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Originally posted by brocky cutter

heres a Q to whoever, what would be the chances of importin a 4x4 2.4L PETROL hilux(that has nt been slammed on its guts)

and what sort of price, would it involve

R there any good importers in Rocky?

There are importers, but opinions vary. I personally went through a guy in Perth.

No, it's done all by phone and internet.

I rang him, after doing some research and hearing nothing but good, said "I want this", he said "No worries", the next morning, my mailbox was full of cars in the specs I requested, and so I picked and chose. I picked the one I've got now, won it at auction, then it got shipped over here, complianced and I went down to Gold Coast to pick it up. All I had to do was to pay for things and make sure paperwork got where it was going. Was good.

Originally posted by brocky cutter

heres a Q to whoever, what would be the chances of importin a 4x4 2.4L PETROL hilux(that has nt been slammed on its guts)

and what sort of price, would it involve

R there any good importers in Rocky?

importing 4wds has become more difficult with the new sevs rules. I'm not sure exactly whats eligible but I think its about only the 15 y.o 4wd that are able to be imported readily .... I do know you can;t import cruisers anymore because of their power to weight ratio isn't good enough to fit the rules.

Good Mroning all!, its wednesday mornin. at school. in BCT. ment to be doin a Research Assignment on some country. but. i have already failed this class. and she told me ven if i get an A on this thing i probably still wont pass it. so. stuff it. may as well bludge!!!!!!!! i want to get out of this class..... but i cant.... unless ido a traineeship..... but i dont knwo where i want to go!. so. im stuck her til then.

Well...... i guess ill go chat to somone else in the class.hoo roo

Originally posted by Tyler666

mad. sounds so easy.. but yet. sounds so annoying and hard. and u would have had to wait a while....... what were u driving vbefore ur skyline. and was it your first car????

First car was mum's Mazda 808, which has now become mine again, because my car before the Skyline was a 1988 Suzuki Vitara:

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I gave that to the old girl because she couldn't afford to buy a new one...

And the importing isn't annoying or hard. It's very straightfoward. The guy in Perth gave me a good checklist for the process, but yes, had to wait about 6-7 weeks from the moment the bank gave me the money to the moment I snapped the tail out on the first corner.

Originally posted by Nissan = Good

Scibs you going to drag the 33 so you can have a time to compare the performance difference between 2.5L and 3L?

Yeah, I will be. Hopefully I won't destroy anything that will divert funds away from the 3L or new suspension (Which I need more than the 3L). Probably only do about 5-6 runs and call it a day. I want a good idea of what it's capable of, not a destroyed Skyline.

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