Importing Forester STI
Discussion
vxr2010 said:
A typo by me above should be BC coilovers , but i also found the tein basic ones work well on my wagon , the price of the Tein were 505 to the door , height adjustable but not rebound but the re bound setting was actually set very well by Tein , switches are the same and same location on a new or slightly older shape Fsti , i think either new or old look good
Thanks both for the info, turns out the company (King's Auto) have had gearknobs go missing in the past so they took it off prior to transport and will send it to me with the original documents once the boat has sailed. Also now have export cert in English! Enlightening...Sa Calobra said:
Why LOTS of underseal? My UK bought Fozzy- would Subaru UK have done this?
I defer to those with greater knowledge, but due to the lack of salting / gritting in Japan they either don't underseal them originally or they do but it needs re-doing on imports to cover us for winters.I suspect Subaru would have done this if it was a UK supplied car.
As a slight aside do I take it from your name you've ridden Sac?? Chapeau, sir
Sa Calobra said:
Sadly only driven it. I'm riding it in August. Next week I'm riding Tenerife 
That will be pretty toasty in August! Attempted it in May and June, just broke the hour mark the second time. Get there dead early to avoid the coaches-we got stuck behind one going down and it took forever!david1972 said:
Absolutely under seal it. Will save you pain another day.
What sort of detail do you get on the English version? I’m finding this all fascinating and informative at the same time
The former owner, dates of their MOT tests etc, similar stuff to V5 really.What sort of detail do you get on the English version? I’m finding this all fascinating and informative at the same time
In other news the boat has left the dock and is calling at one more Japanese port before coming to Europe via Singapore and then suez canal, estimated date of arrival now the 9th of may.
I've been having a think about collection and the major stumbling block will be lack of numberplates. Even if you have insurance and an MOT pre-booked it's more than likely you'll be pulled over without them?
Having said that I'm entirely confident that if I send a transporter to collect it there will be some f
k up which means I'll have to go myself anyway!!
Thanks to both Sac and David1972, good knowledge and food for thought! Especially as we're away when the boat arrives...
In other news, there is news:
This all arrived about 10 days ago, haven't had much time away from work to be able to post it though. Very exciting! 8k for a gearknob! At least the mystery of its disappearance is solved.
Fortunately it was accompanied by the most comprehensive set of service history documents I've come across yet (even as an owner of an ex-AROCGB 145 Cloverleaf!!). From the looks of things all the old shaken tests are included as well. They look a bit more comprehensive than the old "left indicator, right indicator" routine. There are the original factory manuals, plus installations instructions and manuals for the additional bits. Helpfully entirely in Japanese. Time to brush up:
Apart from that I'm following the boat's progress on AIS / Marine Traffic. If you're really bored, look up Hoegh Tracer, which at the moment is steaming towards the Suez Canal, or may have made it through since I checked last. Arrival still set for 9/5/18. Between now and then a set of forms I ordered from DVLA has arrived to register it, and I'm making arrangements with NSA at Newcastle to sort out payment / collection.
From everything I've read, as long as there is a pre-booked MOT that you're driving to, you should be alright to drive it on the VIN and without plates. Post-MOT this is EINGANG VERBOTEN however, so I'll just have to push it back from the MOT centre (about a mile away)
This does leave me with quite a lot to do in terms of making driveway space. Anyone after a 2-owner 145 Cloverleaf, 62k miles, fresh ticket for a year, cambelt just done? Or a 15-plate 520d tourer with 44k miles??
In other news, there is news:
This all arrived about 10 days ago, haven't had much time away from work to be able to post it though. Very exciting! 8k for a gearknob! At least the mystery of its disappearance is solved.
Fortunately it was accompanied by the most comprehensive set of service history documents I've come across yet (even as an owner of an ex-AROCGB 145 Cloverleaf!!). From the looks of things all the old shaken tests are included as well. They look a bit more comprehensive than the old "left indicator, right indicator" routine. There are the original factory manuals, plus installations instructions and manuals for the additional bits. Helpfully entirely in Japanese. Time to brush up:
Apart from that I'm following the boat's progress on AIS / Marine Traffic. If you're really bored, look up Hoegh Tracer, which at the moment is steaming towards the Suez Canal, or may have made it through since I checked last. Arrival still set for 9/5/18. Between now and then a set of forms I ordered from DVLA has arrived to register it, and I'm making arrangements with NSA at Newcastle to sort out payment / collection.
From everything I've read, as long as there is a pre-booked MOT that you're driving to, you should be alright to drive it on the VIN and without plates. Post-MOT this is EINGANG VERBOTEN however, so I'll just have to push it back from the MOT centre (about a mile away)
This does leave me with quite a lot to do in terms of making driveway space. Anyone after a 2-owner 145 Cloverleaf, 62k miles, fresh ticket for a year, cambelt just done? Or a 15-plate 520d tourer with 44k miles??
Cpt Flashhard said:
Good man, that's a very kind offer!
Whereabouts are you having yours serviced? Rough idea of cost?
Possibly too far but Howard in Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire has been servicing Subarus for years. He used to rally his own prepared Impreza and is bloody honest. First time I went him was 10yrs ago to pick up a used driveshaft for £70.Whereabouts are you having yours serviced? Rough idea of cost?
If you need help importing the car itself or want a re-quote from another source, I suggest looking at https://www.wcshipping.com/ or a similar site. This one in particular's careful and particular with their method as most of their clientele are moving classics.
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