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Hello,

I have previosly owned 2 96, R33 GTS-T's.

I am now looking to get another one with big plans for big mods.

The previous two which I owned were imported through a small import business which since the financial downturn has closed down.

Both cars were excellent pristine examples of their class, low kms, immaculate original condition. Only mods were things like HKS exhausts etc. Which are great addition as those parts are very expensive.

Now that this person is no longer in the business, I am unsure what other trusted people are out there for top of the line cars. I really enjoyed the import process waiting for it to get here and get complied etc, and I don't know why but id rather get a car fresh from japan than buy it off a similar person to myself locally?

Where do all you guys get your good skylines from?

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Sorry Steve, I was hoping you'd get some answers from non-business owners before I weighed in lol

The fact is there are plenty of R33s in Australia, good and bad, just as there are in Japan. If you find something locally, and trust your judgement when looking for faults, then there's no reason why you shouldn't buy one already here.

But if you don't mind importing, then go for it. There are good and bad in every industry, and import brokering is no exception to that. Look around various forums for feedback (the unsolicited type from customers, not from mates of the broker) and make your decision. Better still, email the brokers yourself and await their responses - you'll soon get a feel for who you feel comfortable working with. As a general rule, if businesses have been around for a while, it's a good sign that they're doing the right thing by their customers.

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Thanks Chef.

What I am looking for is for SAU members who were happy with their cars, to let me know the importer/brokers name etc.

Give me a call back when it's a bit quieter Chef, Cheers!

Steve

Beer Baron Grand Master

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personally I have a rule. if a car is worth less than $25K in aus then don't import. the fixed costs of importing/complying/registering a car from japan run to $8-$10K. so even if you got a car for free you are looking at $8-$10K on the road depending on the model. so if you buy a car for say $1000 in japan you have now spent $10,000 on a $1,000 car which is now way over capitalised. You can stretch this rule down to say $20,000 value cars. but considering how cheap R33 GTSTs are these days I don't think it's worth doing unless you really want something that's hard to find here.

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hey Steve,

I recently picked up a mint 33 s2 in aus and for peace of mind got a pre purchase inspection which picked up a couple of little things but nothing major.

Like others have said there are so many 33 in aus you just have to weed out the bad ones. troll the fs section and carsales etc and be patient - the right one will come up.

I would however import a more expensive car (r34 gtr) as was mentioned above but 33's are like 10k locally atm.

cheers rich

SCR48 Grand Master

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Im after black / silver. Or Midnight Purple :thumbsup:

My mate has a black 1996 R33 S2 and its stock as a rock except POD and front lip extra on standard S2 bar.. he would probably part with it for the right price... only got bout 90,***kms on it to =]

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