JDM.....in Japan?

[Viatcheslav]

I have been in Japan in last May, and have spoken with Naoki. I bought some accessories from him. He can speak English but prefer speak Japan. My sister has spoken with him by Japanese. After that I tried to spoke with him on English but he has told that don’t speak English. I was confused.

[Anita]

Naoki and Ron created their own versions of the VX-02 skid plates. Of course, they were very similar but Naoki make his plates with different materials. Dutchie was a great spokesman for Naoki's products and there was some friction between them and Ron, but I believe Naoki to be an upright guy.

Does anyone know if he still makes VX products? I always loved his carbon fiber half moon for the back hatch.

[vt_maverick]

Does anyone know if he still makes VX products? I always loved his carbon fiber half moon for the back hatch.

+1 - One of our Russian friends should try to convince him to sell to the USA again...

[VCrossfan]

Here's a link of there's, and they do support the U.S some (scroll to the bottom)

http://homepage3.nifty.com/vehi-square/links.htm


And a pic of a VX w/flap supports...

[pbkid]

im sorry... but that last pic is ... the only way i would ever consider that is if it was required by a rally racing organization. otherwise its too hideous

[nfpgasmask]

I believe Naoki to be an upright guy.

I don't know Ron personally, I but I know the opposite has been said about him before. And if his front skid plates were anything like his front clear turn signal covers, that I feel sorry for Naoki if he took Ron's design...

And aren't the front skid plates based on the VX-02 design? So it's silly to say anyone stole anyone's design, as it was merely a replica of an Isuzu design in reality...

Bart

[deermagnet]

This is how I remember it without doing any searching, and I very well could be wrong, and I apologize for saying "stole" if that's not true.

As I recall, the problem was that Naoki bought skid plates off Ron for the sole purpose of using them to make his own molds from Ron's plates instead of making his molds from scratch like Ron did. Naoki apparently took a shortcut by using Ron's plate design to make and sell his own plates in Japan. At least that's how I remember it and I could be wrong and I apologize if Naoki did not buy from Ron to copy his own.

There's certainly nothing wrong with someone taking an idea and doing their own thing in a far away land. IF Naoki bought plates from Ron to copy them directly, then that's a reasonable complaint.

Mark Griffin