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#1
New member here
Well, I bought my H12 bB about 6 months ago. I live in Tokyo Japan,
been here over 6 years now. I remember when I got here seeing the
bB for the 1st time. It grabbed my attetion and I fell in love with it. I
knew if they brought it to the US it would sell, and it did. Well, it took
about 5 1/2 years before I got one. We had to sell our 1997 Toyota
Surf Hi-Lux SSR-X Limited (4 Runner) because it was a turbo diesel.
In Tokyo they are getting rid of diesel cars, only personally owned
ones. So, I could not get it inspected again. We went to the dealer
that sold it to us and asked what they could offer us. We saw a white
bB there, H12 (2000) 1.5L with 30,000 km's on it. We wanted to trade
the Surf for it and we did, even Steven. I really love the bB, it so easy
to park here in Japan and gets great gas mileage, considering it has a
really small tank. The first day I had it, i put in the system, a JL 12W6,
Kenwood class D amp, Kenwood head unit (979), the ipod interface. Now
that made it sound a lot better. About a week or so later, in went the
remote start. The bB came with lowering springs so it has an awesome
stance. I just added a Cusco strut brace and it seems to make a diff
in handling. It has the oem wheels, really dark tinted windows (not driver/
pass. though). I will post up some pics later when I find them, but here
are a few links I have on my other forum I belong to:
http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/61...tter-half.html
http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/63...iends-r32.html
C&C welcome
Sayonara.......Paul C.
been here over 6 years now. I remember when I got here seeing the
bB for the 1st time. It grabbed my attetion and I fell in love with it. I
knew if they brought it to the US it would sell, and it did. Well, it took
about 5 1/2 years before I got one. We had to sell our 1997 Toyota
Surf Hi-Lux SSR-X Limited (4 Runner) because it was a turbo diesel.
In Tokyo they are getting rid of diesel cars, only personally owned
ones. So, I could not get it inspected again. We went to the dealer
that sold it to us and asked what they could offer us. We saw a white
bB there, H12 (2000) 1.5L with 30,000 km's on it. We wanted to trade
the Surf for it and we did, even Steven. I really love the bB, it so easy
to park here in Japan and gets great gas mileage, considering it has a
really small tank. The first day I had it, i put in the system, a JL 12W6,
Kenwood class D amp, Kenwood head unit (979), the ipod interface. Now
that made it sound a lot better. About a week or so later, in went the
remote start. The bB came with lowering springs so it has an awesome
stance. I just added a Cusco strut brace and it seems to make a diff
in handling. It has the oem wheels, really dark tinted windows (not driver/
pass. though). I will post up some pics later when I find them, but here
are a few links I have on my other forum I belong to:
http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/61...tter-half.html
http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/63...iends-r32.html
C&C welcome
Sayonara.......Paul C.
#6
Originally Posted by ezzyB
Paul, I love the dash! It looks really cool. Welcome to the site. You will love the box!
Some of my friends don't care for it, but I do. It is better than the stock color.
#9
Congrats man!
I just moved back to the states about a year ago after living in Japan(Yokohama and near Aomori) for 12 years myself. I wanted a bB when I lived there too but since I was limited to 1 vehicle (wife is from Tokyo and refused to get her DL) I decided to drive a kouki H9 ECR33 GTS25t Type M Skyline 4 door for a family/fun car and buy an xB when I got back stateside for a daily driver.
Enjoy the easy to access second hand parts over there, man I really really miss Up Garage, parts off, and Autobacs second hand
*edit*
You didn't happen to buy your LM GT-R from a Navy guy down in Yokosuka did you? thought you were somebody I knew there for a sec... Sweet looking LM BTW, next to the Autech 4 door GT-R that one of my favorite R33's. Damn I miss mine
I just moved back to the states about a year ago after living in Japan(Yokohama and near Aomori) for 12 years myself. I wanted a bB when I lived there too but since I was limited to 1 vehicle (wife is from Tokyo and refused to get her DL) I decided to drive a kouki H9 ECR33 GTS25t Type M Skyline 4 door for a family/fun car and buy an xB when I got back stateside for a daily driver.
Enjoy the easy to access second hand parts over there, man I really really miss Up Garage, parts off, and Autobacs second hand
*edit*
You didn't happen to buy your LM GT-R from a Navy guy down in Yokosuka did you? thought you were somebody I knew there for a sec... Sweet looking LM BTW, next to the Autech 4 door GT-R that one of my favorite R33's. Damn I miss mine
#10
Originally Posted by 4150
You didn't happen to buy your LM GT-R from a Navy guy down in Yokosuka did you? thought you were somebody I knew there for a sec... Sweet looking LM BTW, next to the Autech 4 door GT-R that one of my favorite R33's. Damn I miss mine
I have owned mine for over 3 years now, bought it at
a dealer in Higashi Kawaguchi. Thanks though.
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