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[prowler]

As the topic title says, what are the thoughts on J-Spec??

Someone told me hes known for shaving klms.

[prowler]

hhhmmm
just found this

J-Specs Site 77,000klms
http://www.j-spec.co...ider-15659.html

Car Dealer in Japan Site nearly 100,000klms
http://www.4wheelers...nd-1999-v11363/

[S0unIQ]

Go through another broker/Importer?

[ash]

by my chaser. its teh bestest brew

[7shades]

No books = Clocked.

Its just that simple.

[TRD JZX100]

prowler, on 08 March 2011 - 12:28 AM, said:

hhhmmm
just found this

J-Specs Site 77,000klms
http://www.j-spec.co...ider-15659.html

Car Dealer in Japan Site nearly 100,000klms
http://www.4wheelers...nd-1999-v11363/

Maybe I looked at the links a bit too late, but the J-Spec site lists ever so slightly higher Kms than the other site *shrugs* Also, how many vehicles do they deal with every day, maybe it was a honest mistake that they've now corrected... who knows. If you're unsure of their business practices, walk away and find someone else, it's that simple!

This isn't directly related to J-Spec or any other importer but the way I look at it is like this. If you think that our 10+ year old cars all somehow miraculously only have 60 to 80 thousand Ks on them then you are quite gullible IMHO. Do you really thing it's a coincidence that almost every car straight off the boat has very similar KMs? For whatever reason the KMs are low, it is what it is. Either way, you're still buying a 10+ year old car (in most cases) so expect it to be just like any other vehicle with similar age. Don't look at the Kms alone to decide if it's a good buy, perhaps consider the general appearance of the car as a better indicator of it's condition.

Also, just as a general note to everyone wanting to participate in this topic, unless you have personal experience with J-Spec and can provide factual evidence I suggest you don't start throwing around opinions. Just saying

[whale]

TRD JZX100, on 08 March 2011 - 11:02 AM, said:

Also, just as a general note to everyone wanting to participate in this topic, unless you have personal experience with J-Spec and can provide factual evidence I suggest you don't start throwing around opinions. Just saying

I have had personal experience with them. I offered my opinion. You deleted my post.

[TRD JZX100]

whale, on 08 March 2011 - 11:42 AM, said:

I have had personal experience with them. I offered my opinion. You deleted my post.

Do you really want to go down this road with me?

[Iron Chef]

APB, on 08 March 2011 - 01:01 AM, said:

Never imported but its not hard to swap low k's dash's or be dojy.

Personally theres that many low km Chasers around ATM its worth looking interstate for everything. If i was to import my next car it would have to be 100% modded. Cost of importing parts from japan to start even getting 300kw with handling mods is almost double the purchase price I think.

Didn't you just contradict yourself? How would the low-km cars interstate be any different to getting one from Japan? If anything, they're MORE likely to be wound back!

It's simple:

If it's freshly imported, ask for a copy of the de-reg paper (or export certificate, same thing)to verify the kms. Even second time around, it's worth asking private owners if they have it too. I send them to my guys when they import.

As for the topic at hand, that looks like a basic typo to me - if someone genuinely wanted to wind back an odometer, it wouldn't be for just 20,000km...I've seen Delicas in import car yards with the 2 wiped off before the 74,000km....

Of course, when people can buy a 74,000km Delica here for $15K, they presume I can get them for cheaper - you can imagine their response when I tell them a genuine low-km Delica will be closer to $20K...

[whale]

Iron Chef, on 08 March 2011 - 12:19 PM, said:

Of course, when people can buy a 74,000km Delica here for $15K, they presume I can get them for cheaper - you can imagine their response when I tell them a genuine low-km Delica will be closer to $20K...

And that's before you install the guava beverage coolers.