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We imported a highly modified RX7 (T8834D, big motor, external fuel system etc) and used Kiwi to transport, and it was a success. Car even came with a note on the steering wheel in Japanese saying please do not start - highly tuned :P

We imported a highly modified RX7 (T8834D, big motor, external fuel system etc) and used Kiwi to transport, and it was a success. Car even came with a note on the steering wheel in Japanese saying please do not start - highly tuned :D

Wow..

I hope they take the same kind of care with my car :)

Where was the final destination for your car - mine is being trucked from Brisbane down to Melbourne once the ship lands - is customs/quarantine performed in Brisbane or Melbourne?

-Patrick

My r32 just arrived in Brisbane on Sunday with kiwi and will be trucked to Melbourne. My broker said it goes through customs or whatever in Brisbane of course, and that will be between 3-7 days. The good thing is that it will be delivered directly to my door!

Very handy as I had a knee reco a couple of days ago...

cheers, Ben

I guess shipping with Kiwi isn't that bad then, it's just the delay that is a bit irritating. That and the car now apparently not being driveable.

Does anyone know the answer to my compliance question: ie from when the car arrives at my door, how long do i have until i need to have all the compliance work done under the 15y rule?

-Patrick

I had my car shipped via Kiwi. But when the missing parts and damage occurred cannot as yet be determined as it was in customs storage in Brisbane for 6 months, and then shipped to a bond storage yard in Sydney where it sat for a week before it was cleared for me to pick it up.

ocean, I might have a headlight or two for sale soon. I like the N1 headlights ;)

Actually, alot of GTR's have the catch can in front of the battery like that. This is more than likely due to not having a better option elsewhere in the engine bay. In my 32, the ABS has been removed and the catch can is in its place. The battery is also in the boot as there is something else that is in its place :P

If anyone can confirm what jetgts said about 100 days from clearing customs for compliance to be completed?

NXTIME: Let me know about the lights, although i may have already located one.

Patrick,

I just looked at pics of your car and realised that it has N1 headlights, so you will need either a LHS N1 or two standard GTR ones. Maybe you can find one in Japan and put it in the car if it hasn't left there yet.

- Charlie

Patrick,

I just looked at pics of your car and realised that it has N1 headlights, so you will need either a LHS N1 or two standard GTR ones. Maybe you can find one in Japan and put it in the car if it hasn't left there yet.  

- Charlie

Bugger. How do you identify the standard vs the N1 ones? I didn't know they were different.

Edit: are these the standard headlights? http://www.prestigemotorsport.com.au/au/st...ck/img/7056.jpg

-Patrick

Very handy as I had a knee reco a couple of days ago...

cheers, Ben

ouch - I had one year ago and it wasn't the best experience either.

Well I was told my car would come here using Kiwi but now its not going to happen.

We imported a highly modified RX7 (T8834D, big motor, external fuel system etc) and used Kiwi to transport, and it was a success. Car even came with a note on the steering wheel in Japanese saying please do not start - highly tuned :D

Umm Morgs, that wasn't imported by your gf was it? A white RX7... the one that gave me a splitting headache after it was driven from Sydney down to Melb? I had the pleasure of trying to get the Apexi gauges on it to work the other day :cheers:

ocean... there's no set time limit in VIC (it varies from state to state). for a 15 yr old car you can take your sweet buggery time or cut it in half n sell it or put it in your backyard for a couple of years or do whatever you want to do with it. With SEVS vehicles the car's not allowed to leave the compliance centre and not allowed to be in your possession till its complied.

there's only 1 N1 headlight, but there's a poverty pack headlight that looks remarkably similar (cept the inner light isn't a projector)

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