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^^^ Hahaha I was thinking of the same.

nice ones Julz, I'm glad those rims are going to good use

Never believe what anyone says, especially on forums. Looking at past auction sales, there's no way in hell you can import one and being on road for $33,500. The lowest priced bb R34 GTR with 58,000kms sold was 2 mil fob, and that's a repaired car. Oh wait, maybe you can if that is your car.

From the description, he's either really stupid, or knows his gtr and mods but just pretending to sound dumb. There's so much misinformation in there that even my 5 yo son knows those Volks are not 3 piece rims. However the RRP of 19" TE37's are more than that, so he's actually underquoted himself. Now that I think about it, he is genuinely stupid.

Np mate, good luck with it anyway.

Sry for late reply. I've got a Midori front pipe for $500 aud plus freight. http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b158/mxf...1081_resize.jpg

For some insurance companies, their break even point at which it's considered a write off is 70% of the insured value, so if the cost of repairs exceed $8400, then it will be written off. Obviously it depends on your insurer and their break even point.

You'll get a stonking good R33 for 28 grand at least. But to get a really decent R34, I reckon you'll need to spend another 20k more.

Hi Michael, are you after the twin dump pipes or the front pipe?

Thanks Julz, Te37 18x9.5+12 bronze set sold.

Still have lots of bits around.

Not in NSW it isn't.

If you drive i modded one, I don't think you will go back to a stock car because it will feel like driving a 4 cylinder Camry.

Although they are a great rim, the size is not that desireable with Nissan owners. Almost all would want something wider, so my guess would be around 800-1k at best imo. Evo owners would have a better chance of buying them.

15-20k is considered cheap. The PM and PNM35 costed us 25 grand and more than 6 months to get approval, not to mention the back and forth the car went between Syd and Melb.

I used to remember in the early-mid 90's when the 300ZX TT were first available, they were 100 grand. Then when prices were more reasonable at 40k, I bought my first import in 1997. I thought that was a bargain. Now how much are they, 5-7 grand? I can't imagine how much these importers were making out of me with that 40g. And I remember the doors were super heavy from the side intrusion bars that were required as part of compliance.

I'll add my experience with what i have observed with a particular raws in Sydney. Recently we got a job in with an import just for a general service. The guy also asked if we can fit child restraints as they were never installed. I thought, wtf. That's one of the integral parts of having an import properly complied.. Since we are a raws with most of the hands on stuff done by myself, I know what should be done to all imports. Well this particular car had so much work left out, it was bordering on being a potential danger on the roads. I felt incredibly ashamed on the industry that I work in, honestly. The child restraint anchors only costs a few dollars and takes about 30 minutes to install for a person who knows what he's doing. Some cars like M35's takes considerably longer as you need to remove a lot of trims in the boot, and there's a special way to fit the anchors properly, but nevertheless, it's not a difficult job. Back to this car. Things I can remember that were left out during compliancing was. - child restraints - replacing lens on side mirrors - air filter - tyres, non-dot approved - cat I'd also question if the oil had been changed as well but obviously, I couldn't tell as the owner had driven it for a few thou kms already. So I totally agree on what Richard said. The entire import industry is in shambles from so many dodgey operators not doing their jobs properly. Raws are undercutting one another just so they can get the business and quite often, will cut corners themselves in the process when a car is being complied.

I initially thought there was something wrong with the box itself! Then my mate tells me that's normal.. I was very disappointed no doubt. Wish I can drive a manual one day.

I drove a mates 3.2L with the smg box. He bought it because he can't drive a manual. I've got to say, it's the worst type of gearbox i've ever experienced in my life. How on mighty earth did bmw manage to approve such horrible engineering is beyond me. Perhaps someone can enlighten me. But the power was nice and smooth, the car felt rock solid and build quality is typical standard of what bmw makes.

for 30 gees, I would hands down get an e39 M5. http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/privat...id=126CC4CA58F5

I quick reaction time will give you a better 1/4 mile time.

^^ I have to disagree.

I have a question. Even with a Nismo or Impul of Mines ecu, how tunable would they be? Or is it they are more compliant with a piggy back ecu such as an eManage Ultimate.

Rofl about the Mexicans Craig. I think the F-Con Pro (V Pro) would be a nice way to go in the ecu department and thankfully, there is someone in Sydney than can tune them and more importantly, tune them well. I can't remember off top of my head but they are in Marrickville and tuned my mates R34 with an F-Con V Pro and on top of that, a V Cam setup. Downside is the ecu's are one of the most expensive to buy. Even used it fetches some coins as one came up for sale a few weeks ago in Yahoo. The workshop also charges my friend 1600 bucks for the tune from scratch. Obviously that included the V Cam tuning as well so it would be cheaper just to tune the ecu. Bloody hell, my memory is terrible today!

I pm'ed you about a new engine.