Iron Chef

...and expect to be called an idiot...

You realise you could've just asked me in the first place To bring it in, pull it apart (at least so that engine, gearbox, wheels are separate to the rest of the body), put them in separate containers, then when it gets here, rebuild and register it as an Individually Constructed Vehicle.

It'll be like any other transfer.

Oh ok well if it's your household goods that makes more sense! Craig will be in touch soon

Oooooooo very nice!! Very hard to find in that size, for sure!

The R1 package was about $20K when it was released. It's still 2.6, I can see why they took the Z-Tune out to 2.8 as the R1 loses a fair bit at the bottom end even though the cam profiles aren't too crazy. The turbos are N1 jobs, Garrett GT2860R-7s to everyone else.

PS if you're paying $4500 for shipping, you're getting reamed (assuming that's just for your car).

www.ironladyimports.com This is what we do for a living, guys I'm busier with Iron Lady than Iron Chef these days.

Rear shot from the same event...

Nice squat - in action at the Targa Adelaide night stage a few weeks ago in the N1/R1

'tis a small world after all. Didn't realise I was looking at them in Sydney! Your car looks more and more like mine every day Terry! I lost count of the number of people who thought I'd brought mine over...

At a guess - 18x9.5 +12... I'm still curious as to who bought my old LMGT4s from Import Monster, as they were getting sprayed black from memory...

I can too - payment up front...

Hahaha I hear ya on that one don't worry I'm the same!

Still only seeing first world problems...

That got a solid ROFL out of me! Those of you bleating about how 'tough' we do it in Australia need to spend more time overseas.

I lost $1000 putting a car back through auction just last weekend on that exact principle, so called friend of a friend...

That's a new one on me. Man I'd love to have the skills to be able to crack/decode FAST data and search for this kind of stuff...

The importer isn't me btw I can pretty much guarantee I know who it is if it has been complied interstate rather than here... Freshly imported cars aren't required to be serviced when they arrive here, just meet ADRs. The work that is done will normally be written on the Consumer Information Notice which I'm presuming you don't have seeing it was registered here first by the importer. To put it bluntly, once it's registered in Australia, it can and will be as roadworthy or unroadworthy as any other car already here - in other words, it's buyer beware if you buy something with dodgy brakes, tyres etc. Once it is registered, the workshop can and will officially wash their hands of it, as they can claim parts were switched after it was registered. If your seller also happened to be a car dealer, then that's a different story - you'd have grounds for taking it up with the Office of Consumer Affairs if they don't make the necessary repairs, even on vehicles supposedly sold privately.

Autech R33 GTR sedan - done.

Part of the reason for the local ass rape prices is because they already have to pay tax on those same parts I get your point though. For those of you who think we get taxed too much, the UK's GST is set at 20% and they also pay 10% stamp duty, basically double what we pay.

Just read the rest of that thread - let's hope your purchase isn't a HIRISK venture

In typically ambiguous fashion, one of the Japanese books I've got mentions that, across all 1000 Nurs, Millennium Jade was the most popular colour (28%), followed by pearl white (22%) followed by white (16%)....but doesn't give any other indication of what other colours were made. It does make mention of Bayside Blue and Silica Breath further on but I'm not sure in what context.

Soon, son, soon.

That's ridiculous! You're biased! Oh hang on...I am too...