So I Just Put A Deposit Down...

[WESTWD]

Morning,

yesterday afternoon i put down a deposit on a n/a r34...couple of questions.

1) the blue plate under the hood/drivers side was etched in...i know if its engraved it means its most likly stolen...but i know etching is different, should i be worried?

2) it has not been regerstered in australia before and its going to be put straight into my name...again...suss???

Overall the car is in good condition, few dints, scratches, but mechanicly it goes great...60,000kms on odo

Im getting a comprahensive inspection tomorrow, where the tester goes to his home. then the car is getting complied, then rwc, then rego...he is doing the compliance, rwc and rego

he seemed like a nice enough guy, seems to import a lot of cars (he had another r34 and a toyota chaser at his house for sale), but you cant be to careful, ya know?

if anyone wants to give anymore information, it would be great!

Im buying through a private sale.

Cheers.

[Birds]

This isn't that f***ing car that keeps getting advertised here every few months in attempt to pawn it off on some other sucker is it? Researching now...

EDIT: Different colour it seems, but could have been resprayed? I dunno, it just sounds a bit suss that he won't comply it before selling. See these threads for why I jumped to this assumption:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Il...lp-t247731.html

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/R3...50#entry4637150

[WESTWD]

its a white 2 door 34 w/ sunroof.

he is complying before sale, along with 12 mnths reho and rwc, it arrived in australia couple of days back, so obviously hasnt had time to be complied, all he has atm is a deposit.

hope that makes more sense

[Messiah]

--edited-- what i was asking was already clarified

[JamesK]

Morning,

yesterday afternoon i put down a deposit on a n/a r34...couple of questions.

1) the blue plate under the hood/drivers side was etched in...i know if its engraved it means its most likly stolen...but i know etching is different, should i be worried?

2) it has not been regerstered in australia before and its going to be put straight into my name...again...suss???

3) Overall the car is in good condition, few dints, scratches, but mechanicly it goes great...60,000kms on odo

4) Im getting a comprahensive inspection tomorrow

5) he seemed like a nice enough guy

Cheers.

1) What do you mean by etched?

2) I was the first to register my car in AUS

3) I'd call BS on the 60,000K's

4) Good on you, who from?

5) Usually the guys trying to screw you over are the nicest, the guys who want the money for their pride and joy drive a hard sale

[WESTWD]

1) hmm...best way to describe etched...um...the plate is NOT smooth, you can feel the writing..if that makes sense....my dad told me its just the tool they use on all of them, its not engraved as there is NO depth.

2) i also know that the 60,000 is probally bs...BUT i must say that car runs VERY tight.

3) StateRoads is doing the inspection.

4) the guy regulary imports cars, so he after a easy sale, he does seem legit, he was offering information without us asking him...a good sign imo

[JamesK]

Dont know what else to say bro, looks like your taking all the right channels, if it looks clean and drives clean then your probably aright, good job with StateRoads tho they do top quality work

EDIT: Out of curiosity whats this guys name? Just curious cause he might be the same guy that did my car

[WESTWD]

cheers mate, i mean, there are a couple of minor dents, scratches on it...but nothing bad...stateroads is actually doing check today at 2pm so they will tell me what i gotta know.

EDIT: the guy's name is Roy...cant remember the surname...car is in Fawkner

[JamesK]

Alright it's not the same guy then but yea good luck with the buy if stateroads gives it a clean bill of health then should be good man, hopefully see you at a meet up soon

[WESTWD]

Cheers for ya help and advice mate...the compliance and rwc will not be done before inspection, obviously, so hopefully most of the things stateroads pick up will hopefully be done during compliance and rwc.

random question: the xenon lights in the 34's, are they changed for compliance??

[Birds]

its a white 2 door 34 w/ sunroof.

he is complying before sale, along with 12 mnths reho and rwc, it arrived in australia couple of days back, so obviously hasnt had time to be complied, all he has atm is a deposit.

hope that makes more sense

Sorry I misread your first post. In that case it does sound legit.

I wouldn't put it past a 34 having only 60,000km on the clock, particularly if it's a fresh import...my R33 still has only 98,000 and the engine feels too fresh to be anything more than that.

[JamesK]

Cheers for ya help and advice mate...the compliance and rwc will not be done before inspection, obviously, so hopefully most of the things stateroads pick up will hopefully be done during compliance and rwc.

random question: the xenon lights in the 34's, are they changed for compliance??

I'm pretty sure only GTR's come with stock Xenon lights so having Xenon's in yours wont pass, but hopefully they wont notice

[Downforce]

take a photo of the blue plate and post it up. someone can enter it into FAST and tell you the original details of the car if you have the VIN/chassis number and model code.

[JamesK]

take a photo of the blue plate and post it up. someone can enter it into FAST and tell you the original details of the car if you have the VIN/chassis number and model code.

Good Idea Matt, wish I thought of that sooner

[adznight]

I've imported 2 cars. The car is always registered in your name since you are the first Australian owner. The only other case would be if purchased the car from a dealer who had already complied and then registered the car for sale. You'd then need to transfer the rego like a normal re-registered car.

Yours sounds a little odd though considering this is a private sale yeah?

With regards to the compliance plate these are usually quite clean and etched light, if it looks like it's been tampered with then that's sus. You should also find the new VIN etc engraved into the cars firewall or wheel arch near the suspension mounting point with the plate. The numbers should match and they should also match the cars original VIN but will be longer.

If you can get a pic of the plate post it up. Should look similar to this plate but will be blue as you said. It should have the details of the compliance agent and the approval number which you can check with the appropriate body.

You can also request a copy of the import approval and compliance paper work from the compliance agent. I have copies of mine if you need to take a look just PM me.

[dezz]

That's the compliance plate Adz, he's talking about the Nissan build plate..

[KURAUN]

arnt the nissan build plates etched in anyways?

[WESTWD]

thanks for your responces guys, wont be able to get a pic for a while, the build plates are etched in, so no issue with the build plate...i now know what i needeed too know

also, stateroads are doing the inspetcion as we speak, so ill have the report by tonight hopefully!

wish me luck...lol..honestly though, the car seems in good nick and as i said, runs very tightly and smoothly

ill let u all know how the inspection report goes!

[KamikazeNinja34]

WRT the blue nissan build plate - the plate in my 33 GTR is smooth. i feel no difference in texture beneath my fingertips at all - as if it has nothing marked on it.

Dunno bout 34s - the new VIN is generally engraved into the strut tower on 33s after compliance.

And James is correct to the best of my knowledge...they may have to take em out, not sure if they can get around it. If not - just put em back in yourself after RWC

[Charles89]

Yeah, with the xenons, with a proper compliance job, they'd have to take it out, but some people won't bother with it, so just in case, take it out yourself before the compliance and like Kamikazeninja said, put them back in afterwards. But apparently, some people take the xenons out and they even modify the back of the headlights so you can't put the xenons back in.

But at the end of the day, the R34 factory xenons are illegal and my mate was driving a NA R34 on his P's and a cop dicked him for the lights, because they couldn't find anything else that was wrong with the car lol

Just wondering...is the deposit refundable? Because I woulda thought that you should get the car checked by a mechanic before you put a deposit down?