from gt sport.

 

yea thing with HK is they wont sell the parts to you cheap becasue they know you are a foreigner!! also, they kinda tie in the prices with install so if you have no car to install with, then prices skyrocket!!! that's just how it is.....

if i were you dont waste as much time shopping for parts, look for other stuff, like clothing, cool electronic gadgets, copy vcd/dvd, and of course f00000000d

 

buy some women.

 

Preferably cheap women.

 

I say forget it. Your not going to get anything cheap there unless its used or they think your a local and can haggle. Regaurdless on how good your cantonese is.... they can "spot" a foreigner coming from 2 blocks away.
I say just load up on the electronics which are cheaper then here in the US. Get something not available here like a newer MP3/minidisc player or something. Or maybe a portable DVD player. Initial D DVD sets...

 

Eat some g0000d seafood instead

 

from Mr. Fukaga

 

That's exactly right. Just an example, a clutch flywheel combo sells for $800 (about the same as here) but in HK that would be INSTALLED. Or maybe +$50 for the install, making it $850.

But if you know people, things could be had cheaper, and more choices.

 

Most parts in Hong Kong are the same price as over here.

 

Damn, that sucks then.

I will get some electronics then, and forget about the parts idea

 

Er, electronics are not that cheap in HK either - especially if you want a factory warranty...you do save on sales tax (none in HK)

Plus, HKDM appliances run on 220V, so you'll need a voltage converter (unless it's built in) and most of their camcorders are for the PAL system.

Big exception is mobile phones, you can get the latest/greatest tri-band GSM phones there about 6-12months before they hit the US market.

IMHO, Hong Kong is best for food, designer clothes & Cuban cigars

 

hehe gsm phones rule

my nokia is in the mail as we speak

 

last time I went designer clothes were more expensive there then here in the states. As for electronics.. they were always cheaper unless they recently changed that. Before.. electronics were a good 30-35% cheaper compared to the states and no sales tax. I bought my minidisc player for $120 usd.. which sells here for 159 plus tax. I also got my disc at 75 cents each. And blank DVD's were just 1.20 each.

 

There are TONS of HID kits available in HK right now. But most of them are Taiwanese/Korean made. Compare with the same kinda stuff u can find here, sure they're cheaper in HK.

Cell phone wise, DO NOT buy Ericsson T66 or T600. They don't work well here in North America.

Agreed with Kengs VERY much. Try different kinda Chinese food. No matter it's seafood or not, cheap/ expensive. Stinky to-fu are my favorite(I think they smells great).

 

BTW here are the stores I recomend

Racing cross 23938971
Ao's racing 23885051

GT Sport Ltd.
DD 115, LOT 1045 BRP, Castle Peak Rd.
Au Tau, Yuen Long, N.T.
Phone: 852-2398-8866

Kayaba Shop HK
G/F, No. 300, Sai Yeung Choi Street N.
Mong Kok, Kowloon
Phone: 852-2357-553

 

dont be surprise if you find out most shops are same priceY.

 

Yeap, you're right.
If you want car parts, better ask chinese friends in HK to buy it for you, it will be cheaper. Some of them get dirty cheap that you don't believe.
If you want to get JDM conversion kits, there are so many in HK and cheap with less than 1K US$.
However, 98spec HID kit is expensive as so many people looking for. However, you got to consider that can you bring it back by yourself, it include cover, 2 fenders, bumpers, headlights etc, it cost.

If you want 110V elec. appliance, ask your chinese friends to bring you to those shops that specially sell these goods. However, if you're visitors, you can never find it. It's not in mall.

 

yea, like what Kengs said, mobile phones, PDa, digit cam. If you like comics, there are plenty of it. You can find this Initial D alike comic in the newspaper stand on the street. When I went back last year, all I did was take pics of cars in the parking garage, look at girls, and EAT !!!!


[Modified by dohcgarage, 9:03 AM 1/31/2003]

 

you go to hong kong
then you go to the airport
and then you see this thing called a flight to japan
go there and you'll have your cheap parts

 

JDM depot