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Hey guys,

Well, I've been looking at Stageas for a while (own a gts-t r32.... anyone interested, bit average, 6.5k) and found one cheap enough that looked good.... under 10k incl rego etc. Bit worried about pricing, but have 200 photos of it to put me at ease.... Dark blue s1 with books (bonus).... Looking at 3 months wait... is this normal? hopefully importer quoted over time but not counting on it! Can't wait to get it! Seems to be stock except for an earthing kit and possibly Dayz body kit..... Hope I got a good buy!

Tim :laugh:

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Hey guys,

Well, I've been looking at Stageas for a while (own a gts-t r32.... anyone interested, bit average, 6.5k) and found one cheap enough that looked good.... under 10k incl rego etc. Bit worried about pricing, but have 200 photos of it to put me at ease.... Dark blue s1 with books (bonus).... Looking at 3 months wait... is this normal? hopefully importer quoted over time but not counting on it! Can't wait to get it! Seems to be stock except for an earthing kit and possibly Dayz body kit..... Hope I got a good buy!

Tim :laugh:

There's one on j-spec that sounds just like that... it's well under 10,000, cheap as. If 200 photos look ok then it could be a bargain... a stag for under 10,000! Good luck with it!

Starting to see prices like that more and more now from Japanese auctions for series 1's. Although photo's can tell a lot of the story are the log books supplied current, can you get a mechanical inspection over there. This is being offered by a lot of brokers now I believe, however I'm not sure of the cost involved in doing this. I don't want to make you worry about it or anything thought, quite a few people here have imported their stageas and there haven't been any major problems that I've read about yet.

So good luck with it and hope it all works out well, the wait sucks though :laugh:

Just paid for it today! And, yep, it is actually the one on J-Spec... Pretty cheap I know, but looks ok to me... heaps of detailed photo's provided. One of the selling points for me was that it isn't silver.... Keeping my fingers crossed that its on ok car, although obviously not expecting immaculate for that price! This is the first car I've imported so I'm a little nervous...

Just paid for it today! And, yep, it is actually the one on J-Spec... Pretty cheap I know, but looks ok to me... heaps of detailed photo's provided. One of the selling points for me was that it isn't silver.... Keeping my fingers crossed that its on ok car, although obviously not expecting immaculate for that price! This is the first car I've imported so I'm a little nervous...

yay! More new owners keep em coming!!!!!! :laughing-smiley-014:

Congrats

hey matey.. We JUST imported one ( had it for around 3 weeks haha ) so if you need any info or want to chat on msn etc then let me know.. I think I have a few gems of wisdom/exeperience to give you.

is the car getting complianced in Bris ? where abouts are you located?

[quote name='timheather' date='19 Jul 2007, 12:52 PM' post='3237709'. One of the selling points for me was that it isn't silver.... .

hey dont you know silvers the new black.....also looks good at night under lights and hot when wet :D

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