Quest: Importing used car to Thailand, requirements and regulation

[luk AJ]

You refer to a 2012 BMW, I guess you want to import an M5? If so there are some people specialized in Thailand who import M5 from Thailand as spare parts and the chassis is cut in half. In thailand they transfer all M5 parts to a local chassis. I have had a E60 M5 and currently have an F10 M5. Both cars look like new. There are a few for sale now 100% legal. Still quite expensive, for an F10 M5 it will be between 4 and 5 mill.
This is one of them for sale..



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[NanLaew]

2 hours ago, luk AJ said:

You refer to a 2012 BMW, I guess you want to import an M5? If so there are some people specialized in Thailand who import M5 from Thailand as spare parts and the chassis is cut in half. In thailand they transfer all M5 parts to a local chassis. I have had a E60 M5 and currently have an F10 M5. Both cars look like new. There are a few for sale now 100% legal. Still quite expensive, for an F10 M5 it will be between 4 and 5 mill.
This is one of them for sale..



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...replete with the fake, clip-on, Brembo front disk brake caliper covers that are about 80 baht/pair at Chatuchak.

 

Thailand where the GFE experience isn't just for the love lorn.

Edited September 7, 2018 by NanLaew

[luk AJ]

...replete with the fake, clip-on, Brembo front disk brake caliper covers that are about 80 baht/pair at Chatuchak.
 
Thailand where the GFE experience isn't just for the love lorn.

First of all Brembo is red. The breaking system of this car has carbon discs (value 500k) this is the same breaking system as used on the new F90 M5


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[NanLaew]

9 hours ago, luk AJ said:

First of all Brembo is red. The breaking system of this car has carbon discs (value 500k) this is the same breaking system as used on the new F90 M5


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Sure they are...

 

 

[luk AJ]

You are wrong, I know this car very well.
But you probably never seen are will see the real stuff.


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[NanLaew]

22 hours ago, luk AJ said:

You are wrong, I know this car very well.
But you probably never seen are will see the real stuff.


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And you are wrong about fake yellow Brembo parts just as you are wrong in suggesting that 100% of grey market Beemers in LOS that are created in high-end, local chop shops are the same as the genuine, factory assembled and unchopped article in the real world.

 

Other than that it's just another way overpriced car for goodness sakes.

[luk AJ]

Yes you are right about the color of Brembo, but you suggested that the picture from the car had such covers which was not the case.
You are also right that re-assembled cars are a risky project ( in fact the local chassis is an uncut F10 chassis) which they completely strip bare and re-assemble with the M5 parts from Japan. This is indeed a risk if not done properly done, but you would be amazed what these shops can do. Both my car and the car in the picture were re-assembled in the same shop without any problem. Is it a risk? Yes, it is but for 4 milj I have the opportunity to drive the car of my dreams.


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[NanLaew]

15 hours ago, luk AJ said:

Yes you are right about the color of Brembo, but you suggested that the picture from the car had such covers which was not the case.
You are also right that re-assembled cars are a risky project ( in fact the local chassis is an uncut F10 chassis) which they completely strip bare and re-assemble with the M5 parts from Japan. This is indeed a risk if not done properly done, but you would be amazed what these shops can do. Both my car and the car in the picture were re-assembled in the same shop without any problem. Is it a risk? Yes, it is but for 4 milj I have the opportunity to drive the car of my dreams.


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It certainly is an interesting facet of car production in Thailand and maybe the guys that started it all do a great job. However, with the way Thai's see someone doing well and decide to try the same business, be it a coffee shop or a high-end chop shop, I guess one really has to do due diligence on who you are dealing with. I would assume there's plenty of keen, trained car assembly people that have trickled down from the major assembly factories and have a notion on how to do it right. Are they amenable to potential buyers visiting the 'factory' or is pretty much word-of-mouth reputations and what you see is what you get?