Hi everybody, newbi here since last night. Felt i had to put a bobs worth in on this subject. It is great the amount of effort you people have put in to it and you should be commended for it. I have only read the last few replies on this but thought it is good to get as much input on this subject even if it is not correct.
Imports have always been somewhat of a grey area in regards to regos, rebuilds etc. Because a few have been straining the rules and let go because ultimately the RTA were at fault, big brother has tightened the reigns.
I have written numerous letters, (handwritten is considered more personal although i have to agree it shouldn't matter what it is on) to DOTARS proclaiming to withhold the 15 year rule and hopefully we will get somewhere. My gut feeling is that it will be changed, along with other avenues, until the only way to bring a decent car in will be personal import only.
Unfortunatly, there still continues to be a minority that are greedy and our feds, along with the jap feds have uncovered another 36 exotic stolens at melbourne pier. If anybody is interested in how these cars got here with a full "dereg" you can pm me.
As for importing r32s i am not sure but check on the raws link below:(it is not such a bad thing because this way all cars get the full treatment, ie:seat belts,tyres,cat,aircon etc, because it is now the onus of the raws workshop and not the owner to get the car worthy. Not sure if any raws is doing the 32s yet as it costs hella much money to get the license.
ps. latest news is you now need a certificate to prove that the acon gas was removed in japan before you can get a dereg and if it has no gas then you will probably have to fill it to get it taken out!?!!
Hope this enlightens some here is the link: :wavey:
http://raws.dotars.gov.au/rawswebpublic/RA...AWPubSearch.asp