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Hey All,

Just writing this up to show you my experiences with the importation of my R33.

Phase 1:

Speak to Craig @ J-Spec Imports.

Decide he knows what he is talking about and their range and coverage was second-to-none.

Wire AUD$1000.00 to J-Spec (service fee)

Phase 2:

Found the car after months of filtering!

Wired the amount owing for the car to Motorworld Corp in Nagoya, Japan.

Phase 3:

Recieved receipts/invoices for both the car payment and service fee.

Recieved documents for signing for Import Approval.

Recieved documents for signing for Customs Clearance.

Phase 4:

Was notified of the shipping ETD and ETA Dates.

Recieved Confirmation the car was on the ship 5 days later.

Revieved reciept/invoice for Shipping/Port Fees etc.

Paid Shipping to Seaway AUD$3,036.00 (much cheaper than what i thought!!!)

Phase 5:

Awaited car to clear customs.

Recieved notifcation that my car was on transit to SVI (Special Vehicle Imports) for compliance.

Phase 6:

Compliance was completed - Invoice Recieved and Paid (AUD$2500.00)

Phase 7:

Car was registered and Insured - Invoices paid via internet.

Phase 8:

Happy new skyline owner driving back from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast and a new home for a great car.

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Could not be any more happy about the process guys. :D

A big shoutout and thankyou must go to the following:

Craig - J-Spec Imports - Broker.

Mick - SVI (Special Vehicle Imports) - Compliance.

Brendan - Seaway Logistics - Shipping/Customs.

I Highly recommend the use of all these guys/companies...made my whole experience easy and worthwhile for sure! :sorcerer:

#N.B. All prices were Inclusive of GST.

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Yeah,

These pictures were taken about a month or so ago while the car was waiting to board the ship in Nagoya, Japan. :D

Needs a wash and new coilovers but other than that its pretty tidy =)

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I am soooo jealous,

good stuff to hear it all went well, i am importing through SVI and my car is due to be on a ship around the 20th.

Could you possibly fill in the areas between points with rough time frames?

I havent receieved any documents about import approval yet, do i need to?

You gave me an idea i am going to ask for some more pics when the car is being loaded in Japan!!

anyway, congrats mate!!!

Stink

Yeh no worries stink.

Basically i had fairly good luck with the whole process, so from time of purchase to time of arrival came to around about 2 months, just under. (not long at all)

If you are importing through SVI and have bought the car already, you should be recieving papers for import approval for ur signing within the next few days (seeing that it is nearing the departure date). Once this is done, your broker will send it away to be processed (SVI).

Time frame wise:

It took 3 days for the payment of the F.O.B. Price for the car to be wired to the car company in Japan. Once this was done i was sent a confirmation of recieved of pays documentation.

Once this was confirmed with my broker he set up a booking for the nearest available shippoing departure from Nagoya. This turned out to be about 10 days later that it left, 10 days on the water.

You then recieve documentation for an arrival notice that your freight has arrived safely, 24 hrs later you should recieve an Invoice for the shipping costs, duties, GST, customs and whatever other costs are incurred during shipping and customs clearance. Customs takes 2-3 days normally (if u pay promptly).

1 day for your car to be transported to your compliance workshop.

5 days is the normal time-frame for a 33gtst to be complied.

1/2 day for registration and insurance.

done done done.

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hope this helps.

Basically the longest time you have to wait normally is from when you find your car to when it leaves japan, once it is in aussie waters and aussie hands, everything is quite speedy.

Good to hear mate,

Yeah i cant get any pictures at the docs leaving Japan but thats no biggy, Mick fro SVI has told me he will get some to me asap when it arrives.

They are also handling that paperework stuff on my behalf which is good.

Anyway i shall keep you posted when i get some more news.

Cheers Stink

Yeah my broker told me that he could do everything himself and all id have to do is wait. But i opted against it.

Personally i like to know whats happening from chapter to chapter, signing the forms and seeing arrival and completion dates. Just so you know where you stand. I hate waiting for a phone call, its like waiting for a diagnosis! :)

so yeh, let us know how it goes! :woot:

I won't give my end price away for purely for resale purposes.

However i will say that if you subscribe for the mailing list for j-spec you will soon see an average will pan out for you to see :(

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