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iwantagt4 Newcomer Registered: September 2002	Imports and conversions... Thu, 05 September 2002 02:06 This is probably a strange question, but here it goes... I can get a whole Japanese spec GT4 celica (st185) delivered to my front door for race/rally/parts use for like $6 grand with only 40,000 km's on it (entire car running just not registerable under aussie import laws). there is no comparison to the quality with what i can get here in australia. (still 17g's for a burnt out piece of crap with 160 odd k's on it). I have a standard sx of the same year (1992) and wondered to what extent i can modify (or basically dump all of the gt4 running gear into it rebuilding the entire car) to comply with australian standards... Can i strip it to the frame for example and build my way back? I know the work involved, and am prepared to put in the hard yards with my mechanic mates, and i understand there is more to it than bolting stuff back on... and know that i will still be looking at mega bucks... probably more than that of what a decent one here costs... Would it be more prudent for me to buy a gt4 from a wrecker in australia and fix it using what i would get from japan? and if it was a wrecked car with frame damage, could i use the frame from the one i get from japan? To what extent would i need to have parts from original (wrecked gt4) car in this instance? I want to avoid the comment of rebirthing, as i am not going to just switch compliance plates... however, i want a quality vehicle that is no longer available here and uphold the law. Thanks for reading my annoyoying question, i hope you can provide me with some input on both instances. Regards, Tim. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Imports and conversions...	iwantagt4	Thu, 05 September 2002 02:06
	Re: Imports and conversions...	SXer	Thu, 05 September 2002 03:07
	Re: Imports and conversions...	Johnny	Thu, 05 September 2002 09:36
	Re: Imports and conversions...	haggis	Fri, 06 September 2002 06:09
	Re: Imports and conversions...	Johnny	Fri, 06 September 2002 09:48
	Re: Imports and conversions...		Fri, 06 September 2002 06:15
	Re: Imports and conversions...	Hawk	Tue, 14 October 2003 02:18
	Re: Imports and conversions...	wagonist	Tue, 14 October 2003 02:25
	Re: Imports and conversions...	Grant	Tue, 14 October 2003 02:49
	Re: Imports and conversions...	Skinnypoo	Tue, 14 October 2003 03:06

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