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Anyone imported a S13 180sx

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  • 15-05-2007 3:07pm
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    AsphaltRisin'
    Closed Accounts Posts: 415 ✭✭


    Have any of you lads personally imported a 180sx withput buyin it off a jap import dealer here?

    I want to know what sort of costs ye've encountered etc


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    blastman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,450 ✭✭✭blastman


    Make of car doesn't really matter, you'll still come across the same costs, which largely depend on the cost of the car. For a personal Jap import:

    Cost of car

    Then add

    Auction fees and auction tax (if bought at auction) + Japanese agent's fees + transport costs in Japan (to get the car to the port) + Japanese export tax (probably another 200-300 or so altogether, possibly more depending on cost of car)

    You can expect to pay 10% of this combined amount in import duty and 21% VAT on all the above plus the 10% import duty.

    Shipping costs (typically 500-600 Euro)
    Customs clearance (about 150)
    Storage on the docks if you can't pick it up immediately (20-30 Euro a day, I'd say)

    VRT (depends on the OMSP of the car, for older cars you may get away with paying the minimum VRT of 315 Euro)


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    Viejo Zorro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭Viejo Zorro


    Why personal imports? No statutory rights, whereas if you buy off an importer (who doesn't really take a huge profit from it), you have a statutory 3 month warrenty, unless of course, you mod it within that time.


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    AsphaltRisin'
    Closed Accounts Posts: 415 ✭✭AsphaltRisin'


    Viejo Zorro wrote:
    Why personal imports? No statutory rights, whereas if you buy off an importer (who doesn't really take a huge profit from it), you have a statutory 3 month warrenty, unless of course, you mod it within that time.

    Man i know several importers who are makin quite a big profit on imports... but anyway that's not the point...
    What i actually wanted bys askin this question was to see if anyone could give me specific details related to importing a 180sx, because that'd give the best indication to the costs involved.
    What i want to do is import one, drive it for a while, prep it for driftin, maybe drift a bit, then sell it on and hopefully not lose too much above what i paid for it originally and the work i'd do to it.
    If it works out then i might consider bringin in a couple every now and then on the side , just as a bit of a hobby.
    I already mess buy and tidy up a few old rear wheel drive yokes as a hobby, i just buy one, do a bit of work to it, drive it until i get bored and then sell it an dhope to cover the costs


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    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    try asking here - http://www.sxoc.co.uk/vbb/index.php


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