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My Seaway/Kiwi invoice totalled $1290.09 (variations due to exchange rate). The road freight is $400 less a $250 rebate, from memory. That will have the car dropped at the Melbourne depot. If you want it shipped to your house, the can arrange for another truck to move it depot -> your place. I had mine moved depot -> workshop as I wasn't keen on driving it myself and don't have access to a vehicle trailer.

The $1800 seems a bit high. Some customs agents charge for the aircon exemption even though they don't have to do anything. Perhaps just email Ben rather than guess? Jspec seem like straight up guys, you/we may have missed another fee somewhere?

Mark

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okay, the 1800 j-spec estimates include:

The shipping estimate..bout 1000

Import & terminal security levy: $115

Quarantine and cleaning fee: $155

Import documentation fee: $35

Customs brokerage fee: $150

Quarantine charges and processing: $65

Trucking is free with kiwi, because J-spec have an arrangement with them and I get free trucking to melbourne :)

My car is also booked on the haul tropicana due to leave Osaka on the 4th and arrive in Brisbane on the 18th :)

thanks Mark, getting so excited now. She leaves in 2 days!!

jono, $2155? wow. Was the exchange rate really bad at the time? Its the only thing that I can think of, unless you had to get the car steam cleaned and powdered, but even then it sounds pretty high.

Hey Rylan, speaking of rust on your skyline, check these out...

Rear windscreen

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These were taken on Friday. And the car doesn't have any visible rust elsewhere (ignoring the sills of course). Perhaps a good idea for all 89 drivers to have it checked. Apparently it is in between surface rust and body rust. Had we not caught it now, within a year it would have started eating through the roof

Where are you getting a replacement seal from? Nissan? My rear seal is stuffed so I wanna change it.......

The only rust i've found on mine so far is Underneath the car on the floor plan directly behind the front wheel about half a foot back.

Its where the grey sealant stuff has come away. Doesn't look major, maybe sand it back and bog....

Universal seals from Novus is the cheapest way to go. It still seals just the same as rubber from Mr Nissan but without the pricetag.

Have a talk with a painter in your area - there are a few anti-corrosive paints out there that will stop (or at least delay) the spread of surface rust. If you are able to sand it out, then switch off the comp Baze and get out into your garage ;)

thats no good Mark, how will you go about treating that? Is there any way of checking this without taking the seals out? (something I don't know how to do) Good luck with the repairs anyhow :)

In other news, according to the kiwi website, the Hual Tropicana has been delayed 2 days!!!!!!!! so it leaves on wednesday instead of today :) :cuss:

Thats the way importing is I suppose.

I was thinking about getting the underneath of the car sprayed with a sealant like 4wd owners do to prevent the spread.

not a good idea mate. underbody sealant just stops you from being able to see the rust. it will still rust, you just wont know until one day you fall through the floor and are then able to pedal your car flinstone style :)

best to get it treated properly, then paint it. like mark advised best off talking to a painter.

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just thought I'd just give you an update. the skyline's been in brizzy for a while now chillin in customs. It's being picked up at the brizzy terminal for transportation to Melbourne on monday, so I'm expecting it to be in here on Thursday or Friday :cheers::D:D:D

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