Stealth-Z Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 When Corzette's post about his Hakosuka showed up, I looked at the prices of other cars on the lot. Seems in Japan the cars go on a high-low-high price ride. After 25 years their prices went up. Right now the R32's are in the low spot. In another 10 years I would bet the price will be higher for the GTR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Poly Zmanaustin Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 When Corzette's post about his Hakosuka showed up, I looked at the prices of other cars on the lot. Seems in Japan the cars go on a high-low-high price ride. After 25 years their prices went up. Right now the R32's are in the low spot. In another 10 years I would bet the price will be higher for the GTR. That's interesting...where were you looking? ebay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth-Z Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 That's interesting...where were you looking? ebay? ebay is useless for that. In this thread, http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=126542 Corzette talks about getting his Hakosuka Skyline. In the image below, look at the price for the R30 Skyline. It is 890,000 Yen (About $8090). These were produced from 1981 ~ 1984? A 10 years ago it would be worth a fraction of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 So what does it really cost to get a car shipped from Japan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Good car the R32, heaps of them in Oz, with a little bit of work they are a circuit weapon and Porsche nemesis. That one looks good, not enough gauges though Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakagusukumike Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 Any chance you'll be able to bring it back to the states when you get transfered? Transfered? I live here dude. I have no plans on returning to the states any time soon. I'm not in the military. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakagusukumike Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 didn't you just get a 180sx for super cheap ? or was that another dude ? Anyways nice GTR Yes that was me. I've got 7800 dollars tied up in 3 cars. 300. 180SX 4500. R32 GT-R 3000. S30 260Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakagusukumike Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 So what does it really cost to get a car shipped from Japan? My Z shipping from Cali to Okinawa was 13000 with household goods. Just the car is a few grand. 3-5 I guess? Be sure to throw a bunch of engines and ♥♥♥♥ in your container too if you plan on doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majik16106 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 amen... they have been doing a lot more xrays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 WOW 4500$ its 3 times that in Canada to get a GTR in that shape ! Congradulatin on the purchase . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakagusukumike Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 New motor. 2.8 HKS stroker stage 2 kit with 280 Cams that are going to get swapped out. More to come in the following weeks.... probably be going with 2530's. Dougs old cracked bumper. Going to wear it on Takoyama and see if it survives. If it does, I'll paint it and keep it. If not. ♥♥♥♥ it. How Mike watches movies :headbang: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakagusukumike Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 got the motor for 4000 dollars with the PowerFC and Commander. And yes it's a real HKS 2.8 stroker kit. Perfect for Touge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakagusukumike Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Hope these links work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin240Z Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 very nice man! Been thinking about moving to Japan, but I dont know that I could do it. beautiful car for sure man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 holy shat ricks beast is.... a beast. that thing exploded out of the hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxjoeyxxeb Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Wow, nice car! I hope to have a Skyline someday. Is it true that the air over in Japan affects the cars more than in the States, thus a high mileage car there would be in the low 100's vs the States high mileage of like almost 200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNkEyT88 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 OMG.. so not excited that I could have had over 5 GTR's for what I paid for my STI, even if they are only R32's.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakagusukumike Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 "only R32's" is not something you ever hear in Japan Thanks for the comments guys. Ricks car is fast! But I'm focused on Touge not drag. I like the twisties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 $4500... that makes me puke.. S14's here can easily fetch those prices, and some idiots will pay over 10k for ones that have had silvia front end swaps with SR20 swaps... Lame. Damn....I want one....So why is it the US won't allow those here again??? There's only one reason, and it's the same reason it's hard to get a lot of vehicles registered and taken care of all the importing dealings here... The engine. That's it, the engine. And it's not because it's special. It's not because it's powerful. It's because it never came in a production car here in the USA. If nissan RIGHT NOW TODAY released a new sedan with a RB26DET you could easily legally smog and register a R32GTR here in the states as long as you equipped the car with the new sedan's emission systems, ignition system, and EMS. And there's nothing anywhere that states that the "United States of America won't allow these cars on their land" or even to be registered for that matter. It's just a PITA because the laws aren't written in order to make it easy. It's like an architect making a house boat, of course it's not going to work well. Politicians aren't importers, and havn't written the laws to make it easy for us enthusiasts. There's only 2 people last time I checked that can legalize an imported car for you here in the bay area. One is actually in richmond, not more than 5 miles from where I live. I'm sorry to say but the guy is an idiot and doesn't know a ton about cars honestly, and is constantly offloading his work onto other state refs because he doesn't want to deal with stuff he doesn't know anything about. But if you can get him to do it, he can basically verify for the state that your car has been modified to be legal in this state to be smogged and registered as a XXXXX vehicile with XXXXX engine. So what does it really cost to get a car shipped from Japan? It's not just about cost of shippment, but the headache of legalizing. I think there's only a single company that can bring a GTR to your door with a pinkslip and smogcheck sheet in hand. The other importers don't do all that work for you and don't really leagalize them, and at best add some catalytic converters to make it pass any test you put it through, but that doesn't make it legal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4xwellmurd3r Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Motorex USED to do it, but trust me, you would pay TEN TIMES when he did for his R32 GTR. BUT they ONLY buy the cars from certian nissan used dealerships and ONLY low milage cars. but they don't do it anymore. They were the only company that could legally import and sell the skyline for the US market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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