Yahoo Japan Auction thread...

[g35gabby]

Originally Posted by Dolph_KYAS13

Just won an auction for a set of Tommykaira wheels. 18x9 + 24 (GTR Sizes) for $212. Everything all in to my local importer was $475.

do want....

[ESCAPE!]

Originally Posted by heiyuu

yaj took the pics down

but they were missing one of the shanks that goes into the outter ball joint and bolts to the knuckle. i think that's why nobody else really bid on em

nothing a lathe and a tap set wont fix :-D

there were pretty rusty patches too thou so gonna have to clean em up and repaint... gonna lose that schweet ikeya sticker in the process :-(

Ah yeah everyone was probably scared off by that haha, lucky for you tho! Very good find. Ive had my eye out for a set of them as well. Hopefully the balljoints are still tight!

[EJ8 944]

^wow, great pickup on those TK wheels.

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Originally Posted by EJ8 944

^wow, great pickup on those TK wheels.

Thanks. I already have a pair of 17's in the same size and offsets. I am going to see if I can get that lip repaired (long shot) or buy new lips. Either way they match the Tommy Kaira/ 90's Aero I bought last year.

[heiyuu]

Originally Posted by ESCAPE!

Ah yeah everyone was probably scared off by that haha, lucky for you tho! Very good find. Ive had my eye out for a set of them as well. Hopefully the balljoints are still tight!

Just keep searching mang!

I was quite upset/jealous when waxball88 posted about his friend's ikeya flca a few pages back.

Then I went on YAJ and searched for "s14" and it was the first thing to pop up.

I am a bit worried about the balljoints and rod ends and am thinking about following DEF's DIY http://www.nissanroadracing.com/showthread.php?t=1407 and fixing up a bit. But I am gonna wait til they arrive before decided on that.

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Originally Posted by heiyuu

Just keep searching mang!

I was quite upset/jealous when waxball88 posted about his friend's ikeya flca a few pages back.

Then I went on YAJ and searched for "s14" and it was the first thing to pop up.

I am a bit worried about the balljoints and rod ends and am thinking about following DEF's DIY http://www.nissanroadracing.com/showthread.php?t=1407 and fixing up a bit. But I am gonna wait til they arrive before decided on that.

Thing is im looking for the newer version ones and they dont come up used as often. I bid on a pair a little while back and backed out at around ¥45,000 and the next bid won the auction oh well.

Thats a cool write up, if your going to be in there making your own shank anyways it might not be a bad idea to do that as well!

I might as well contribute to the thread. Here are a few of the more interesting items i have gotten off yaj in the past

HKS watch (love this thing)


Garage clear knuckle processing for more angle. S14 knuckles, will be going on my S13 one day once i get flcas


TOMEI 280km/h S13 cluster


TOMEI S13 strut brace


Trust pulley set for BCNR33/BNR34


HKS/Custom RB26 intercooler piping/M's intakes. Was originally from a RB26 swapped C35 but fit up basically perfect in my S13


I'll have to get some pictures of some other items to post up!

[g35gabby]

Originally Posted by Dolph_KYAS13

Thanks. I already have a pair of 17's in the same size and offsets. I am going to see if I can get that lip repaired (long shot) or buy new lips. Either way they match the Tommy Kaira/ 90's Aero I bought last year.

ZOMG!!!! dat Aero...

I have all these Grace parts lined up, and you go and post this? Now I must search for it. where did you snag that?

[heiyuu]

Originally Posted by ESCAPE!

Thing is im looking for the newer version ones and they dont come up used as often. I bid on a pair a little while back and backed out at around ¥45,000 and the next bid won the auction oh well.

Thats a cool write up, if your going to be in there making your own shank anyways it might not be a bad idea to do that as well!

I was looking for a newer set too but for 17 bucks you can't go wrong.

Even with rebuilding em using new hardware it's still way cheaper than anything else on YAJ or buying godspeeds, plus I get to use longer 4.5 inch rod ends

[dazed]

Originally Posted by ESCAPE!

HKS watch (love this thing)

This cool, I have one too actually. Bought it awhile ago, BNIB. Sadly the leather starting flaking the first time I wore. It's gotta be pretty old. Did yours come with the box and instructions?

I got mine re-banded:



(Lazy iPhone picture).


I was actually looking at HKS shit the other night too

http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f136254828

Light up HKS sign that was only offered to authorized retailers in Japan




http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k171520612

Stupid old HKS shift knob..... It's fucking wood...gangster.

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Unfortunatly no box/instructions. Same deal though with the strap on mine. Looked brand new but just cracked/fell apart. Just got another black leather strap on mine.

That sign is super cool. That price though..

[korito727]

That re-banded hks watch looks amazing, Cool finds for sure.

[GTR-Garage]

Not the greatest condition, but we couldn't pass it up.

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^Whoa i never even knew a Keiichi tsuchiya watch existed. Cool find!

[waxball88]

After many moons
Euro lines
S15 blue suede seat
S15 sun visors

Only 50 to ship seat ��

[white_is]

$50 to ship that seat?? I thought it was more expensive than that?

[TMW]

generally they do. reclineable seats are usually a lot cheaper than buckets because they can fold up when shipping. also never seen a seat shipped like that so idk.

[tricky_ab]

Yeah, I agree. It's not usually that cheap, as I've had a few seats shipped for me from Japan. I've never had one shipped like that to me, and I'm surprised that they excepted it at the post office.

[Sumslapper]

Seeing that the seat is wrapped in plastic, he probably had all his stuff shipped through sea freight (cheap prices, long wait). An importer near me has all of his seats wrapped in plastic before he ships them through containers since they're out on the ocean for a few weeks. To keep moisture out.

[g35gabby]

figured I would share these over here too:

I have owned several sets of coils before, always new. When adjusting them after "new" they have all showed signs of wear and filled with sand. Not just on my cars, but on everyone else's car I have helped..... These arrived looking NEW, not a drop of dirt on them. Idk what they to make them this clean and fresh, but other than a single scuff on the one controller I would have assumed they were new.



regardless of how clean they were, I still let them have a good PB blast soaking, and after a couple hours of letting it just soak and work its way in, I wiped them clean. Can not wait to get these installed.

mail man came at aboutt 2:00pm today, "O thank goodness you are home, this box isn't as bad as the last one".... LOL. Thanked him for all his help, and will be giving him a gift soon enough, have to figure out what to get him. W/o the help of this 60 year old little man I would be still waiting. He had another "lighter" package with him....





Thanks to Kunio at GTR garage for taking care of them for me

now if my freaking car could swim faster....

[waxball88]

Originally Posted by Sumslapper

Seeing that the seat is wrapped in plastic, he probably had all his stuff shipped through sea freight (cheap prices, long wait). An importer near me has all of his seats wrapped in plastic before he ships them through containers since they're out on the ocean for a few weeks. To keep moisture out.

USPS stand by. Military shipping I believe. Seat was 30lbs I think. USPS dropped it off on the door step
Very thankful for my friends

[rv_zenki]

Hey I was just wondering how much it would be to ship some RUCAs over in the most cost effective way. Thanks

[g35gabby]

Originally Posted by rv_zenki

Hey I was just wondering how much it would be to ship some RUCAs over in the most cost effective way. Thanks

I would think shipping on those would be pretty reasonable as they aren't overly bulky. Probably on the $30-50 range if I had to guess. Still going to cost more than ebay specials in most cases, but a far superior product if you can spot a deal.

[rv_zenki]

Thanks for the info!! Yeah im not into ebay specials lol just looking at my options. I found a set of Cusco RUCAs for 70 buy it now so im looking at those.

[tricky_ab]

I know there's not too many S15 owners on here, but I just had to post this...

This is the damn holy grail!!!

Piecing a full Spec R package in this condition, is rather challenging...

[tricky_ab]

I heard you kids still like Zeros so...

[danny92]

Originally Posted by tricky_ab

I heard you kids still like Zeros so...

Pretty sure those are maxxiss but meh similar anyways

[FaLKoN240]

Originally Posted by danny92

Pretty sure those are maxxiss but meh similar anyways

Yeah my chrome translator called them maxis too.

[tricky_ab]

Ah, after taking a second look at the auction... You guys are correct

[dazed]

Black Maxis has been up for months. Even being in good condition, 60k yen is pretty steep. That's actually how much I bought my mint kevlar zeros for, so I'd never pay anywhere close to that knowing what stuff really goes for in open auction.

It took awhile but I can pretty easily distinguish zeros from maxis now. I don't believe anybody has ever posted decent-resolution pictures of either one for reference.

From Brides website circa 2002:

Maxis



Zeros







But on topic, I haven't bought anything off YAJ in a few months but came across 3 things I just couldn't pass up. Managed to rack up $1,000 pretty easily. Been wanting a VeilSide steering wheel forever, but the only ones that come up are in pretty poor condition as they were made in the mid/late 90's. Saw a BNIB one go for $450 a couple months ago. Wasn't quite worth that much to me.

Then I saw 3 come up at once, all same seller. Black / Red / Blue. All mint condition. Seller only deals with steering wheels, and professionally restores them with high quality leather.

So, after a small bidding war I was able to snag this:



29,500 yen. Might as well be brand new.

[Bushido]

http://page19.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/j...ion/x354332835

Impul Seats, cool.