JDM cars and wing mirrors.

[wildcat45]

Yes I mean wing and not door mirrors.

Many JDM cars have them. Why is that? Local taste? Legal requirement?

Are there any advantages to wing mirrors over door mirrors?

[P I Staker]

Do you mean the little parking mirrors some of the 4x4s and such have on the N/S wing?

[wildcat45]

Yes. Is that what they are?

[chris watton]

What are 'JDM' cars?

[P I Staker]

chris watton said:

What are 'JDM' cars?

Japanese Domestic Market.

And yes OP, I believe they are so you can line car up with the kerb or what ever you're parking against.

[Drive Blind]

i believe some also have a wee aerial that pops up when parking to show you where the corner of the bumper is

[Debaser]

Visibility requirements in Japan mean they need to be able to see a certain point (or locus) to the side of the vehicle.

Most cars meet the requirement with a camera mounted in the door mirror rather than a wing mirror.

[TREMAiNE]

chris watton said:

What are 'JDM' cars?

[chris watton]

Never heard the term before. Sorry....

[wildcat45]

Chris, I only found out what it meant a year or two ago. I thought JDM MX5s were modified cars by a company called JDM.

You shouldn't be mocked for asking.

Back to the topic, why only Japan? Seems like a decent idea that hasn't caught on elsewhere. I guess there are no scuffed alloys on JDM cars.

[MX7]

TREMAiNE said:

Necessary?

[chris watton]

MX7 said:

Necessary?

I don't mind - I'll put it down to the poster's age.

like Wildcat45, I thought JDM was some kind of tuning company, hence the question...

[untakenname]

Pedestrian safety probably, years ago most cars had wing mirrors on the wing.

[MoleVision]

I didn't know what JDM meant either... It's not the most obvious acronym. Face palm yourself please. With enthusiasm.

[Kev T360]

MoleVision said:

I didn't know what JDM meant either... It's not the most obvious acronym. Face palm yourself please. With enthusiasm.

I was unsure too. seen jdm used alot, but never knew.

[Riley Blue]

Me neither, every day's a school day.

[Disco You]

Googling "JDM car" returns the Japanese domestic market wikipedia page as the first result. There's no excuse for ignorance when the answer is just a google away.

[croyde]

Only heard the term last week when reading the Paul Walker thread. Thought it was some Max Power thing until I couldn't bear it any longer and hit Google

[Daniel1]

Disco You said:

Googling "JDM car" returns the Japanese domestic market wikipedia page as the first result. There's no excuse for ignorance when the answer is just a google away.

Or just ask the question on here, in the thread that is most relevant, as in say, this one?

[A900ss]

I don't want to get involved in the facepalm photo but JDM doesn't just refer to cars. It covers all things that the Japanese keep to themselves. You get a lot of JDM watches.