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Importing

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Hi I've Read around around and found not much about importing a car. I may be wrong about this.
Im just hoping to ask a few questions for a person who has imported a car themselves or has imported one for someone else. I remember someone importing a car for a friend here.

Car Cost about 4 Grand Including shipping. that's the okay part.

But I need some import approval?

After that its compliance . that's about 2.5k

Then its plates and your able to go right?

I've Check SEVS and found that the car can be imported.
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That sums up the process reasonably well. I imported mine (well, someone did it for me).
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    GST, FOB, import duty, Shipping / wharf / customs fees, compliance
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    dstocks wrote:That sums up the process reasonably well. I imported mine (well, someone did it for me).

    http://www.completefto.com.au/completefto.asp?aid=487 I hope that is not your car LOL! thats a beauty

    Im hoping to import one similar and make it just as sexy( just the engine area)


    How much did your import cost? I live in Sydney also and was wondering if you recommend anyone to do the job?


    Also what did you to do the engine bay to make it look so nice LOL
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    lol... Yep, thats mine. I had a mate do the importing and compliance, but he doesnt do it anymore. At the time (nearly 3 years ago), it ended up costing 16K, but I got the compliance with parts only. As a general rule

    Cost of car + around 7k (includes auction fees, shipping, GST, import duty). You may have to add a little for rego on top. Remember it needs to be pretty much stock for compliance, so if you bring in a modded one, most of the bits will need to be changed for compliance.

    Engine bay = bit of Carbon fibre coating, bit of polishing and some aftermarket dress up parts from the UK and a pipe change or two and some custom shileding around the airbox I put together.

    Put your name down for the bonfire next year (april) and youll get to see it in person + plenty more.
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      Is there anyone on this forum that can do importing?
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