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Got my car (2000 gt-t coupe) delivered the other day, sent it to autoworx for compliance. So Paul (cool guy) rings me and says he needs the Japanese deregistration papers before he can put the plate on which is due in the mail in a week.

I think back to a couple of weeks ago when my dad (who I don’t live with) said he got some mail from Japan which was probably for me. I said I wasn’t sure if i would need it and I would let him know when i saw him next. So anyway I ring to ask if he has the papers and to check if he has the de reg papers, he tells me he threw them out.

WTF!!!!

So like my dad looks to have thrown out my original papers which I need to get my car on the road.

Worst case scenario if the supplier doesn’t have a copy is to get another copy off the Japanese authorities, who knows how many weeks that would take!

I hope it isn’t to much of a pain in the ass, all I have been thinking about for the last week or so is my car and how good it will be driving it.

*TEAR* :~(

lol

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Pity you didn't use an import broker, they would have recieved it and processed it on your behalf :P or at least adviced you that you needed them.

Good luck with it all, but it dosen't sound like a major hurdle to have the papers resent.

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Getting the papers resent should not be a problem. I don't know if it's the same in Australia as over here in UK though - but when I've had papers missing for a Hilux Surf that was imported several years ago and never registered, I was able to get a letter off Toyota UK. All they needed was the chassis number and description and they sent back a certified letter with all the original specs, weights and so on. The registration authorities over here accepted that in place of the dereg doc.

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Pity you didn't use an import broker, they would have recieved it and processed it on your behalf :P or at least adviced you that you needed them.

Good luck with it all, but it dosen't sound like a major hurdle to have the papers resent.

we use an import broker once, i think the one you work for shan.

we bought the car asked for de reg papers for the 3 months. and then when you guys finally found them we had to pay for them to get shipped out to where the car went

so import brokers arnt always the way to go

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Pity you didn't use an import broker, they would have recieved it and processed it on your behalf :D or at least adviced you that you needed them.

Good luck with it all, but it dosen't sound like a major hurdle to have the papers resent.

lol Import brokers are NEVER the way to go. :rofl:

So far I am not even delayed by my dads stupidity, I am still waiting on the plate from RAWS.

spoke to my english speaking contact in japan a moment ago and he was chasing it up for me.

*crosses fingers*

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