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Are rare items just about extinct now?

Some things I haven't seen for months or even years.

Are you missing something?

Holding your breath?

Is the USA to blame?

Are you relying on someone to make copies?

Think you'll find it's just there's more people able to search for them now (not just USA), much easier to search yahoo, various ebay's & foreign car forums than ever before. Just means you need to be on your game & search very often if your hunting hard to find items.
Also helps to tell friends what your after, makes life a lot easier.

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Copy everything I say ! If China can do it why not us !

But I have to agree with you Terry the rare items and options are getting harder to find.

It took me an age to find a factory cruise control unit for my R33 and even when I got it I found it could only run on a N/A, auto, non hicas car ! Had to modify it to get it to work !

And don't even talk to me about the genuine side mirror covers and I'm still trying to find out if they did a heated / vibrating side mirror option !

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What we call desirable and rare is garbage to another country............heaps of parts in landfill. They wonder why we can't get over it and move on!!!

And I would...but I am about $150K shy of being able to [ eg a newish R35].

Fancy that!

I'm told by Wongy about rare bits on Annvar.com. in Bangkok

> I find a rare item on one of the pages and translate...

> I then get all tangled up at completing the sale

> I go to my local Thai restaurant chef and chat about how he can obtain the item and send it to his home

> Ten days later, voila

So this is what the world has come to in obtaining a rare gtr part. Funny how I feel a sense of accomplishment!

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So what your saying Terry is that you are parts L O R D and you are using a parts mule to import parts into the country ! ? ! ? !

Your a baaaaaad man ! ! !

Wait why didn't I think of that . . . . . . . now where's my local Japanese restaurant . . . . . . .

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Fancy that!

I'm told by Wongy about rare bits on Annvar.com. in Bangkok

> I find a rare item on one of the pages and translate...

> I then get all tangled up at completing the sale

> I go to my local Thai restaurant chef and chat about how he can obtain the item and send it to his home

> Ten days later, voila

So this is what the world has come to in obtaining a rare gtr part. Funny how I feel a sense of accomplishment!

Speaking of. My 1.8 bar nismo boost gauge looks fantastic thanks Terry

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So what your saying Terry is that you are parts L O R D and you are using a parts mule to import parts into the country ! ? ! ? !

Your a baaaaaad man ! ! !

Wait why didn't I think of that . . . . . . . now where's my local Japanese restaurant . . . . . . .

"Blame The Chef" is an old adage Pete :P

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