importing skyline, 180sx, silvia ect...

[Dominic Axelson]

Hey, i searched but could not find what i was looking for so if this is a repost im very sorry. well my question is iv seen many sites that say they export skylines ect... but now a days there's a lot of scammers that say they will ship a car to you but you never get it. so just wanted to know what safe companies are there that will export these cars (if any) and about how much will it cost ect... thank you and again if this is a repost im sorry.

for example just some i found.

http://www.carontrack.com/

http://www.monkys.jp/e/

http://www.japan-car.jp/

[handinpants]

*removed Blatant Advertising*

[Dominic Axelson]

bro if i had the money i would be all over that in a heart beat. but since i dont have 100 grand to drop on a new gtr i might have to stick with an older skyline or 180...

[S13SilviaGirl]

There are a lot of skylines being seized right now by the government as they were not properly imported.

[DreamN]

^ Ditto. DALAZ_68 can actually testify to this. He saw a pair of Skylines brought to a salvage yard to be crushed by the customs agents or whatever they are.

[CKAMC]

I wonder if they are cracking down here in AZ...

probably find out tomorrow when I have lunch with an importer

[BlitzRPS13]

try has-nihon. Stay away from monky's.

[Firestorm]

i got my car from www.japaneseusedcars.com (http://www.japaneseusedcars.com)

also i heard powervehicles (forgot the url, but google it) is a very good address, since it's a part of japaneseusedcars.com.

[EDacIouSX]

^ Ditto. DALAZ_68 can actually testify to this. He saw a pair of Skylines brought to a salvage yard to be crushed by the customs agents or whatever they are.

can you elaborate??? what happened. i've never heard of this

[yokotas13]

i got my car from www.japaneseusedcars.com (http://www.japaneseusedcars.com)

also i heard powervehicles (forgot the url, but google it) is a very good address, since it's a part of japaneseusedcars.com.

andy cant import cars to the US
he can canada, but no US
(power vehicles) i just saw him wednesday at nikko

[yokotas13]

can you elaborate??? what happened. i've never heard of this
there was a thread in chat about it.

some guy had homeland security come get his car. it was linked to another forum

[Firestorm]

andy cant import cars to the US
he can canada, but no US
(power vehicles) i just saw him wednesday at nikko

ah okay, didn't know that. thanks for clearing that up, grant.

[gregfarz78]

The only skyline you can legally import and get a legit VIN tag is the R33 or anything older than 25 years. As I understand it r32s and r34s won't meet US crash standards thats how moterex got in trouble a few years ago they were selling r32/r34s and claiming they were r33s so they could get a legal VIN tag...needless to say the goverment wasnt too happy about that. You can import anything you want here getting it legally registered is a different story. I also heard about shipping it over as parts and reassembling here as a "kit car" I never really researched that any further personally I wouldn't spend 25k+ and take the risk of my car being siezed and crushed.

[slidingsky]

This article sums it up pretty well

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=105699

[a_ahmed]

^ Ditto. DALAZ_68 can actually testify to this. He saw a pair of Skylines brought to a salvage yard to be crushed by the customs agents or whatever they are.
wtf?

fook the government, totalitarian scum.

[02BRB20]

you really searched? Honestly? Just out of curiosity what did you type in the search box?

bc all you had to do was type in the word "import", shit is stupid easy.

[drift freaq]

wtf?

fook the government, totalitarian scum.

ok you are speaking so ignorantly hear, that you needed to be called on it. Totalitarian? Ha, there are federal crash safety standards for cars sold in the U.S.! This is to insure that the vehicles sold here have a certain amount of safety. Now that does not impinge on a persons freedom.

Should Homeland security be running around consficating peoples illegal imported cars? No they should be focusing on terrorism and illegal immigration.
It does not change the fact that its against the law to import cars that don't meet D.O.T. or EPA standards. Its against the law. There is nothing totalitarian about it.

You need to shut the fuck up because you have already proven in previous threads your lack of understanding of basic political systems and freedoms.

P.S. People its basically illegal to import into the United States a car under 25 years old that does not meet Federal standards. D.O.T. and EPA. Regardless of what anyone tells you, i.e. using loopholes to get it registered, the truth is its still illegal.
If your going to break a very real law be prepared to suffer the possible consequences. This thread should be locked it comes up an average of once every 3 months.

[95KA-Turbo]

It is completely legal to import a car for off road use only though is it not? I have not seen any written law against track only cars, please correct me if I'm wrong!

[handinpants]

EPA is the people who are dicking us in California... what i don't understand is why would my sr20det not pass smog, where as a 600hp porsche would.... how do ferrari and lambo get those cars to meet epa standards...

hey drift freaq, so it's 25 years.... whats the deal with California and the age on a vehicle for when it becomes smog exempt?

[ILoveMyRHS13]

http://www.batfa.com/

I have also heard of guys buying R32 GTRs in Japan, parting them out then rebuilding them as an S14 240sx.

[eulalia]

EPA is the people who are dicking us in California... what i don't understand is why would my sr20det not pass smog, where as a 600hp porsche would.... how do ferrari and lambo get those cars to meet epa standards...

hey drift freaq, so it's 25 years.... whats the deal with California and the age on a vehicle for when it becomes smog exempt?

the reason 600hp porsche can pass smog is because they make pay for it, thats one of the reasons those cars are expensive, because they have to pay to get that "permission"?

the reason 25 year old cars pass is because the standerds change over time, and dont expect cars to be fully rebuilt for them to be in use, thats why old cars dont have to pass smog anymore

i know it sucks that we cant have engines and cars that we would like, but you cant blame the goverment for trying to keep our air clean, and people safe

[ROUGE180]

so it's 25 years.... whats the deal with California and the age on a vehicle for when it becomes smog exempt?

Hybrid
1975 year model or older
Diesel powered
Electric
Natural gas powered and has a Gross Vehicle Weight rating of 14,001 lbs. or more.
Motorcycle
Trailer
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/smogfaq.htm#BM2536

[gregfarz78]

This article sums it up pretty well

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=105699

interesting read but if I had 50-60k I'd be buying a R35 GTR and its legal to drive in the states

[KOUKI KAN KAN]

I suggest to you man that you take a trip up to Canadaland and find some reputible importer there in PERSON,so you know there legit 'n' shit import a car take it here and use for track days or whatever,but the only downside to the canadaland part is the cars gotta be 15 years old or more but that dont matter since you can get a nice s-chassis around that time frame. I know people are gonna give me shit for it not being as simple as that but in a nutshell thats what it is ok so keep your e-thug comments to yourselves.

[DreamN]

can you elaborate??? what happened. i've never heard of this

How can I if I wasn't there. Ask Dalaz_68.

[Dominic Axelson]

iv found some dirt cheap 180's that if they where here in the states they would prolly go for 3 or 4 times what they are in japan. how hard would it be to find an importer, get it to my house. then get it registered? (im in IL) i know its not easy at all and if it was there would be a lot more of these cars in the states. but has anyone here delt with getting one here? if so how and what companies assisted you? iv seen some 180's in the US that where legal and registered. but how? i also know that some people use 240sx titles but i would like it to be legit (if posable)

[a_ahmed]

ok you are speaking so ignorantly hear, that you needed to be called on it. Totalitarian? Ha, there are federal crash safety standards for cars sold in the U.S.! This is to insure that the vehicles sold here have a certain amount of safety. Now that does not impinge on a persons freedom.

Should Homeland security be running around consficating peoples illegal imported cars? No they should be focusing on terrorism and illegal immigration.
It does not change the fact that its against the law to import cars that don't meet D.O.T. or EPA standards. Its against the law. There is nothing totalitarian about it.

You need to shut the fuck up because you have already proven in previous threads your lack of understanding of basic political systems and freedoms.

P.S. People its basically illegal to import into the United States a car under 25 years old that does not meet Federal standards. D.O.T. and EPA. Regardless of what anyone tells you, i.e. using loopholes to get it registered, the truth is its still illegal.
If your going to break a very real law be prepared to suffer the possible consequences. This thread should be locked it comes up an average of once every 3 months.

you fucken fail at life the reason skylines/other performance jap cars werent allowed to begin with had more to do with politics and economics than any other bullshit. To make it ever so dumbed down domestics sucked ass and japanese cars were better and cheaper... aka too competitive. In other words it would doom the domestic market (hello today, american cars still suck aside from the corvette, and japanese cars are dominating hah!)

Fuck that government you love so much. Homeland security? Lmao, you're too blindly patriotic to your own country on every petty issue, what a fool. You know if I was like you, i'd so proudly make up laws to cover my ass too and then enforce them. Then arrest people and boss them around and act the king of the land.. a true dictator hiding behind political charades. Oh wait, that's not me, that's your government. Yes totalitarian. Trade your 'freedom' lol for security.

I feel now so secured and economically better that a skyline was made illegal by the US government. O...M...G!

Oh wow look! We're talking about skylines lol

Who gives any fuck the right to destroy anybody's property.. oh wait.. THEY ARE THE LAAWWWW. So they can make up other laws and crush your property and take your moniesssss.. oh noooess not totalitarian. Not totalitarian at all my friend.

Just as in Canada a year ago or whatever they crushed those 'street racing' civics, and now its no longer law to crush cars.. The government is the LAAAWWWWW but maybe someone should SUUUUEE now that its NOOOTT LAAWWW for getting their car crushed, but no wait, that was the law 'at that time' so it was legal to crush the property of some youngsters who were street racing.

Not totalitarian my ass. When you start losing God given freedom, you are no longer free you are under totalitarianism of some entity. Your own frickin property and the 'government' can confiscate it cause they made it the law. Clever indeed.

Safety my ass, don't try to be a smart ass, it had nothing to do with safety but rather economics and politics of the domestic market. HAH, I laugh at how pathetically the domestic car market is doing regardless despite all efforts to combat japanese and european vehicles. The only American car I love (and I really do) is the corvette :)

[Dominic Axelson]

ok now that we got that out lets get back on topic...

[slidingsky]

iv found some dirt cheap 180's that if they where here in the states they would prolly go for 3 or 4 times what they are in japan. how hard would it be to find an importer, get it to my house. then get it registered? (im in IL) i know its not easy at all and if it was there would be a lot more of these cars in the states. but has anyone here delt with getting one here? if so how and what companies assisted you? iv seen some 180's in the US that where legal and registered. but how? i also know that some people use 240sx titles but i would like it to be legit (if posable)

You're right, anyone can buy one from Japan and then get it to a US dock (if it doesn't get seized right there.) You then must go through a registered importer to get it released and then you must get it "legalized".

The bottom line is that it will never be 100 percent legal and quite possibly will be subject to seizure.

Most RIs don't want anything to do with them now because of the seizures and the possibility of loseing their importation licesnse. It honestly is not worth it no matter how much money you have.

[jskateborders]

private cargo planes, private airport. end of story.

[Dominic Axelson]

private cargo planes, private airport. end of story.

i should prolly start playing the lottery now then...

[slider2828]

It is not illegal to import certain cars if they were produced here in the us. DMV usually do not check the crash safety zones on cars imported. If they checked, you can swap the parts over. Just because it is a RHD doesn't really matter. If emissions and the engine were produced here, you don't have a problem. If you wanted to, you can get a 180sx registered here legally with a KA in it. No problem. For an example you can reg most hondas from Japan here in the US because the only real difference is the driving side.

But anyways, this thread fails as this has been discussed till the cows come home... Sad...

[CKAMC]

checked with a local importer, looks like my state is a-ok

we actually had an incident a while back where some guy tried to register a r32 with no paper work at the DMV....

there is a way things get done where your car won't be taken by customs, but you either need to study the books more or pay people who know what they are doing.

it is possible to import a car and get it legalized, if the epa and dot will approve a chassis, and you pass emissions via muffler test... I don't see why it should be considered illegal... sounds more like politics are to blame.

[slider2828]

The truth is, you have to have the right paper work. A lot of the time, shady importers from any country import cars without titles and bill of sales from that country. That is why cars get confiscated or Homeland Security takes it. People are missed informed about engine confiscations and cars confiscated at the ports because the paper work is not right. We have been importing cars of all kinds legally and JDM parts for the last 4 years without a hitch.... So most bad stuff is just hearsay and people not importing stuff legitly....

[Dominic Axelson]

does anyone work for a legit importer? or if you know of any. let me know!