JasonNagra

I was driving on Beach Blvd yesterday trying to find a mobil. Anyways as I was driving I saw a new Super Autobacs store. I had to look twice, and I drove over to it. The store is huge! It looks exactly like the ones you see in the pictures from Japan, and has a gigantic service bay as well. I don't know if this is old news, but I thought it was very interesting. "Car lifestyle store" is what they called it, and it seems very nice. I know in Japan the Super Autobacs stores carry very high end stuff (HKS, Tein, JIC, etc...) and I just hope we don't get the watered down version with APC products and such. Just thought it was cool and was wondering if anyone had any info on when this place will open up??

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Jim96SC2

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say your from Long Beach Cali, instead of Long Beach, NY where this information would help.

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Anubis

There is a super autobacs in long beach??? WTH thats crazy! I'll have to check it out next time i'm in long beach area.

Heartwork

its been in the works for a long time now....theyve also been accepting applications.....
i hope they bring in second hand stuff from JAPAN and not just buy cheap crap stuff from some people in the US.....

super Autobacs has been known to be ridicuously expensive over Upgarage in Japan though.....

chokudoriS13

Yeah, there have been rumors for the past two years or so, and spy shots of the construction-in-progress appeared on some boards several months ago.

The pics from Honda-Tech

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boro240

they carry lots of low end stuff in japan too.

edit: wait, you didnt go inside? is it not done yet?

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zero.counter

The compusa of performance automotives eh?

doh boy

no, the store is not open yet, it is still under construction, right now all the windows have covers on them so you cant look in. i live about 5 mins away from there actully. if anyone is familiar with the area... its on beach blvd between lampson and garden grove blvd. in orange county (so cal)

JasonNagra

The store is NOT in Long Beach!! It is in Garden Grove. I believe thats Orange County but I'm not too sure. No I didn't get a chance to go in, they weren't finished. The service bay was totally open with A LOT of tires up against a wall and I snuck a peek in there. Seems like a very nice store in terms of looks.

Boro: what type of APC type stuff does Super Autobacs sell in Japan??

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NiteKids

Should be intresting when it opens.

Brian

super autoabcs sells some of that "APC ****" just like our pep boys or autozone does. little stupid neon lights and useless stuff that people will buy just because they think it is cool.

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DoriftoSlut

yep... I am having a friend that lives in Japan get me all sorts of novelty in-car junk from Autobacs. Many of you will guess what these parts are b/c i have been wanting them for quite some time. They are also JDM tyteness... But yah anyway he is hitting up a autobacs to get the shit... JDM Tyteness rocks...

J-- yeah garden Grove is in O.C. Not far from LBC though... I live on Temple Ave., so I just get onto 7th, turns into 22 east, take 22 east into O.C.... What freeway is it near? Hmmm... shiiiiit I need a job, too bad it not open yet.

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KEINsm

Autobacs is known to be a centre for dress-up enthusiasts...aka "ricers" in the US.

azn_romeox

Imagine how many low lifes would be in that store jacking stuff. I hope everything is sealed in glass!

JasonNagra

Dorifto you live VERY close to me. I'd really like to check out your car, especially the R33 wheels on your fastback in person. Yea I live close to cherry, a little more towards downtown.

PS ~ When I went there, they WERE accepting applications, you should go look into it.

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boro240

youll have to wait awhile. its sitting in a garage on Maui.

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JasonNagra

OOHHH YEA!! I forgot he was gonna ship it over still. O well...

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Dousan_PG

super autobacs is the f*cking pep boys of japan..haha
they are OVER PRICED and if you dont know people who work there who can hook u up with good prices, you'll pay more
they sell a lot of cheapie stuff too
but it depends on locale

hopefully they'll be able to align severely lowered cars as mine hahahahahaha...i can only dream. "sir, you have too much camber.."

we'll see. a shot up the freeway for me..OC baby! WOOT WOOT!

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doh boy

exit the 22 onto beach and continue down towards lampson, its between garden grove blvd and lampson, its very close to the freeway, about.. a minute or two from the 22, if even that...

elevator

Autobachs is great! Now all you need is an UpGarage...then you'l be all set! Aside from the normal VIP/rice junk AB does have soem great stuff! UpGarage has a lot of really good USED stuff.

bwalker240

Ok guys - time to cut the crap.

-How many of the people talking about Autobacs being like Pep Boys have been to Japan and been inside of one?? Well its very easy for me to tell who hasn't because some of the stuff you are saying is all wrong. Let me set you folks straight, because I don't like people to sound silly.

-Yes Autobacs has "car dressup" stuff. Everything you imagine and more for the interior of your car.

-Yes Autobacs has a Performace section.
NO it is not like PepBoys BECAUSE when you walk into that section you see Volk Rims, Tein, Cusco, NISMO, etc rims and parts (e.g., HKS turbos) on display.

-Who is the main sponsor of the JGTC? No wait -who is JGTC? Well it's called the Autobacs JGTC.

-Who participates in all divisions of Japanase raing including F3? - well Autobacs and its employess like my friend Kyosuke who drove F3 with them - check out the pic:








So I hope this helps. The Autobacs I go to that my friend Kyosuke works at is a very small one too (and it still has all those on the shelf performance parts) - I can't even imagine what the bigger stores are like - so much more.

Hope this was helpful.

DoriftoSlut

Brendan-Its rare that a small Autobacs is so performance-oriented. Where is it located? I would imagine if it is on the outskirts, or near a track or touge it would be like you described. However, the one I went to in Tokyo was pretty dress-up, and the rims were NOT Volk, Advan, Work, etc... It consisted mostly of colored lightbulbs, bubble shift knobs, air freshners, car badges, some wheels, some tires, and some oil filters and such small parts like that. Nothing performance oriented... there was a garage that had 4-5 lifts and lots of tools where guys would work on their own cars (they could rent a lift for a certain hourly rate and use the tools) that was about 3 times the size of the store. Anyway, after talking with some friends, the main performance Autobacs is called Super Autobacs. That is the HUGE store locations that have used and new parts including full coilovers, GTR Bride and Recaro seats, Used and new wheels like Volk, Work, Advan, Panasport, SSR, R34, 33, 32 GTR wheels, aerokits, exhausts, LSDs, as well as all the other small items. These Super Autobacs are, what i understand, usually the only Autobacs store that carries those kind of performance parts.

Maybe your friend's store manager or something sees the local patrons more performance oriented than most locations...

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bwalker240

Last time I visited, there was a Supra with a RB26DETT getting some work done on it. Lol. This was also parked outside for the week:







Shop is in Hachioji area. There was an Upgarage close too. Thats where I picked up Dousan's Nardi steering wheel for him.

Caress is another large scale auto related store that I went too. Huge - all the best stuff - suspension, brakes, rims, tuning shop, etc.

Beef

Just to add my .02.

I was at two different Autobacs (not Super Autobacs) while in Japan and they had plenty of the performance goodies to go along with the dress up stuff too. ...and at the risk of sounding "jdm," most of the dress up stuff that they have is a bazillion times cooler and more functional than the Pep Boys tuner LED love fest that is all over the place here. Gadgety little holders for drinks and phones, cool little lights so that you can actually see things in your interior, fat rear view mirrors (that should be standard on all cars) and a host of other stuff.

Hopefully they're open by the time 8/31 rolls around so I can check it out for myself.

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elevator

I have been to several Autobacs and have always come away with a high performance jones! They all have everything you could dream of to get your car performing great! If they don't have it they can get it!

PepBoys?!?!?!?.....GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK! You can get anything there to tune your car to the max. Autobacs and SuperAutobacs are definately different but you can still get yourself satisfied at either.

vietspec

i just closed a deal with autobacs not to long ago. from what i was told by the general manager , it is supposed to open up this month, or so is planned. i was also informed that they are taking away the motorcycle division of the store and replacing it with truck accessories instead. ill try to get a hold of him tomorrow to find out some stuff and repost as soon as i can. i also have a lot of friends in the industry that say they were working on getting more domestic wheel lines in, you know, the crappy alba and american racing types of ish. but ill try to get the details.

YellwMonky

yeah...the only thing that's pep boy-ish about autobacs in it's a large automotive store. They carry a huge assortment of things for your automobile. Unlike pepboys or kragen, they carry cheap brands AS WELL AS high quality stuff (tein, cusco, etc). Comparing pepboys and super autobacs is like comparing **** and chocolate. it can't be done... Unlike most people, i've actually BEEN to an autobacs. My bro just got me my tension rods from them....at least HE BETTER HAVE!!!

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nokuntrol

Quick!

If i'm at the Block At Orange, is that 22 West or East? I'm from Nor. cal and am down in OC for a few days. I'll take a few pics for you guys, and see what's up.

doh boy

if you are at the block (in orange) you will be taking the 22 west, exit on beach (north?) and it will be on your left side, after garden grove blvd but before lampson. im like 90% sure thats right, someone might have to confirm that though.. not sure if you will exit north or south onto beach though...

*note* if you exit beach and you hit trask then you are going the wrong way, turn around until you pass garden grove blvd, and you should see it on the left hand side. if you exit and you see garden grove blvd you are going the right way (on the corner of garden grove and beach is a shell gas station and a denny's) if you pass both of those you are going the right way, keep going until you see it.

hope that helps.

*edit* 22 west towards long beach, exit beach blvd north.

rps13sh

superautobacs = great item @ ripoff prices