It's sad news hear that HKS has filed for bankruptcy. With ARC and ZeroSports closing their doors early this year, HKS is the next in line of legendary Japanese Tuning Houses falling by the wayside. May it be aftershocks of fallen US & Japanese economies, the increase in price of international shipment, or the lack of aftermarket support yet another JDM shop will be no more.
For years I have fought to defend the quality of buying Japanese produce parts for Japanese cars for only to fall on deaf ears with many opting to buy replicas or Ebay knock-off claiming "it's just as good". But if there are no more JDM tuners producing parts, then who will the knock off companies copy then? I suppose there's no single demographic to put the blame on. I myself have not bought a new part in 2 years. But it's really sad to witness the end of an era. First the dissolution of the Hot Import Nights car show circuit, the closing of my beloved local JDM importer FIZZAUTOSPORTS, to the closing of many Japanese car tuning powerhouses; I've lived through a JDM tuning era only to turn the key of a relic of a car of days gone by. RIP JDM.
The History of Zerosports (1-3).
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