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back in the day, not so much anymore
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For new seats for my BRZ, I plan on getting some Recaro Japan seats through a local importer. The one I ordered through UpGarage was a rare Recaro SPJJ in Crayola fabric for my AE86. It was around $650 total including shipping.
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True, its not ideal for most, but heading south right past 190th up to, I think 195th?, was a pretty smooth run.
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So this is just gonna be like another Super Autobacs that was in Huntington beach like 15 years ago.
Cool place to have car meets at but no one really buys from there because the prices don't reflect the american market.
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They made it public that they were aware of the price differences between buying from them used vs. their importers new price. UpGarage is actively working to fix prices to be competitive.
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They source their parts from junkyards in japan and they look for a large variety of parts OEM and aftermarket. The uber rare stuff that you never usually find in any stores stateside online or brick and mortar. There is a much larger aftermarket in Japan and we only see a very small portion of it. Usually just the larger, mainstream brands. They sell these at usually a lower-than-retail price. It's a goldmine for the rare awesome parts and brands that you've never heard of unless you watch videos similar to the old Option videos in the past.
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This actually changes everything.
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Get us one in the NorthEast please!!!
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Since they've opened, they've announced that they are going to start offering local pickup soon.
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Every car enthusiast US military personnel that has been stationed in Japan for the last 20+ years has been selling these parts on Ebay and shipping stuff back from Japan for cheap. I am well familiar with their business model. I was already trying to raid places in Japan back in 2005, when the JPY was at 125 to 1 USD. All the people in the US military have an advantage... anything they ship via USPS is shipped using domestic rates, so they can ship items for very VERY cheap across the Pacific. Sorry, I've been in this aftermarket business for 20 years now. |
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