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sh@un Grand Master

sh@un

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A lot of the text seems to be in 'gif' form, so doesn't translate, and good luck getting 'em to ship anything for you, LOL

The translated text always ends up with fairly interesting 'syntax' too!

Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

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i'm sure there are some japanese forums.

i dont think you could readily buy stuff from them though. google translated japanese will not help you at all in trying to comunicate with people unfortunately. and many japanese people that dont speak english also dont write in romanji so wont want to post you stuff. it would be like a japanese guy asking you to address a package to him using kanji or katakana.

best bet is still yahoo for all your used japanese parts needs.

Laurence Mentor

Laurence

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There is http://www.gooparts.com/ which has things but Yahoo is the best IMHO

In fact I bought an intercooler on Yahoo last night to replace my bent hoseclamp.

Because I can't write/read/speak Japanese I get Streeter to do all the stuff after I bid

if you want to contact him just email [email protected] but I am sure lots of other

people are doing it on this forum to...

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Rezz Grand Master

Rezz

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I've rummaged through those 'local forums' as N1GTR put it, and usually parts are sent after a lengthy conversation via email to ensure that you're not getting the wrong part. I'd only ever consider it for extremely rare and/or discontinued parts which - if you can locate what you want - is an absolute godsend sometimes.

As Laurence said Gooparts has some good stuff too, but often in limited amounts and applications. There are alot of parts on Goo for your Toyota bB/Nissan Mocco/Honda Odyssey though...

4DoorWhore Community Regular

4DoorWhore

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Umm there is Up-Garage... or are you looking for online only...

any part in particular, i go to about 4 different Up-Garages every week in my area, which is West Tokyo.

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N1GTR Grand Master

N1GTR

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I was looking for cams, and rods, but ive now found rods, so its just cams im looking for now - although i cant buy any yet until the next stage of the build is done :devil:

Also in the future ill be after new brakes, and a few little things

xRHETTx Mentor

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I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm heading to Sapporo in Hokkaido in Jan on a snowboarding trip, and was looking to pick up a few small parts for my car whilst there.

Are used/new part stores common? ie. will i just run into one whilst there in the main city areas or will i need to hunt out a store out in an industrial estate etc...

Just after a few small common items (guages, cam gears etc, whatever i can find cheap really.)

Rezz Grand Master

Rezz

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I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm heading to Sapporo in Hokkaido in Jan on a snowboarding trip, and was looking to pick up a few small parts for my car whilst there.

Are used/new part stores common? ie. will i just run into one whilst there in the main city areas or will i need to hunt out a store out in an industrial estate etc...

Just after a few small common items (guages, cam gears etc, whatever i can find cheap really.)

Having never been to Hokkaido I can't say for sure, but if you want to find car parts places the best place to look is along the main roads usually, away from train stations.

funkymonkey Grand Master

funkymonkey

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for a well advanced country, i've found that the best bargains in japan are in secohan shops, over the counter so to speak.

now if some genius could make those shops accessible to the fanboys overseas then they'd be onto a goldmine.

Rezz Grand Master

Rezz

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now if some genius could make those shops accessible to the fanboys overseas then they'd be onto a goldmine.

Yes but freight... nobody wants to pay for freight, even if Santa personally sent that Hard Gay Kurohige Kiki Ippatsu direct to their door from the north pole...

Or are you suggesting Razor Ramon works the counters at 'J-Fanboy Warehouse' Sydney City store?

Kaido_RR Grand Master

Kaido_RR

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Yes but freight... nobody wants to pay for freight, even if Santa personally sent that Hard Gay Kurohige Kiki Ippatsu direct to their door from the north pole...

Or are you suggesting Razor Ramon works the counters at 'J-Fanboy Warehouse' Sydney City store?

AHAHA hard gay that shits classic!!!

freight isnt to bad if the item is within ems size and under 20kg

lukits01 Experienced

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Some directions to these seconhan shops would be nice to start with, I got this from one of the earlier threads

UpGarage-Tokyo-Chiba

Get the JR out to Chiba (airport line) or Chiba Minato .From here either catch the monorail or simply walk along underneath following where it goes. Once you get to the stop one from Chiba Minato station alight from the monorail and head north up R16. There is a Red stage Nissan dealer on the right and a couple of petrol stations on the left, Up garage is just after these on the left hand side

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sewid Grand Master

sewid

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I know this is slightly off topic, but I'm heading to Sapporo in Hokkaido in Jan on a snowboarding trip, and was looking to pick up a few small parts for my car whilst there.

Are used/new part stores common? ie. will i just run into one whilst there in the main city areas or will i need to hunt out a store out in an industrial estate etc...

Just after a few small common items (guages, cam gears etc, whatever i can find cheap really.)

I have done a fair bit of Hokkaido and I can say you wont have much luck finding much there. HKS Hokkaido is about the most exciting place and even that is a tiny shop...

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