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hi my name is greg i'm from albury, i have recently purchased a r33gtst series two from japan. i went to register/comply the vehicle and was told this cannot be registered due to being imported as a 'parts only' vehicle. has any one else come across this issue them selves?

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Mr Eps Grand Master

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Hi greg from albury... what a horrible horrible way to start your owning of a skyline.

it seems whoever your broker is / was has sold you a car that is "parts only" meaning - never to be road registered

you can do the following things with that car

sell it as a car to be parted out for wrecking

sell the car to a wrecker

crush the car and forget about the money you lost

use the car as a track only car - not road registered

wear the car as a hat

...sorry to sound like a prick, bro... but you have been diddled somewhere along the line if your broker or whoever said "this car is compliable"

man do i feel sorry for you if you didn't know that it was a parts only vehicle

this can mean the car has been crashed hard and repaired, or modified past point of compliance... - so you know what makes it "parts only"

EDIT: if you don't mind my asking - how much money has this project cost you thus far?

how much yen did you purchase it for in japan?

did you get the car inspected?

please do not mention names or companies in this thread without permission from moderator / administration staff - this can and will be messy if you do that

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alburygreg Newbie

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Hi greg from albury... what a horrible horrible way to start your owning of a skyline.

it seems whoever your broker is / was has sold you a car that is "parts only" meaning - never to be road registered

you can do the following things with that car

sell it as a car to be parted out for wrecking

sell the car to a wrecker

crush the car and forget about the money you lost

use the car as a track only car - not road registered

wear the car as a hat

...sorry to sound like a prick, bro... but you have been diddled somewhere along the line if your broker or whoever said "this car is compliable"

man do i feel sorry for you if you didn't know that it was a parts only vehicle

this can mean the car has been crashed hard and repaired, or modified past point of compliance... - so you know what makes it "parts only"

EDIT: if you don't mind my asking - how much money has this project cost you thus far?

how much yen did you purchase it for in japan?

did you get the car inspected?

please do not mention names or companies in this thread without permission from moderator / administration staff - this can and will be messy if you do that

thanks for the advice. so far its been around 5,000aud all up the car is unmodified and has 51XXXkms I was advised against having the car inspected. ahwell these things happen might have to re shell it

Import Monster Mentor

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Hi Mate

vehicles are not eligible to be imported complete for "parts" or "restoration" purposes.

I'd like to help out, but would need to know exactly how the car ended up being landed in Australia as a complete vehicle. An import approval from DOTARS is ALWAYS required for a complete vehicle and as mentioned above, there is not provision for importing a vehicle for parts use.

The only two possibilities for this being a "parts only" car are that it was illegally imported without an approval, or an approval was granted and the vehicle failed to meet the standards required to gain compliance (either rusted out or damaged in some way rendering it uncompliable, this could be anything from poorly repaired damage to the parcel shelf being cut for a subwoofer)

If you'd prefer to discuss privately, pm me your contact # and I'll give you a call :)

Otherwise, without mentioning the names of any companies you've dealt with as it may contravene the site's rules, can you explain the following -

How did you purchase the vehicle? From Japan yourself, or locally?

Do you have an import approval for the vehicle?

Who told you it could not be registered/complied?

What was the reason given?

There's usually a very simple answer for scenarios such as these, I hope you haven't been stooged by someone!

Cheers

Aaron

Mr Eps Grand Master

Mr Eps

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...guys this is sooooo not fair.

kris least you could have done is not said "plots getting thicker"

now - rather than thinking "hmm nobody cares about this guy"

we now know people DO care - and people HAVE done stuff and we ALL WANNA KNOW

but we cant out

and i wanna know so bad!!!! but - remember, naming is against forum rules

argh - greg - from what little i know - "advised not to get an inspection" sorry to hear about this man, that sucks...

i really do feel for ya...

*bro hug*

sad part is - everything's pretty much been covered in these few posts... you CANT register it, you CANT comply it... you CANT re-shell it... and... that's all there really is to it!

BUT when you're in a hole... you CAN dig up...

:)

..which i hope you DO.

NISMO Grand Master

NISMO

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The most important thing for me is how did you buy the vehicle?

If you had a broker source and purchase and you have evidence indicating that the car you instructed them to buy was to be road registered, you may have a legal avenue to follow.

There was the case of the Stagea that I'm sure everyone remembers where the owner, took legal action as the car that was imported was unable to be complied.

If though you sourced and purchased the car yourself, organised everything yourself then i think there's not much that can be done.

Iron Chef Grand Master

Iron Chef

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lol sorry to all you conspiracy theorists - I know absolutely nothing about the case, I just have the feeling that there is more to it than we currently know, but it's purely a hunch.

OP feel free to give me a buzz on 0402 904 069 if you want to discuss it over the phone instead. Or any of the other businesses who regularly post in here can help too.

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Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

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just to confirm what has been said in case you doubt it:

there is no such thing as a parts car. you cannot import a complete car for wrecking/parts. the only way is to have the car cut in half in japan and generally you cannot import a front and a rear from the same car at the same time (well not the complete shell).

as far as "re-shelling" the car. also completely illegal. I would strongly advise against that option.

as the guys above said someone is not telling you the 100% accurate story here. you should do some digging and find out what type of import approval it had to be imported here. and yes it 100% must have had one unless it was duct taped to the hull of a ship and then cut loose by scuba divers near a beach.

if you just want to wash your hands of the whole thing then your options are to break up the car for parts (most likely get close to your $5K), or sell it to someone who wants to build a 33 GTST race car. make sure you make it clear to anyone buying it that it cannot be complied or registered (providing that is actually the case here).

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