Waiting For A Car? - The State Of Importing Cars From Japan ATM

[Beer Baron]

If that is USD it is quite pricey for a Tomei HICAS lock kit. They are around in Aus for about 150-180 AUD.

That's the way I was going to go too.

[Mr R32 M-Spec]

I think it is US, but that one on there is for a US240sx, it was just the link I found with a pic of it

But I'm glad the car has one anyway, saves me paying for it later on

[Duncan]

SkylineGeoff from Vic makes HICAS lock bars nice and cheap

[Beer Baron]

yeah, but me no want bar. me want tomei kit. cause it fools hicas computer too. fools him good.

[Duncan]

meh nothing removing the bulb can't fix

[brett33]

The Galant VR4 that I bought in SEPT last year finally his Aus soil on Saturday. 5 Frikkin Months and then there will be all the crap of compliance etc.  

 

By the way. Anyone recommend a compliance workshop for 15yo in Brisbane?

Argh sorry man.... Your car won't be here till sunday 1130 pm or even monday morning. Sorry to keep you waiting. But i,ll let you know if it does a good victory donut on the wharf when it gets here. Might even post a pic for you.

[PTR33]

Argh sorry man.... Your car won't be here till sunday 1130 pm or even monday morning. Sorry to keep you waiting. But i,ll let you know if it does a good victory donut on the wharf when it gets here. Might even post a pic for you.

bloody wharfies...

[Mr R32 M-Spec]

thats not funny man, I was worried someone would do that to my car

[brett33]

thats not funny man, I was worried someone would do that to my car

Nah you're right man....... GTR,s won't do a victory donut.

[PTR33]

thats not funny man, I was worried someone would do that to my car

Don't worry mate. I know him. He's yanking my chain.

[Spagman]

Damn clowns at seaway are screwing me around. 2 days in a row they said the car would be delivered to my house and both days nothing. Really ruins my weekend as I work over 10hrs + a day during week days and can't play around with it IF it arrives Monday.

I don't even know where this car is. Truck driver went to pick it up yesterday (for the second time) at lunch time, I get home from work and mum says no car here sonny!!!!! Can't get in touch with anyone there at seaway too. Sooooooooo angry at them right now, they've just left me hangin. :usuck:

Edit: 4 days later it has arrived

[funkymonkey]

richard, I can give you a circuit diagram to make an electronic decice that taps into your HICAS computer and negates all the signals comin out of it if you want. No need for bar, just make the system blind.

[Mr R32 M-Spec]

well guys, another update.

Went right through cleaning the interior, took the kick panel off and what do I find? (No not the power fc I was hoping for) but a MINES Tuned ROM!

explains why it seemed like it was running rich!

mark

[blacky]

hey danozgriff,

dont know 4 sure which carrier but itd have to be KLine i cant see any MOSK ships arriving around the 13th on the freports site...

thanks i hope my car is in one piece too!

blacky

[Beer Baron]

richard, I can give you a circuit diagram to make an electronic decice that taps into your HICAS computer and negates all the signals comin out of it if you want. No need for bar, just make the system blind.

that sounds promising. I'm not exactly a precision soldering machine though, which may be a problem

[danozgriff]

Blacky is yours the Ivory Arrow frim KLine?

It says the origin is from Singapore - is that where these car carriers start from?

How long does it actually take for these ships to go from Japan to Freo?

[Pozza]

Blacky is yours the Ivory Arrow frim KLine?

It says the origin is from Singapore - is that where these car carriers start from?

How long does it actually take for these ships to go from Japan to Freo?

The ivory arrow is in. went down yesterday and had a look at all the cars. Quite alot of 32s and 33s on the docks. Singapore was the last stop for the ivory arrow before it got to fremantle. i believe the 28th of january was when it left it's first japanese port. Hope that helps.

[RBN1]

well my car has arrived and has apparently cleared customs. The problem is that it failed the quarantine inspection. I was supposed to get it last Friday now Monday but i've just been told it will be on a truck to my place 'morrow.

(finger crossed) Hopefully that Recaro seat chucked in the back is still there.

[Beer Baron]

this waiting is killling me...

everything is done on the car, but now i'm just waiting on the plate from the engineer. it sucks when such little things are holding it up. i've been waiting so long i'm itching to get it on the road.

[Beer Baron]

well it's a bit of a bummer, but the plate didn't arrive today, so no blue slip.

oh well, the good news is that it will be there in the morning so tomorrow I must registrate. then I can drive to shinjuku macdonalds and get that terriyaki burger I've been waiting so long for.