importing stuff from japan

[Apolan]

Hi,

i know we had a discussion on this topic already, just cant seem to find that thread.. Anyway, i've done some calculations, how much would a full rebuild + minor tune up cost for a 4a-ge and it just doesnt make any sense to do it, when the blacktop engines sell for 200-400euros in japan. thats oem engines with less than 100k kms on the clock, tested, with ecu and harness and everything.. not to mention the silvery ones wich go dor even less.

aside from that, there is a gazzillion of other lovely hachi bits there.. everything from smoking wheels to null D wheels (nardi lol).. everything for a fist full of dollars.. just take a stroll down the auctions.yahoo.co.jp.. i mean just check out theese wheels and say that they are not the coolest thing you've ever seen..



anyway, the problem is this one little sentance, which can bi found on virtually every auction page: Seller will not ship internationally.

So now what do you do? how do you get a 300 eur blacktop here? i can spend 1000 eur on my engine and it would not run as half as strong as the 20v.. not to mention you get a factory reliable engine which is a practically a race engine in its oem form.

this sucks

[nmwisima]

Just find someone importing stuff and he ll fetch it for you.

[DJexor]

somewhere in a topic was mentioned someone who can buy everything from ebay for international buyers... ask banpei if he can do a quick search or something

[parrot]

There are numerous agents in Japan who can do this for you - for a fee.

You can bid yourself and if you 'win' the auction, they arrange for the seller to ship to them, they then pack it up and ship to you. Thus you get charged for them enabling you to do it, cost of postage to them, cost of packaging by them and cost of shipping to you. Which all adds up but when item cost is so cheap ......

Bear in mind some items cannot be sent due to weight and/or length.

Some agents have better reputations than others and fees vary considerably. They all have different rules too so research carefully.

I have not personally used one......yet, but have been sorely tempted, especially now $1 Australian dollar is equal to 100 yen

Rinkya is meant to be one of the better ones I believe

[banpei]

DJexor Wrote:somewhere in a topic was mentioned someone who can buy everything from ebay for international buyers... ask banpei if he can do a quick search or something

I'm not a local search engine...

Anyway, perhaps you can ask Maa-Imports:
http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic/importing...pan/t/3846
He's a regular importer from Japan, so maybe he can do it for you.

[DJexor]

banpei Wrote:

DJexor Wrote:somewhere in a topic was mentioned someone who can buy everything from ebay for international buyers... ask banpei if he can do a quick search or something

I'm not a local search engine...

Sorry banpei!

[Apolan]

parrot Wrote:There are numerous agents in Japan who can do this for you - for a fee.

You can bid yourself and if you 'win' the auction, they arrange for the seller to ship to them, they then pack it up and ship to you. Thus you get charged for them enabling you to do it, cost of postage to them, cost of packaging by them and cost of shipping to you. Which all adds up but when item cost is so cheap ......

Bear in mind some items cannot be sent due to weight and/or length.

Some agents have better reputations than others and fees vary considerably. They all have different rules too so research carefully.

I have not personally used one......yet, but have been sorely tempted, especially now $1 Australian dollar is equal to 100 yen

Rinkya is meant to be one of the better ones I believe

Yes i have thought of this ofcourse, and searched through a few pages (including Rinkya) but they do not import engines, just smaller bits (rims, muflers, cams etc..).

And sure its not cheap. I guess you would pay more for shipping & handling and customs, taxes than for the engine itself..

Anybody has any other "connections"?

[banpei]

DJexor Wrote:Sorry banpei!

No problem

[Jezza_hr]

I feel the same way about yahoo auctions. I'm always after things to buy from there but am never sure how