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Old 05-20-2008, 05:32 AM
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Thanks Flipper.

Istefan, When I had my jdm car I had no difficulty with the distributors here getting parts. Once they had the chassis number they could always get me any parts I needed. Some parts were in stock in Ireland. Others they ordered from the UK. Still more were not available in either place and they got them from Japan, usually a 10 day wait.

In ALL cases they ranged from expensive to horrendous.

With this in mind if I knew the part I needed I would order from the US. US parts tend to be a lot cheaper, but customs duty plus VAT on import really pushes the costs up, so I now tread carefully when importing.

In many cases you will rely on getting parts from a breaker.

Joe
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