R33 callipers

[Guest andrewjread]

Hi all. After looking for mags for my @#$^ still soon to be skyline, many sales staff are not sure whether the mags I like would fit the skyline.

They say this is because some of the R33 have rather large brake callipers meaning these mags might not fit. I think the case is really they have no idea about these imports.

My car is a 1993 GTS25t. Does this model have the large brakes??

Also, who has imported their 'line. I am still waiting for the god dam import approval. It has been 2.5 weeks now and the longest 2.5 weeks in my life.

[N I B]

Your GTS brakes fit most rims< R33 Wheel are easy try Works

Thay have some Prodrives mmmm.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

andrewjread,

Import approval only takes about 10 days, but sometimes there are delays, especially after Christmas. If the place you go to don't know whether it will fit a Skyline then go somewhere else.

Steve,

Those Prodrives look awesome, almost as nice as a set of Volks.

[rob77]

10 days? cops ass. Mine took 3 weeks, red17's took about the same I think too. Then the workshop has to spend 2-3 days doing the compliance work, then an engineer has to come sign off on it (usually the workshop will wait till they have 3 or so vehicles to be done as its cheaper for them, than 1 vehicle at a time). Then they send the forms off to the feds, who then process and send the workshop the green compliance plate (sometimes sent to the compliance plate holder, ie: low volume importer) then it gets fitted to the vehicle. Now thats barring any other problems, like mechanical faults or body problems with the car that might stop it from being registered at the dept of transport. I applied for the import approval 1 week before the car left japan, and it took 10 days to get the car from japan to fremantle, so my car sat on the wharf for about 4 days till I had the import approval. Then you have to get the car through customs and all your gst and import duty paid (get a custom agent to do it for you, much easier to pay them the money and let them sort it). Then it goes for compliance.

[Guest andrewjread]

How long did it take after the import approval arrived Rob77 ?

This has already been the longest #$@#$ wait of my life I think. I sent of for the approval on the 16th Jan 2003. Still waiting......going crazy!!

So most local 5 studded rims will fit the r33 and not hit the brakes ? Keep seeing decent 2nd handies at Mr Mag but theyre not sure whether theyll fit.

[rob77]

It took 3 weeks to get my import approval. Mind you this was 1 year ago. I sent it off around 15/1/02 and got it back around 10-12 of feb I think. My advice is ring them up and be very polite with them over the phone and ask them where abouts in the que yours is. Whatever you do, dont mention the car is in the country (if it is they are not supposed to give you the approval and may make you destroy the car or export it back out), just be very polite to them because if you're rude I'm sure you will go back to the end of the pile and as its a govt organisation you have **** all chance of being able to rectify that. When I rang up and enquired about mine I got a pretty nice guy who was quite helpful on the phone, they had just brought in a new rule of having to have photo ID sent in with the application which had to be signed off by a Justice of the Peace to verify it was you. So I had to quickly run around and photocopy my passport and send it in, this is what held me up by another week. Now I had to ring up and find that out, no-one was about to call me and say "hey you forgot this". Just be nice and polite

[red17]

My approval took 3 weeks. I got it 4 days before the boat arrived in port. The car spent the weekend on the wharf because it was unloaded on a friday... it was then through customs and cleared on Monday... car trailered to the compliancer on Tuesday. It then took about 2 weeks to get the work done on it because he was flat out, normally he said its a week tops. Then I had to wait about 4 days to get the plate after the engineer had signed off on the work.

Then simply go down to the compliance shop, pick it up, take it to the pits (either by trailer or dealer plates, compliancers have dealer plates and mine offered to let me borrow them for an hour or 2... but i already had a set). Fill in the forms, let the bloke test drive it, get him to rubber stamp it, pick up your plates and bugger off!

All up its a fairly simple process, but harrowing at the time your doing it. I was shit scared of being picked up for something at the pits and having to change it. I went to Welshpool pits since they have alot of import dealers around there and would have the most experience with issues relating to them. In the end they didnt say anything was wrong... even the super loud stock standard 32 bov was fine.

Cops will always say theres something wrong with your car, but Transport usually beg to differ. If transport pick you up on it then you can usually be assured there really is a problem.

Enjoy your new skyline, you too can get that sense of sheer relief when you get your plates on and its all over!

Red17