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Transporting A Non-complied R32 Gtst From Victoria Into Sa For Compliance And Rego

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Hey guys,

Ive come across a completely stock R32 gts-t in victoria. It has been imported from japan but has not been complied. I am looking into transporting it over to SA and having it complied and regoed here.

So how much cash am I looking at? about 500 to get the car over here, 1200 for compliance?

What do you guys think. Id be eager to hear from ppl who have done this exercise before

thanks

Michael

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Hey guys,

Ive come across a completely stock R32 gts-t in victoria. It has been imported from japan but has not been complied. I am looking into transporting it over to SA and having it complied and regoed here.

So how much cash am I looking at? about 500 to get the car over here, 1200 for compliance?

What do you guys think. Id be eager to hear from ppl who have done this exercise before

thanks

Michael

Transport to SA from VIC could cost anything from around $350 to $600 depending on how much space transport companies have available and how friendly they are to you.

Compliance will depend on how the car was imported - I would hope that it came into Australia under the '15 year old' laws before they ended in Dec 2005 because if so then you should be able to comply the car for around $1,000 or less. if it was imported under the SEVS compliance scheme then it must be complied by the workshop who issued the import approval.

In any case make sure you get the import approval and check the history of the car before buying.

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Thanks Craig,

Yeah the car is a 15 year import. I think I will choose to get it complied and registered in vic, that way I can get the racv to do a pre purchase inspection done and I can test drive it before I take delivery. The seller is offering to comply the car through his contacts.

It would be a great help if you could give me a list of things to ask for, as far as import docs and car history go. You said that I should get the car's history, do you mean the details that were recorded on import? or history about the car's life in japan?

I will get an inspection done, have the report sent over to me and speak on the phone with the guy who inspected the car. Its a 1990 model and has apparently 98,000 kms. Is there anything specific I can ask the inspector to look for that will help me to verify the km? this is one thing I am nervous about. If the car has been stolen/rebirthed in japan I assume this will come up through compliance

Also I have noticed that it doesnt have 'nissan' and 'gts-t' on the back. has it been resprayed? is there another way I can check this?

Thanks

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Thanks Craig,

Yeah the car is a 15 year import. I think I will choose to get it complied and registered in vic, that way I can get the racv to do a pre purchase inspection done and I can test drive it before I take delivery. The seller is offering to comply the car through his contacts.

It would be a great help if you could give me a list of things to ask for, as far as import docs and car history go. You said that I should get the car's history, do you mean the details that were recorded on import? or history about the car's life in japan?

I will get an inspection done, have the report sent over to me and speak on the phone with the guy who inspected the car. Its a 1990 model and has apparently 98,000 kms. Is there anything specific I can ask the inspector to look for that will help me to verify the km? this is one thing I am nervous about. If the car has been stolen/rebirthed in japan I assume this will come up through compliance

Also I have noticed that it doesnt have 'nissan' and 'gts-t' on the back. has it been resprayed? is there another way I can check this?

Thanks

I would make sure you can get the import approval paperwork to show that it was imported legally, and also ask for anything he might have from when it was purchased in Japan - paperwork from the exporter, auction report, shipping paperwork, etc.

Stolen cars are not able to get through Customs in Japan normally so I would not worry about that if the car is already here in Australia.

Don't put too much faith in RACV inspections as they have proven to be quite useless in the past - it's not a bad way to get a general idea but I would stronlg suggest that you look over the car properly yourself also.

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The seller will not comply the car without my giving a deposit, hence basically commiting to buy it. So i am going to get it inspected, so I will head down to vic. and look at it and test drive it before it goes to compliance and rwc, rego. Once that is successfully done I pay the rest of the amount and get the car transported to adelaide.

the problem I have is that I will not see the car from the time before it goes to compliance to hwne it rocks up at my door, so I wont see any changes that have been made to the car during compliance and rwc. Is it likely that much of the car will have to be changed? I expect just tyres, windscreen, side intrusion bars. My question is, will anything be changed during compliance and rwc that I would want to see before paying for the car, or would the car essentially be the same before and after compliance

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DON'T get the car complied in Vic - you are wasting your money, because the requirements for 15 year old cars for registration are different from state to state. Even if it was already registered in Vic, it would still have to have a pit inspection at Regency regardless.

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