Dealer/Importers good and bad experiences please!!!

[J-Flash]

Hey buds!

Future skyline owner needing help finding a reputable dealer to provide me with my new ride.

Has anyone had a good experience with an importer/dealer to obtain there tyre screachin machine!! Please advise so I can get my ride quicker!!!

Has anyone had a bad experience with an importer/dealer and obtained a rewound clock and blown turbos or rings!!! also please advise!!! Let me learn by your mistakes.

Really!!! I would appreciate any advice. As I have my cash now and wish to buy but I need it to be a reliable car (R33 GTS-T) that will do 700km a week!!! I know that seems a lot of K's but F*$K it why can't I drive in style and maybe get there a little quicker!! he he he

Cheers

J-Flash

[lwells]

www.prestigemotorsport.com.au -- nothing but a pleasure to use so far.

LW.

[J-Flash]

www.prestigemotorsport.com.au -- nothing but a pleasure to use so far.

LW.

Thanks Bud!!!

J-Flash

[supahiro27]

HI man, sent you PM, and can help you out...

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[JH32]

Phil at www.directimported.com.au

Highly recommended

[J-Flash]

Phil at www.directimported.com.au

Highly recommended

C'mon guys there must be some skyline owners that used some of the import dealers in Sydney or Brisbane that Have a good or bad experience to tell.

If someone in your opinion is dodgy let me know so I can avoid them!!!

Vice versa of course.

The longer you take the longer it takes for me to get my skyline!!

Now ya not gonna make me wait are ya!!

Cheers J-Flash

[0HR-30T]

Have you condiderd buying one privitely? May be cheaper,and certainly a lot quicker! Might be "safer" buying through a dealer,but syd or bris is a fair hike for a warrenty claim.

If you get a good car,there's not much that goes wrong with them anyway....

[Duncan]

are you looking for an importer or a local dealer.

On a related topic, Lahood motors on parra rd in sydney got done for winding back odomoters up to 70000k back on 15 cars. They used to sell skylines too Now kinda empty there

[Blitz]

www.prestigemotorsport.com.au -- nothing but a pleasure to use so far.

LW.

Let me second this.

My car is due any day now and the whole experience with Prestige has been great. A few delays while waiting for import approval but the rest has been smooth sailing.

[ecenshu]

A little well less known but good guys anyway, call Dean @Ulitimate Performance Imports. They also do performance parts as well as import brokering.

[Dawzey]

www.japaneseimportparts.com.au

kristian is his name,

he does alot of parts, so when he imports cars he does not charge as much as others...

every single importer has access to the same car.

so if you locate the car urself you will save $$$

let him know chris from streetdreams told you to call him.

he will look after you.

he works throughout sydney...

Regards

[Blitz]

www.japaneseimportparts.com.au

kristian is his name,

he does alot of parts, so when he imports cars he does not charge as much as others...

every single importer has access to the same car.

so if you locate the car urself you will save $$$

let him know chris from streetdreams told you to call him.

he will look after you.

he works throughout sydney...

Regards

Just a pity that some of his recent vehicle offerings have not been investigated by him properly in regards to sevs eligibility. Ie the black supra that he all but sold before he found out that in actual fact it could only be brought in for race or rally.

Importing a car is a gamble not to mention a huge financial commitment. People need to be confident that those they entrust to guide them through the import process and organise their import have the knowledge, reputation and expertise to deliver.

For this reason I would stand by Prestige (from experience) and I would happily deal with Direct Imported or UPI after the glowing referrals others have provided.

[leech_]

I can't vouge for them yet but I am in the process of importing a S2 R33 from SVI (Special Vehicle Imports) of the business that I spoke with they offered the best overall package eg price plus I have heard a lot of good things about them... will soon find out but I am confident they will do the job well.

[ARIAN]

Yeah through import mags have read good things about SVI they can find you a really modified car if you want. only thing is they take all the gear off for compliance then u have to get it put back on but when u see S2 R33's in top nick for $19 000 with it's own supply of free goodies for you then I'd say gimmie gimmie :headbang:

[strydes]

I would suggest that if you do go down the path of importing yourself, try to use the same Broker as you do RAW (compliance workshop) as then you deal with the same person throughout the process. And often, they will be more careful with what cars they will offer to you to bid on as they will be the ones who need to comply them. Therefore, they may be more likely to steer you away from excessive mods which need to be removed for complaince.

I personally have used Autoworx (www.perthcars.com) to import my S1 R33 GTS-t and they have been excellent.

[ARIAN]

but I'm yet to come up with money but would like to hear about some of the NO GO zones when it comes to import cars. Weither that be importers or car yards.

And another note supahiro27 can help you out with cars and goodies for em (legaly) of course lol But adam don't think I forgot you still to get the money lol

[krptr]

Ive used Autoworx myself and have been impressed with them the whole time... wish I could remeber the guys name tho.

Ive been back a couple of times for some favours and hes been more than accomodating.

[jlnewton]

Phil at www.directimported.com.au

Highly recommended

Agreed, Phil got my R33 GTR V-spec and I couldn't be happier. I got it on the road 4 weeks ago and its as close to perfect as I would expect. Exactly the way it was described to me. The guy is great to deal with, so great in fact that I have him searching for a R33 4dr as we speak. Placed a bid on a car today, hope I get it!

[franks]

i recommend j-spec return their phone calls and emails, they have very good customer service *before* the purchase, but as soon as the cash goes over, t h i n g s s t a r t t o s l o w d o w n.

i bought my car through a friend. edgeimports.com.au dunno if he's doing still doing it actively, he could be abit better on correspondence aswell.

reminds me of a thread on a motorbike forum about a person selling new and 2nd hand bikes over the internet. the bloke wasn't returning phone calls and queries from the buyer and worse still the pics of the bike werent a true indication of the bike he was supplied (very late mind you).

the seller claimed he was being harrassed and subsequently he got got character assassinated in one thread. word quickly spread and i dont think he's doing much business over the web anymore.