North America Imports, Its Slowly Slipping Away, Spread the word, Discuss & Educate

[chiboy002]

RHD = over rated

[tricky_ab]

I feel bad for the people who had imported and paid good money for a DOT "legal" Skyline only for the government to come to their houses to take them away.

Grey market imports are another story. You can take the chance, but personally I wouldn't do it. In Canada, there are a few places selling grey import cars that they are stating as "legal" and I still wouldn't take the chance. Those places are going to mess it up for the rest of us. They are already cracking down as it is.

I'm going to import a S15 once they are legal come 2014.

Originally Posted by chiboy002

RHD = over rated

I thought we were cool

[chiboy002]

Originally Posted by ZenkiCam

if you just have one as a track car, no street use are they still being seized?

no

Originally Posted by WanganRunner

I never hear about people's imported CTR's and ITR's getting seized/crushed. I guess they just get stolen before that can happen, lol.

it really has to deal with the car its self, you can import an ITR and easily vin-swap it but still have an ITR. Can't really do that with a skyline

As well as, ITR might have met some standards for the American market, seeing as they did sell integra's and civics here - where as skylines were only in japan pretty much so they didn't deal with making them meet any standards for foreign markets

Originally Posted by tricky_ab

I thought we were cool

you are in my heart :ghey:

[ZenkiCam]

Originally Posted by chiboy002

no

it really has to deal with the car its self, you can import an ITR and easily vin-swap it but still have an ITR. Can't really do that with a skyline

As well as, ITR might have met some standards for the American market, seeing as they did sell integra's and civics here - where as skylines were only in japan pretty much so they didn't deal with making them meet any standards for foreign markets

you are in my heart :ghey:

and you are sure about that? cause ive heard both.. i heard they are still seizing them even if they arent being driven cause they were brought in illegally in the first place. id like some conformation on this.

[chiboy002]

Originally Posted by ZenkiCam

and you are sure about that? cause ive heard both.. i heard they are still seizing them even if they arent being driven cause they were brought in illegally in the first place. id like some conformation on this.

when i was really into this a couple years ago is when i read that info - i haven't followed up on it since but i guess it makes sense.

To my knowledge though, they won't take the car if it isn't registered to drive on the street. If you bring it in through customs as a Track car then it's fine, its when you say its for parts/track and register it that it becomes a problem.

[ZenkiCam]

Originally Posted by chiboy002

when i was really into this a couple years ago is when i read that info - i haven't followed up on it since but i guess it makes sense.

To my knowledge though, they won't take the car if it isn't registered to drive on the street. If you bring it in through customs as a Track car then it's fine, its when you say its for parts/track and register it that it becomes a problem.

but on a car that's already here in the US you are out of luck are you not?

[chiboy002]

Originally Posted by ZenkiCam

but on a car that's already here in the US you are out of luck are you not?

if it was previously used as a street car then it'll come up and be flagged. If you bought it from someone who imported it and used it solely as a track car then nothing will come up. Just how teams can have r32/4 all the time yet not get mixed up with this - because usually they bring it in themselves and it never see's the streets.