Hahaha thanks mate. I actually went through a company called Prestige motorsport. The guy who runs it lives in Perth and I'm in Syd. He - himself was actually quite good in regards to being prompt in replying and has always kept me updated. Although now I'm dealing directly with the compliance workshop (in syd) that I've been referred to as well as the Custom's agent who is taking care of my car. Tho the customs agent so far hasn't been that great.. So yeah, hoping I won't be running into any dodgy "double steam cleaning" garbage. Btw, I've got a couple of friends who have gone through this and they told me they found Japanese lollies + jap condoms in their cars after they got it back hahahaha did you find any of that stuff besides rocks and dirt
Haha I'm at work and I'm pretty lazy when I type... but yes the costs come from all of the above (shipping, towing, "steam cleaning" etc - Though compliance was actually quoted about $2200 and the other 7k quote was from the custom guy I'm dealing with. Ripped off?
Btw, yeah you're just looking at the real base fee's... There are a lot of other things you need to take into account from my personal experience. Not sure how tradecarview works although some of the fee's are: Buyers fee (from the auction) was about 100k yen and compliance (for me was $2200) which is actually a pretty good price considering there are a sh*t load of dodgy workshops out there that may not do a good job + customs which is usually where it gets ya.
This is from the research I've done + what I'm looking at paying next week.
Anyways, hope that helps.
Mate I honestly hope this isn't the case with all the Customs shops. I just imported my 05 v35 and it gets here next week, they've quoted me around 7k for the customs rubbish
Hey mate,
How you going? Came across this thread and noticed in one pic you had some Gold rims sitting there as well.
Just bought a 05 V35, was wondering if those were for sale? If so, how much?
Cheers