Taylorhardy1 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) Has anyone here ever imported a Japanese car through an importer? Lately I find myself dreadfully missing my fd rx7 and need another one. After a quick search even the jdm fd rx7s already stateside are about 20% cheaper. That's fairly obvious considering Japan had them for 10 years while we had them for 2. But the 94s with late 93 production dates are already legal, it almost makes more sense to spend less on a Japanese car and chop up a far less rare car to build into a racecar. So I've been wondering if anyone's dealt with it personally? Anything I can expect? Good local company to find me the car I'm looking for? Edited December 25, 2018 by Taylorhardy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Has anyone here ever imported a Japanese car through an importer? Lately I find myself dreadfully missing my fd rx7 and need another one. After a quick search even the jdm fd rx7s already stateside are about 20% cheaper. That's fairly obvious considering Japan had them for 10 years while we had them for 2. But the 94s with late 93 production dates are already legal, it almost makes more sense to spend less on a Japanese car and chop up a far less rare car to build into a racecar. So I've been wondering if anyone's dealt with it personally? Anything I can expect? Good local company to find me the car I'm looking for?Motorex used to be the big dog but unsure if they still are. You can contact Yplate motors and speak with them. They import skylines, rx7, etc he may have some insight or even be able to help you through the process. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorhardy1 Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 1 minute ago, PowderBlue said: Motorex used to be the big dog but unsure if they still are. You can contact Yplate motors and speak with them. They import skylines, rx7, etc he may have some insight or even be able to help you through the process. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk At least in Utah, when the r32 skyline, and all the cool cars that came around that time frame became legal for import tons of importers started popping up like crazy. There's a few local ones I've come across, but I want to go to a good importer that finds quality cars for good prices and doesn't try to widen their already large profit margin by horrendously up charging on a broken pile, then ship through a less than cautious shipping company and get an even more beat up car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailingeric Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) I have a hankering to get a Nissan PaoĀ some day and I found importer who has a large selection of JDM cars.Ā http://www.duncanimports.com Edited December 25, 2018 by Sailingeric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Thereās a super clean low mile fd on CL right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorhardy1 Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 9 hours ago, Manny Tavan said: Thereās a super clean low mile fd on CL right now... I saw that. My problem is I'm gonna be chopping the car up for a widebody kit, extensive interior work, and it's gonna get a 3 rotor. I'm 6ā4ā so I have to get a non sunroof car which makes it even more rare of a car considering only some base models, and r2 cars had that option. I just don't want to be destroying a super rare us spec car for my build when I could get a jdm model for a dime a dozen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenbasketreef Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 I think all writing on dashboard will be in Japanese Kanji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorhardy1 Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 1 hour ago, goldenbasketreef said: I think all writing on dashboard will be in Japanese Kanji Numbered in kmh, and rpm is broken down into 100ths opposed to 10ths. But it doesn't matter because I'll be pulling the gauge cluster anyways to replace with a racepack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenbasketreef Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Steering will be on the right side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bicyclebill Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Iāve read a couple of good articles with info about this on jalopnik.com. Might be a resource to check outSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 This was sold through Yplate, but if youāre going to hack the car and put a race pack in it Iād just find one somewhere in the states unless youāre really wanting a rhd. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 15 minutes ago, PowderBlue said: This was sold through Yplate, but if youāre going to hack the car and put a race pack in it Iād just find one somewhere in the states unless youāre really wanting a rhd. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Is this one yours Randall? Ā Looks good in the driveway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Is this one yours Randall? Ā Looks good in the driveway!It was buts itās long gone Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Just now, PowderBlue said: It was buts itās long gone Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Ahhh - I thought that might be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Iām working on a supercharged C6 Z06 right now to sell! Sorry for the thread jack! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, PowderBlue said: Iām working on a supercharged C6 Z06 right now to sell! Sorry for the thread jack! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Well Taylor knows I'm a fellow RX7 fan so hopefully he will forgive the brief thread jackĀ šĀ I only had fcs myself but really enjoyed them. Ā I certainly applaud the attempt to find a suitable donor for the race mods vs. breakingĀ up a nice, rare stock example. Ā Hadn't thought about the headroom issue but that isn't something I ever really need to deal withĀ š Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I've always wanted an FD...until I drove a 911... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorhardy1 Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 14 hours ago, PowderBlue said: This was sold through Yplate, but if youāre going to hack the car and put a race pack in it Iād just find one somewhere in the states unless youāre really wanting a rhd. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Nice! My thinking with going jdm is Japan had something like 70k cars produced through the 10 years they were built there, whereas we had under 14k make it to the states because Mazda only built lhd cars in 93 and 94. I used to have a chaste white 94, a 1 of 26 produced. But Everytime I considered chopping it up I just felt guilty. Im a purist at heart, so I'd rather just chop up a car with higher production numbers.Ā Ā 13 hours ago, Manny Tavan said: I've always wanted an FD...until I drove a 911... I feel this! I would buy a 911 if I had 140k laying around for a 997 gt3rs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorhardy1 Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 Rhd rx7s also have even less headroom, but I'll be able to correct that with super low seat brackets and fixed back seats. Im mostly aware of the issues that come with a rhd rx7 but I'm mostly nervous about the actual importer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
503reefland Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Y plate has scott phams old fd with a 1 jz twin charged for like 20k has everythig you describe watig to do just no 3 rotor which is a good thing...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 My drift buddies have imported at least three s15ās using blacked out motorsports in canada. Iām sure they could import a FD which is much easier since the 93 and 94 are 25yo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
503reefland Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 It all comes down to having the dough! š Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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