Hi GuysIm looking to import a nice 89 TT under the 15 year rule. What tips would you give to help the whole process go through painlessly?Any experience (good/bad) with importing?
ffs piece of sh*t forum. anyway you should try to do the whole process yourself as long as you have someone over there on the ground inspecting and bidding on the cars. no offecne to places like prestige motorsport and stuff but they charge perhaps slightly more than the actual price is etc etc etc. my n/A 300 will come out to be about 8000 all up landed complied everything :*
there are plenty of brokers out there>> who will help you find the right car and charge you a set fee, i suggest you go through one of those unless you have a contact in japan. If you go into the link section you will see a few brokers.And if anything goes wrong you can yell at the brokers and not yourself.good luck
Importing a 15 yr old zed (long post) I just imported mine, as of a whole week ago basics are, get as many photos as u can check all the info (timing belt done, any accident/repair history etc etc)Go thru a resonable import broker, or buyer, or whateva u want to call them, if u can. Find out, if u will be affected by any import rule changes(these do change every day atm, but its still handy to have a rough idea)an now the fun stuff the basic cost of the car (normally the FOB/Yen price) is the easy bit, find out on shipping be aware, ull be up for some taxes etc, b4 the car can even be taken OFF the docks..then..when goin over the pits, make sure uve followed the rules to the letter, (does it need child restraint bolts, an unleaded fuel filler neck, a flat mirror on the drivers side, etc etc)an then be ready to pay more GOVERNMENT taxes..at the end of the day what cost me $6000 in japan(450,000yen approx, at exchange rate, atm) for the car, ended up not seeing much change from $11000 in my driveway with number plates on it, an all shipping paid for..after that, allow ureself a little extra, depending on the quality of the car.. there may be problems (mine just landed, an has "issues" )other than that DO IT NOW, b4 the government try an crack down on the whole scheme, an it goes out the window,This has been a very broad detailing of the process,(I dont classify myself an expert in any terms) just thought id post because it was FRESH in my mind..anything ive missed, or any other questions, email me..
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TT Engine Emissions?? I am wondering if you guys actually importing the cars knows how your engineer justifies signing off/compliancing the car, in particular, the engine meeting ADR emission compliance.The car has the meet the applicable ADR's for the vehicles date of manufacture. That means, a 90 model TT has to meet ADR37/00 for emissions.Now, obviously the engines meet the requirements, or else the first car imported could not have been complianced in standard form, so someone originally did the ADR testing and verified compliance, but do your Engineers just use this logic, do they chase down a copy of a test report, do they simply overlook this??This test is a pretty expensive thing to do, the test alone is about $2-3000, I know people who have spent close to $50000 tyring to get certain engines to pass, ie, trying different cats, failing, retesting with altered ECU programming, failing, retesting, etc, etc,.Does anyone get that closely involved in the compliance process to answer this?
I'll see what I can do for 15 year old imports it's fairly open, ANY car can be imported regardless of emmissions, some engineers will want you to fit an Australian catalytic convertor, some will not.For SEVS imports, the first test vehicle must have a comprehensie emissions test performed, and then all cars after this use a copy of that report. These cars therefore have to have all of the same components as the test car, and as such must have a completely stock exhaust system and the catalytic convertor (which must be replaced in Australia) must have the same part number as the test vehicle. It is not necessary to actually test each vechile, it must simply have the same parts as the original vehicle which was tested.Also, all emissions equipment such as EGR's, AIV's etc must be in place as per the test vehicle, and base timing must match as well.Ben
ADR compliance for 15 year olds I agree with the SEVS cars, thats how I thought it worked, but its a different scheme as you may know for vehicles over the age of 15 years when imported. There is no registered workshop, there is only an Engineer signing the car off after an inspection.In Victoria, we have to meet the applicable ADR's for the date of manufacture, which means, sure you can import anything, but you can only compliance a car where you can prove the vehicle meets the applicable ADR's, ADR37/00 for example (engine emissions). Therfore, I dont see how you can import just any car, if you cant prove emission compliance. Which leads me to importing a Nissan Z32, where does the paper trail lead when it comes to verification of compliance? The first place I would look is a RAWS workshop that imports and compliances the cars, and see if they would sell the test report info, but there must be other ways.Maybe some Engineers dont bother about it, even though I cant see how they would get around it at audit time.Ben
