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I've had an idea to legally obtain spare parts for skylines at a reduced cost.

Basically a group of us posts a list of required parts etc

(for example: 1 person may need Bonnet,front guards etc...another may need a new motor.....someone else may need a gearbox,diff etc....)

When and if enough people are on board, we can purchase a car directly from Japan to import for dismantling for parts.

Yes we could divide the cost among us ( still paying customs duty and supporting our local warfies by providing them with our car stereos....wheel centre caps etc......:) just kidding)

Someone would need to step and offer their backyard 2 dismantle the car etc...which could be a problem.

We could all be doing this ourselves, if it wasnt for the upfront cost involved.

By dividing the cost amongst ourselves, we stand to save LOTS of money.

It may upset a lot of businesses, but it may encourage local shops to compete by lowering their markups. This would also benefit us.

Does anyone think that this idea will work?

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I think the amount of time may be one of the downfalls..

But i think it's a great idea..

How would the pricing structure work. Say you only needed one

rim.. If it's evenly spread amoungst the people, someone else

maybe getting a whole engine while you on the other hand are

only getting one wheel.

I'm not saying people are going to be greedy, but i think this will

be hard to sort out?

Maybe work a percentage for each part? and maybe extra funds

go toward a BBQ between the people or something?

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Could work, however the only thing is how you can distribute the cost of bringing the vehicle in. Someone might only need a front left indicator for example, how would you work out how much to charge them? either way 1 person is going to bare the brunt of the vehicle cost and be stuck with it until the parts are sold.

I must admit i have thought about it......

a damaged R33 GTST is very cheap in japan

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There is also the question of left overs. What happens if one mostly dismantled car sits on someone's front/back lawn for a long time. That person will somewhat become disgrutled.

Shipping parts to all places around the country will also become expensive with small bits and pieces everywhere.

Don't get me wrong I love the idea and would probably buy bits and pieces. R31 stuff of course. It would be good to have a decent source, because its getting harder to find stuff in Adelaide. What does it cost to import a wreck anyway?

:newbie:

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O.k. hat you could do is have a co- op type thing.

Everyone puts in X dollars, and that starts out as their base credit. Then you'd have to assign some sort of points system to parts. Say 25 points for a taillight, 1000 points for a trans or whatever, and assign a monetary value to a point unit.

The idea is that eash member starts off with a certain amount of points to their credit depending on how much they put in, and they can use up their credits on any parts they see fit.

If you go over credits, you either pay extra into the co-op or have a debt assigned to your account which you could pay off by putting forward to the next import or whatever.

As for leftover shells etc, upon agreement of the co-op, the shell could be offered in the classifieds, and proceeds are equally divided between each member's points.

Does that work? Give me a few months, and I should have a nice big yard which things could be put in. Oh yeah, members who volunteer to store things could be offered additional credits(not a huge amount), and say on a monthly basis, to compensate for their use of space, time for allowing access to the vehicle, their need to be there when leftovers are put up for sale etc?

Regards, Andrew.

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