kirshnerd

Just got her back today!

 

 

 

Now I need a license plate adapter. Any suggestions? Rear support is on as well. Needed to grind down the weld a little on the drivers side. That was preventing it from going into the tunnel. Passenger side slid in but the first threaded piece needed to be removed on both sides.

 

Need to do a lot more work on it now that it's back!

 

Headlights will be wired up shortly so there can be removed.

As politely as I can say this, **** you.

I'm green with envy.

Should'be been clearer sorry. I was just saying since I did everything myself. But famaya pointed out that a importer could bulk order and bring the price of shipping down . And that whole ordeal really sucks dude. I import a lot of stuff from overseas and ive burned many times as well and it just leaves you frustrated especially when you cant see the person thats dicking you.

No problem man. With both importers I wasn't just importing a single bumper, they were both working at putting it in a container with other items. The overall cost was very very low, hence why I was okay waiting for this kind of deal.

Congrats! You will need an d-f grille type to fit.

Thanks for the info senpai

How come you used a importer?

I'm not sure why exactly you ask... so i'm not 100% sure how to reply.

-JDM parts aren't OEM here in Canada

-Because what I specifically wanted wasn't locally available

I was dealing with one importer originally (the onle @famaya26 is talking about), and he imported for me exactly what I asked for. His communication was horrendous and he was an asshole. On top of that, his exporter from Japan screwed him, as well as a few other importers, on shipments and containers that were sitting at port in Japan for months on end. When my PayPal buyer protection was about to run out, after 8 months of bullshit after paying, after 3 months or more of bullshit trying to get the stuff ordered originally, I got my refund and told him I'd buy the goods if/when they ever landed. I never heard back.

One day on FB I came across the parts I had ordered up for sale and DM'ed the guy immediately saying I'd buy for asking price ASAP. I worked with the guy to make a deal and tried for 4 weeks to meet up at his convenience. I got fed up with his bullshit and drama and told him to get bent.

Gave up dealing with that twat, and talked to another local guy. Got my parts in 2 months.

Probably cheaper. Local importer has a Spec B bumper for $350 shipped.

Don't deal with Braden Roberts or EssexCountyJDM. You will regret it. I guarantee it.

Read up son:

Attempt to do business 1:

http://www.toronto-subaru-club.com/forums/reviews-vendors-and-other-businesses/203159-nightmare-essexcountyjdm.html

Attempt t do business 2:

http://www.toronto-subaru-club.com/forums/reviews-vendors-and-other-businesses/205678-update-essexcountyjdm.html

(I'm not sure if they're publicly viewable threads for non-members of that forum, my apologies if they aren't)

Finally, after a year and a half of dealing with a shitty importer, I switched to a different local importer and my JDM front end finally arrived a few quick weeks later!

Extra pics to show off the other JDM goodies

During my time waiting for the bumper/lip setup, I ordered a JDM option Sports grill, but was unaware it wouldnt fit the JDM Rev A-C 2.0 GT/I/R specB bumper... so now I'm back to looking for another grill.

The preface sports grill in these pics is up for sale, DM me if interested.

Enkei EV5's aren't rare at all, just old.

Here are my Rays GramLights 57xtreme's that went on a few months ago. Completely new setup.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/freeriderjake/IMG_20140808_183944_zpsy8fwyau9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/freeriderjake/IMG_20140819_174310_zpsxkc6byfz.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/freeriderjake/IMG_20140907_114821_zpsq3qnosgl.jpg

This car is either a 2nd or 3rg gen (I have difficulties telling them apart tbh), but I literally just scrolled past this post before seeing this thread. lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/freeriderjake/Screenshot_2014-08-21-14-41-02_zps5gleyfji.png

Some argue that 06 spec.b's are worth more than regular LGTs of the same year--I wouldn't argue that personally. They have some aluminum bits that are nice, but the suspensions are nearing replacement with most normal mileage numbers now so I don't view the bilsteins as much of a "plus" anymore. Red seats are nice if you like those.

 

Just my 2 cents. 06 LGT sedans seem to be going in the 10-13k range lately (good shape, reasonable mileage). $16k seems high, but probably typical of a dealership car.

Agreed. 06 Spec B's shouldn't realistically fetch more than 3-4K more than the eq. LGT. Alu suspension bits, along with little things that are nearly worthless on the used vehicle market like nav and HIDs dont add up to much. 07-09s coming with the 6MT however...