04 — THE STORY · EST. 2009 · SLC × DFW
Seventeen years.
One standard.
JDM Legends started in 2009 with one bay in SLC and a conviction: Japan’s greatest cars deserve the same reverence as any European classic. A television series, a magazine cover, and a few hundred cars later — the standard hasn’t moved.
Often imitated. Never duplicated.
There are more “JDM legends” out there than there were in 2009 — shops, brokers, and copycats. There’s one JDM Legends. You may know us from the MotorTrend series; the cars, the people, and the standard are the real thing. Everything we sell and everything we build is held to it.
保証
Document everything.
Auction sheets, import papers, build logs, part photos. If we can’t show you the story, we don’t sell you the story.
Original over reproduction.
We save real trim, real metal, real parts wherever they can be saved — and say so plainly when they can’t.
Drivers, not trailer queens.
Photos can’t recreate the sound of the engine or the precision of the shift. We restore the experience, not just the object.
2009 — today.
The shape of the shop has changed — one bay became two states, restoration grew a parts operation — but the work is recognizably the same. Dates below are the public record; ask us about the rest over coffee.
One bay, one lift, and the first imports. Restoration and sourcing for Japan’s greatest machines.
Season 1 brings the shop, the builds, and the standard to television. Still streaming on the MotorTrend app.
The Fairlady Z tribute — built for a client, featured in the series premiere — takes the cover of Super Street.
A feature on how we work, shot on our floor in SLC.
A four-part Land Cruiser history series — episode one tours the shop and takes delivery of a JDM FJ70.
A dedicated parts warehouse and showroom in DFW. A documented parts catalogue, every part tagged to the chassis it fits, shipping nationwide.
“The series showed the world our floor. What it couldn’t show is that the cameras changed nothing — the work was already like this.”— JDM Legends · Season 1 streaming on the MotorTrend app
In the press
FEATURES & HIGHLIGHTS · 2018 — TODAY“JDM Legends” — Season 1
The series that put the shop on television — real builds, real timelines, no manufactured drama. Streaming on the MotorTrend app.
WATCH →The Fairezt One of All
The Fairlady Z tribute graced the cover — and the premiere episode. One car, two spotlights.
READ →Inside JDM Legends
R&T opened up the shop and shared what we do — the benches, the builds, and why originality matters.
READ →Legends Meet Legends
A four-part series on the Land Cruiser’s history — starting with a tour of our shop and a very special 1993 JDM FJ70.
WATCH →PRESS & FILMING INQUIRIES — CONTACT THE SHOP
Two floors, one standard
VISITS BY APPOINTMENT
The restoration shop
Where it started — full nut-and-bolt restorations, one car at a time. The floor you’ve seen on the series.
Parts & showroom
The warehouse — parts documented, shelved and tagged to a chassis, plus the primary vehicle showroom. Everything ships from here.