FD2R vs MODULO FD2R vs Mugen RR vs some g@y roadsters

[noodleman]

i always see a RR in the car park in Shum sui po below the imigration center

[air23box]

you mean these.....lol

[Perry]

you mean these.....lol

Is that a car park lot???

[air23box]

yeah....my friend's carpark in hk

[twmwong]

Is that a car park lot???

Not quite Eddie, it's the old man's (whtdc2) friend's workshop, it is a reputable mod shop in Hong Kong. He's been known for doing mods for cars in the races in Macau, that's why u see so many cars that will make u fall in there.

[air23box]

Dun you know he's my friend too? he send me those pics bro...

[Perry]

Not quite Eddie, it's the old man's (whtdc2) friend's workshop, it is a reputable mod shop in Hong Kong. He's been known for doing mods for cars in the races in Macau, that's why u see so many cars that will make u fall in there.

Whats the name of the workshop?

[Manny]

Man Auto Parts

[Manny]

I was lookin at FD2Rs on a Jap auction site the other day, they're pretty damn cheap...should be able to get them here landed for low $30k I reckon...only problem is getting it on the road...

[Perry]

I was lookin at FD2Rs on a Jap auction site the other day, they're pretty damn cheap...should be able to get them here landed for low $30k I reckon...only problem is getting it on the road...

ohhh really tempting tempting

[Manny]

ohhh really tempting tempting

Check it...

http://www.tradecarview.com/stock/de...px?sid=1164432

http://www.tradecarview.com/stock/de...px?sid=1145974

http://www.tradecarview.com/stock/de...spx?sid=978081

[Perry]

Check it...

http://www.tradecarview.com/stock/de...px?sid=1164432

http://www.tradecarview.com/stock/de...px?sid=1145974

http://www.tradecarview.com/stock/de...spx?sid=978081

Thanks Manny

You probably have more knowledge than me regarding about importing cars over to Aus.

[Manny]

Nah, can't say I know very much man...my estimations on importing to Aus is from what I have read with people importing their own Evos.

[Perry]

Nah, can't say I know very much man...my estimations on importing to Aus is from what I have read with people importing their own Evos.

Can you send me a link that I can look into please?

[Manny]

I think you'd have to register on the EvoOz forum to view it, so here it is below...

Not sure if this has been covered on the forum in detail anywhere yet but here goes...

Ok, so I just finished importing an evo VII so i can run you through the basic steps....

1. You find a car you like either at auction or from a dealer in Japan, (IMHO it is wise to use a broker you trust as they have connections already and have access to literally thousands of cars as well as accurate conditions reports etc and can arrange inspection of vehicles prior to bidding)

2. Once you have found your car you need to make payment usually by telegraphic transfer or in some cases you can use paypal. I found doing telegraphic transfer over the internet rather than through a bank was a hell of a lot cheaper since the company i paid through charged no fees for transfers over 10000AUD.

3. Dealer/supplier in Japan fills in necessary paperwork (deregistration papers, shipping papers and the like) and issues you with a receipt. Your car is sent to the wharf in Japan awaiting shipping on the next vessel to Oz.

4. At this point you will need to engage a customs agent in Oz to handle the shipping and clearance of your vehicle when it arrives. You will also need to talk to a compliance workshop and pay them a deposit usually around $500 in order to obtain an import approval on your behalf. The total cost of compliance for me is $2600 (evo VII) but could be anywhere between that and $3500 depending where you go. You would need to discuss this with your chosen workshop.

5. The supplier/ dealer in Japan will send the original copy of the deregistration papers to your compliance workshop so that they can get the import approval. The compliance workshop will then issue your customs agent with the approval notice so that your car can be cleared from customs when it arrives. When the car is loaded on the ship you will be sent a bill of lading stating the ship it is aboard and that you are the new owner of the vehicle.

6. When your car is close to arriving the shipping company will send you an arrival notice. When it arrives (took 2 weeks for mine - there ships leaving Japan every fortnight for brisbane) your customs agent should organise payment of shipping, GST, wharf fees, decontamination etc and present you with an invoice (it cost me $4754 in total for shipping and taxes etc and i received an itemised invoice)

7. Once your car is cleared from customs, usually 3-5 days depending on whether your car is first off the ship or not, (these Roll On Roll Off ships can carry around 2500 cars at a time) the customs agent will send your car by truck to you nominated compliance workshop to be complied. You may find the your compliance workshop will be quite busy from this point as there will be a number of cars from your ship also going to the same workshop so you may need to wait a week or so before they actually get to work on the car.

Now since we are talking about evos here you can only import Evo VI to Evo 8 for normal road use as the other models were all brought in by Mitsubishi in high volume and they are only allowed in as race/rally cars.

8. Now the bummer with the new SEVS laws that the government brought in is that your car MUST be stock standard in order for the workshop to fit the compliance plate (that means anything including aftermarket boost guages, wheels, suspension etc even bodykits sometimes...OH and HIDs can't go through either so they will disconnect them) so if you have any of these parts you will need to find stock parts over here from a wrecker (or borrow them from someone on this forum :happy: ) Somtimes you are lucky and get most of the stock part included in the vehicle when it is shipped. Once the compliance plate is fitted you are free to refit all these parts and have your car registered. Just make sure its legal for insurance and rego purposes! You may find that your workshop has some standard parts like exhaust etc that they will lend you for compliance also.

9. At this point you will need new tyres as the Jap ones are not DOT approved in Oz. From here on it is the same as registering any car you would buy over here!

I would suggest that you can never ask too many questions about the process, however it really isn't very complicated once you get it started. I actually found it quite rewarding. I also found that the condition report given was spot on the money, assume this is because if they gave out misleading reports they would not stay in business very long since Aussie wholesalers would not touch them again.
Ok so that may have been a bit long winded but I just felt i would try to shed some light on the process as importing your own vehicle can definately seem like a scary concept.

I made a excel sheet to calculate quickly for myself, i can email it to anyone who is interested as i can't upload it here. Basically you are looking at the FOB (cost of the car in Japan) + around $7500 in shipping and compliance + tyres and rego (which you would normally pay anyway)

Hope this helps some people

If i missed anything or anyone has questions let me know

I got mine through Geoff at prestigemotorsport.com.au

You can probably bring one in for race purposes and get a restricted race rego to drive to and from events. Brought this up, because you're more than likely not going to be able to get the car complied/complianced.