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Well after only securing the purchase 5 weeks ago with my supplier in J my car is due to dock in Fremantle this afternoon. Im very excited now :( Ive got a whole heap of goodies ive bought for it arriving later this week and early next week aswell as a whole heap of bits to give it a nice service :(

Its only taken 12 days on the boat to get from Japan to Perth, which was very speedy indeed. Im hoping parts and wheels etc havent been swiped from the interior on its journey. My supplier thus far has been very good at communicating with me and keeping me upto date on all relevant details. He is now also able to source me parts at a decent price. I have already paid for a whole replacement front end thats being shipped over soon (drift spares ;P)

Im going thru the whole import process myself, no brokers or anything, and I am going to document the costs etc thoroughly so someone else can do the same thing and save themselves a few hundred dollars in the process.

Its Takushi Time!

JK

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congrats good to hear. Now the true test of patience awaits with the guys at epa, compliance and so forth.

even thou i waited for mine only 3.5 months from begining to end to get registered. It seemed like years. seemed like the procedures/issues were never gonna end.e.g docking, quaranitine, compliance.

although,

First time i set eyes on it at the sydney storage place. U get the butterflies. Being a rare as chips car here in sydney australia even, u cant stop looking at it as it was the first time i had seen one in the flesh. hahaha

all made up for it.

Well im paying for my freight and going to Customs to clear it tomorrow. Customs takes around 24 hours for clearance, so first thing Monday morning I should be able to book a quarantine inspector to come have a look at it later in the day or on Tuesday. I already had some decent cleaning done to the car in Japan so I will be surprised if It needs cleaning here, but if it does I dont forsee that taking longer than a day to organise. I should have the car by Wednesday at the latest.

Compliance will take some time, but I have dealer plates so Im not in any big rush because I can still drive the car around, errr sensibly around :(

JK

Well I went and paid for my freight this morning and saw the Car Carrier at the docks... that thing is bloody massive! Should have customs clearance by Monday morning as I submitted my Entry Form this morning, and quarantine within 24 hours from then! Woohoo!

JK

good work man!

yeah nothing wrong with driving it around while u dont have plates... thats what a temp rego is for... costs like 28 dollars or something like that and last for a month... cheaper if u dont get it that long.

i drove my skyline round for a month before registering it.

err i did.. just to get tyres and new clutch and stuff for blue slip.. lol

i past numerous cops cars who didnt even look at the car..

hmm the sleeper effect.

Get some pics up JAIK when its registered

i drove all of my imports from the dock, but i was driving the skyline around one day with compliance but no rego plates, there was a cop car a few cars up the road, so i thought i'd just stay behind them, but then a tow truck **** looked like he was in a huge rush to get past me, so i let him past and he stops next to the cops at the lights, said something and then the cops just stops to wait for me to drive past, and then pulled me over...they couldnt find anything to get me on so they just took down my details and i never heard from them again. so i just dont want the hassle of talking to useless bush cops in the rain, wasting my time

I hit a bit of a snag this afternoon. Customs called me whilst processing my Entry and advised me they need auth from the EPA about my aircon. I had my system removed in Japan and got a certificate to say it has been removed so a quick fax to the eastern states and they are liasing with customs in Fremantle to sort it out. I shall be sure to note that down in my Import How To :)

JK

Well after arriving at the docks to be greated by a flat tyre and a dead battery, all is well and the car runs well on the street. I had to pay $85 for a Quarantine Inspection and $85 to wash/clean the car. Oooo and Ive discovered that the cars got a nice mech diff in it, something which I wasnt aware of. The car has a few more dents and dings in it than I thought it had by looking at the photos, but what can I expect for under $3k?

JK

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