Japan members....anyone else out there?

[Futaba]

Fun times, might not get to pick it up Sunday because what we (me and the people from the dealership) thought was 1.8km is according to the police that called me yesterday evening, actually 2.1km, so for the sake of 100 meters I have to find another parking space.

[troek]

haha thats a fun game, i had to wait 2 weeks for the police to come measure my parking spot, when i switched the same car vin number, in the same parking place, at the same house, from my wifes name, to my name.

[troek]

Originally Posted by socal_48

anyone know of someone that brought their fr-s or brz to japan from the states?

lemoore huh? i use to be there. i know people who have brought other cars over with them for orders, its all the same. gotta do some turn signal modifications on some cars, pass emissions, and thats about it. thers some stipulations on selling it too once its over here if brought in via uncle sam

[socal_48]

Turn signal modification? Have not heard about that. Emissions should not be a problem since the car is less than 3 years old.

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[troek]

some cars turn signals in the rear are red or white and they need to be orange. also some cars dont have turn signals that are visible from the side, not a problem on frs, and maybe none of these are, its just what ive seen friends do in the past with jeeps and such.

[Futaba]

It kinda saddens me that most of the guys I know here in this city are so far away from being "car guys" that I end up having to annoy my wife with my car talk.

Also, finding used parts to buy is a nightmare, anyone had any luck with zn6 items in garage off and up garage?

[troek]

yeah, i buy stuff all the time. yahoo auctions is better though.

[MountainManFR-S]

Is there much of an 86 community here in Okinawa? My FRS is back in the states but I'd love to see some of the local 86s.

[troek]

i think 1 or 2 guys are on the forums here

[Futaba]

Finally up and running!
I have to say, initially I was considering a turbo/supercharger but having spent the past two days driving around Kanagawa I no longer feel like there is much point in doing so, may just opt to tune with other avenues because it feels fast enough to stay fun for me

Wasn't in my parking bay more than an hour when I had it in bits installing valenti smoked rear lights and custom wiring a reverse camera.
I actually ran a Cat6e cable from the trunk lid to the dash so if i ever want to do anything else out back I have another 6 lines i can use, love how the passengers side had a nice little tunnel for the cat6e cable to go down.
Was going to use Cat5 but there is more copper in cat6 and its better insulated too.

Next up is installing the suspension I already bought and a new set of wheels, but no real rush for those.

Entirely random but I had size 29 shoes (Japan size), getting in and out of this car without kicking things is going to take some getting used to.

[socal_48]

Just got my orders, I will be in Japan around mid Feb next year. Cant wait, I am working on the papers to bring my car over.

[Thefear13]

Just dropping in and saying Hi! Right now I live in Nagoya, but I'll will be moving back Stateside in Sept. Been buying and sending parts home, so cant wait to install them!!!

[Octoman]

Hi, I'm visiting Japan for a week, 10/27-11/11.. Do you guys know if there are any affordable rental cars out there? I'd like to rent a car for 1 or 2 days to see some late night car life..

[troek]

how much do you wana spend? i have friends who have rented r35s for a couple hundred a day and ripped up some mountain roads haha. i would imagine a 86/brz would be around 100 a day.