Doing Part Complaince In Japan To Save $$$

[ips]

was wondering if it is worth doing anything to your car in japan that could end up saving you dollars when it lands in australia with compliance of your vehicle.

e.g degass of aircon, removal of HID lights, new car tyres

A few questions with this issue.

1. Is their much saving if any to do it in japan cause their standard of living is so high (tokyo has the highest commercial property rents in the world) this is going to trickle down to service industries and the labour to do any mechanical servicinig is going to be higher then australia. But then again japan has the largest auto industry in the world so their is going to be large savings due to economies of scale when you purchase parts. Parts might be substantially cheaper then australia? e.g oil filter, timing belt etc. Has anyone purchased parts in japan and found it cheaper?

2. Do compliance workshop ignores any servicing done overseas? Are there any certificates you should specify when importing that is recognized by DOTARS or the compliance workshop.

3. Has anyone asked for work to be done on their vehicle to specifically save on compliancing in australia. If so was it worth it dollar wise and can you give me a list. I am importing very soon and will give list to broker if their is any saving to be made.

[acs]

for compliance a car needs to meet ADRs as far as getting work done in japan to make compliance cheaper the parts used have to be the same as the parts the RAW uses to meet their evidence requirements and alot of these parts are ADM parts dont think it would be worth doing or even be done sorry mate