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Its part of the compliancing regime laid down by DOTARS.

As with child seat belt points its part of the total package.

thanks mate so your saying they regass them .just trying to estimate any hidden costs

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it has nothing to do with dotars or compliance,if the car has been degassed then it is up to you to have it regassed ..your cost

thanks jake that what i was looking for .. a straight answer.........how much does it cost to regas them ?????????????

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I got confused. My son's S13 was emptied in Japan and refilled here with R134a' My S1 has a Japanese R134a sticker and after going through the comp. papers there is no mention of regassing. So S1 and S2 should not need regassing here. Sorry for confusing you

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As before, some countries dont use R134A gas (the good gas), so i guess as a measure to protect the enviroment here the EPA has a deal with DOTARS not to let in ANY imported (there are many more countries that sell cars to Aus that japan) cars with ANY gas in their A/C.

Then, everyone will have R134A here.

And yes, regassing is about $100

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I got confused. My son's S13 was emptied in Japan and refilled here with R134a' My S1 has a Japanese R134a sticker and after going through the comp. papers there is no mention of regassing. So S1 and S2 should not need regassing here. Sorry for confusing you

thanks bud

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Mike the answer to your question

Do Stagea need to be de-gassed?

No Stagea's do not need to be re-gassed as they have R134A gas already

Only cars coming in with the old R12 gas need to be de-gassed and re-gassed with R134a.

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Are you certain, ive heard of many R33's being degassed....my celsior which came factory R134A was degassed too...

Yes

That is because some idot in Japan de-gassed it.

Does not mean it had to be de-gassed

The old R12 gas is not legal in Oz anymore, hence the re-gass requirement.

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i spoke to craig at jspec the other day and he said that the stagea can come into australia without degassing the aircon provided the compliace workshop has the apropriate licences which they have so i save on de gassing and regassing

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i spoke to craig at jspec the other day and he said that the stagea can come into australia without degassing the aircon provided the compliace workshop has the apropriate licences which they have so i save on de gassing and regassing

The workshop that Craig meant was it Kamikaze motors? Im still waiting a rply from him as when my car will be shipped out of Japan in a container no news yet from him or from japan.

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