JDM512

Hi, everyone. My name is Anthony. I have seen a lot of great part reviews for GTR Garage but only a couple of car importing reviews. I thought I just share mine. I recently lost my 240 in a flood. So I started looking through forums for a Skyline. I came across some different dealers selling JDM vehicles. Just about everyone I emailed was above my budget or wasn't going to have stock in a while. It was only GTR Garage that had a Skyline available and under my budget. And the Skyline they've found was a May 1990 GTR. She's coming with a few goodies as well. There's been a couple of shipping delays but should get here mid October. You can track ships on marinetraffic.com. Below you can find details/pics and order of events.

1990 Nissan R32 GTR
150,652 Kilometers
ARC Intercooler
Full Exhaust
Nismo Clutch
Tein Coilovers
LED Tailights
Work Wheels
HKS EVC Boost Controller
Defi Gauges

March 25, 2015: I email GTR Garage about purchasing an R32.

March 28, 2015: Receive a response, with info. on a R32 that their working a deal on. I also place a deposit to hold the car.

April 14, 2015: Around this time a deal was reached with the private seller.

April 30, 2015: GTR arrives at their shop in Japan.

May 8, 2015: GTR Garage sends me under body shots of the R32. Everything looks clean. No rust or corrosion in sight. Also they swap out the corner lights for me for free(Came off a parts car they happened to have there). Not a of fan of the smoked corners.

May 11, 2015: Paid the remaining balance

May 12, 2015: Receive receipt.

May 20, 2015: Informed that they would book it for shipping next month.

June 12, 2015: GTR is at holding at port in Kobe.

July 2015: Awaiting shipping.

August 2015: Awaiting shipping.

Waiting game is a killer LOL

September 13, 2015: Ok, so according to the name of the vessel Richard @ GTR Garage told me it was on, it left Kobe.

October 9-11?, 2015: According to shippers website Freeport, TX is not listed as a stop but I've seen some ships make stops at places not listed on their schedule.

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BossHogg

Just watch it. When I was watching my ship it said it was still in Mexico when it got delivered in Galveston TX. Are you sure it's not hoegh shipping lines. Mine was on the HOEGH KOBE. I had to use all caps on the website or it didn't seem to pick up the ship. I had to wait 9 months lol.

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blueshark123

What is the final cost of importing one vs justbuying one that was legally imported already. A guy by me wants 19k for one

turbo2nr

Love the LED tail lights~!

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Agent S14

Freeport, TX is a stop. My laurel and supra are there waiting for customs to clear it

Hatemy7

Nice Skyline by the way

JDM512

I remember tracking Hoegh Kobe. I thought that was the ship mine was on. But GTR Garage informed me their shipper put it on a WWL ship. Vessel name Aniara.

JDM512

I paid close to $17K. But I still need to register it. I don't know the cost on that yet. The prices have gone up since I bought mine. From what I seen, dealers want $22k+. I've seen prices like $19k from private sellers.

JDM512

Thanks! I can't wait to pick this up.

JDM512

Nice. Hopefully it'll clear soon.

krampus

That Panasonic battery is pretty neat.

JDM512

Thank you. And 3 RX7s? WOW

Hatemy7

Not anymore buddy. Just 1 FD and Galant Vr4 ( evo )

JDM512

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Hello all, just thought I update this page. I haven't received my R32 GTR. I've been lied to for the 4th or 5th time? Not sure, would have to go and count in the emails. But ever since July, GTR Garage has told me that my R32 has shipped out. It's almost November and haven't been told anything. Customer service and communication is poor. I'm the one that has to ask for the updates. GTR Garage asked me back in March, "...how soon do you want a GTR to be in your driveway?" I told them that I would like to have it shipped out in June at the latest.

On September 9th GTR Garage told me it's a couple weeks from Galveston. Then when I checked status on September 23rd, they told me it was going to Freeport instead. I even asked the name of the vessel(Aniara) and shipping documentation from the shipper. They never gave me any kind of documentation. And while I was tracking the vessel it was supposedly on, the vessel went from Panama Canal to Georgia. So lied to again. It's been over a month and they haven't updated me on anything. Dealing with this place has been a terrible experience! They're not even explaining to me what's going on. I'll be sure to keep this page updated.

Reece

Have they sent you your title yet?

If not, good luck

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ditchs14

you got your car just fine right? i know yours was already in the states

GTR-Garage

We are in the process of resolving this shipment and have informed the customer if his GT-R has still not departed Kobe and he no longer wants to wait we will issue him a full refund.

Reece

That last comment of mine was pretty shitty.

My car was already in the states, and I will say, the car blew my mind and absolutely shattered my expectations when it arrived.

There were some communication issues on both our ends while getting the paperwork taken care of. But I love the car to death.

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GTR-Garage

We send "books" so to speak with all the customs paperwork, translations and original title. The original title wasn't included in Reece's book and we had to send it separately. We also had to send a signed original Bill of Sale. DMV requirements differ from state to state and even county to county so sometimes we have to send supplemental documentation.

Word on the street is Reece is viny wrapping his car hot pink...

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Reece

It could have been that my DMV was a little pickier than most, for example I talked to a friend of mine who bought a skyline from GTR Garage in Illinois and his DMV experience was much different than mine.


Fuuuuck I wish. That would be sweet. I don't wanna copy Burstspeed Mike though.

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GTR-Garage

Here I thought I was picking on you when in reality I was making fun of Burstspeed...

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Reece

Picking on me? I WISH I had the balls to wrap my car pink hahaha

We'll see what happens this winter once I bring it in to get painted

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Nota240

Ive got to agree with Reece my experience importing my Silvia S13 thru GTR Garage was excellent! There was a little bit of delay due to some shipping issues but they were fully explained and I was stateside and the registration process for my was easy paperwork wise (AZ emissions gave me a bit of a challenge). Overall my GTR Garage experience was excellent and Id happily go to them to bring me over another car.

JDM512

UPDATE: Yesterday Richard from GTR Garage asked me for bank info to give me a full refund. I sent him my bank info later that night. Just a few minutes ago he tells me he's giving the shipper til Friday to provide proof it departed. If the shipper cannot provide proof then he'll give me my money back. He already asked me my bank info, so I told him just to send the refund like he said he would. He then tell's me he'll wire the funds back by the end of the week.

turboshoebox

Moral of the story...shoudla bought one from canada. lol

okay jk but disipte the hold up seems they are good on their word when stuff doesn't go well.

JDM512

Buying from Canada was a thought in the beginning. Now I would recommend buyers to only buy JDM cars that are already registered and titled in the states. Sometimes private sells can go bad as well. You might get some bad surprises down the road after a purchase, so BE CAREFUL! It would be best to find a company that has multiple testimonials.

And it's only been a day since I've been contacted about a refund. Hopefully they can at least keep their word here because I'm tired of being lied to everywhere else. So I'll be sure to keep this forum updated along with others.

turboshoebox

I've seen a few good experiences for GTR garage but my guess is the shipper is giving them the run around and they are giving you the run around cause they rather not lose your business

Lees_Garage

That car looks great. I'm sure it can get frustrating, but if you are still in communication with GTR Garage, it might be worth holding out for. You've already been holding out for this long. Too long to quit and start the process over again, who's to say you won't go through the same thing again with another shipper.

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s13rhdhatch

I hope you get your car,it would be awesome to have another skyline owner in tx. However you should have went to Rivsu imports.

JDM512

UPDATE: Last night I emailed Richard at GTR Garage with the following message. Hopefully I can get a full refund sooner than "by the end of the week".

Richard,


Is it possible to wire my refund tomorrow and not wait till the end of the week? I would really appreciate it very much. I'm just ready to put this whole experience to rest and be done. Thank you for understanding.