Japanese used car

You’re 24 years old, you don’t earn much money, but you’d rather walk than drive an entry-level compact car that looks as if it came off a rental lot.

There is an alternative. Some enterprising consumers are kitting out mainstream Japanese cars with components normally sold only in Japan but that are now available on distributors’ Web sites. For a few hundred dollars more, they’re driving a vehicle like no other.

Over the past six years a small industry has mushroomed out of the importation of so-called JDM - Japanese domestic market – components, ranging from wheels and power mirrors to engines and plastic headlights. The phenomenon originated in California but has spread across the country and into the Midwest.

“Demand is very high for this stuff,” says Steve Argueta, the 25-year-old owner of JDM retailer HMotorsOnline in Burbank, Calif.

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