Why Choose Sterte Garage?

This is a good question, why choose us over the other hoardes of car importers in the uk?
The answer is relatively simple, I love Japanese cars, and as someone enthusiastic and very fussy when it comes to Japanese cars, you can count that unless I am happy with a car I wont sell it. Okay so why take my word on it? Well this is our policy. Firstly we only choose cars that are well kept and, if modified as they generally are – well modified. We have a superb buyer in Japan who buys beautiful cars for us to order, as near as possible to the spec I require.

Secondly we don’t skimp on the cars, we offer a service no other car dealers offer - we fully test and work on our cars until they are at a level we are happy with. If there is something I don’t like about the car, we will put it right.

We always fully Service our cars before putting them on the road. We consider ourselves honest so "servicing" does not mean rubbing an oily rag over the oil filter. Our Service includes the oil and filter, gear & diff oils, air filter, spark plugs, fuel filter, brakes etc. etc. We also fit new cambelts to our cars (as appropriate – some cars do not have cambelts) just for our own peace of mind. I don’t want to sell cars that are liable to break so I like to insure that we can do everything possible to reduce the risks of costly car problems. We also provide a 1 year Motorcare cover with every vehicle.

What about if I feel the cars performance is not bang on the money? You guessed it - we will undertake performance modifications to get the car as we want it.

Some case histories ....

Celica GT4 - I was not happy with the paintwork - the bodykit was badly painted and the paint had blemishes so we had the car almost completely resprayed by an expensive body shop to make the car look A1. Also the performance seemed a bit lacklustre so what did we do? Removed the catalyst & uprated the exhaust, fitted an adjustable boost controller and dyno tested the car to make sure this was a safe modification. We also did our usual Full Servicing and replaced the cambelt. Who else does this kind of work?

Nissan Skyline R33 GTR - we put the car on the rolling road just a few days after arrival to make sure the performance was just right and to make sure it was running safe on UK 97-98ron petrol. The car was a monster, making over 500bhp, but something just wasn’t right; although it had phenomenal performance it looked like any other GTR under the bonnet. I decided that I would want a bit more for my money if I was buying this car so apart from the usual Full Service, cambelt etc. we cleaned up and painted the engine bay to a point where you could be VERY proud of the under bonnet looks. Not only did the car go like a rocket, it also had the looks to go with it!

Toyota Supra 6spd turbo - this was already a beautifully modified car; so close to full show spec we decided to go that final furlong and get it looking the piece. We fitted a new front splitter to suit the rest of the bodykit, changed the cambelt and at the same time we had the cam cover, spark plug covers and cambelt covers professionally painted. We cleaned up and polished the rest of the engine bay to make it look like it had just been in the Auto Salon. We rolling roaded the car, fully Serviced it and - hey presto! - it was a cool road spec car which will turn heads at any car show.

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo - this was an awesome road spec car but to make it just right we fitted a new clutch, a new uprated turbo actuator and uprated the fuel pump & tyres. We changed the active Yaw control fluids, fully Serviced it and changed the cambelt.

RX7 – as always with a highly modified car we had the power tested and made sure that it was not running an air fuel ratio that was too lean (crucial with a rotary engine). In this case we used Abbey Motorsports Dynapack, an advanced chassis dynometer which measures power from the hubs rather than the wheels. It turned out the car was running so much power it was getting wheelspin in 3rd gear!!! So what did we do? We fitted £400 worth of street legal semi slick Yokohama tyres to get it to put the power down.

R32 GTR – a gorgeous stage one car but it was fitted with an unnecessary catalytic converter, a standard induction kit and orange front indicators! We spent £250 on clear indicators alone. We fitted a specialist cat removal pipe and £350 worth of Blitz induction kit. This doesn’t even scratch the surface on the things we did to get this car just right….

Still not convinced? This is a summary of what we will do for your money -

-Source the best possible car from Japan
-Fully Service the vehicle as required
-Change the vehicles timing/cam belt (if appropriate)
-Fully Rolling Road test the car to make sure it is okay on UK fuel and to make sure it is running at its full potential *
-repair any necessary bodywork
-perform any necessary mechanical work to get the car just right
-1 years full MOT
-6 Months tax

Remember, if the car is not up to my own high standards, I won't sell it to you until it is!

Anthony Fleming

General manager

*We will not put every car on the rolling road, if the car is relatively standard, we don't feel that it is necessary.