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10-01-2009 08:30 AM

After warning letters were sent to owners 60 days ago (below), teams of Kevlar-armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are seizing grey market Nissan Skyline GT-Rs imported by Kaizo according to GTR USA Blog. Below, why it happened.

Last August the letter below was sent from the Southern California United States Attorney's office stating that "the referenced Nissan Skyline automobile... is not in compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Transportation requirements." The letter goes on to state that the vehicles can't be operated and the feds are coming for them within 60 days. They weren't lying.

According to GTR USA, two R34s and an R32 have already been seized and, if the letter above is an indication, an R33 is on the list.

Importing vehicles without the appropriate credentialing from the appropriate U.S. agencies almost always ends up with cars being seized by the government, especially Skylines, and people getting fined or jail time. In this case, the cars were imported by Kaizo under a special exemption for automotive parts. They brought over the shells and drivetrains separately and then reassembled them. They were then, apparently, registered under the law as SB 100, which is for kit/show cars. This exemption allows vehicles not driven frequently to be registered without smog checks.

We have a feeling these cars are being driven frequently.

The U.S. Attorney ended his letter "Very Truly Yours" but it looks like those Nissans are now "Very Truly His."



[Document Credit: GTR USA Blog, GTR USA Blog]






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Ali 556

Good,

Let them go and buy a MKIV supra...R34 Are heavy s hell and under powered on stock RB26CRAPCRAP. And moding these Small lag producing engine will cost you and arm and a leg and your youngest kid,

Go MKIV Supra

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RB24_S14

YOU FAILLLL!!!!
GET OFF THIS THREAD!
2JZCRAPPP isnt shit. THEY CALL THE SKYLINE GODZILLA FOR A REASON. The same reason why Supra didnt get it was because the Skyline outperformed it in everyyyy way. Heavy? the Supra weights the same. Underpowered? Yea Nissan underpowered it BUT only on paper because of the 1990's Gentlement aggrement not to exceed 280hp. But Skyline produce 300-320hp STOCK.

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maxtrbo93

I hate it when people shit outta there mouths onto a forum, your just a fanboy who thinks skylines are cool cuz you got an engine from one.

Get your facts straight please, the cabalities of a 2JZ over an RB26 is insane.

V160 can hold like 800+hp, my buddies R32 GTR has popped 3 trannys and 2 transfer cases in 2 summers at 550hp.

There are 2JZ's running stock bottom end's out there pushing over 1000hp, no RB engine could ever dream of going past 600-700 without some MAJOR bottom end work.

I like both cars, but the facts are clear

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ixfxi

not that this thread should be about rb26dett vs 2jz-gte

but

as much of a nissan fan i may be, 2jz-gte is a better motor.

jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

not to get in the middle of all your guys pissing battles but, could you please show me where to find some specs on a 1000hp stock bottom end 2j?

just wondering cuz i have a few friends working on some and thought that you couldnt go over 550 or so without changing the headgasket and doing some bottomend upgrades.

thanks for any help.

Wake

WTF??
What does a MKIV have anything to do with this article? the point in this is that even if you had a JDM MKIV supra and it was imported properly you wouldnt be able to keep it either.
shut your pie hole.
with all your 2JZCRAPCRAP, HAHA yeah cuz supra parts are sooo much cheaper.

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el ocho

who cares, really. its a skyline. Big woop. I see 5 a day.

JVDSKYRINE

Your in Canada and we don't see R34's or S15's which are

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Special Agent Jeffery Eastman> your GTR sneakiness..

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S14_Kouki

You also live in Canada

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maxtrbo93

^ this (to an extent)

R34's and S15's are a rare breed and I would be hurt to see them get seized, but you can pick up a damn skyline for 3000$ or sometimes less here in Canada, they just arnt that special. $6500 for a GTR? Thats what a clean title kouki costs in the states, not that crazy. Just wait, 25 years will roll by and you guys will get them and realize how garbage they really are.

Sad to see this happening tho, regardless of car that's someones hard earned money. Fucking feds.

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2000gtx

but yet you can go build a ratrod

RB180sxChris

Well no shit you see 5 day your in canada you dumbass!

ryguy

Fuckin government. Don't they have anything better to do, like fix the massively fucked up California budget? I'm sure these seizures are costing taxpayers money.

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S14DB

Why would the feds care about California's State budget?

Customs under Homeland Security has plenty of money post Sept. 11th to protect us from illegal imports. Everybody crys about protecting our borders...

Waiting on the Kaizo fanboys to chime in. Letters aren't so fake now huh?

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sevenstar

why isn't customs spending this money to remove all the illegal and undocumented mexicans here in california, espsecially the ones here in los angeles?

951's 330i

Because mexicans arent the only ones that are illegal. Aliens stand for any illegals. way to generalize buddy

tanks13

becasue they rather fuck people over and how do they know whos legal or not im retty sure you seen born in east l.a what the fuck are we all gonna have to carry our fucken passport so we wont get deported ? racist fuck

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ranger240

way to be an idiot.. oh and your vagina is leaking

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projectx605

How is suggesting that we maintain an actual border for this country a racist comment. Race has nothing to do with it

S14DB

Cause it's not Customs job?

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ryguy

Whoops, misread the letterhead. In either case, still stupid of them to waste resources on this.

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s13 @ fullboost

Well that's a bust I know a few people with skylines locally who are going to be sad =/

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DataXUnknown

damn that sucks, i know a couple guys with skylines that drive them on the streets hope theirs doesn't get seized.

HyperTek

these guys are getting paid pretty good to hunt down all teh skylines.. id say a few hundred thousand probably being invested in this hunt.. =(

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DrftKingIII

I'd probably cry myself to sleep for the next few years.

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fliprayzin240sx

They are going after Kaizo cars...basically, they had a warrant and seized Kaizo's computers and records, which they are now using to track all these cars. So unless you went thru Kaizo to get your car into the country, you should still be good for the mean time. Shitty part is, I know a couple military folks who went thru them who are about to get fucked royally.

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Slammed Assassin

dammit. always in cali!

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TirePusher

damn, that sucks.