Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

hi

i want to import a skyline,

I have a question about the importers, directimported.com

any good?, trust worthy?

http://www.directimported.com/importing-to-australia.php

Please let me know how they are.

I would want a car imported from Japan to australia, and would want them to handle everything.

thankyou

Edited by ifixedit

Never heard of them

But would recommend iron chef

I my self in a few months am looking to use them to import a r34 gtr

Have great history, never heard of any one having a bad experience .

There is also a forum on here that list importers that people have used and might help you find a decent honest buissness .

I checked the site you provided and it's my opinion after looking at their vehicles, in particular the half dozen R32 Vspec II's, that they are NOT trustworthy

one example: http://www.directimported.com/car-profile.php?make=Nissan&model= Skyline Gt-r V Spec Ii&year=1994&vid=126# (copy past link into browser)

57000kms - yeah right

All the cars listed on our site are from dealers in Japan we stopped holding stock a quite few years ago. If you are interested in these cars in our dealer stock i need to contact them and we are only buying to order in the current market mainly for high end cars, Australia is no longer our main market. Although i am Australian and living and working in Japan, im one of the last Australians left in japan doing so as full time bussiness.

Chances are a lot of people who have bought off J-spec and Iron chef over the years have bought cars through our services in Japan (did you ever wonder who was doing the work in Japan) we really only concentrated on supplying our regular dealers and brokers and regular importers.

I have been Exporting and importing since 1997 i do not promote my services to private people in australia any longer. but im happy to help anyone who has any enquiry.

Regards, Phil

I couldn't tell you how many cars I've imported through Phil directly for myself or for friends. Always reliable, always trustworthy and completely up front. I've been dealing with Phil for 11 years now. Given the amount of vehicles I've purchased it's inevitable there will be a hiccup somewhere, on these occasions Phil has rectified them quickly and painlessly.

Sinister32, I'd suggest you retract your comment.

I haven't dealt with Iron Chef personally but have heard good things about them.

I have obviously offended with my comment. To make it clear to OP I have not dealt with DirectImports or Phill. It appears from the post above that BWCW has and is happy with the service provided.

I have heard nothing but good things re Iron Chef. Again I have not used his service, yet.

However In my opinion the Vspec II's and in particular the link posted in my previous post - it is still my opinion that vehicle, due to the visual condition, has either Travelled ALOT more than 57000kms

or has been extremely poorly treated for the said 57000kms. (added) if proven to be legitimate KM's.

If it looks to me like a duck, waddles like a duck, quacks like a duck - then I will still call it a duck.

Appologies for the "NOT trustworthy" . The Vspecs II's in my opinionion are questionable and I would seek irrefutable evidence if I was purchasing.

My Job is to ensure the vehicles found in japan are acurately checked for authentication. if that Vspec2 walks like a duck and quacks like a duck that will be the report i will give.

As i mentioned before there are all dealer cars advertised in japan i have no control over there claims or specs provided, but if you become inteested in any vehicle thats where i go to work and check the authenticiy of each vehicle and this is done hands on in Japan not from a desk in Australia reliying on 3rd party inspections. we do our own inspections in japan.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Yes to both! Yes to standard ECU and tune, but exhaust is aftermarket. Unsure on brand. Actually have it sitting in at my desk haha! I have to set it up on my laptop but this is a great next step, will do. So I generally try to shift before 4.5K RPM most times. I largely don't do a lot of high-rev driving, but I will take it up to red 1-2x a week max, as I know the occasional "Italian tune-up" is good for these cars.  Oh wow, is this way better than what I'm getting. Does this mean there's a good chance I have an issue?   Thanks for all the info so far guys.
    • Old Son, did you re-use the Holden ABS in the new shell or try a different module?
    • Yeah, nah. I had the actuator rod off it today. The arm will not move at all. Neither out, nor in. Yeah, you'd think so, but I've been thinking about that. Even when the actuator rod fell all the way off at the beginning of this saga, it would build more boost and faster in lower gears than it would in higher gears, and you'd think that that was the opposite of what should happen. But I strongly suspect that there is a thing with the gearing getting the revs to rise faster, that there must be some transient effect with the gas flow rate rising quickly, that you don't get with the more steady state case of the higher gears. Keep in mind - the gate is not shut in either of my weirdnesses. So things are not "normal". We normally think about a turbo spooling up (below the wastegate target) with the gate shut. I have all sorts of mental models running now where the gate is a little bit open, and having it stuck open allowing gas out while it should be going through the turbine has all sorts of weird effects (in these mental models). I'm thinking in the higher gears, the ex mani pressure builds to the point where enough gases spill out the wastegate to just prevent the pressure rising much more at all, or just creeping up, all the whole the revs are increasing and getting closer to the point where a gear shift becomes necessary.
    • Is it possibly wastegate actuator itself is sticking, or even the rod to flapper? Otherwise I reckon things are getting a bit rusty/worn   Also odd it won't boost in 3rd to 5th, but will in 1st, I'd expect the other way around with it slightly open as there's more time on your way to redline for it to spin up
    • Does anyone know ow what these two plugs are for and if they should be unplugged? Just put the dash back together and can't remember if these were plugged in before or unplugged! (Blue and white plugs) 🤦🏽‍♂️
×
×
  • Create New...