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G'day everyone..

New to buying an import car and looking to get my 1st very Stagea very soon.

I have been looking around on gumtree and have found a dealer in Tarenpoint ,

Nagoya Motors Pty Ltd does anyone have experience with these guys , are they reputable? I am currently looking at three different models that he has for sale and spoke to him on the phone today .I was asking him about getting the radio gps etc converted to work in aus and I was told for an extra 550 they will convert from Jap to Aus. Is this a reasonable price?

I will be hitting you guys up over the next few weeks as I have no idea what to look for with an import or what needs to happen with the insurance and purchase period. Lol complete import noob here.

Cheers

John

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Hi!

The Jap to Aus conversion is quite expensive IMO but I'm pretty sure that is about the going rate. It's up to you whether you think it's worth while or not. Most people on here will tell you not to worry as its cool for a few weeks then you get over it, I kind of agree.

What models are you looking at?

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2 of the cars I am looking at are a 04 350rx and a 250t-rs .. to be honest I am not sure what I am looking for exactly I just know that I really like the look of the Stagea in general, got a budget of around the 20k mark just want to have a hassal free , enjoyable motoring experience.

My mate has a c34 Autech 260RS which is a beautiful car and is responsible for my love of these cars.

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So Forced induction is pretty high maintenance? I would lean towards Forced if I could be confident that there would be few issues .

Has anyone delt with Nagoya Motors? Eould be interested to hear if they are a good company to use.

Thanks for the replies so far everyone, appreciate it

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Should be more like $250 for the Engrish conversion, I still use mine, it reminds me of a Nintendo 64.

20k will get you a lot of Stag.

Haven't heard anything about Nagoya Motors but my rule of buying a car is never buy new and never buy from a used car dealer.

My advice is research, research, research so you know what you are getting.

Give me the 20k and I'll find a nice private sale one for you and keep the change. :thumbsup:

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2 of the cars I am looking at are a 04 350rx and a 250t-rs .. to be honest I am not sure what I am looking for exactly I just know that I really like the look of the Stagea in general, got a budget of around the 20k mark just want to have a hassal free , enjoyable motoring experience.

My mate has a c34 Autech 260RS which is a beautiful car and is responsible for my love of these cars.

20k?

Import a PM35 through Iron Chef / Prestige Motorsport / Jspec etc

It will take a bit longer than from a dealer, but you can have the joy of looking through the auction vehicles for exactly what you are after.

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20k?

Import a PM35 through Iron Chef / Prestige Motorsport / Jspec etc

It will take a bit longer than from a dealer, but you can have the joy of looking through the auction vehicles for exactly what you are after.

This!

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Will look into this more. Hadn't really thought of going about it that way as I presumed it would be more costly..

haha, no.

I ended up paying just under $16k for my PNM35 at a time when they were high 20's-high 30's at the one dealership that had compliance for them.

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M35 = 2WD series 1 (VQ25dd, VQ30dd)

NM35 = 4WD series 1 (VQ25dd, VQ30dd or VQ25det)

PM35 = 2wd series 2 (VQ25dd or VQ35de)

PNM35 - 4wd series 2 (VQ25dd or VQ35de)

It should be noted that nobody when "we" reference M35/NM35, "we" are referring to VQ25det powered series 1 M35's and more likely VQ35de powered series 2 when referencing PM35/PNM35

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