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he went through J-Spec. I'm curious to know what docks this was at as it will give a bit of an indication/confirmation of what is currently the situation with shipping.

yes it can. 130km/hr + hitting a pole sideways at similar speeds can easily tear a car apart.

Very true. Ultimately the continuous incorrect and misleading flow of information from an importer results a total loss of confidence from the customer and of course is extremely bad publicity for a business.

neither do I.

I have been told by J-Spec that my car will be on the next ship (whenever that will be) and thats its "super high priority". Be interesting to see how it turns out.

i have/had 6.5" MBQuart's in mine. I had to make a custom plate/bracket out of MDF but it *did fit* fine.

weak

once again the question - what docks was your car at and what broker did you use?

druzilla32 - who are you getting your car through and what dock is it at?

neither do I. Must be those beady little eyes. Actually I'd get these cause they're ADR approved.........if only I had a car this side of the equator to put them on..........

hi Ferni, dunno if I should volunteer him but a mate of mine works at one of the Retravisions and maybe able to help out. P.M if you're interested. He might not give you the best prices as he has just moved to a new store but you'll be able to get a good idea of what cost price is items.

hi Warren, remember this depends on dyno to dyno. On my mechanics own dyno it made 130rwkw before I put on a full 3" exhaust with no CAT (for testing purposes only of course). After that we upped the boost a little and the car was making about 158rwkw in shoot out mode on a different dyno. (this was on a manual not auto). I was running 13.5psi. Warren, if you want I can source you the before and after dyno graph of my last car when I first got the chip. btw I also had a slight miss on idle so maybe something to do with idle timing? From what I know the chip increases the boost limiters and leans the mixtures out as well as disabling the 180kph speed limiter and upping the rev limiter (useless if u have a stock turbo). I had a list of the changes somewhere but I have to find them.

Ben sent that e-mail. My car has been sitting around for 2 months since I received import approval.

really?? My Gawwd! Funny that seeing as theres about 200 commondores on every street corner.

hi Prank, i e-mailed you days ago about this. Whats the go???

Waiting to get your car on a ship atm? Got this e-mail from J-Spec earlier today and there seems to be a lot of delays getting cars out of Japan atm. ____________________________ this email is going to all J-Spec customers currently waiting for their car to be shipped out of Japan. Some of this I may have discussed with you in part or in whole in the past, but this is a full rundown of what's going on right now. At the moment the shipping situation is fairly grim and we are expecting there to be some delays in getting cars on boats over the next few months. To give you an idea of the problems being faced when trying to get a car out of Japan at the moment, recently at the Kawasaki port we were allocated only enough space for about a quarter of the cars which were ready to go. While this (we hope) is a little worse than what we can expect over the next few months, it is indicative of the shipping situation, we've also been noting on internet car forums people with other import brokers complaining about shipping delays, so the problem is obviously wide spread and almost all of our agents as well as shipping contacts have told us that things will be getting bad for the next few months. What are the causes for shipping delays at the moment? The problem is three fold: 1) There is a shortage of ships at the moment (in fact the shortage is worldwide and is linked to a reduction in the amount of 'tonnage', or steel, coming out of China) and as such although there is clearly high demand for ships, the carriers cannot add any more to their schedules. The ship Kiwi Breeze, which makes regular Japan <-> Australia voyages about 10 times a year and is one of the bigger ships is in dry dock undergoing maintenance, which is not helping at all, and Kiwi Car Carriers is hiring ships from other companies to take its place with only limited success. 2) As the end of the year draws closer and Australian buyers act on rumours that the 15 year old rule will end a lot of people are buying up cars thinking it is their last chance to be able to import certain models. A lot of the desirable/popular models also only started production in late 89, meaning people have been purchasing and stockpiling vehicles throughout the year which are only eligible for import now. This high demand for shipping, combined with low supply from point 1 is where the difficulty is occurring. 3) Adding to the frustration, some ships lately have been filling up with new cars (most recently from Toyota) which take priority over second hand vehicles such as yours. By the time second hand vehicles are ready to be loaded the ships are almost completely full already, and only a small number make it on. What we are doing to combat the situation: The situation is largely out of our hands, however we are getting the extra position here and there by calling in favours with our contacts at shipping companies here in Australia, moving all cars to the TRS station in Japan (meaning they get higher priority), and booking cars on ships before they are ready to go (before import approval) to get them higher up in the queue as we know they won't ship straight away anyway. We are looking into non operational refrigerated container shipping however we're told that space for these is equally tight right now (it also costs more) so we don't think it will eventuate to anything workable, but if there is any success in this are I will also let you know. If your situation is different, you're unsure of anything or you need to contact me about any of this by all means send me an email, as soon as we have confirmation that cars have been shipped (which at the moment is only after the ships leave, as they may go on at the last minute) we will let you know. If you ask about what the status of your vehicle is my answer will most likely be that it is booked waiting to go, and we don't know any more than that. We apologize for any delays which may occur, as mentioned we are doing everything within our power to get cars here as soon as possible but there are some constraints which nothing can be done about. We can't give estimated times of arrival at this point as we simply don't know what will happen, it is possible that new ships will be available with lots of room, or that things may continue on as they are at the moment. To our West Australian clients or people with cars in areas such as Kyusyu where there are less shipping lines which service that port, although the companies and names are different, the situation is largely the same. As new developments arise I'll keep you posted, we appreciate your patience and understand how this must be frustrating for some, we're working to get things resolved as soon as is possible. Kind Regards,

dont' tell me you finally finished the RB30DET build-up? That thing is going to be a monster. Man I still wish I had my R32 GTS-T...... mental note : gotta get another one as a daily driver in year or so.

great information DAN00H. One question - why did you take the roll cage out. Personal preference? I've studied the requirements and it seems I'll keep my one in there.

have fun bending cars fellas. Who on earth worked out that, that track @Morwell is good for drifiting? You get about a 1metre run off last time I was there. (that is if we're talking about that uphill track)

hehe now now narky - play nice. hey maybe u should lend them your beast?

A handy source of info as to what can and can't be done

bit more than that but not much more

guys just a quick word. I've seen the prices of '89 R32 GTS-T's go sky high because everyone wants a 15yr import atm. For about $11500, those cars are an absolute rip-off IMHO. I know cause I used to own a immac '93 GTS-T TypeM, leather seats, GTR interior, nothing broken, tired, worn etc 18" rims, adj susp bushes, etc etc and that sold for not too far off what the on-road costs for one of these ordinary to say the least condition '89 GTS-T's are going for

Hela make a nice slimish one for about $40 - Autobarn.

is some of the other stuff on that page for sale as well?