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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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does anybody know about this JDM import??
is this legal in US??
let me know how you guys feel about this thing...
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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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its legal, but its pretty damn hard to import any jdm cars expect a skyline. there loop holes u have to find and go through. only car that you can import so far without finding loop holes is a skyline. ive seen that site before, most of the cars they have are not legally drive able in the US.
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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 04:45 PM
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thanks for the info...
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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 05:05 PM
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i researched this before for an older JDM civic and they told me that i was legal to drive a right hand drive car on the streets, just as long as i have all my necessary paper work....and emissions just went bye bye in my town so i wouldn't have to worry about that, a lot of people say you cant get them cause emissions
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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by geoff2005,Jan 31 2006, 05:28 PM
its legal, but its pretty damn hard to import any jdm cars expect a skyline. there loop holes u have to find and go through. only car that you can import so far without finding loop holes is a skyline. ive seen that site before, most of the cars they have are not legally drive able in the US.
no car is really "easy" to import legally for street use. Skyline can only be imported by a few companies (i know MotoRex and there are a few more) and they still have to be updated to pass US safty and emissions. I believe any car can be brought in for "show and race" purposes, but I'm not sure.
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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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humm...i was thinking about to selling my s2k and get either skyline or silvia....but in VA..there are mad cops out there. i don't want to get in any trouble for driving right hand side..i'm not sure if it is a good idea or not.....
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why the hell is this in the gallery... moving to somewhere else
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Old Feb 1, 2006 | 02:57 AM
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Originally Posted by bobushka king,Jan 31 2006, 09:12 PM
no car is really "easy" to import legally for street use. Skyline can only be imported by a few companies (i know MotoRex and there are a few more) and they still have to be updated to pass US safty and emissions. I believe any car can be brought in for "show and race" purposes, but I'm not sure.
MotoRex cannot import Skylines anymore. It came out that much of their paperwork was wrong/non-existant/otherwise borked. I believe the main problem was with crash testing.
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Old Feb 1, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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Keep in mind that all of the images of JDM vehicles displayed on the site were of cars in Japanese auctions and holding facilities.
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