Brand new gearbox and transfer box!

I've found a brand new unused Gtir gearbox with the transfer box attached for £200! but there's a problem, it's located in Japan and the webpage it all in Japanese

Google translate? Find a company that ship goods from japan and ask them to mediate for you. Might cost another £100 or £200 but woukd be worth it for a new setup.

It's definately worth looking into. I need to get my gearbox sorted on my car so if I could get this shipped for the right money it might be worth getting!

And remember the arse raping import duty aswell as....

Ye I though about that nomad. What we talking on £200? Will it be about £40 for a guess?

Here she is

I've translated the web page and it says in the description it's not brand new. Shame, would of been nice to get a new one for that price!

I have also found a few of those little scale model Gti-R's that sell for a fortune ranging from £5 to about £20 in Japan!

Is there like a main auction site that Japenese people use or something? Stupid question I know, where do people find these things cheap in Japan etc?

There's a Japanese ebay but it's literally all in Japanese so good luck actually searching for something. I'm sure there used to be a website that was an English webpage for ebay Japan so English speaking users could search and bid for things but it doesn't seem like it's there anymore.

I found that gearbox on some kind of auction site in Japan through Google

Ahh yeah, that's unfortunate then. I know some people have used yahoo Japan or something in the past. Alright, off too learn japanese now

I would love to be able to speak Japanese, I would get myself some good bargains that's for sure

Wiegh it up though bill probably still not a bad price for the both obviously your still taking a chance on how good it is ....

I personally wouldn't touch it,

I think the problem is just because it is over in Japan it makes people think its going to be better than something over here. Japanese car enthusiasts are just as bad if not worse so the gearbox could have been ragged to death just like the rest and once its come over its going to be difficult to send it back I would just use Bob much easier, and it keeps it in the community.

have you seen some of the imports and what the stupid bastards have done putting dinner plate shift pods and a piss stained bride seat on the drivers side obviously that's not always the case.

I've imported some parts from Japan but sometimes its not worth it, parts there are cheaper but the shipping is a killer, and when you get a customs charge to pay you end up paying roughly the same amount for the item that you would of paid in the UK. Only things that i would get from japan now are rare nismo bits etc

If it was brand new then I would definately be looking at getting it shipped over but it's not worth it for second hand, by the time it gets here it probably would cost more than just getting a known good one from someone like bob. I was actually trying to find rare parts and optional extras when I stumbled across the box

Bob not got any spare boxes you could pick up being local?

I've got a few good ones if your stuck, inc one with a fresh rebuild 1500 miles on it

Whytie wrote:Bob not got any spare boxes you could pick up being local?

I've got a few good ones if your stuck, inc one with a fresh rebuild 1500 miles on it

I'm not actually local to bob, I'm in the Midlands near Nottingham.

I've actually hot another box say in my garage but it's untested so have no idea what it's going to be like so would be a gamble to fit

I'd spend a bit of money getting yr spare one checked out and new bearings fitted Bill. Should be cheaper than buying another box