Tryna Import My Skyline

[Jumma Jumma]

Hey all just wanted to know if anyone can help me with importing my skyline from new zealand to WA.

Only problems i fink i will have is it has been on and of the road in nz for mods but has always been registered plus its been moded,

which are Rb30det conversion with.

.forged pistons

.top mount s/s extractors

.bigger turbo

.front facing plenum

.550cc injectors

. 3inch s/s exhaust from turbo single rear muffler, no cat

.full body kit

.18s

.lowering springs adjustable shocks

.bucket seats

heaps of other stuff thats just the major mods i can think of

I want to bring it to wa as an unregistered car and put it over pits in kalgoorlie so i can see what gets done to my baby, if its possible for it to come over and the costs involved ? any 1 who could help would be great through experence ect ?

cheers jumma

[Chris Rogers]

and you have owned this car how long?

[Mr Eps]

BAGS NOT IT.

okay okay edit i'll give you a clue - you can only import it depending on how long you've owned the car for.

as chris said.. but that's not what i'm here to tell you!

waht i AM going to tell you is that if you plan to "take it over the pits in kalgoorlie" you need a legit reason to be out that far away..

ie: you have to LIVE in kalgoorlie. or be working + Garaging the car there.

Edited November 14, 2010 by Mr Eps

[Jumma Jumma]

what do you mean bags not it thats my baby haha,

ive owned the car for the past 5years and yes i live in kalgoorlie and work there aswell so the car will be garaged here aswell.

any ideas costs ???

[funkymonkey]

if you're moving to oz in the near future and want to bring it over, then it'll come in as a "Personal Import". Which is basically any car with any mods that you've owned for the 12 months prior to you moving to oz.

if you've already moved to oz, then you can't import it unless it's taken back to standard manufacturer spec. it has to come in under the RAWS scheme, which unfortunately an RB30DET converted skyline isn't gonna be eligible under.

[Jumma Jumma]

Well that suxs alot ive lived in wa for a year now kan i not import it as unregistered then put it over the pits ???

[Mr Eps]

sorry, bro...

if you're "coming" to australia... then you can bring the car with you.. this is called the personal imports scheme.. because it's YOUR personal car..

being that you are already living here, it must be brought in under SEVS.. which means your RB30 conversion and bucket seats would need to be reverted back to stock..

the reason i said "bags not it" is - well.. i dunno about what things are like in NZ but in aust when you say "BAGS NOT IT!" it means "i call shotgun on NOT doing this"

ie:

you're sitting on the couch watching TV and your GF is in the kitchen cooking food - the phone rings.. you call out "BAGS NOT!!!"

and by federal law she must answer the phone...

hence why when you posted this - i called bags not it..

*sigh*

so let me get this straight.. you're ALREADY here in WA.. your car is in NZ?? correct?

[Blitz_boy]

You can bring it in under the SEVS scheme, but it will need to be standardish.

You will have to ge it complied $1800ish

Shipped over $1000ish?

Customs cleared, import duty and GST $1500ish

These are just quick off the top of my head esimates.

[Jumma Jumma]

Damn this suxs stupid aussie laws man mite have to send the misses bak hme for a week then she can (move over) with the car lol ohh well thanks for the help anyways peeps

[Mr Eps]

...i'd get a second opinion before booking tickets man.

i'd also edit your post and remove what you just said incase some one at dotars skims over this..

[funkymonkey]

you could pull the engine and goodies out of the car, chuck it in a crate, send it over here and put the bits in an R32 you buy locally?

[Jumma Jumma]

yea i was thinking that or importing it as a rally/drift car and doing a motor swap i dunno really what to do now !!! how expensive are decent bodied skidders over WA here ??

[LKC]

the flaw in your plan of having your GF re-move over to aust would be that she doesnt own the car. you do so you would have to be the person moving. then again maybe just asking for consideration seeing you did move over here and just didnt import it as a personal import when you first moved. does anybody know if there is a limit you can be in aust for before you can no longer do it as a Personal Import?

Given its been 1 year already it probs wont work but you never know. give customs a call.

[Truffles]

Your best bet woud be to take out all the parts you want in your car and have them crated over to australia and have them put in an r32/33 shell. Then either return your car in New Zealand to stock and sell it or just part it.

It's not a finanicially viable sitution. By the time you put a stock motor, seats, wheels, exhaust and then pay the related import costs, you'll have probably gone over the car's value. Also that would be a lot of dicking around to have all that done from another country. Seems a bit much to put a new motor in just for a boat right.

[funkymonkey]

As much as this is gonna hurt to do, chop the car into two, piss the rear half off (after you pull out the LSD I guess), ship the front half to oz. In WA, find a car that's got an almost dead engine or soemthing, get the rego on it (mail it in), then swap the engine and all the parts over from the half cut.

Probably the easiest way to get most of your old car on the road in oz. You'll make some cash back on the panels from the old car in NZ, and maybe some cash from the parts you pull out of the car in WA. Probably not much tho.

[Jumma Jumma]

Have spoken with the misses and she has informed me that MY skyline is in her name anyway so im still hope that plan will work as i have just spend 6000 on body work on it gutted

[GTR-N1]

So it'll be 'her' "personal import" right?