Personal Imports

[Jod Clark]

A friend of mine has been offered a Mitsubishi Delica for the right money.<br>
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Its a South African import and not UK registered at present. He has seen the import documents and all taxes are paid.<br>
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What steps need to be taken to get the vehicle UK registered? I'm only asking 'coz I don't have a clue myself but I know some of you jolly clever folks will.<br>
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Many thanks,<br>
Jod

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[Jon Tilson]

too much of a problem as there are loads of Jap import ones round here.<br>
Think you need a single vehicle type aproval test, an MoT and then its off to the local VRO...<br>
You may need to fix things like fog lights and indicators colour, reversing lights colour etc...<br>
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Automotive pile of tosh IMO...Ugly shogun...Yob image.<br>
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Jonners

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[Jod Clark]

I saw it myself just a few minutes ago. Its actually a Japanese car, arriving via South Africa. Is there any way at all that one could be sure it wasn't a stolen car? <br>
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All the paperwork is there, including Japanese registration document. But if its stolen, there's a lot of money to lose on it.<br>
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Any ideas please?<br>
Many thanks<br>
Jod

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[1300dolly]

ring a local import company they should be able to give you the details. the car will need a sva test , mot , dvla registering which will cost £300 - £500. if it is nicked it will show up on the dvla computer when they do their bit. the jap paper work will be checked by sva people.<br>
make sure the car has a good service including flushing the fuel system if its a diesel as water collects in the tank and filter. some parts such as starter motors are NOT readily available in the uk and will cost ££££s. <br>
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Justyn

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[2F45T4U]

So if its been nicked from a Japanese fella the DVLA will know? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :b --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/tongue.gif ALT=":b"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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[PurpleBargeKen]

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[1300dolly]

if it comes with the jap paper work it will show up on the magic box thingy which is linked with a world wide data base(bar a few countries) so in a round a bout short answer type way yes it will come up as nicked or show the paper work isn't relative to that car(unless its a ringer with well forged docs.).but as everything goverment the system is not 100% reliable.<br>
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Justyn

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[SprintMWU773V]

Most Jap cars have non-existent rust proofing as they are generally kept for a short period of time, something to do with their equivilent of an MOT. They are still as reliable as "european" spec cars but I would recommend a weekend spent with a large vat of rustproofer and a compressor blasting wax into every cavity and the underside.<br>
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Mark<br>
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PS what is a Delica? Some kind of MPV thingie?

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[2F45T4U]

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4WD too <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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[george]

these should fall into the cheaper end of sva testing loads have been imported so they will have data on them<br>
the lights are the same as ours except the fogs i think friend has recently imported a harrrier (rx300) <br>
go for a 2.8 as the 2.5 is crap unless its a petrol version<br>
if they make one ! put in a plate on the egr system to stop the exhaust from belching smoke simple job takes about 20 mins

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