Subaru Sambar 4WD w/ kit review!!
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- Опубликовано: 8 авг 2024
- I've spent close to $15K on this fake-ish van by exporting it to the US only to have it returned back to me in Japan! But it's so awesome I just had to make a video. (Sound Fixed!)
It might look like something else, but this van is a 1993 Subaru Sambar with part-time 4WD. It's a tiny kei-van (light-weight van) with a ridiculous pink body kit...and I love it!!
Watch me take a tour of it, then out for a spin!
Be sure to check out all the cars I export at Javan Imports!
www.javan-imports.com/ 
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I have a 1994 in the UK these vans are very welcome in England and everyone loves seeing it going down the road!
I enjoy your channel. You have so many cool vans.
Thank!! I'll keep 'em coming!!
Oh no! You had to ship it back!? That's disappointing, I love the tiny Combi!
Man, the story sucks a bit. I came looking after seeing a Sambar Dias II with the glass cabrio.
Another UK guy who would love one. Better luck soon.
I think a Kei camper in my retirement, tour the country 😀
I want one so bad
Hi how did you solve the overheating problem? I can see there are two "hole" below headlight but are they good enough for air go through? thx a lot
That's a good question! There weren't any mechanical modifications so I'm guessing those two holes are it.
I plan on adding a electric pusher fan with a switch inside to turn on on really hot days.
do you have any idea where they purchased the body kit for the subaru? I have one that I would like to convert the front of
I don't know but there are places that do it in Japan. Not cheap tho!
I have one of these and I'm currently living in Japan is there a way I can get it to be accepted if I ship it back to USA? Like, may take the VW logo off the front? Any suggestions?
I would take off the VW logo and any VW remnants. If it doesn't resemble the original, there's a chance it may not clear customs. So be mentally prepared to either have it disposed of sent back to Japan :(
As long as there’s no Volkswagen emblems anywhere on it you’re good.
I have thought about it a long lime, and I cant wrap my mind around how this could possibly weigh 2000lbs. Thats how much a honda crx or miata weighs. But its twice as big!
1,936lbs to be exact!
I'd point out that the windows in sliding doors roll down. I thought that was pretty cool feature when I got mine.
Did you have issues importing? I have one coming now through a local Dallas car importer.
@@crujones4046 no didn't have any issues. I paid a middle man that had it imported himself and I had same question.
@@randolph7214 mine is on hold at Texas port for further inspection and the importer is telling me that’s never happened to him. That’s my luck.
@@crujones4046 ugh crappy. Well hopefully it gets worked out soon🤞🏻
@@randolph7214 thanks bro 🤞🏻
Have them put the kit on after it is imported
The kit is fine, it’s the Volkswagen emblem it’s counterfeit trademark. It can look any way you want it when it comes to the port just as long as it does not have a Volkswagen emblem anywhere on it.
If anybody wants one of these and you decide to get it imported here make sure there is no VW emblems anywhere on it mine just got flagged at the port for counterfeit trademark and it’s costing me an extra 4000 to get it shipped back to Japan just to get the emblem taken off and shipped right back here. And be careful also because the seller of mine edited out the VW emblem on all the pictures so I didn’t even know it had one on there so be careful. Learn from my costly mistake.
That's terrible of the seller! Was it a dealership or an exporter?
@@MyRetroVans It was through a local importer but through a third-party, goo-net so I think it’s a kind of buy as is deal. The importer basically told me that we can’t get any money out of them for this mistake. This is the first car I’ve ever had anybody import for me so I don’t really know anything about the laws or rules. but they seem like straightforward honest company I don’t feel like they’re scamming me. They looked at the same pictures that I got so they were also unaware of the Volkswagen emblem that had been edited so I don’t blame them.
@@MyRetroVans Bad news the van is still in limbo somewhere on the ocean. Was brought back to Japan to remove emblem but Japan wouldn’t accept the car for the same exact reason the US wouldn’t even though they’re the ones that shipped it. So they are now pleading with Japan to except it for the emblem removal. My bad luck continues.
@@crujones4046 That sounds like a nightmare! As terrible as it sounds, you should just cut your losses and have the car destroyed. Typically they charge you storage if the car is in limbo!!
It’s older than 25 years so none of the safety stuff shouldn’t have mattered. Mine should be here in a couple weeks and has vw conversion. They shouldn’t have sent it back for having just a vw emblem on it either that’s messed up. Hopefully my importer doesn’t have any problems. Good luck sir.
Exactly! I know other ppl that have imported similar Sambars with no hitch. Just bad luck I guess :(
@@MyRetroVans got the call today. “Held at Texas port for further inspection” 🤦♂️ we’ll see?
@@crujones4046 oh no! keep us posted!!
@@MyRetroVans it was flagged at port for the vw emblem. “counterfeit trademark”. Now it Has to be sent back to Japan just to get the emblem taken off and then shipped right back here at my cost. On all the pictures I have the seller has edited out the Volkswagen emblem but it definitely has one.
@@crujones4046 I'm sorry to hear that you're having the same experience. A total bummer.
So basically US customs attacked you because it looked like a VW bus and rejected your import, What a bunch of tools. People import these all the time. That's why there are dozens for sale in the USA.
Volkswagen caught wind of this year’s ago and have put a stop to it. It’s not The look, they can’t do anything about that it’s the emblem. if a car shows up in a port with a different emblem than the manufacture it is counterfeit trademark.