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shcao
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The real cost of a genuine JDM trueno/levin ae86	Mon, 21 April 2003 11:59

It has come my attention that JDM ae86s are real expensive these days, and I personally do not think that it is viable to import them. Everyone knows in japan that 86s are revered cars. So much so that they demand high prices at auctions. I've heard of an instance where one went for 2 million yen. The car was nothing special, just minimal rust and a straight body. It's gotten to the point where japan is looking elsewhere for better 86's, and I've even heard rumours of them importing some from Australia and other countries back to be re-shelled and raced. This would be cheaper than trying to look for a good condition 86 in japan. So for us to be buying from japan really is questionable. Not unless we are buying the NQR ones???? For the ones that we do see in Australia, I reckon they aren't that great. For example, the ones on the C-RED website has been race prepared, and I reckon that under the nice exterior lies some heavy chassis damage from racing. If they were any good, I reckon they'll be snagged by local japanese bidders at auctions. I reckon the japanese market often outbids foreign exporters, as they are less reluctant in spending some stupidly high amount of $$$ on a hachi. I've seen many threads where people reckon a 'mint' condition 86 will be about the $10 000 dollar mark. I believe that this is not a good indication, because they are basing it on JDM 86s in Austrlia. These have a nice paint job, and thats about it. I believe that these JDM vehicles are in pretty bad nick. We'll probably never see a good nick JDM not unless we spend big bux. So that is the basis of my argument, I would not spend $10k on a car that is falling apart structurally. If you wanted to get a good JDM one, I honestly believe that you'll prolly be spending 15k + So what does this mean? I reckon everyone is better off doing up there OZ spec ae86 than dreaming about importing, as it is way cheaper, and relative of the cost you'll spend, be better condition. On the bad side, trying to source stuff like LSDs and other hot up parts will be difficult. ALSO, all those Tofu delivery wannabe boys will be stuck driving levins. What do you guys think? have you guys ever had good/bad experiences with and import 86? Or do you know of any good ones of a decent price. catch. [Updated on: Mon, 21 April 2003 14:25] [Report message to a moderator]

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