Well its been a long time coming. I have always wanted to give the JDM reels a go and just see what there all about. So last weekend I set out searching on this site and asked a few members some questions behind the lines and decided to go with a Daiwa Airy Red Pixy and a Daiwa Alpha (purple) as my first 2 JDM reels.

Excellent choices!!  You're gonna be suprised how far they cast.  I can almost empty the spool on my Alphas with a 1/2 oz. trap.

The purple alphas (besides being a great reel), has absolutely the best paint job I've ever seen on a reel.  It's not only the most durable paint job, but the pearl coat is just unreal...it has a super-fine bronze/gold fleck in the pearl coat..  It is extremely durable, too.  The Pixy will impress you the most though upon initial use.  Nice reels...

one day im gonna get some JDM reels but for now I dont have that kind of money

Congrats on those beautiful reels! 8-) You do what I do with the line except I loop it onto the reel foot.

What rods did you have in mind for them?

Welcome to the dark side.  

Very good choices....best luck

I'm not a big JDM fan but those are some nice looking reels.  

Good catch.

One word of advice, if you want those reels to cast like a dream you need to oil the spool supporting bearings every trip or two, a drop of oil and they are ready to go.

hey i wanna know how you like the reels you baught ..... i want to get a alpha ,, but i have no way of knowing how good these reels really are .... so be sure to let us know your thoughts on bolth reels ....

hey i wanna know how you like the reels you baught ..... i want to get a alpha ,, but i have no way of knowing how good these reels really are .... so be sure to let us know your thoughts on bolth reels ....

I 've had the Alphas Itö since mid 2005, the Type F since mid 2006, first Pixy since mid 2005, second Pixy since late 2006, about 2 months ago I got my 3rd Pixy.

If didn 't think so highly about them I would not have purcahsed so many.

The purple alphas (besides being a great reel), has absolutely the best paint job I've ever seen on a reel.  It's not only the most durable paint job, but the pearl coat is just unreal...it has a super-fine bronze/gold fleck in the pearl coat..  It is extremely durable, too.  The Pixy will impress you the most though upon initial use.  Nice reels...

This has to be the same stuff they used on the Daiwa Tierra spinning, you described it to a "T"

Good luck with those!!  My boat is red and my custom rod(s) color scheme is purp/blue on black blanks,.....I want them both also!! lol

Now you're talkin'!  My two Pixys are right at the top of my favorites list.

Dan