any one imported a car before?

[Guest]

looking at importing a 1999 sti ra found one for 80,000 yen which is about $ 1200.00 nz makes it a very cheap sti !!! just want to know what the other costs are e.g. how much the freight is, if you pay duty ect ect cheers.

[Koom]

http://www.japaneseusedcars.com/auction/auctions_new_zealand.htm

Those guys have alot of good information for importing a car yourself. I brought one in through them with no issues or major hidden costs as they had all the info available beforehand. I doubt you'll get a 1999 car road legal anymore though?

[johnny5]

Special interests vehicle maybe? Or you whould have to strip it down and part it into a road legal shell

[STiNGR]

 AshtonC said:

looking at importing a 1999 sti ra found one for 80,000 yen which is about $ 1200.00 nz makes it a very cheap sti !!! just want to know what the other costs are e.g. how much the freight is, if you pay duty ect ect cheers.

where did you find that? what site??

[Guest]

yeah you have to apply through nzta to bring any car in under the year 2005 I think?

[Guest]

I thought it was pre 96 that werent allowed? Could be wrong but that was the whole evo 3 thing a while back. Ring VTNZ they will set you straight. Check how much its gonna cost you all up though but still sounds hell cheap and probably have a few hidden goodies...

[Guest]

the site is carwebs.co.nz would probally have some maaad tune in it knowing the japs

[Koom]

 evowrx said:

I thought it was pre 96 that werent allowed? Could be wrong but that was the whole evo 3 thing a while back. Ring VTNZ they will set you straight. Check how much its gonna cost you all up though but still sounds hell cheap and probably have a few hidden goodies...

From the import rules page on japaneseusedcars.com

Things to read:

To import a car to New Zealand and register it for road use it must comply with frontal impact regulations and emissions regulations.

Generally speaking for passenger cars this means 2000/1 build or newer

There may be an exception for 'special interest vehicles': Information here.

For general information on importing: Information here.

For information on importing from Japan: Information here.

Left hand drive cars generally cannot be registered for road use either: Information here.

[Koom]

 AshtonC said:

the site is carwebs.co.nz would probally have some maaad tune in it knowing the japs

yeah cause every imported car from Japan is an ex track car :

[Guest]

can also buy a 2001 r34 gt-r skyline for $ 11250.00 nz cheeeap assss

[STiNGR]

How do you view their stock?

[Guest]

click on auctions, then click japanese actions, then you will need to make a account thats on the login page

[Johnnynz]

If I purchased a car from a site like that for a track car and had no intention of registering it do I need to even let NZTA know its coming in?

Or can I just bring it in, start modding and rock up at a track day with it on a trailer?

[Guest]

+1 you read my mind, just buy the car pay for the shipping let it go through customs then put it on a trailer boom!

[Johnnynz]

 AshtonC said:

+1 you read my mind, just buy the car pay for the shipping let it go through customs then put it on a trailer boom!

Biggest problem I can forsee without looking into at all and possibly being 110% wrong is I dont know how you go about getting an MSNZ log book for a car that's never had a warrant or rego.

I vaguely understand the process if its a road going car, but I dont know if the car needs to have been in the system for MSNZ to give it a logbook.

[boon]

 Johnnynz said:

If I purchased a car from a site like that for a track car and had no intention of registering it do I need to even let NZTA know its coming in?

Or can I just bring it in, start modding and rock up at a track day with it on a trailer?

I don't think so... it's just a lump of metal until you try to put it on the road. You'd probably have to pay GST on it, although only on what you paid for it. And there's probably some additional taxes on bringing in a complete vehicle as opposed to a bunch of parts.

[Johnnynz]

That was what I had thought to.

I am not in the market so haven't really looked into it. Just a thought I had toyed with in my head from time to time.

[madmike]

Ring motorsport NZ and ask...

They are not that scary!!! Lol

[Guest]

it could be cool to import a silvia as a track/drift car and put a rb26 into it ;D

[reaperblitz]

Lol you'd be better off searching for one already with one in it going to all that effort of importing it. Better yet do it all here for cheap