Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

It all seems a bit confusing to me, maybe because I havent really looked into it.

You pay with credit card or straight into their account, and shipping, there were like 4 choices of who to ship with. Who did you pick and was it expensive? Is it best to order a few things at once to save on shipping? How long does it take?

With taka.. you place an order on what you want to buy... they check their stock from the warehouse and work out the shipping costs. They then give you a total in $JP on how much it is going to cost all up and if you agree then you click to make the purchase.

If not then after a few days the order will be removed and no payment is charged. It usually takes all up 7 days from when you place the order.

Shipping is based on weight so you don't save by ordering all at once.. a neat thing they do is rip out any identification from the packaging and declare the price of the stock you purchase as being really low so you dont get charge any extra from import duty.

Their preferred shipping is with EMS. I've also purchased quite a number of things with them with no problems so highly recommend.

I bought my Trust MX full exhaust system from Taka, it was a bit slow due to Trust MX was out of stock, seems ppl are keen towards HKS dragger and N1, which I don't. But once the item was on stock, it takes about 5 business day via EMS shipping to Melbourne, incl custom clearance and everything.

PerfectRun seems to be a bit pricier than Taka, but they offer some items that aren't in Taka, and vice versa. So do your price comparison 1st between the two.

Thanks guys. I'm actually looking at buying a few bits straight up, coil overs, exhaust, fmic, etc, probably bout $12k worth of bits. So I dont really wanna lay it all on the line. Might just try some guages to start with and see how it goes.

By all accounts he sounds good.

rs73 - I'd be interested to know how much the freight on the exhaust cost?

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • This looks great! Awesome to have the 5 speed with an LSD in this. The Recaro's look like SR2's or SR3's. It's a shame they've been retrimmed as they would have looked sweet in their original colours. I think I'd want my agent to be a little more up front and informative too. I've never imported but I reckon it would make me a little nervous, so the more info the better.
    • Thanks for doing that Duncan! Makes you a good person in my books. We don't get kangaroos or wombats here. But we have bats and it's similar. AFAIK it's often the mums with a baby attached that get hit because they drop lower when starting from a tree. If you hit an animal, check on it. https://www.ifaw.org/au/resources/wildlife-rescue-app An app to get the closest wildlife rescue contact.
    • My dream is also to have a proper hoist, but I don't think it will ever happen. My quickjack is probably as close as I'll ever get, it really is very good though. 
    • Yeah we keep on in the dailies, it is pretty poor how many animals get hit and the driver leaves without checking....have saved a couple of little ones over the years. Bit of a gruesome job though, pouches generally need to be cut open because they are so tight and often the joey doesn't realise mum is gone so they are still locked onto the teat. I checked the modules in front of the DS wheel where an oil cooler should go.... There is the radar unit - that can go for race use) One of the 2 HX water pumps, the silver cylinder. That needs to be kept but might be able to be relocated But the bad news, the big computer mounted vertically in front of the wheel (blocking any potential air exit) is the electric steering computer. That is required until/unless i do a hydraulic steering conversion, and in CAD based modern car design it is not like I can just pop a big unit like that somewhere else (plus the loom would be too short anywhere else too). So, the passenger side is OK to clear out (just use a smaller washer reservoir, potentially elsewhere), but the DS no beuno
    • Well, all the best with the new camry It was interesting to hear about the UK process, it is generally a lot more streamlined here with a shipping agent looking after all the import side (noting the exact final price can still be a surprise.....) and I've used a few different brokers on the japan (or US) side, and never had any trouble with any of them....luck of the draw I guess. You mentioned you didn't get the auction sheet (understandable since you bought it from a dealer, not auction), but I always try and get hold of that because they are pretty thorough. I've imported 2x R grade vehicles over the years and both were fine, repairs in Japan are pretty thorough compared to here in Oz.
×
×
  • Create New...