ProZac:Car Parts from JP to NZ

[Takaharu SEKI]

Hi ProZac,

I saw forum and found you live in Christchurch, New Zealand. I hesitate to
ask you, but have you ever imported a car part from Japan to N.Z.? If so,
would you give me some advice; a Mitsubishi old car fan in Auckland is
asking for LSD, and here's a few points I'd like to know:

Isn't it prohibited to import second hand car parts?
The nearest port is Hamilton, he said, any shipping lines you recommend?
Do I need to go to N.Z. Embassy for some kind of approval?

Sorry, but I know nothing about import/export business, any kind of advice
would be deeply appreciated.

[SpidersWeb]

Hamilton is not a port, its just a city in the middle of no where. I guess this person lives in Hamilton, but says Auckland because it is the closest large city.

If sent by sea or air - it will arrive in Auckland first.

There is definately no laws preventing the import of car parts, we order from Japan all the time. However there might be taxes.

Im not sure about how importing works either, hopefully ProZac or one of the other kiwi users now :)

Also, how many LSDs do you have? How much money did you want for them?

[Takaharu SEKI]

Hi SpidersWeb,

Many thanks for your help. I used to have LSDs but all sold out. But it sometimes comes up to Yahoo auction and I am waiting for the one for N.Z. guy. There is one at the moment, but its not the type he wanted, it is written as "specially ordered Diff, final gear 5.285.....price start from 32,000yen($417)" If you want the new one, Mitsubishi can supply LSD DIFF ASSY at the price of 227,000yen($2962) plus 0.5% consumption tax.

[ProZac]

CRIKEY! thats expensive.

Sorry for the delayed reply, ive been working alot recently, on the car and at my video store :). I've heven't imported anything from japan, yet, but i don't expect it would be very hard. You could try marking whatever your sending as a gift, to avoid import taxes. Possibly mark it as secondhand car parts, with a value of $10, to keep the taxes down again. Ive imported from Australia, and they held my goods in customs at chrictchurch untill i could prove i didn't pay anything for them. I had the person that sent them to me send me an email to that effect, printed it and gave it to them, they gave me my parts soon after. I could have just made up the email myself and printed it, heh.

Good luck, if you can get them cheaply, im really really keen on one aswell, including half-shafts, rear hubs/brakes, front struts/hubs/brakes from a 5-stud car :).

Zac.

[Takaharu SEKI]

Hi Zac,

Thanks for your reply. I'm getting to know a little by little. Yes, tax and all kind of export regulations make me a headache. But I do my best.

About the parts you are interested, there are not many but would be possible to get second hand rear hubs/brakes, front struts/hubs/brakes from a narrow-body 5-stud car but very difficult to get them from wide-body. But if you want new parts, all available from Mitsubishi either narrow or wide, but very expensive.

I dont get "half-shafts".... I guess its a what we call "drive-shafts", shafts between diff and hubs???

[ProZac]

Correct on the half-shafts. :)

I would be after them to fit onto my narrowbody starion, so getting them from a narrowbody starion would pre preferable.0

I cant believe parts are still available new from mitsubishi!! Amazing. I should get them to build be a whole car :P.

[CussCuss]

hrm, 2004 widebody starion... if they had the body as a spare part it coudl be doable but i dont think they would.

sorta like radar in mash who exported an entire jeep thru the mail over the period of the war.