How much $ to legalize JDM S13?

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I made a plan that if I ever went back to Japan in the Marines that I would take a trashed S13 with me and do a "trade" for a Japanese car with some dude in Japan

Well, you couldn't take a trashed S-chassis over. No S-chassis is new enough. Even when you get stationed there you can only bring a car less than 5 yrs old, or somewhere around there. I forget the excact age but it's very new. The japanese don't want crappy old usdm cars in thier junk yards after you go somewhere else i guess.

don't pay ANYONE to "legalise" your car, it's npt going to really be legal and you are just paying someone else to circumvent the law for you. I'd be wary of anyone who claims to legalise JDM cars for large wads of cash...

excactly. Only 2-Door 32-34 chassis skylines have the ability to be legal, and even then, the company has to be authorized by the government to perform legalizations, and it will cost around $10k.

However, just FYI, there are a good deal of German cars that can be legalized, because BMW is one of the companies that did Officially recognize to the US DOT that their european cars would react the same as US cars in a crash. But they still have to be legalized by official companies and it cost almost as much as for skylines. (they have to replace windows, lights, tires, bumpers, etc

Most important to remember...in the US the age where no-one cars anymore is 25 years. If a car is 25 yrs or older, no matter where from, it can legally be imported to the states. Which is why you may have seen a KPGC10 or whatever the non-GTR was called. As of right now any car made in 1981 or older you can legally import.