Cripton805
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I'm in the U.S., so 25 yrs...
I like ITR's and SIR-G's sooo much that I don't even care if it can't be driven. As long as it sits in my garage and I could sit in it, thats good enough for me
Importing SIR-G Cheap?
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I like ITR's and SIR-G's sooo much that I don't even care if it can't be driven. As long as it sits in my garage and I could sit in it, thats good enough for me
Tokyo_Drift
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you could swap over all the ITR parts to a shitty condition teggy, and then have an ITR, then when 25 years comes, swap it back
Cripton805
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nehhh. Knowing myself, it would never go back haha.
and I wouldn't ruin an ITR. It just wouldnt be the same to enjoy something that you wait years to drive
michaelz
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It's not as easy as it sounds. You can buy the cars and have them exported pretty easily but if you don't have the proper documentation when the car lands in the states it will be crushed. In Australia anyone trying to bring in a car even for storage without the right documents will have it confiscated and crushed. I hear of these horror stories all the time of mint JDM cars getting cubedI'm in the U.S., so 25 yrs...
I like ITR's and SIR-G's sooo much that I don't even care if it can't be driven. As long as it sits in my garage and I could sit in it, thats good enough for me
Just about everyone with a real RHD car in the US got it in and registered because they know someone either directly or indirectly in the DMV who helped them get it on the road by issuing them with a US legal VIN number. There are other methods too, I hear there are heaps of dodgy Skylines in Florida which are registered as mail delivery vehicles.
WAR 178
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<<<<seen a few legally titled RHDs in NJ. Its just that it takes a lil bit of money and some time. Its the fact that the car has to go through much paperwork to get a vin stamped to the frame. I was speaking to the owners son of a swap spot here in jersey(as I was sitting in a RHD skyline, which he had 2) and a guy from Mass. came down and picked one up for like 12k. I just dont know how much it was or how long he took to get it Stamped and put into the system. And YES the cops sure do think of a way to get the car impounded.
Cripton805
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I was reading the link provided by another member and it said classic cars can be shipper, but a classic is considered at classic at 25yrs of age.It's not as easy as it sounds. You can buy the cars and have them exported pretty easily but if you don't have the proper documentation when the car lands in the states it will be crushed. In Australia anyone trying to bring in a car even for storage without the right documents will have it confiscated and crushed. I hear of these horror stories all the time of mint JDM cars getting cubed
Just about everyone with a real RHD car in the US got it in and registered because they know someone either directly or indirectly in the DMV who helped them get it on the road by issuing them with a US legal VIN number. There are other methods too, I hear there are heaps of dodgy Skylines in Florida which are registered as mail delivery vehicles.
michaelz
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i was referring to cars that you specifically want which are not older than 25 years.
you could buy late 90s JDM cars online from agents and have them shipped. they don't care about your local laws, as long as you paid them they will ship the car out. however when it lands if you don't have the right papers it'll be taken to the crusher.
next year the canadians will have legal access to 96spec ITRs and 96' SIR-Gs. if you want one badly just to own, buy one that got into canada and sneak it across the border on a flatbed. then you can store it but unless you know someone, it's not going to get on the road very easily.
it's hard to believe in another 3 years the canadians can start importing 98spec ITRs. they got it easy.
you could buy late 90s JDM cars online from agents and have them shipped. they don't care about your local laws, as long as you paid them they will ship the car out. however when it lands if you don't have the right papers it'll be taken to the crusher.
next year the canadians will have legal access to 96spec ITRs and 96' SIR-Gs. if you want one badly just to own, buy one that got into canada and sneak it across the border on a flatbed. then you can store it but unless you know someone, it's not going to get on the road very easily.
it's hard to believe in another 3 years the canadians can start importing 98spec ITRs. they got it easy.
Peeples
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From what I had read on doing research:
1. You have to get the car inspected which is a 50% - 50% chance weather or not they basically want you to have it.
2. Modifications are mandatory if built to Japanese standards.
3. Canada DOES have a 99% chance of getting it to canada but you have to drive it to the US and if you want it legal you need statement 2, and if you do not have every piece of paper it needs it gets instantly crushed or impounded.
4. You ALMOST have to pay more than 8k for any car. ( Fairlady 350z are 15k but the shipping and process of getting it here is like a total of 30-40k , but that comes with Modifications and a Fast ass car.
5. You can have parts shipped all day and then put it together here but then you have to make it street legal and notify and document that it was not shipped whole and still you have a 50% - 50% chance.
Basically your fucked in less you got some money and contacts.
1. You have to get the car inspected which is a 50% - 50% chance weather or not they basically want you to have it.
2. Modifications are mandatory if built to Japanese standards.
3. Canada DOES have a 99% chance of getting it to canada but you have to drive it to the US and if you want it legal you need statement 2, and if you do not have every piece of paper it needs it gets instantly crushed or impounded.
4. You ALMOST have to pay more than 8k for any car. ( Fairlady 350z are 15k but the shipping and process of getting it here is like a total of 30-40k , but that comes with Modifications and a Fast ass car.
5. You can have parts shipped all day and then put it together here but then you have to make it street legal and notify and document that it was not shipped whole and still you have a 50% - 50% chance.
Basically your fucked in less you got some money and contacts.
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TheNailGuy
Yes im a NailTech
I was searching on eBay just random shit. And came across an integra shell that someone was selling. Completely gutted RHD and all. Could it be someone imported one here in Richmond gutted it and now trying to sell the shell?
Merlins Beard
*Beard not included
its legal to import parts and shells of cars, but not whole cars. and its illegal to import parts and rebuild your own jdm car, unless of course your 1) not driving it on the roads and it is strictly a track car or 2) you got papers, money, and connections. other than that, your last option is import 4 of the same cars, do your own crash tests and provide documentation to the government and if its safe and clean enough, they will make it legal to you, if its not safe enough... you gotta import another one and make modifications and do it all again, then make those same modifications to the car you want to keep.
so with that said, there is no "cheap" way to import any jdm car. if your really looking to import a car, i believe its easier to import one from germany or the uk since ive seen many group b rally cars and other high preformance non-us market cars for sale here in the states (Lancia Delta Intergrale, Ford RS200, Ford Escort Cosworth just to name a few)
michaelz
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this is not the case. read further into the honda tech thread. the rules apply to ALL foreign cars even if they are LHD european spec such as LHD EVO6s and 7s etc.
the group B rally cars are mostly older than 25 years and if you've seen anything newer the kind of collectors who want them are willing to spend the big bucks getting them in.
Merlins Beard
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that is true, although ive seen the escort cosworths i believe 1994 for sale here so they must have paid the big money to get them (although they dont seem to be from collectors and the majority are being sold form Las Vegas), ive seen more of them for sale than any jdm car so i thought they must be easier to get. same with the rs200, they were made from 86-89 so they would be 25 yrs old in 2011 for the earliest years and ford imported a very small number of them to the states around when they were made
OGstackadoIIa
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suspendedHatch
Legalize Illegal Aliens
Those cars in NJ aren't legal. The law will eventually catch up to them.
Read the HT thread someone linked on here.
Read the HT thread someone linked on here.
Merlins Beard
*Beard not included
not the best looking car but fast as hell, one of those stock can pull about 140 mph. theyre faster with the wing off, someone clocked it in at 154 bone stock. theres another style wing thats popular on those cars that looks way better
http://www.modified.com/features/0111scc_gforce_challenge/photo_07.html
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