RHD Specialties — Local services in Kent

The only thing that went smooth about my entire experience was the buying of the car. 58 days later I had to physically go into the office in an attempt to pick up my license plates due to my temporary ones about to expire and they said they forgot to do the paperwork, so they gave me new temporary plates. A week later I finally got my plates. Not even a month later I had rod knock and the engine died requiring either a rebuild or a swap. I reached out to RHD in an attempt to have them do the work since they seemed pretty knowledgeable on what needed to be or could be done. As I’m writing this my car is still sitting wherever they left it after I dropped it off and nothing has been done. During this period the only contact I got from Carlos (the owner) and RHD was through my initiation, which was roughly every two-three weeks. Multiple times they said they’d came up with a ‘plan’ only to follow through with absolutely nothing. I have texts as proof. Any plan was discussed over the phone. Initially when I dropped off my car I told them exactly what I wanted to have done to it. Either a rebuild or swap with new turbos. Okays from everyone involved and then radio silence. Rinse and repeat until the beginning of September 2020 when they finally gave me the price of everything I wanted only to tell me at the end of September after reaching out to them that the price they gave me didn’t include labor. So now after all this time we finally came to a decision to put the engine set up from Carlos’s personal GTR into mine, but after asking him to put in writing that they were in fact going to do that in a timely fashion (after saying they could do that in 2-3 days) he declined saying he didn’t want to feel pressured or have something go wrong and be on the hook for that (the irony). I reluctantly agreed and he went ahead and sent me some pictures of the compression levels of all 6 cylinders of (maybe) his motor. I then requested a leak down test which for the most part should have been done alongside the compression test, but he declined saying his guys don’t have the time. That was the last straw. I consider myself a patient guy, but man. I tried to look past all the bad things I heard and read about them but maybe there is some truth. Do some research on both this dealership and whatever car you plan on buying extensively before you even consider...

I recently purchased a 1994 S14. It was shipped black from the motherland of Japan. It’s an older car that was well maintained and respected even when it arrived in the US.

A little about my buying experience... I’d been shopping around looking for an S14. I came across a few but something about Rhds S14 and their customer service that made me comfortable. They answered all my questions and were super knowledgeable.

Through the process of getting the car I contacted several audio shops near me but they and I alike were both skeptical because they hadn’t done much work on imported cars. I asked Nick if there was anyway they might be able to replace the head unit for me and with out hesitation he said of course that’s his area of expertise. I ordered a new head unit and they installed it perfectly I might add.

I purchased a lip for the car because well it just looks good. Lol this made it look good of course RHD took care of me.

Once the car was detailed and prepped I was contacted by the owner Carlos he just wasn’t pleased. Not that the car looked terrible but it’s 25years old and asked me if I would like to do a paint job. I told him I was actually considering getting one done once the car got here and of course RHD specialties had a painter. They painted my S14 a gorgeous ah3 red. I gotta tell you pictures don’t do it justice. Again another part of the process they took care of me and it was just incredible. Oh they also got the lip in time and painted that for me as well!

To top it off RHD got the car shipped to me asap. Got the car and it is gorgeous.

One thing I gotta say since a few of my buddies have purchased cars from other import shops is that rhd Specialties didn’t just ship the car with a bunch of customs and border paper work and foreign purchase documents I couldn’t understand or read. They went as far as getting me a Washington state title with the documents needed to get me car titled and registered in my home state of NY.

Overall rating 5 out of 5 stars they did their thing with customer service, body and paint, maintenance, audio and documents. If you looking for something hit them up they will find what you are looking for. Nick Carlos or Hung. Awesome dudes super helpful! Can’t comment enough on how...

Still can't believe I purchased a jzx81, the process was very easy and smooth sailing. About a month before the car had arrived, I talked to Carlos about buying a jzx81. Sure enough they had a few on the way. I let him know I was interested and and he sent me a handful of quality photos of the car. From there it was the waiting game. Once the car arrived Carlos and I starting talking from where we left off. I let him know with my work schedule that I would not be able to come look at it until I saw it in person. He let me know that since I was the first person to contact him about the car he would hold onto it and not post it online for me, which is crazy awesome to me because no one else would do that. I'm totally grateful of that gesture since the car attracts a lot of attention. Finally, when I was able to head on down to the shop, Michael was already there ready to show the car. They even lifted the car for me when I asked to show the whole car completely. Started it right up, gave it a couple rev's and I was very interested in the car. One week later, I test drove the car and immediately knew I wanted to make a deal. Overall, the deal went very smoothly, and both Michael and Andrew informed me about all the details, as far as all the paper work. They took care of all the paper work and registration and all I had to do was sign. Couple weeks later, the title shows up in the mail, easiest deal for a vehicle I have ever made. I cannot thank Carlos, Andrew and Michael for everything they have done for me. Even after the deal was done, they all invited me to come by the shop whenever to just hang out or if I had any issues with the car to bring it to shop. RHD Specialties did not just hand the car off to me and say good luck and hope to never see my face again. I hope to do business in the future again.

Almost two years later after the purchase of my car, it's still running strong. Have not had any issues with the car and I'm still loving it to this day! I plan on buying another car from RHDSpecialties in...