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Wed, 10 July 2002 11:01
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Dropped into SSS this afternoon. They have an ST185 GT4 front cut there with the following add on goodies that I could see...
Big KKK turbo.
External wastegate.
Adjustable fuel reg.
Front + rear coil over suspension.
Cusco strut tops.
Short shifter.
Grp A bonnet.
Exhaust.
That is just what I noticed, there may be more. If you have any questions, call them! the number is in the sponsors section of the web site.
Darren.
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Wed, 10 July 2002 21:55
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if its typical of SSS all will be priced as new....
why do these things come up when u dont have the money!!! damn LOL....
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Sat, 13 July 2002 06:32
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Did you happen to find out how much they wanted for the whole half cut or even just some of the bits.
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Sat, 13 July 2002 09:16
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gary,
this stuff unfortunately wont fit the st205 if thats what you were thinking, different exhaust head design altogether, you will need a custom manifold to fit =[
michael
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Sun, 14 July 2002 09:33
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ooooo.... nicely spotted darren
pity i don't have any $ to spare
ah well... next time
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Sun, 14 July 2002 23:10
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sorry, didn't talk price with them because it really wasn't of any interest to me. I did notice that it had 120,000k on the clock though.
Give them a call about the cost.
Darren.
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Mon, 15 July 2002 00:44
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hey gary
did u get there on the weekend? what did u think?
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Mon, 15 July 2002 02:59
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Didnt get there till 1:30 and the doors were closed gonna try and get out there 1st thing next weekend. But i might give them a call to find out what they are asking $$wise
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Tue, 16 July 2002 07:24
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Let me guess SSS are asking the price of a whole mint condition GT4 for their modified half cut?
I was down their today asking about MR2 SC front struts.. that will be $400 thank.. ffs the discs were worn as.. perhaps warped for all i knew.. shocks fuckd.
Then i ask about the 20v black top.. sorry its sold but we got this one with a cracked block.. so im thinking mebbe i can get a nice cheap 20v head for my GZE.. oh that will be $1600 thanks.
Surely they would make more money selling things at decent prices... i would have bought those struts.. and prolly that trueno front cut.. maybe even an engine of them.. but no.
Its not just SSS tho.. all jap importers are fucking tightarse.. ichibahn are selling a nice clean jap import AW11.. nice car but for $9000?.. and that was AFTER i spent 30 minutes talking him down.. dickehads trying to tell me its got TRD seats.. they were standard jap seats... its 100% stock standard with blown shocks and rusted out muffler... i managed to find one almost as good for half the price privately.
Tightarses.
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Tue, 16 July 2002 11:11
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Abaddon, you sound like they held a gun to your head!! If you don't like the prices, go somewhere else!
Actually, you seem convinced that they are all doing it wrong and you can do it better... ever considered opening your own jap import business?
Lets run through a little scenario. Just 1 container of engines and gearboxes would probably be a good start, lets say 200 engines. A return trip to Japan would set you back, what, $2000?
Now that we are there, how long would it take to go to auctions and buy the 200 cars? Ok, now we need a yard to store them in and facilities to strip the engines etc out of them. I hear rent in Japan is pretty cheap, that shouldn't be a problem.
Now we have cars in our yard, how long would it take to pull the engine, box, ecu, harness etc out of 200 cars?? remembering of course that the customers back in Australia expect that it will all be whole and unbroken. Maybe get 2 or 3 done a day?? thats another 2 months or so that you're over there, I hope accomodation is cheap.
Great, got all these engines out and layed out in the shed. All we need to do is get them packed into a container, arrange transport to the docks, arrange shipping to Australia, take care of customs at the other end and arrange transport to our little factory unit in Sydney, piece of piss mate!!! Shit, need to rent a factory unit too. That couldn't be too expensive. Better hire some staff to keep it open while I go back to Japan and start on the next container...
Now we've got our 200 engines etc in the factory unit, whats next?? Ok, we should sell them! That can't be too difficult, we'll stick an add in each of the car mags and wait for all the kiddies to ring up, ask stupid questions, haggle over the price for half an hour, change their minds (I'm guilty of this one more than anybody!) a dozen times or more and generally pull their d*cks. Shouldn't take us more than 3 months or so to get our 200 engines out the door. Afterall, we are selling them cheap!!
To invest a conservative $2-300,000 over a period of 9 months in a single container of engines, not to mention the 9 months of my time, I would expect a decent return.
I can think of much better ways to invest my cash thanks!!!
Damn, what a rant!! I really am becoming a grumpy old prick!
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Tue, 16 July 2002 13:37
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You are ranting
Look I know they have some good stuff.. but they can't justify their pricing... this is just a few off the top of my head.
1. AW11 MR2 half cut GZE
-National Truck Spares $1200 (non LSD)
-Jap Performance $2200 (with LSD)
-SSS Auto $4000! with LSD.. with a totally fucked hatch cause they stacked it between under 2 other half cuts.
2. AE86 Trueno
-SSS frontcut with all panels damaged cause once again they crushed it under another 1/2 cut. $4500 .. (he DID say he could provide other panels tho).. the engine and gearbox in its worth fuck all except for the intake manifold.
-place in SA i cant remember name 5500 for a whole car road registerable!!.. gee and it HASNT been crushed under two other cars
3. 20V silver top
-SSS 1600 or so (might have been more)
-daniels jap spares (non-performance) $800
4. 1GGZE
wow SSS are actually ballpark of other places on this one.. wait whats this NO SUPERCHARGER!
greedy pricks sold it to some guy with a commodore thats reads too much zoom
You can buy a whole MR2 Turbo.. immaculate.. but not able to be registered (race only) for a mere $5000.. and SSS want almost that much for a beat up half cut of the same car.
Anyway u can whine all u want.. they ARE good because they can reconise good parts and know what they are talking about.. They are also very helpful...BUT they are WAY overpriced.. if they lowered their price to somthing more resonable they would move HEAPS more stock.. the place is totally PACKED out in there.. keeping all that stock must be losing them heaps of money. Got to keep it moving.
Now I'M ranting
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Tue, 16 July 2002 22:28
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HAHA, if you don't like the price, don't buy it!!! Whinging on here isn't going to help.
All the examples (except for 1) you have given are of half cuts, they very rarely bring half cuts in. 99% of the time they pull all the good bits out in Japan, probably because front cuts waste a lot of space in the container.
They may not even know what front cuts are selling for here, why don't you try telling them straight? "Shit Joe, you're way out of the ballpark on that. I'm only prepared to pay $2200, if you can do it for that I'll take it now".
By the way, they have a lot of stock because a container got unpacked the weekend before last. It's on my way home so I go in there as soon as I can after each container arrives to see if there is anything unique or hard to get that might be of interest to members of the club, such as the GT4, and have put quite a few people onto good deals.
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Tue, 16 July 2002 23:46
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Darren..
AbbaddonGZE is a good freind of mine and i have to say.. Im with him on this one..
SSS are FUCKWITS!!.. They really are.. I dont care what anyone says.. The reason im ranting on here about it is.. They are a sponsor for this club and they are sooooo overpriced..
When i was looking for a GZE aw11 halfcut SSS wanted $4000 with lsd..
I got mine from Jap Performance for $2000.. And as for your trip to japan shit and all that storeing and stocking crap..
SSS have a branch in JAPAN!.. All they do is get some shit they have lying around.. Put it in a container and send it over here..
Will be a cold day in hell before i buy anything from them..
Im entitled to free speech on here.. So if i wanna tell everyone (of which most know) that SSS are Ripoff merchants then i will.
Everyone i speak too has nothing nice to say about SSS.. and its a damn shame this club has anything to do with em.
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Wed, 17 July 2002 01:21
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Corvid, are they holding a gun to your head too?? I'll type it slowly for you, D O N ' T B U Y F R O M T H E M I F Y O U D O N ' T L I K E T H E P R I C E ! ! !
As far as I'm concerned, ASKING too much for something doesn't make anyone a "rippoff merchant". They have the right to ask any price they want, you have the right to go and buy somewhere else.
I've bought 2 engines off them over the years, simply because they offered the best deal. The others I bought somewhere else, simply because someone else offered a better deal. Is this too hard a concept for you to grasp? Should every retailer out there cut their own throats on price and go broke so that you can get a good deal?? I don't think so!!
As for all the "shit" about storing and stocking "crap", yes they do have a yard in Japan, they take it in turns to go over there to buy, strip and pack engines in containers. Any car that can be driven gets driven to make sure everything is ok before they pull the engine out. Is this a bad way to do it? Do you have any idea how much it costs to keep a yard like that in Japan? have you seen the photo's of the yard covered in snow on the web site? Wouldn't it be fun pulling engines out of cars in that!
Nah, I'm probably wrong, you obviously have a good handle on it all. You've probably prepared a really slick business plan too. Go on, you and abaddon should put your heads together and start your own import business. Why not? go for it!! it's gotta be easy!
Given that SSS have been in business for so long I get the feeling that maybe they aren't doing things all that badly. The fact that they chose to contribute financially to the club puts them in my good books and I'm happy to have them associated with the club. The fact that guys like you are associated with it is the damn shame.
As for the $6000 for the GT4, if it's too much, go to Jap Performance or National Trucks and buy one. It's easy!
God I love a good argument!!!! bring it on!!
Darren.
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Wed, 17 July 2002 01:32
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Darren,
Dont get me wrong. Im not complaining about pricing. My post was merely an FYI.
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Wed, 17 July 2002 01:39
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Yeah, I realised that Gee, I was just using it to make a point...
Darren.
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Wed, 17 July 2002 01:42
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No probs, I thought you were taking a stab.
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Wed, 17 July 2002 01:46
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Darren, you're an old, grumpy prick... I agree with you, but you're still an old grumpy prick!!!
Alex - another old grumpy prick...
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Wed, 17 July 2002 06:40
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| Darren wrote on Wed, 17 July 2002 8:28 AM |
HAHA, if you don't like the price, don't buy it!!! Whinging on here isn't going to help.
All the examples (except for 1) you have given are of half cuts, they very rarely bring half cuts in. 99% of the time they pull all the good bits out in Japan, probably because front cuts waste a lot of space in the container.
They may not even know what front cuts are selling for here, why don't you try telling them straight? "Shit Joe, you're way out of the ballpark on that. I'm only prepared to pay $2200, if you can do it for that I'll take it now".
By the way, they have a lot of stock because a container got unpacked the weekend before last. It's on my way home so I go in there as soon as I can after each container arrives to see if there is anything unique or hard to get that might be of interest to members of the club, such as the GT4, and have put quite a few people onto good deals.
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hehe maybe whinging on here will help ME feel better about not getting what i want!.. waaaah!
If u read my original post most of the flame was directed at ichiban for the import AW11.. man i tried to reason with them for 3 visits (to moorebank!) and numerous phone calls... the guy generously knocked $100 off for me .. I notice its still advertised in the tradingpost.. that always garaged interior slowly burning away while it sits in the rain and sun for months.. sigh..
I know exactly why jap importers are the way they are.. its from dealing with Japanese
I walked into SSS one day about a year ago and listened to the bearded (cant remember his name) guy argue at teh top of his voice in japanese into the phone... when he had hung up im like "so thats how you do it eh??" and hes like "yeah thats how you get shafted in japanese"
Still doesnt excuse him for asking $400 for 2nd hard AW11 struts with blown standard shocks and stock springs... its an 80's toyota not a ferarri 
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Wed, 17 July 2002 08:30
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Hey darren,
SUCK ME BITCH!,... It was a good arguement.. Untill you made it personal... Go F*ck yourself..
If i wanna pay out a wreckers then i can.. and you can come back and try to tell me different.. But with comments like i make this club a worse place.. ?? ??? ?
Stick your comments up your ass.. And i hope one day i get to meet you.
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Wed, 17 July 2002 11:06
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Corvid, It was a good argument until YOU made it personal by refering to people that I have the utmost respect for as "fuckwits", purely because they won't give their product away to you. Is that reasonable??
Did you know that SSS were the club's first sponsor and are as far as I'm aware still the only one that actually supports the club with cash? Does that not earn them the right to be associated with the club? Do you really feel that the club should discontinue their involvement with them because their prices are higher than other peoples on some products?
Come on, justify your comments!
I don't get what either of you are trying to achieve. What would you like to see happen? Would you like to try to get everyone that reads these forums into the same mind set as yourselves about SSS? I'm afraid I don't understand your attitude at all.
Darren.
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Wed, 17 July 2002 23:15
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End of the day darren.. This argument/conversation is over for me.. Im well and truly over it, and all of this..
Outta here.
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Fri, 19 July 2002 04:24
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DannyGT4,
Listen to what i have to say,
It was a heated argument which got out of hand.. which is why my last post was nothing but a step-down.. I dont have time to get involved in arguments like that on here. Especially with someone whom i havnt met in person, hence my line of "I hope i get to meet you".
As for the personal abuse.. It was thrown my way as well from darren, it all depends how you would take it. and the way i took it as bad, and frankly i took it how he said it.
This is becomming a Knights at the round table affair,
and if you dont sit with the people at the table then basically see ya later.
Maybe if i used more                      :-  faces then i probably wouldnt have got a "Warning".
Maybe i should pull my head in a say.. "after you sir", "oh, you wanna walk all over me too?; be my guest"
"anyone else wanna trod"?
If you are in public and someone steps on your feet, try and tell me you smile politely and walk the other way?.. if you do.. your a better person than most of us.
Myself, I say what i think, If i think ive been done wrong by then i will say something, Im not going to sit around and be walked on.
But i guess Darren doesnt even get a mention here does he? No, darren please could you tone it down a little or anything?
Arrrrggghh!!... 22yrs old and i miss the old days of toymods.. I really do. sigh.
Your either You or your one of them.
2.5yrs of being on here posting, reading, replying.. then to get a "warning" over this? Puts a very sour taste in my mouth..
Maybe my IP will be banned after this post, and this post will probably be edited anyway.. Christ whats this world comming too.
Im going to go and strap pillows on my car so if i hit someone j-walking they will feel nothing but comfort.
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Fri, 19 July 2002 05:26
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I agree with Corvid here it was a heated argument that got a little out of control, it happens.
I don't think banning anyone is very appropriate Danny, I am feeling that these toymod forums are getting a little TOO moderated. In the past the only time I can remeber the board even having to step in ever was with Bill vs Whats his name.
Lets not get toymods too political, lets keep it as a nice car club like it has been in the past.
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Sun, 21 July 2002 10:22
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| Corvid wrote on Fri, 19 July 2002 2:24 PM |
As for the personal abuse.. It was thrown my way as well from darren
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at no point were you personally abused, threatened or 'sworn' at... whereas you were responsible for doing these things to darren
if you last statement was mis-interpreted than i will retract the suggestion that you threatened him
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2.5yrs of being on here posting, reading, replying.. then to get a "warning" over this?
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As such an 'active' member of the club you would know of our club and forum rules as well as the reasons behind them.
Its also quite strange that such an active member who has been involved with the club for so long has never met Darren... perhaps you are exaggerating here.
Regardless of that fact personal attacks are NOT permitted on these forums nor is the language you used and the way you used it.
There is no discussion or debate here and these rules will not be changing.
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Just noticed that this thread was reported, so I came in and read all of this for the first time... I'll come in here and weigh in with my thoughts.
One of our (very few) rules is no personal attacks. Now, telling someone to "Go F*ck yourself" is personal attack in my books and is worthy of a warning.
Now even if I didn't know Darren, I would say that his arguments have been logical and any personal attacks that you saw in them were probably from your viewpoint only.
As for the "us vs them" thing, Darren is one of the founding members. He has contributed many, many, many hours of his own time to the smooth running of the club. He is also a financial member which means he has more say.
You complain about an "us vs them" thing, then you go on about how you've been on here for 2.5 years and might deserve a little respect?
Just my personal opinions.
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I have also just been referred to the thread for the first time.
I can see that both sides have a valid argument, my own experiences at SSS have not been all icecream and strawberrys but then because of that I have only once purchased an item from them, however that doesent mean you should take your personal experience and use it to attack publicly. At the end of the day let your money do the talking.
As Darren said nobody is forcing you to buy from them. Have you ever tried to negotiate instead of just accepting the first offer? I think you will find pretty much all importers will negotiate...theyre used to it from dealing with the Japanese where its almost custom not to pay asking price, and therefore most importers set thier price high in expectation of that negotiation will drop it to the real value.
As for personal attacks, there is absolutely no room for it here. I dont care if youve been here 5 mins or 3 years its not acceptable behaviour on this forum as far as im concerned.
Boys Club? Absolutely!!! if you want to be a finacial member of the club and prepared to put in your free hours and effort Ill be happy to treat you the same way.
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Wed, 24 July 2002 12:53
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IRALLY,
He woudlnt accept $350 even... im gonna ring around and see if anyone else can hook me up..
Rooted shocks are of no concern now ive purchased some KYB's... some fool previous owner was nice enough to cross thread the stud for me... hope she can hold with 3 for a little while!
Discs are warped to the max.. so im kind of in a hurry
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Well I tell you people that I would'nt buy anything from Ichiban with a 4000 km poll!! those rotten, dirty bastards sold me a 1ggte which I paid FULL price, i mean if I had got a discount coz it was slighty damaged, and I knew what was damaged, then I wouldn't have cared!!When I received the engine, it had a dirty great big crack in the intake manifold, An alternator that couldn't power a LED if it tried, a sump with water in it, which then after taking the rocker covers off, found all the cams rusted, and not just surface rust, proper rust.
Told them about the manifold, which they said the freight company would have cracked the manifold, which is kinda funny since Ichiban wrapped a bench seat across the engine that was steel wrapped to the pallet, for which the seat was in perfect shape, so they knew about the crack, and decide to pawn there garbage off on me, water in the sump, which it happens to be that all the engines get water in the sump coz we pressure blast our engines before we send them away, what a crock if I've ever heard one!!! thats the diffence between professional and boneyard establishments, and there wasn't much i could do with the alternator, as its one of the pick of the bunch things.......
What where they gona do about it???? SFA!!! Sorry mate, you live in Darwin (Use to) so your so far away we couldn't give a F...., and its unlikely your gona be able to do anything about it!!! Mate If I wasn't a young fella when I bought it, and living in Darwin, I would have got Ichiban closed down!!!
No matter what anybody says, wreckers are pricks, and they only have one thing in mind, make as much money as they can off you!!! even if its shit they sell.
Hell, i've had better products come from buying things buy COD, for which I don't even know the condition of!!!
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Sun, 28 July 2002 01:15
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darren why do you defend SSS so much?
6000 for a 1/2 cut even with goodies is ludicrous!!!!
the prices some importers want are way over the top..
its because the import sceen has boomed..
jap import engines are no longer the bargain they used to be.
Darren dont you think they are making a packet..
A club this size should be able to do a lot better than what those rip off merchants are offering..
"if you dont like it dont buy it" or whatever you said darren, is fine but where else can we go?
is there a list somewhere of importers and their prices/service/reputation?
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how can u all possibly think u can make a comment of how expensive or cheap engines and front cuts should be?
the thing u have to realise is that things change, engines cant be affordable forever.
if you really want to make a comment heres an exercise for you, describe to us what you think an importer has to go thru to get an engine from japan to australia, then tell me how your pricing plan can keep them in buisness, specifically commenting on the state of the Japanese economic climate.
heres what i think happens:
japanese people buy a new car every 4 days, that means they abandon their old supra's, GTR's, Cosmo's and STi's on the side of the road for the wreckers to pick up for free.
then the wreckers chuck all the bits into containers, it doenst cost them any money to do this as they have trained monkeys working rather than people.
then they put them on the next dingy to australia, the dingy lands at port and a truck takes the container to the importers place, the importer then gives the truck driver $7.10 to cover the toll he incurrs on the M5 motorway.
then the importer happily sells then engines to us for thousands of dollars profit...............
**sarcasm detector proceeds to explode**
sorry for the long rant, i hope at least someone finds it amusing..
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Sun, 28 July 2002 04:48
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all i can say is "deerrrrrr check the prices before you buy if there over priced dont buy" get a clue dum asses dont bitch about it find somewhere else!!!
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OK allen your in melbourne, give us some names of places that we get parts from.
Ill start ...
1) toyospares - bayswater .... not cheap tho.
2) renewhttp://www.renewauto.com.au - dandenong ... seemed good for prices.
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Tue, 30 July 2002 09:03
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well allen im still waiting.
show me your not the dumb-arse.
I suppose the only comment your capable of offering is infantile drivel.
now for some actual figures - I called a few places today for quotes.
prices for 3sge ser2 / 1jzgte / 4agze bare engines -
toyospares 1100 / 1800 / 1500
toyabits 1080 / ---- / ----
ekw 775 / 1350 / 1045
thats nearly a 40% price difference between toyospares + ekw
you tell me which one is good and which is a RIP OFF!!!
but jee your telling me they dont make any money.
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Re: GT4 go fast bits
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Tue, 30 July 2002 11:53
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I really think someone should delete this thread.. Its all bad..
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Wed, 31 July 2002 07:49
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still waiting........gee wheres the constructive comments....dont have any - didnt think so.
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Wed, 31 July 2002 09:27
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chrisss u dont have a clue do u?
how can u assume that an importer pays the same amount for EVERY container that comes in?
ill write up a little play for u...
importer No1: "ohh wow i got a great deal with this container i am going to be able to sell these items at very competitive
prices."
importer No2: "damn i didnt manage to get a very good deal to break even im gonna have to sell these engines at a higher price."
importer No3: "wasnt and excellent deal, but i also didnt pay thru the nose, ill be able to sell this stuff for a moderate price."
chior sings!! *AHH-LLE-LOOYA* *AHH-LLE-LOOYA* *AHH-LLE-LOOYA*
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Wed, 31 July 2002 11:51
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Rob,
You forgot the last bit..
Engine is so overpriced no-one buys it.. so it sits there with water in it for 3 years until its totally fucked.. then some poof fool comes along and buys it... by the time he gets it into his old smokey RA-40 , the warranty is expired, it wont run cause its totally siezed.
Them buying something for more doesnt mean its worth more!
I hope you start up an import business!
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Wed, 31 July 2002 12:06
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| AbaddonGZE wrote on Wed, 31 July 2002 9:51 PM |
Rob,
You forgot the last bit..
Engine is so overpriced no-one buys it.. so it sits there with water in it for 3 years until its totally fucked.. then some poof fool comes along and buys it... by the time he gets it into his old smokey RA-40 , the warranty is expired, it wont run cause its totally siezed.
Them buying something for more doesnt mean its worth more!
I hope you start up an import business!
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i can see your point, its valid, BUT, it seems that YOU have forgotten one last bit, and that is "LET THE BUYER BEWARE"
if the consumer is smart about their purchases then they wont end up looking like a chump. (and no im not calling anybody a chump)
BANG!
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Wed, 31 July 2002 12:33
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I guess we've all had our bad experiences with importers. I've been told to join the priesthood instead of f#$king around with cars before by one place. But anyway I don't care about their attitudes, I'll cop it, its seems to be the standard in the industry. All I want is the parts. And yep, its often expensive, but sometimes there is nowhere else to go.
I've found with SSS it depends who gives you the quote. There is one bloke there in particular that will charge as much as he can and I've even heard him brag about how much he sold something for. The other guy gives more reasonable quotes and is more friendly.
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Thu, 01 August 2002 08:16
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look im not here just to argue for the sake of it..
i was trying to find out what my options are before I hand the cash over.
I still cant understand why anyone bothers to defend these importers...whats in it for you?
Im asking the question as in my 1st post :
- is there a list somewhere of importers and their prices/service/reputation.
one last question do you think $6000 for a gt4 1/2 cut with 120,000 km a fair price? thats what started this discussion.
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Thu, 01 August 2002 13:12
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Those of you who know me know i'm not fan of them either.
Not when your told to swap the parts off your engine that dont work onto another engine sitting on the floor. Nice pressy for the next guy!
Also being told a quarter panel of a car in there is "worth more than your life" with absolutely no reason but to give the guy's own esteem a healthy increase.
Even better when one of your very quick witted friends adds "i dunno mate i'm insured for a few mill"(and he really is) that the guy there stutters and becomes completely confused.
Hehehe, smart arses do come in handy 
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Re: GT4 go fast bits
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Fri, 02 August 2002 04:51
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I hope this thread is deleted soon. Darren made a simple post at the start and everyone else had to SHAT on it. This club isn't about bagging people, AND NOT MATTER WHO's OR WHAT BUSINESS IT IS, it should never be refered to as a pack of fuckwits. THAT IS NOT ON! Pull your heads out of your arses. This is a web site for helping people. If you don't like a price, don't pay it. If you come here to cry about it, piss off. I'm so over TOYMODS which is such a fantastic club being put down by non members and outsiders without a clue of the inner works. SSS helped us get off the ground in the early days.
Ever thought about the fact that an importer remembers the dickheads, so when they see you come they might quote a higher price cause to tell the truth, if it was my buisness, i'd rather sell it to someone else.
Abbazzzon.... u still owe me for that rear parcel shelf u took that night for No swap, and no payment. Who's the tightarse?!
Luke
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Fri, 02 August 2002 05:35
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     :-  
Just thought i would cheer this up abit after the previous messages...
Then someone will hopefully delete this thread and we can all forget about it..
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Re: GT4 go fast bits
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Fri, 02 August 2002 08:19
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| thunderbird1 wrote on Fri, 02 August 2002 2:51 PM |
I Abbazzzon.... u still owe me for that rear parcel shelf u took that night for No swap, and no payment. Who's the tightarse?!
Luke
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eh?... you GAVE it to me!
hey you dont know anyone in the market for a sprinter do you?.. im selling mine shortly...
...parcel tray is PERFECT!
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thread locked
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Fri, 02 August 2002 10:44
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ok enough is enough
this thread is going no-where and has been locked
thank-you
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