| Vancouver Auto Chat 2016 VAC Community Head Moderator: Raid3n |
 | 
09-25-2016, 10:10 PM
|
#1 | | RS Lurker, I don't post!
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 2
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Failed 0 Times in 0 Posts
| Car Importing
Kinda a newbie to this but what are the best websites or dealers to go to if i wanted to import a car from japan?  | 
|  | |
09-27-2016, 12:10 AM
|
#2 | | NEWBIE ACCOUNT!
Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Houston, USA
Posts: 14
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Failed 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
SBTJapan.
| |
| | |
09-27-2016, 09:13 AM
|
#3 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: BC
Posts: 2,618
Thanked 3,198 Times in 1,012 Posts
Failed 334 Times in 68 Posts
|
What about importing from UK?
__________________
Integra Type R 00-0853
| |
| | |
09-27-2016, 03:30 PM
|
#4 | | RS.net Licensed Sponsor Dealer
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: AutoRice.com
Posts: 1,962
Thanked 74 Times in 37 Posts
Failed 6 Times in 2 Posts
|
or europe? japan ones all want deposits for auctions. dealerships are easier but inventory is less.
| |
| | |
09-27-2016, 07:16 PM
|
#5 | | in the butt
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 2,882
Thanked 3,659 Times in 1,331 Posts
Failed 170 Times in 93 Posts
|
sign up to jdmvip.com start reading.
i personally sent a deposit to japan exporter, didnt end up buying a car, got my $$ back.
| |
| | |
09-27-2016, 10:58 PM
|
#6 | | Cool beans bro
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Burnaby
Posts: 1,795
Thanked 1,054 Times in 231 Posts
Failed 34 Times in 21 Posts
|
I used Pacific Coast Auto a a few months ago. Just took delivery the other week.
Yes, youll need a deposit to send to him (100k Yen) and he does all the work and ships it out to you. You then have the option of doing the paperwork yourself or paying an importer to do it for you. I did it myself and its pretty straight forward. Keep in mind exporting and importing are two different animals. Derek is great cause his communication is paramount and his fee isnt too bad at all. He basically charges a 100k yen service fee, which covers the auction bidding, translations, HD video and photos when it arrives to him and all the paperwork mailed out to you for importing.
| |
| | |
09-28-2016, 05:49 AM
|
#7 | | Witness protection
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: GVRD
Posts: 14,427
Thanked 5,343 Times in 2,222 Posts
Failed 111 Times in 57 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by JordanLee  I used Pacific Coast Auto a a few months ago. Just took delivery the other week.
Yes, youll need a deposit to send to him (100k Yen) and he does all the work and ships it out to you. You then have the option of doing the paperwork yourself or paying an importer to do it for you. I did it myself and its pretty straight forward. Keep in mind exporting and importing are two different animals. Derek is great cause his communication is paramount and his fee isnt too bad at all. He basically charges a 100k yen service fee, which covers the auction bidding, translations, HD video and photos when it arrives to him and all the paperwork mailed out to you for importing. | what car did you get?
__________________
"The guy in the CR-V meanwhile, he'll give you a haughty glare. He's responsibly trying to lessen his impact, but there you go lumbering past him with your loud V8, flouting the new reality. You may as well go do some donuts in a strawberry patch and slalom through a litter of kittens." Dan Frio, Automotive Editor, Edmunds
| |
| | |
09-28-2016, 07:27 AM
|
#8 | | Cool beans bro
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Burnaby
Posts: 1,795
Thanked 1,054 Times in 231 Posts
Failed 34 Times in 21 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by thumper what car did you get? | 2001 Land Cruiser Prado 3.0 turbo diesel. Waited long and hard to get one with the modern common rail diesel motor. So far mileage has been great haha. 620-650kms on a 65ltr fill up. Nearly 10l/100km, which is crazy for an suv this large. I posted a photo in the whip thread.
| |
| | |
09-29-2016, 06:49 PM
|
#9 | | NOOB, Not Quite a Regular!
Join Date: May 2012 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 31
Thanked 29 Times in 4 Posts
Failed 6 Times in 3 Posts
|
NICE,
Except Form 1, what else we need?? Quote:
Originally Posted by JordanLee I used Pacific Coast Auto a a few months ago. Just took delivery the other week.
Yes, youll need a deposit to send to him (100k Yen) and he does all the work and ships it out to you. You then have the option of doing the paperwork yourself or paying an importer to do it for you. I did it myself and its pretty straight forward. Keep in mind exporting and importing are two different animals. Derek is great cause his communication is paramount and his fee isnt too bad at all. He basically charges a 100k yen service fee, which covers the auction bidding, translations, HD video and photos when it arrives to him and all the paperwork mailed out to you for importing. |
Last edited by yip_yee; 09-29-2016 at 08:11 PM.
| |
| | |
09-29-2016, 07:02 PM
|
#10 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: surrey
Posts: 2,585
Thanked 4,578 Times in 934 Posts
Failed 554 Times in 127 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by JordanLee 2001 Land Cruiser Prado 3.0 turbo diesel. Waited long and hard to get one with the modern common rail diesel motor. So far mileage has been great haha. 620-650kms on a 65ltr fill up. Nearly 10l/100km, which is crazy for an suv this large. I posted a photo in the whip thread. | nice, 3rd gen? does it share many parts with lexus gx? i was thinking about getting one myself.
| |
| | |
09-30-2016, 02:49 PM
|
#11 | | Cool beans bro
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Burnaby
Posts: 1,795
Thanked 1,054 Times in 231 Posts
Failed 34 Times in 21 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by yip_yee NICE,
Except Form 1, what else we need?? | When it arrives, youll need to get a soil inspection first thing. Fax in the request to get one done and usually within 24-48 hours theyll send it back completed and charge your $48. This is to make sure the car is clean and isn't bringing over some invasive algae bacterial bloom that wipes out our fish.
Once you have that, youll need to fill out form 1 and have CBSA stamp it. It is here where youll pay GST+duty (5%+6.1%) 11.1% total. Theyll need to see the completed soil form, invoice, shipping receipt, and translated export documents.
You then need to have the port clear the vehicle, you need to request access now to be able to even get inside, this can also take 1-24 hours to hear back from them. When they do, theyll set up a time and day to drop by, make sure you pick up an A-B permit the day they approve it so you can legally drive it away.
Then run to an autoplan to register it and plate it. Youll then pay the remaining PST (7%) on the vehicle.
Theres a bunch of guides online I found as well but thats the gist of it when I did it a few weeks ago. I basically got it all done within 3 days. Some people have everything line up and can do it within a day. Quote:
Originally Posted by vitaminG nice, 3rd gen? does it share many parts with lexus gx? i was thinking about getting one myself. | Its actually a 2nd! 96-2000.5 had the 1KZ-TE motor which is pretty bulletproof but also very unrefined and clunky. I opted to find a 01 with the newer 1KD-FTV to get the quieter and more efficient motor (injectors are also WAY more for the KD motor though). Suspension wise the car is a 3rd gen 4Runner (easy to lift). Most parts actually swap over from the 4runner rather than the GX cause GX was considered 3rd gen in Japan as far as a Prado goes.
| |
| | |
09-30-2016, 03:24 PM
|
#12 | | NOOB, Not Quite a Regular!
Join Date: May 2012 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 31
Thanked 29 Times in 4 Posts
Failed 6 Times in 3 Posts
|
Thank you so much. Really helpful. Quote:
Originally Posted by JordanLee When it arrives, youll need to get a soil inspection first thing. Fax in the request to get one done and usually within 24-48 hours theyll send it back completed and charge your $48. This is to make sure the car is clean and isn't bringing over some invasive algae bacterial bloom that wipes out our fish.
Once you have that, youll need to fill out form 1 and have CBSA stamp it. It is here where youll pay GST+duty (5%+6.1%) 11.1% total. Theyll need to see the completed soil form, invoice, shipping receipt, and translated export documents.
You then need to have the port clear the vehicle, you need to request access now to be able to even get inside, this can also take 1-24 hours to hear back from them. When they do, theyll set up a time and day to drop by, make sure you pick up an A-B permit the day they approve it so you can legally drive it away.
Then run to an autoplan to register it and plate it. Youll then pay the remaining PST (7%) on the vehicle.
Theres a bunch of guides online I found as well but thats the gist of it when I did it a few weeks ago. I basically got it all done within 3 days. Some people have everything line up and can do it within a day.
Its actually a 2nd! 96-2000.5 had the 1KZ-TE motor which is pretty bulletproof but also very unrefined and clunky. I opted to find a 01 with the newer 1KD-FTV to get the quieter and more efficient motor (injectors are also WAY more for the KD motor though). Suspension wise the car is a 3rd gen 4Runner (easy to lift). Most parts actually swap over from the 4runner rather than the GX cause GX was considered 3rd gen in Japan as far as a Prado goes. | | |
| | |
10-27-2016, 02:01 PM
|
#13 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 12,074
Thanked 3,186 Times in 929 Posts
Failed 296 Times in 68 Posts
|
Compared to Brave Auto and Pacific Coast Auto, which has more access to the auctions? Pacific Coast you can already search what cars are available as a guest but is there more available if you register as a member?
| |
| | |
10-27-2016, 02:27 PM
|
#14 | | Cool beans bro
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Burnaby
Posts: 1,795
Thanked 1,054 Times in 231 Posts
Failed 34 Times in 21 Posts
|
Certain importers will only allow customers to bid from specific auction houses. If say you use B-Pros guest account vs PCA, youll get a lot more stuff from private dealers etc but as PCA warned me, theyre often highly inflated in price and have absurd reserves sometimes. They can bid on them though but they won't show up on the importers default list. Otherwise, whether or not your a guest makes no difference. I made my own account so I could make quick lists which saves you a bunch of time in those dropdown boxes every day.
| |
| | |
10-28-2016, 09:02 PM
|
#15 | | NOOB, Not Quite a Regular!
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 46
Thanked 29 Times in 13 Posts
Failed 49 Times in 10 Posts
|
Just buy from Velocity  | |
| | |
10-29-2016, 12:01 AM
|
#16 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey
Posts: 1,256
Thanked 27 Times in 10 Posts
Failed 3 Times in 3 Posts
|
Also interested in importing a car from Europe. Looking for an EP3 left hand drive Civic Type R.
__________________
23+ Honda Civic Type R Hatch (FL5) - O/O
22' Subaru WRX Sport Sedan (VB) - SOLD
19' Audi Q7 Technik SUV (4M) - FC
09' BMW 128I Coupe (E82) - FS
04' BMW M3 Coupe (E46) - SR
17' Acura MDX SUV (YD4) - SOLD
15' Acura RDX SUV (TB4) - SOLD
14' Acura ILX Sedan (DE1) - SOLD
04' Nissan Pathfinder LE SUV (R50) - SOLD
07 Infiniti FX35 SUV (S50) -SOLD
06' BMW 330i Sedan (E90) - SOLD
97' Acura 1.6EL Sedan (MB4) - SOLD
99' Honda Civic Hatch (EJ6) - SOLD
84' Pontiac Sunbird Coupe (J2000) - SOLD | |
| | |
01-14-2017, 11:06 PM
|
#17 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 12,074
Thanked 3,186 Times in 929 Posts
Failed 296 Times in 68 Posts
|
Bumping this thread
Would it be better if you got the importer to search for the vehicle for you as they may have better vehicle choices that aren't listed on the auction compared to what is listed as available on the auction? From videos I've seen from Brave Auto, he seems pretty knowledgeable of what to be aware of on these vehicles
| |
| | |
01-14-2017, 11:20 PM
|
#18 | | NEWBIE ACCOUNT!
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 19
Thanked 26 Times in 9 Posts
Failed 0 Times in 0 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by JSALES Bumping this thread
Would it be better if you got the importer to search for the vehicle for you as they may have better vehicle choices that aren't listed on the auction compared to what is listed as available on the auction? From videos I've seen from Brave Auto, he seems pretty knowledgeable of what to be aware of on these vehicles | If you're going to use an importer than one of the primary advantages is them searching the vehicle for you, given whatever specific parameter you want.
Judging from Mark's videos I agree he seems awesome and provides more info than any other exporter/importer.
| |
| | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 06:47 AM.
|
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
