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Harlow Jap Autos

21K views 56 replies 30 participants last post by  Mookistar  
#1 ·
Hi Guys,

Was a newbie last year unfortunately due to circumstances i never bought a skyline.

Now things are changing and i am looking at importing Have been Speaking to Ozz at Harlow and he seems like a really genuine chap and a quality website.

was just wondering if anyone had imported through them and what experience they had.

as parting with 10K without receiving something tangible feels alien. i know it has to be done. But like to check these things out.

thats assuming sale fo my car goes through.:)

:squintdan :squintdan :squintdan :squintdan
 
#4 ·
A mate of mine has bought a pfc hand commander from them and actualy went to collect it so they must at least be real people if you get my meaning.
 
#6 ·
the website seems spot on and they use Perfect Touch to prepare the cars but you can't beat word of mouth


Osman gave me Perfect Touch's number and said to phone them to check him out which i will do when i have money.

hoping this year it will work.

Harlow Jap Autos Ltd

this is them mods really sorry if this breaks any rules and please edit if does. :bowdown1:
 
#7 · (Edited)
Hi,

Ive just seen this post, Like Osman said give us a shout with any questions you have about Harlow jap imports.
If we can help at all we will.
Ozz and his brother are probably one of the most honest traders we have dealt with, they have never questioned any work that has needed to be done to make sure the cars are right.

We were approached by another japanese car supplier who were not willing to have certain jobs done if it hurt their profit margins, we did not do any work for them ;)

CDM
 
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#9 ·
thanks guys looks like oz gets the thumbs up just need to out my car before they sell the one i want :mad: come on come on buy my car someone lol:squintdan
 
#10 ·
I recently collected my network tuned r33 gtr from harlow jap autos !! They run a first class outfit ! Very easy to deal with and very helpful. The service i recieved from harlow was perfect.Ill definately be dealing with oz and his bro again in the near future. I couldnt recommend them highly enough !!!! They only deal with top quality cars and there service couldnt be faulted.
 
#11 ·
I've been offered the same Garage Yawata tuned R33 GTR for ÂŁ2k cheaper than Harlow Jap Autos are advertising it for - and that was with another importer!
They do not have exclusive rights to cars in Japan, and their prices suck!!!
 
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#13 ·
Im not going to start a debate here mate.But ive seen a few of the prices of some of the gtrs that harlow are selling in japan and believe me by the time the import tax etc is paid !! And the full inspections done at perfect touch !! They def aint working with massive profit margins. I know some importers go for the big kill 4-5 k !! harlow jap autos aint one of them .
 
#14 ·
harlow jap imports

i bought a r32gtr from oz. it was a good experience. the car was exactly as described and they are not bullshitters. couldnt meet a nicer bloke. top man.
 
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#15 ·
R32 GTR from Harlow Jap Auto

I also bought a R32 GTR from HJA.

My biggest problem was to get in contact with some guys from UK.
Ozz was the only one who is still instantly replying on my emails.

Before I got the skyline, we had pretty nice contact over 4 month and more. He was very honest and allways willing to help get answers to my questions.

Sure you can get some cheaper Skylines, but I think it is more worth to have a serious contact and therefor I always would pay more.

At least I have to do some little work here at the skyline right after I got it, nothing special just some gaskets and some technical questions, but I need some parts and can't get them here in Germany.

The contact is still OK, even as I told him there are some little probs I have to fix. And I guess Ozz will send me everything I need. If this happens and the sky doesn`t show any further probs, than I can tell you it is absolutely worth to get a Car from harlow jap autos, even if it`s not the cheapest one. :)

Thanks in advance ozz *g*.

Dave
 
#16 ·
A good freind of mine bought a 32gtr from HJA the car is still on the site under sold stock.its blue,drag spec 550bhp.
advertised with a full fresh 2.7 HKS build pistons,rods etc etc.
Around a month after driving it in fun it went pop!DOH!!!!!
A full strip down by John Gorman a local tuner here at Milburn Garage reveiled a full standard top and bottom end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I suppose thats a risk with all imports but they should,nt be advertised with parts they cant confirm!!!!
 
#19 ·
I will back up HJP all the way, I bought an Endless-R inlet plenum from Ozz not so long back, he's a top bloke & couldnt have helped me out better...

I no Banzai-G & Steveturbo (who im sure will be along later with his views) i have seen there GTR's & trust me there everything they should be, & more...!!

Top level GTR's...:thumbsup:
 
#20 ·
davedizzl, hi judging by your pic you look like you bought my old gtr , the Rod Bell tweaked black 32gtr? I bought another 32 gtr off Ozz at begining of year the Bee-r 32 gtr, and happy to report that I have had no major issues apart from one bad wheel bearing. Ozz was great to deal with, little slow getting back to you on the old emails nudge nudge , but am not online that often tbh .

You buy any car in my opinion and you take a chance.
 
#21 ·
Couldnt say a bad word about Ozz and his bro @ HJA !!!!!
I purchased my gtr of him 2 years ago , With a massive spec list ,
Which at the start i was dubious if it was all going be right !!!!
But believe me EVERYTHING that was on the spec list was on the car !!!!!!
Im 100% sure he didnt sell a car knowingly that the spec wasnt what he thought it was.
Im still in contact with Ozz on a regular basis ,Top bloke !!!!! :thumbsup:
 
#22 ·
Hi guys

Just wanted to come on and clear up a few things :thumbsup:

The car GTR.craig has mentioned is one we sold a few years ago when our company was fairly new and we were buying cars from power vehicles who purchased a lot of their stock through Japanese auctions.

Unfortunately at Japanese auctions the specs are often mis described but at that time we just used to advertise as it was written in the auction report. But I’m pretty sure it didn’t mention a full fresh HKS build anywhere for that car :confused:

Tbh this is the first time I heard he had problems with the car, I had no contact from the buyer apart from his text message telling me he has already managed to clock 175mph the night he got it ;)

Our company has moved on a bit since then and we now only import cars from Tsukasa Matsumoto (global auto) or at the moment cars top tuners in this country recommend or can vouch for.

We get allot of emails from customers telling us we are the best modified skyline GTR dealers they have come across in U.K and Europe so am really happy how things are going at the moment especially being proper skyline GTR enthusiast.

We will be traders on here soon with TR racing as we work out of the same unit so you will see a lot more us in the near future :thumbsup:

Ozz
HJA
 
#24 ·
@dangerousdave Hey that's possible, it is made by RB Motorsport and it is black, had originaly other rims, where looking like BBS. :). Good to reading that you are also got an other car from Ozz. And if that would be really your old car, how funny is it that your name is also Dave?
Now I became even more dangerous in my area, with that GTR and guess I have to rename from davedizzl to dangerousdavedizzl. pfffff tooo long :)

@Ozz nice to reading from you here. :) Keep your customer contact and high quality. Its the very important part for a successful business. customersatisfaction and customercontact!!!

By the way I will drive the gtr this sunday on a autocross :))))

Dave
 
#26 ·
bought my r32 gtr from Ozz last year ,
serious guy , had big trouble with the engine causing by a bad rebuilt, not so easy for me because i live in spain but Ozz can't be responsable of that, also he was very helpfull and give me a very good deal on another engine and helping me to deal with RK tuning to forged this engine.

my next car will be bought from is company again.
 
#27 ·
For a guide Japanese GTR auction cars = Japanese Junk, the nice ones are sold by specalist dealers in Japan.
No importers have Xray eyes so they can only guess on the engines internal spec and wear. Even if they have people in Japan.
 
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