Some guy is selling a 00 type r jdm j-spec RHD conversion and he's asking 18000 for it.. im not sure if that a good price. and yes ive did 2 montsh of reaseach on this. before i posted. the car i can say lokos really clean.. hwere are the spec of the car

RHD converion from the firewall done by a body shop
interior is all jdm from recaros to mugen parts
has about 28xxx on chassis
32km on jdm motor with lsd
cf hood/ jdm hid
basically an slmost stock itr you would see come out of japan.

the bad.. it has a theift recovery title on it.

im jus not sure if i should offer at least 15000 for it.

thanks for the help.


Modified by Ikon at 10:58 PM 11/3/2005

 

In my opinion, $18,000 (or even $15,000) is extremely excessive for a theft-recovery that's been "converted" to RHD.

 

yea i understand i just dont want to get one and get it try to reg ive seen my friend do it and its a pain in the *** and he is still trying to get it reg..

i just wasnt sure if i sould just go buy a real one from an out of state and drive it back up but i see it is too far... and it wilstill be an *** to get it reg in the state since is all ready in another.

 

just buy a usdm itr and save yourself some hassle.....

there are still a few out there that have not been stolen yet, and w/o a theft recovery title.....

do a jdm front end conversion and be done with it.....

 

is it the py from canada?

 

its a PY but not from canada.. in in my area

 

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yea but how about a RHD.. ive always wanted one.. ive drove a rhd before and its fun..

 

^^ we dont have tolls up here in the northwest.. but drive throught arent bad either.

 

depending on where you are, theft recovery doesnt mean much. technically still a "clean title". some places the title gets branded.

but yeah. its not a real RHD. you want a real one goto USPS.com and see how much they are selling their trucks. those are USDM RHD

 

^^lol...

 

Dude...since your a fellow Washingtonian I'm going to give you a little advice:
1) Do a general search on Google for Japanese Auto Importing and things like that. Start emailing these guys that go to auction and have them buy a RHD R. Take good note of the price. You can buy two JDM R's for 18K.
2) If you live in an area where smog checking is required, change your address to a house of someone you know who doesn't live in an area where smog is required.
3) Purchase your car and get ready for the headache of getting it through customs.
4) Take said car to said (non-smog compliant) DMV and register that sumbitch with no problems. Little redneck towns won't even be clued in on what to inspect.
5) Enjoy.

 

ive been searche but i dont want to go throug the reg.. its a bight i could get a 91 r32 tt for 13 in canada but its a biitch to get it in custon and reg.

 

you guys thiniik 15k is good for this car.

 

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<FONT SIZE="20">NO</FONT>

 

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No, like said entirely too much money for a salvaged/converted hype R.

 

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It looks like you are waiting for the ITR community to give you permission to go ahead and make this offer for $15k.......?

If you have done the research as you have said and there has been enough advice on this thread...put it together and make the final decision yourself.

Good luck.

 

Buy my ITR for 1k less and have a JDM Fronted PY that's legal and registered

To answer your question, even 15k is a little steep in my honest opinion...you have to remember, the resale value of a salvage/theft title car is about half of what it would be if it were a clean title...not to mention the particular car you're looking at had the front end cut off and welded back on? Nothing I would look into buying

 

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If I had ridiculous money, Powerball jackpot money, Bill Gates money, I still wouldn't pay $18k for a hacked-up salvage car.

 

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