RResidents in Japan

thinking about buying 350z Z33

  • October 11, 2025

im living in Fukuoka and thinking about buying a 350Z. Its always been my dream car.

ill mainly use the car just to go to work
Id like to know more details about maintenance, parts availability, shaken, yearly tax costand average insurance

i cant seem to find much info about z33 owners in japan
i know its not the most practical, but i want it as a hobby car.
Would appreciate any advice or real experience from owners in Japan

thankyouu

by KanashiSalmon

3 comments

  1. Most of this you can just figure out yourself

    Tax is engine capacity based so look up the yearly tax online.

    Insurance will depend on a variety of factors. You can get estimates online.

    Shaken you can get information on by asking a dealer or the shop you plan on doing it for you. If you’re doing it yourself, again there are many posts online about that.

    No clue about parts availability but I assume you can get most of it pretty easily as its not that rare a car.

    Maintenance I’m sure you can easily find information on the common issues. Keep in mind those cars are getting up there in age and stuff will start breaking/need replacing simply because its old regardless of the mileage. Other than that it all depends on the car you get. A crappy example is more likely to give you problems than one that has been well taken care of.

  2. -Yearly tax for that 3.5L V6 engine will be 57000

    -Shaken can vary a lot depending on if you do it yourself or go to a store. For that car if you do it yourself, maybe 70,000 or 80,000.

    -insurance depends on you. Just liability and not full coverage maybe 6000 or 7000 a month.

  3. Start with these two, if you can’t read Japanese that well just use Google Translate.

    https://minkara.carview.co.jp/car/nissan/fairlady_z/

    https://cartune.co.jp/cars/536/models/10262

    From there you can find all the info you need on maintenance, parts, shaken experiences and such.

    If you don’t want to DIY, find a good tuning shop roughly near you (Note: Tuning(チューニング) in Japanese means modding, actually tuning is called Setting(セッティング)) that handles Fairladies, shouldn’t be that difficult since its a relatively popular car. Most such shops basically have their own friend group based around them, like a neighbourhood bar, so you can find a community from there too.

    If you are a DIYer, these two links will also help:

    https://www.epc-data.com/

    https://www.monotaro.com/s/c-125430/

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