Hi,


It's been a good 10 years since I had my Classic V2 STI and I really want another classic.


I'm going to have about £5-£6k to spend and I'm pretty much set on getting one from Japan.


I've been in contact with a company called Rush Corp who look over the cars in Japan and sort everything out for you. On top of the raw auction price of the car, they add around 200,000 Yen for fees, de-registration, paperwork and delivery to the Japanese docks.


Has anybody imported using Rushcorp? Or, can anybody recommend a company they have dealt with?


Thanks,


Nick.

 

I've used JM-Imports a few times and have nothing but good things to say about him

 

He's just up the road.


The thing is, he'll add on his extra bit for doing it all. I'd rather find somebody in Japan and cut the costs right down so I could get a better car for my money. If so, I may even try and import to sell a few cars a year. Will have to see how it goes first!


So anybody got somebody in Japan they could recommend?

 

Might struggle to get a decent one over with your budget Nick. Price of GC8's in Japan is going up.

 

Bravo Auto.
Torque GT.
Prodrift UK.
to name a few.

 

Cheers guys!

 

BraveAuto... your budget is unrealistic for a good one at Grade 4/3.5 I bid on a 3.5 grade RA a few weeks ago and backed out at 5k landed. It went for 7k landed. I bid on a later RA 2 weeks ago that went for 3k more than that !!! You can find them but be careful what you buy. It's best to scour the auctions in tandem with an importer rather than take whats on offer as they could be any grade fixer uppers

 

Holy crap @53, if those prices are for decent Ra's landed what are decent Type-R's going for?

 

A lot S202' like mine are going for 20% more than 2 years ago On Grade 4's the prices are very strong atm.

 

53- Which company/website was that with?

 

BraveAuto

 

Cheers 53!

So was that landed price what you worked out yourself or is there a part of the website where you can buy them landed?

 

Yes you can ask to buy on a landed price basis

 

My mate part owns an import company and has just returned from a 2 week trip to Japan to see how it all works at each stage. I think it's a fairly new company but seen a lot of great reviews on Facebook etc and Dave always was a good guy.

They're called OPJP IMPORTS. May be worth a phone call.

Cheers Tom.

 

I emailed Braveauto in the summer, got no reply, and went with Torque GT

 

Are they in New Milton ? I`m just down the road in Everton, what do you drive?

 

I think their website said verwood but Daves from new Milton. I live in Lymington at the mo and work at the gordleton mill ind estate! At the moment a BMW 330cd 2004, but getting married next year so a scooby may be squeased in before - maybe I could claim it's a wedding present to myself

- are you the guy with the black bugeye or silver classic (v3?) with the front mount that I've seen around?

Tom

 

Silver 05 wagon, blew a braided brake line in Aug up at Gordleton MOT !

 

Aaaahh right, nice to see a few subarus about, loads of forresters round here but there is someone I see every now and again with a de-spoilered white type RA 95 - I think. Sound a very nice scooby!!