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Just curious, seems like a lot of people have stuff stolen by the wharfy thieves or have had damage done to the vehicle during transit. How many of you actually have had damage done/ stuff taken when you imported your car? My car arrives soon and I'm worried about the odds of stuff being taken/damaged.

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Yes but a lot of people which didn't have any damage done or anything taken probably would not have posted. I'm just curious about the percentage of people which have had stuff stolen and/or taken in the past. It just seems that more than half of the people here who have imported have had stuff taken.

When I got my car, the stereo (fairly good one) was gone as well as a boost gauge. But what I was most annoyed about was when I watched my car come off the boat. It had been sitting in Japan for about 8 months so was in real need of a good service - so what did the guys taking it off the boat do? Thrashed it, raced it against another GTR to it'parking spot.

You would have to assume that they didn't give the oil time to warm up or gave the car any time to cool down - but why would they? IT'S NOT THERE'S!!!

:cuss:

The wharves have cameras now and dont tolerate that rubbish anymore. Apparently!

I know of an instance a few years ago at Brisbane wharf. We went to pick up a car, and there was no steering wheel. We asked where it went, and no one could answer us and said it never did have one. When questioned on how they drove it off the ship, they clammed up real tight! We drove it home with vice grips turnin the steering shaft!

Mine was missing a pod, but I didn't see photos, so maybe it wasn't there to start with. I had a turbo timer, blitz BOV and volks, all of which was not touched.

The paint got a substantial amount of extra small scratches, but that could have happened at the complience workshop.

Shipped through Kiwi, from Kawasaki -> Brisbane

I picked up a car from the storage yard in Sydney yesterday and the assholes have tried to theive the two HKS gauges on the A-pillar, subsequently stuffing the lower section of the factory a pillar and leaving the dual pod all but hanging off. One of the dash control units was also broken and hanging off, so neither the aircon or wipers worked (and it was raining :( )

if u have the option send by container then do that. It is more expensive but it is also much more secure that RORO vessels which are renown for have stuff pitched and damaged. i work for a freight forwarder and i see first hand what happens! Although u must understand that nothing is secure. Pillage and damage to cargo can happen at anytime during the transport of your goods.

had my stereo stolen and few scratches + 1 dent from freo docks oh and a forklift scratch at the rear..

car was a silvia k's http://www.pbase.com/fluent/my_s13

overall it wasn't too bad, apart from the minor issues car was in good condition :)

Mate if the folklift driver damaged ur car and admitted it, did u put a claim in for the damage?

This poll is about items that were taken in the transit of the car that was helped to sell with the car. Obviously if you never saw the item originally you wouldn't know if it was there to start with but if you have pictures of the items installed in the car you can begin to draw some conclusions......

i had my car arrive fine, i got container shipped... its a vip celsior right

i went and saw it at the storage area wherer it got unloaded... then it was sent for steam cleaning and then i got it towed to my place...... the front bar was cracked in 2 and the rear scractched up... i am getting it fixed now and gonna fit them the bill

as for getting something stolen... no,... nothing... but it was container.

Yes but a lot of people which didn't have any damage done or anything taken probably would not have posted. I'm just curious about the percentage of people which have had stuff stolen and/or taken in the past. It just seems that more than half of the people here who have imported have had stuff taken.

Dude, relax, you choose to import, so you have to expect anything, from delays to theft, sadly its part of the game.

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