OEM vs JDM Honda Parts – What’s the difference?
OEM, JDM and Aftermarket Parts: What You Need to Know
When looking for new parts or accessories for your car, it can get easy to be confused by the alphabet soup of acronyms you come across. Parts come labeled as AM, OEM, JDM and much more. Luckily, our service and parts department is here to help you decipher those different codes and choose the right parts and accessories for your vehicle. Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) parts are made to be identical to the factory parts that come with your car. Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) parts are the factory parts for the Japanese version of the vehicle, which can vary in their appearance, performance or technology. Finally, Aftermarket parts, sometimes abbreviated AM, are those made by a third party that is not affiliated with the original manufacturer of the parts. We will take a look at some of the benefits and some of the drawbacks of each of those types of parts.
OEM Honda Parts for Sale in Pinellas Park
OEM parts, as the name implies, are made by the same manufacturer that made the original equipment on your car. They use the same blueprints and the same materials and are specifically tailored to the exact specifications of your car. This makes them the perfect replacement for any components on your car that get damaged or just worn down by normal wear and tear: they are, for all purposes, indistinguishable from their factory-installed counterparts. This makes them a far better choice than aftermarket parts, which are not made from the same materials and according to the same specifications as OEM parts. Aftermarket parts are designed to fit as many different makes and models as possible, so their fit on any given car will never be perfect and their inferior materials lead to faster degradation and replacement not just for itself, but for other parts around it. While an aftermarket part may be slightly cheaper than its OEM equivalent in the short run, in the long run it is much more expensive!
What are JDM Honda Parts?
While many of the same cars that are found in the United States are also popular in Japan, they often have very different parts and equipment on them. However, because of the increasing level of standardization between each manufacturer's American, European and Asian divisions, parts from Japan can easily be applied to cars in the US and vice versa. Japanese parts can often look very different from their American equivalent. They also use different performance and emissions metrics, which means that some Japanese parts produce better performance or greater efficiency if put into an American car. If you are looking for something to set your car's look apart from everyone else or give it a little extra boost of performance, the right JDM parts may be exactly what you need. However, because most of those parts are made exclusively for the Japanese market, they can be rare and expensive to acquire in the US and may not meet US emission standards.
Honda Parts & Service Department in Pinellas Park
Finding the right OEM parts to replace damaged or worn components or the JDM parts that are compatible with your car can be difficult, which is why our parts and service department is there to help you find the perfect parts you need. In addition to finding and acquiring the parts you need, we are also happy to help you install these parts and accessories. Thanks to the high quality of our Honda service center and the great Honda parts and service specials we offer, in addition to our parts expertise, there is simply no better place you can choose to get genuine OEM parts for your Honda than Crown Honda dealership in Pinellas Park near Clearwater and St. Petersburg.