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Title: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: mrjb on 15 February 2006, 15:42

Hi have any of you guys ever heard of a JDM exhaust for a mk3. My partner has seen it on ebay and shes keen to get one for her MK3. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4612967714&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Have any of you guys seen one in the flesh or have one? If you have whats the quality like.

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: jv on 15 February 2006, 21:45

Well, in a word, no - never heard of them!

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: Logie on 15 February 2006, 22:19

hmmm thought JDM was Jap? Japanese Division Motorsport.... Or something along those lines

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: jv on 15 February 2006, 22:30

That's Japanese Domestic Market isn't it?

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: vwagain on 15 February 2006, 22:42

Just done a Google search and all it came up with was lots of JDM parts for Nissan's and Honda's.  The quality does look good in the add though and it does look like a golf back box, and any decent exhaust fitter would be able to make it fit in any case!!  I bought i very similar looking "universal" back box for my Merc and got it fitted no probs for £40. They had to weld on brackets, etc.

Stu

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: Steve O8v on 15 February 2006, 23:38

JDM=Japanese Domestic Market :smiley:

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: Logie on 15 February 2006, 23:58

Thats the one :cool:

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: mrjb on 16 February 2006, 09:20

Cheers for the replies.

JDM = japanes domestic market is what i thought.
Seemed a strange name to market an exhaust for a german car under though.

The brackets look in the right place but without handling the thing i cant tell how good the quality is. Ive got a scorpion on my mk3 which looks pretty identical to that, this would be for my partners mk3. Although it looks the part the only thing which im not sure about is how loud it will be she doesnt want it any louder than my scorpion back box.

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: Dom Mk3 on 16 February 2006, 09:41

The seller is probably using JDM as an ebay selling point... because it sounds "cool"

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: Steve O8v on 16 February 2006, 17:52

This seller sells a lot of stuff for jap cars so hes probably just stuck the JDM in there for search engine purposes.He's got pretty good feedback and Sells a lot of stuff at very reasonable prices.If that backbox is a perfect fit and doesnt need fettling to fit,its probably worth the money.Not so sure about his statement of a "good bhp gain" tho........ :grin:

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: NEILS-GTI-MK3 on 16 February 2006, 23:37

hello :smiley:
You may need to find out if that back box on ebay will fit your model, as he hasn't said if it's for a Gti or basic models.  as the bore is a smaller size on 1.4 1.6, than on a gti or vr6 :nerd:

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: mrjb on 17 February 2006, 09:48

Yeah good point. Il keep wathcing it and may ask the seller if its the correct diameter for a gti.

Title: Re: Ever Heard of a Mk3 JDM Exhaust
Post by: EdGolf3 on 24 February 2006, 12:48

As was said before

JDM = Japanese Domestic Market

That style tailpipe I think is a DTM style, I wonder if he just put the wrong letters by mistake.