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thanks for the clarification Beer Baron and funkymonkey. our workshop said pretty much the same as you guys just said. I promise to ask them BEFORE I post about 32 GTR's next time! Actually, MOST of the time I write stuff on here it's after asking either the workshop or compliance guys the question first..... then again, my excuse is I'm a yank and we don't even get skylines in the u.s.... dang RHD!

mate...I'm the freaking IT guy here at Carizma! I don't knock back any cars. (That's Jon or Marc's job) I just wasn't sure how big a Blitz intercooler was.....if it's too big, they gotta cut holes in the body, right?

I thought this wasn't the case anymore. There are other threads about it, but can't your compliance workshop handle this? The gas license costs about $3000 a year, but since we bring in a lot of cars per year, it just costs a bit more than $10 per car if you average it out over all the cars. We do this for all our compliance customers for free, cause it's not really a big deal for us. david @ Carizma

The letter of the law is that the compliance workshop must bring the car to factory standard and DESTROY all aftermarket parts. Does every workshop do this? Um.....no. Aftermarket front mount intercoolers usually cut holes in the body of the car, which is considered accident damage, so these technically can't be complied. We knock back these cars all the time, but some backyarder compliance workshops might do them. If you send us some photos of the car, we can let you know if we'd comply it, but every workshop will be different depending on the amount of risk they want to take. We've got 20 plates on our schedule, so if DOTARS shuts us down for complying a car like that (they audit vehicles sometimes), that'd be a huge loss to us. If some guy's got just 1 or 2 plates on his schedule, his risk is just those 2 models on his RAWS schedule, so he'd probably be more likely to take the risk. Also, RAWS workshops have a quota of 100 plates per year, per workshop, so since we usually fill our quota, it doesn't make sense to take the risk. Guys with 1 or 2 models on their schedule probably don't fill their quota, so they'd be more desperate to get the work. Of course, everyone knows this, so people will charge accordingly. We don't charge to remove/reinstall parts, but I've heard some workshops do. basically send photos and as much info as you can to the compliance workshop and get them to lay out all the charges upfront. hope this helps, david @ Carizma also, don't forget you also have to get a RWC on top of this (if in VIC, other states not really sure how it goes).

nice....where do you play ball? any indoor courts open to the public?

Oh.....that's good to know. sorry if anyone got scared from my message. but yeah, to the car owner, like djr81 said, just make sure there are no holes cut in the body and you should be fine.

or give us a call at 03 9415 7150 or email/PM if you can't wait til then! cheers, david @ Carizma tell us you're from SAU and we should remember you.

people charge for that? did you get quotes from other compliance workshops? Also, you do realize that FMIC cars can't be complied since they usually cut holes in the car to install it......probably best to remove the name of the compliance workshop from the post since both they and the car could get in trouble (no one from DOTARS is on SAU, right?)

Probably best to point you in the direction of websites. Ours carizma.com.au has a fair deal of info, also our compliance workshop at rawimports.com prestige and imports101 have good websites too ..... also, SAU is pretty well optimized, so google searching is a good idea, and of course the SAU search function. feel free to come by our showroom or give us a call too, as long as we're not too busy we can have a chat no prob. cheers, David @ Carizma

Also, the 100k thing isn't related to anything other than the perception. The Stagea market is more influenced by the export market than domestic Japanese market pressures. And if you're looking for an Automatic, the prices would be a lot cheaper.

Assuming you'd be looking at a Manual, Turbo, 1998 model with about 82,000 kms (see http://tradecarview.com/stock/detail.aspx?sid=1014730 for example) it'd be about 900,000 FOB, which using our online quote calculator comes to $17,100 fully complied (includes our $1,100 fee already, just needs rego). Obviously costs will vary depending on the factors involved (year, kms, manual/auto). contact us for more info. cheers, david @ Carizma

No unfortunatly only single airbag, thats why we cant import or comply 1998+ model 180sx because all cars must have dual airbags to be able to be complied if they are bulit after 1998.

The CIN is a printout that explains to the consumer what the compliance workshop did to get it to ADR standards.

How about this one for $12000 + compliance http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...E:IT&ih=012

is it an import? has it been registered in WA before? or straight from Japan?

Thanks for the free plug, but we're a RAWS also. I think we're the only company that's a dealership, RAWS workshop, and import agent all in one...... I don't think there's nearly as much rivalry or animosity in this business as you'd expect. We work with a lot of dealers here in Melbourne, and it's a small industry, so everyone knows (or at least has heard of) everyone else. there's probably 1 or 2 degrees of separation max between anyone in the industry here.

from the article: “Finally we are requiring dealers to submit pre-sale paperwork through our regional offices which includes the sale price so that Nissan can provide ongoing counsel regarding mark-ups of the vehicle.”

Yanks do.... http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/CARS/RULES/IMPORT/ and there are only 10 or 15 compliance workshops for the whole country. it's not called SEVS though, and there are lots more models on the approved list.

this doesn't look like Nissan Australia's preparing for a flop of this car: http://nissan.com.au/GT%2DR/ Just to clarify, if it's imported within the 18 month window, it's game over for SEVS.... personal import anyone?

Even though you're importing it yourself, you'll still need a compliance workshop, so ask them if a car looks legit or not. If you're in Victoria, we'd be more than happy to comply a car for you, so send us an email with the car's details, hopefully some photos, and we'll let you know what we think. cheers, david @ carizma

we got one for $16,900. check our website for more info. cheers, david @ Carizma

whoops, didn't notice you were looking for a 32 gts-t. Yeah, definitely buy that in Australia already, no sense in importing one. (or up your budget to a GTR) r33 gts-t's are still worth importing, though.

Honestly, if you're going to be just doing a single import, I'd say go with an agent (like us...but there are tons of reputable ones around, pick one close to you is probably better). Prices are pretty similar for all agents, about $1,100 for finding the car and arranging everything. $550 if you find the car yourself (say off tradecarview.com or something). Importing is a learning experience, and I can't remember anyone I know who's imported a car the first time without making mistakes. If you do it yourself, you'll either have to find a buyer in Japan, or deal with a dealer in Japan, and most likely they won't have a presence in Australia. Agents do, so if something goes wrong, at least you'll have someone local you can scream at. We've been working with our buyer in Japan for 10 years. He doesn't send us crap cars, because we buy about 60 cars a year from him. If you have a buyer in Japan looking for a car for you, and he knows you're just going to buy a single car from him, he probably won't take care of you as well. There are good dealers and bad dealers in Japan, so if you buy off tradecarview.com, you're taking a risk. What if it arrives with an intercooler or something that makes it non-compliable? We're one of the few agents that is actually a compliance workshop, so we guarantee compliance on the vehicles we import. What other agent can do that? Much better than accidentally importing a car that needs to be imported or destroyed, right? Think of using an agent as an insurance against things going wrong. If a car's going to owe you $10,000 when it gets here, you don't think an extra 10% is too much to make sure things go smoothly? Anyways, do your homework, and if you're in Victoria come see us. We're happy to comply your vehicle anyways whether you import with us or not. We've even got an R33 in our showroom for $12,900 (not rego'd yet however), so come see that car and see the quality of cars we import. Anyways, others might disagree, but regardless, do lots of research on the subject if you do it yourself. If you're going to be bringing in more than one, do it yourself, but if you're just a one-off'er, I'd go with an agent. give us a call or visit if you'd like to chat more, david @ carizma

Click on our signature for one, or see our website for more info on our cars. we have a white one in stock, genuine k's, clean. address is 4 York St. Richmond, VIC 3121 cheers, david @ carizma

Which one is it? April or August? To make it simpler, if the chassis number is AFTER HCR32-271123 it CAN be complied (for '92 GTS-T's).