illest Grand Opening

DrOwZee · Jan 15, 2011

damn, looks like im making a pit stop to little tokyo on my way home from school. great stuff as always keith
:thumbsup:

JMillerUA6 · Jan 15, 2011

hunt98accord said:
Ha I agree on loving the supra I almost bought one for 3 grand with the engine blown but I decided since the windshield was busted, front quarter panels, and the hood was gone decided I'd never get it running again. NOS blow up

No ****? But it has a 2JZ! That thing would have decimated all if you put about $15k or more under the hood, and if you had too, overnight parts from Japan!

Really??......I was the first person to go there?

Seriously though....what do they sell?

JMillerUA6 · Jan 15, 2011

And why are there a bunch of homeless Asians in front of the store?

hirichard · Jan 15, 2011

JMillerUA6 said:
And why are there a bunch of homeless Asians in front of the store?

Mr.Hollow · Jan 15, 2011

JMillerUA6 said:
And why are there a bunch of homeless Asians in front of the store?

well from my encounters with asian people I have learned 3 things.

1) asians love to look good,and will go to any means to look good.

2) asians love cars, whether they are young or old, as long as its japanese and car related they approve.

3) and finally asians love to be ahead of the game, whether it be in life, education or fads, asians no whats cool 3 months before you do.

jk, really not trying to be racist, some of my best friends are asian haha

they sell clothes, and stickers, and other stuffs. Its kinda like the gucci of the automotive apparel scene... wow that sounded really gay when i typed it

2000BlackCoupe · Jan 15, 2011

JMillerUA6 · Jan 16, 2011

Mr.Hollow said:
they sell clothes, and stickers, and other stuffs. Its kinda like the gucci of the automotive apparel scene... wow that sounded really gay when i typed it

Sounded pretty gay reading it too. Seems like it would be really hard for something like this to be successful. Sure there are a lot of car enthusiasts out there, but they make up a very small percentage of consumers. When I think high end apparel, I think $85 for a t-shirt, $150 for a hoodie, etc. Can't think of many car people that would be willing to spend that kind of scratch for a trendy t-shirt.

I would be really interested in knowing what their plan is for future products because if they are planning to keep this storefront, they are going to need to sell a metric **** ton of stickers and t-shirts just to cover operating costs.

And what happens when this whole illest/hellaflush fad goes away? Too me, I associate the illest brand with the hellaflush trend and as we all know trends in the car community come and go rather quickly.

AllGOnoSHOW · Jan 16, 2011

Mr.Hollow said:
well from my encounters with asian people I have learned 3 things.

1) asians love to look good,and will go to any means to look good.

2) asians love cars, whether they are young or old, as long as its japanese and car related they approve.

3) and finally asians love to be ahead of the game, whether it be in life, education or fads, asians no whats cool 3 months before you do.

jk, really not trying to be racist, some of my best friends are asian haha

they sell clothes, and stickers, and other stuffs. Its kinda like the gucci of the automotive apparel scene... wow that sounded really gay when i typed it

Lol true!

JMillerUA6 said:
Sounded pretty gay reading it too. Seems like it would be really hard for something like this to be successful. Sure there are a lot of car enthusiasts out there, but they make up a very small percentage of consumers. When I think high end apparel, I think $85 for a t-shirt, $150 for a hoodie, etc. Can't think of many car people that would be willing to spend that kind of scratch for a trendy t-shirt.

I would be really interested in knowing what their plan is for future products because if they are planning to keep this storefront, they are going to need to sell a metric **** ton of stickers and t-shirts just to cover operating costs.

And what happens when this whole illest/hellaflush fad goes away? Too me, I associate the illest brand with the hellaflush trend and as we all know trends in the car community come and go rather quickly.

This is also true. My feelings exactly

00Accord4cyl · Jan 16, 2011

I bet their profit margin is gigantic on stickers though. And just look at how many stickers each car has. If they are smart they will just alter their products to each trend. Not keep themselves associated with just the hellaflush scene. There will always be fads, but that does not mean this company can not milk each one.

Who knows maybe they will bring out more products, charge for a forum, or just make some money by hosting some meets. I would like to assume they have thought this out...hopefully