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Hey Everyone:

I have done a few searches and com eup empty:

Does anyone know of some japenese import dealers websites so i can do a search for a new car

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Jake

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If you're looking to have a car imported, probably the best place to start would be the RAWS website.

You can search for compliance shops here. Best to give some a call a talk about what you're after.

They don't have websites listed, but once you have the names you can usually google them to find it.

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Check out JapStyle in Liverpool. Website is www.japstyle.com.au . Nice yard, tidy cars, go in and speak to Loc, he helped me out.

Cheers,

i dunno i hear good/bad things from them, my friend bought a v35 4door from them dont wanna talk abt the condition. another 2 friends USED to work there.

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Hey Everyone:

I have done a few searches and com eup empty:

Does anyone know of some japenese import dealers websites so i can do a search for a new car

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Jake

Hi Jake,

What kind of car you looking for? You can talk to andrew or gavin at IMG which is on parramatta rd lidcombe. Their cars are good n clean, I ve bought mine from them before and they are the 1st dealer I know which selling the complied R35 at the moment. Their website address is

http://www.internationalmotorgroup.com.au/ . Good luck mate

cheers

Brian

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Hey guys.. this may sound silly.. but can I select a car to import.. get the importing company to do all the leg work.. and not get it complied?

I want the cheapest way to get a shitter of track only car. How much can I save off non-complying a car like:

R32 GTST

R33 GTST

S13 SRDET

S14

Any ideas?.. theres a dirt cheap s13 K's at the moment on an import site.

Complying is about $1.5-2K yes.. so im assuming that m gonna be saving at least 2K as theimporting company wont be putting their cost on top of that yes?

Thanks guys

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no, legally you can't do that.

I saw a manual SR20 180SX for $8500. you could probably negotiate a bit on that, and you get to see the car and test drive a car.

now, importing a car. obviosuly you can't see or drive it. and even if you buy the shittest car for say $2000 bucks it will cost more than $7000 here.

$2000 car cost in japan (and it will be a really piece of shit for that money)

140,000 JPY FOB (this is about standard)

$1100 if you are using an importer like prestige etc

~$2,000 in shipping and taxes

$242 cleaning for AQIS

Now since you actually have to comply it, that is another at least $2500. It woul be on the road for about $10,000 or just over. and it would still be at the lower end of S13s quality wise.

cheap cars are never worth importing. I woul never import a car that is worth less than $20K in Aus. and I speak from experience having imported a couple of cheap cars over the years, they were never worth it, as there are so many associated costs with importing it is only worth it for cars above a certain value and in my mind that is $20K.

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Try these.... I haven't bought from them but they sell cars.

http://nagoyamotors.com.au/

http://shop.ebay.com.au/merchant/versiononeautoimport_botany

two above are related (I think)

http://www.fujimotorsport.com.au/index.php

I wouldn't be to scared to buy from a dealer interstate if you can get the car seen by an SAU member

or some site sponsors like Carizma based in Vic

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International Motor Group

Top Secret Imports

Powerplay Imports

Nagoya Motors

North Shore Prestige

THE ABOVE HAVE GOOD FEEDBACK ON THESE FORUMS

M&T Ausport, Japstyle, E&M SEEM TO REQUIRE GREATER SELECTIVITY/SCRUTINY

...AND THERE ARE OTHERS I WOULDN'T TOUCH

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International Motor Group

Top Secret Imports

Powerplay Imports

Nagoya Motors

North Shore Prestige

THE ABOVE HAVE GOOD FEEDBACK ON THESE FORUMS

M&T Ausport, Japstyle, E&M SEEM TO REQUIRE GREATER SELECTIVITY/SCRUTINY

...AND THERE ARE OTHERS I WOULDN'T TOUCH

I totally agree with you there Terry.

All the ones with good feedback i've been to before and have found their cars to be very clean and tidy.

TMI is also another one.

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has anyone got any feedback for "version one imports" @ botany?

I went there today, seemed pretty professional and had quite a few cars. they only one stagea m35 turbo, had a couple of non turbo stagea m35 which i thought weren't eligible for compliance.

I didn't get to test drive because the battery was rooted and they couldn't change it on the spot.

anyone had any experience buying through these guys?

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has anyone got any feedback for "version one imports" @ botany?

I went there today, seemed pretty professional and had quite a few cars. they only one stagea m35 turbo, had a couple of non turbo stagea m35 which i thought weren't eligible for compliance.

I didn't get to test drive because the battery was rooted and they couldn't change it on the spot.

anyone had any experience buying through these guys?

Two of my mates have bought cars from them one was an S15 and the other was a Type-X. They havent had a problem so far and said the customer service was good.

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Anyone heard of Edward Lee in sydney and Power Road in victoria? power have some great skylines.

yeh heard of edward lee... had some -tive feedback from a lot of people but.. none the less.. my cousin bought his v35 from there in November... the cars are ok.. but the service is SH*T

eg. his v35 left side speakers goes on n off... he took it back and told them to fix it.. still have the problem.. SEEMS they didnt do crap :D

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yeh heard of edward lee... had some -tive feedback from a lot of people but.. none the less.. my cousin bought his v35 from there in November... the cars are ok.. but the service is SH*T

eg. his v35 left side speakers goes on n off... he took it back and told them to fix it.. still have the problem.. SEEMS they didnt do crap :sick:

so for a newbie lookin to buy a skyline in sydney, where would anyone recommend? also...is it safe just to purchase a car from a dealer if you see a good one online however its in another state?

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so for a newbie lookin to buy a skyline in sydney, where would anyone recommend? also...is it safe just to purchase a car from a dealer if you see a good one online however its in another state?

top secret are reallyyy good and justjap.. no idea about interstate buying :huh:

just look for a good deal overall.. inc. warranty etc doesnt matter where you buy it really.. just get the car checked out properly :huh:

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top secret are reallyyy good and justjap.. no idea about interstate buying :D

just look for a good deal overall.. inc. warranty etc doesnt matter where you buy it really.. just get the car checked out properly :)

If youre in Sydney call Road check. They are very thorough. If you can also, take it for a highway speed drive.

And if the tyres are some odd name - especially if they are "gerruti" brand, either budget for new ones or negotiate them changing them. They are the worst unbalanceable poop ive ever had the misfortune to be involved with. Another friend had the same experience. 80ks plus and it felt like there was a driveline balance problem. Didnt suspect the tyres as we had balance and 4 w alignments done.

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International Motor Group

Top Secret Imports

Powerplay Imports

Nagoya Motors

North Shore Prestige

THE ABOVE HAVE GOOD FEEDBACK ON THESE FORUMS

M&T Ausport, Japstyle, E&M SEEM TO REQUIRE GREATER SELECTIVITY/SCRUTINY

...AND THERE ARE OTHERS I WOULDN'T TOUCH

bought my stagea from one of the 3 above that didn't get good feedback (i shouldn't say who)... service was ok until warranty issues came up... it seems like they did the least possible bandaid fixes to get the car through warranty...

i have had problems with my driver mirror not folding in from day one all they ever did was squirt some oil in it(not that i fold my mirrors in every second day but it was under warranty so what the hey)

my engine light came on they reset the computer and cleaned the o2 sensor, about 200 ks later it came on again they told me to clean it again. i have since changed it as they didnt want to spend the money on warranty

recently i had the car in to get the lifters reshimmed dropped the car off on tuesday morning i didnt pick it up till friday afternoon and it still wasn't done... i was told the workshop had some problems with another car and they couldnt get my car done in the meantime i was hiring a car from them which i think was the reason they took so long to get more money from me...

a few other problems in the beginning and they never replaced parts only cleaned them relying on me not to come back to get the warranty repairs...

since the lifter issue i am not going to take my car there for any service work or repairs as they continue to beat around the bush spending no money on warranty repairs... if i have no problems in the next 10 000 ks they can shove their service, warranty agreement and custom

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