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This is a new one to me! Could i ask firstly, why did people think they would "explode"? and why would a JDM be more likely to have had better fuel in both countries?

Hmmm, as luck would have it the seller already has brembo brakes on this car as well! So looks like in terms of JDMs it isn't a terrible choice! Am still so split because i could in theory afford a UK one, but UK ones with body kits seem in pretty short supply at the moment (really not a huge fan of the 350's look without a kit on it!), so am tempted just to go for this JDM one if no other options materialise over the next few weeks!

7k does seem a bit pricey for a 53 with 58k miles on it! The way i see it as well the wrap would add little value anyway since I'd need to have bodywork done on it to load up the kit... so it would need a re-wrapping anyway, and have never really been a huge fan of car wraps!

Good point on the radio, sat nav, insurance and grey history aspect! Think it was imported with 20k miles on it, so that is half of it's mileage spent in a foreign land! In reality the main pull i've had to this JDM is that it already has front & rear bumper mods, as well as skirts, exhaust and some nice alloys, so it would cut the amount of work i'd need to get done on it to the spoiler and the interior + gadgets. I have been toying with the idea of spending £6.5-7k on a standard UK GT model, since there seems to be a lack of already kitted 350z's out there with reasonable mileage.... and then getting all this work done myself, but from what i can tell getting a aftermarket kit will set me back around £500-700, with about £800-1500 to fit it depending on the difficulty and paintwork needed, so that approach does seem to be more costly at the moment. May just be a case of waiting for a bit to see if a pre-made UK GT comes up!

Hi, I'm currently looking for a nice 350z, and there's a japanese one that has caught my eye with some nice mods, and is around £1.5-2k cheaper than where i'd imagine someone would price the same car if it were a GT model. I've read about the jap models' differences : i.e. cloth seats, non-adjusting xenons, and a few other things, but most of them seem like quite "small" things, the biggest difference from what i could tell seems to be the cloth seats, and the £1.5 grand i'd save would cover some nice upholstery, and then a couple of extra tweaks to the bodywork as well. Are there any big differences in the JDM models that I'm overlooking that would account for the drastic difference between the JDM 02 models and their UK 03/04 counterparts? Am still in 2 minds whether to commit to the 3 hour drive to see this vehicle, and need some advice! Thanks