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The JDM Appreciation Thread...
- Thread starter Christopher
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My next piece of JDM, sat waiting for the boat...
Heez
ClioSport Club Member
Superleggera'd Bean
There's bravery and stupidity. I think I'm in the latter category!
Epic. Though brave.
JMImports in Newcastle. They had a good reputation. TorqueGT are also highly reputable, but I didn't fancy a trek to Devon & back.
I actually started out wanting a Silvia, ended up with a Skyline, as you do.
TorqueGT are THE guys for an S15. They got my mate's for him, a grade 4.5, was frigging immaculate.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Nice. What sort of monies are these? In say comparison to ones which are allready here?
Epic, ETA?
They're all around the same, looking at £7k upwards. It's nice to have one fresh off the boat, the less time they've spent on our s**tty salt laden roads the better!
ETA Jack, looking like June. Apparently there's no boats coming out of Japan to the UK at all in March. 8 or so weeks to get here, a couple of weeks for registration etc.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Ah fair enough. You allways fancied one? I looked into importing an impreza moons ago but never went through with it for one reason or another.
I've wanted one since the day I bought Gran Turismo as a youth. Glad I've done it tbh, might be the first car I don't lose money on too!
Speed holes.
They are standard n1 vents, cools the rad and inter cooler better, there was some article I read ages ago that supposedly gave a couple mph more top speed, as the front bumper had a strange pressure zone which disrupted air flow, the vents fixed it.
Hondata'd EP3 Type R
I hope you get to see Jurgens JUN R1 when you go collect it Gaz!
Bar the exhaust and those fogs, I believe so. Yeah the Meisters would have looked sweet.
Speed holes FTW. +10bhp (5 per hole)
Of course I'm losing the fogs. I'm just staying sensible with it, I'd rather keep it in a reliable state it'll make money, than chuck money into making it some frail big power pain in the arse.
Coilovers are a must!
If I do fit anything, I want it easy to return it as close to stock as I can.
I can't afford to chuck money at it like I did the FD and S14A, the house put an end to those days. Well, I can if I rape the overtime, but I work to live, not vice versa.
If I do fit anything, I want it easy to return it as close to stock as I can.
I can't afford to chuck money at it like I did the FD and S14A, the house put an end to those days. Well, I can if I rape the overtime, but I work to live, not vice versa.
well good luck! just keep everything you take off or swap over lol then that way you can return it to stock, im in the process of buying a house and i know its gonna kill off cars for a bit 
but will get something jap again soon, kind of got the misses agreeing to me buying a silvia of some sort for drifting as the s4 will tow it easy enough lol!
but will get something jap again soon, kind of got the misses agreeing to me buying a silvia of some sort for drifting as the s4 will tow it easy enough lol!Get one bought!
DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
spending a lot of time on that JMImports site
_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
Awesome purchase! Fresh off the ship has to be exciting. Could have some lovely unknown goodies fitted.
As for no ships coming in to the UK from Japan in March, that's a joke.. It'll because they tight and you'll car will go in a shared 40ft rather than a 20.
Street Triple R
Love the look of that Skyline there
I bought myself a Lancer Evolution 3 a couple of months ago, I was toying with the idea of getting one imported as I absolutely love the Evo 1-3, again, the less time spent on our roads the better, in the end I chickened out a bit so I bought one already over here, Im currently doing a complete restore on it so I will put some pics up of that once its done if anyone is interested
I bought myself a Lancer Evolution 3 a couple of months ago, I was toying with the idea of getting one imported as I absolutely love the Evo 1-3, again, the less time spent on our roads the better, in the end I chickened out a bit so I bought one already over here, Im currently doing a complete restore on it so I will put some pics up of that once its done if anyone is interested
_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
Love the look of that Skyline there
I bought myself a Lancer Evolution 3 a couple of months ago, I was toying with the idea of getting one imported as I absolutely love the Evo 1-3, again, the less time spent on our roads the better, in the end I chickened out a bit so I bought one already over here, Im currently doing a complete restore on it so I will put some pics up of that once its done if anyone is interested
Please do make a thread mate..
It seems legit, there's users of other forums using different importers being told the same.
Cheers Gally. We'll see, I bet the wiring of those gash fogs is interesting!
Heez
ClioSport Club Member
Superleggera'd Bean
Love the look of that Skyline there
I bought myself a Lancer Evolution 3 a couple of months ago, I was toying with the idea of getting one imported as I absolutely love the Evo 1-3, again, the less time spent on our roads the better, in the end I chickened out a bit so I bought one already over here, Im currently doing a complete restore on it so I will put some pics up of that once its done if anyone is interested
Stick up a proper project thread mate. Would be interesting to see!
