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Hey

I'm going on a short holiday soon to Japan.

I want to visit some car part shops to buy a few things but I am struggling to find any info on the net. I know there are going to be a heap over there but I want to make sure they are close by and easy to find from where I am staying.

So, does anyone have any links for car part shops? Looking at buying my turbo's, cams, injectors and some other things. I am specifically after HKS and Nismo items.

Thanks

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Autobacs is your friend. its like a Bunnings Warehouse for cars

Aisles of air fresheners

Aisles of wheels

Aisles of air suspension

Aisles of mobile phone holders

Aisles of turbos

Aisles of everything.

im hopefully going over next year

They are starting to open up a few secondhand Autobacs Stores. selling nothing but secondhand car parts and performance bits, wheels, suspension, etc, would be interesting to see.

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Akihabara--are there any tuner shops there? It seems like a lot of the ones I've seen in Tokyo are fairly scattered about. More or less, you'll just be walking down a busy street and you'll see a smaller tuner shop with a bunch of tuner cars in front.

In terms of finding everything in one place, Autobacs is good but Super Autobacs is even better. I think there are a fair number of them in the Tokyo area, although I don't know the exact locations--try their website or the internet.

Otherwise, a good thing I've always done in the past, especially if you're looking for parts for a certain car, is to go to a specialist tuner shop so they'll know exactly what you're looking for. I've found a lot of these places are listed in the Hyper Rev magazines that come out periodically for certain types of vehicles (they should have tons of issues for the Skyline).

Good luck!

Blitz Grand Master

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Autobacs is your friend. its like a Bunnings Warehouse for cars

Aisles of air fresheners

Aisles of wheels

Aisles of air suspension

Aisles of mobile phone holders

Aisles of turbos

Aisles of everything.

im hopefully going over next year

They are starting to open up a few secondhand Autobacs Stores. selling nothing but secondhand car parts and performance bits, wheels, suspension, etc, would be interesting to see.

Not having a dig, but have you even been to an Autobacs? They are nothing like you mentioned above.

Extremely limited range, very small amounts of real performance parts and ultra expensive prices.

[200]: Keep in mind that you will most likely have to order the majority of the parts on your list as even the good parts shops often wont have everything you need in stock ready to go.

If you can head to Chiba, there is a new parts store close by called Crystal that I rate as the best in Japan for both range and prices, and if you need anything they dont have in stock, they are more than happy to order it for you.

Top Secret is also down the road and there is a decent Up Garage close by as well.

sewid Grand Master

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Autobacs "performance" aisles... yeah thats a joke. The "performance" parts are usually a couple of short aisles of STi stickers with an intercooler or two on display mostly for current models which are of no interest to skyline people.

Upstairs at Tokyo bay Autobacs sells some nice hotdogs and some kinda ok back issues of popular magazines like GT-R magazine. As well as a small collection of overpriced dealership catalog/brochures which is of some interest but I think I bought them out of GTR stuff a couple years back.

I would avoid autobacs really - or visit Tokyo Bay or Chiba Naganuma at the very most unless you love wandering down countless aisles of Hello Kitty air freshners and pink seat covers for your Toyota Hiace SuperComfort 4x4 turbo deluxe.

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If you can head to Chiba, there is a new parts store close by called Crystal that I rate as the best in Japan for both range and prices, and if you need anything they dont have in stock, they are more than happy to order it for you.

is crystal only in chiba or all over japan?

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4DoorWhore Community Regular

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what they said about autobacs is correct... but if you want a cool cup holder then by all means got to one...

upgarage has the best prices on parts... used ofcourse but still good.. there pretty descent for wheels...

anything you want new u can order from a shop it will only take a day or two to arrive so thats not to bad...

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Guys Has anyone got any updates as i'm going in 2 months and of course i'd like to come back with a bunch of goodies.

I'm flying into Tokyo and will also be around Osaka at some point, i do have some time and money to spend.

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