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Old 12-17-2014, 08:55 AM   #1
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s14 S14 import laws?

I was unsure of where to post this so Ill just ask here. Hello everyone. I will be going to Japan in 2016 for the military. In my stay there, i plan to find a s13 or s14(or known as 180sx or silvia). Now i know about the 25 year import rule, but Ive been told a mix of things so maybe someone can help me out. Does the 25 year rule apply to the s14? I know that it has the airbags needed, and the safety features that the s13 and skyline seem to lack just wanted to know if anyone else has heard the same or do you have to wait until 25 year rule regardless. Thank you ahead of time for any help.
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The 25 year rule applies to any vehicle being imported to the U.S.


Hope you have your flame suit on! The S14 was sold in the U.S. so you're wasting your time entertaining the idea.

Now stay in Florida.
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And no s14 only has 1 air bag so you are wrong
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1: Enjoy station
2: Strip parts at end
3: Ship home through APO or Household Goods
4: Bolt on a chassis already here
5: Not waste money importing a car we have
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You have to wait till the 25 year birth month comes around. it doesn't matter about what safety features or what emissions crap it has on it (which it doesn't have enough of either for USDM standards). If those things did matter, newer cars would be easier to get over.

get something that is closer to 25 years old, and will turn 25 about the time you are ready to ship out. The only exemption to the pre-25 year laws are cars that are listed on the NHTSA's website. Most of them are rare cars and still require to be modified to comform to some USDM standards once they arrive. It is much easier to just deal with something that exempt from all regulatory bodies when you want to return home.

PS if you are planning to mod it there, remember that the clean air act requires "original motor in unmodified state" so don't get too crazy with engine mods.

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Your right there are s14s here, but most of the people that get them mess them up beyond repair. Id like to have a silvia the way it was made originally. Ive also been looking at supra's, trueno sprints, and evo's as well. Besides if i have jdm s14 or 180sx, ill have something not everyone has. But thanks as far as confirming on 25 year rule, ive just been told mixed stories.
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And silvia has multiple trims as well as you may know, I used s14 to describe body i like and not the s15.
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And no s14 only has 1 air bag so you are wrong
Are you originally from floriduh? S14's have only 1 airbag? Seriously?
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And silvia has multiple trims as well as you may know, I used s14 to describe body i like and not the s15.
You can find clean s14's i own one myself, it took time (months) to find unmolested and not necessarily cheap due to drift tax and clean 240's in general getting harder to find. Enjoy your tour in japan save money so you can buy a s14 here, more than likely you will be into other cars once you get there.
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You have to wait till the 25 year birth month comes around. it doesn't matter about what safety features or what emissions crap it has on it (which it doesn't have enough of either for USDM standards). If those things did matter, newer cars would be easier to get over.

get something that is closer to 25 years old, and will turn 25 about the time you are ready to ship out. The only exemption to the pre-25 year laws are cars that are listed on the NHTSA's website. Most of them are rare cars and still require to be modified to comform to some USDM standards once they arrive. It is much easier to just deal with something that exempt from all regulatory bodies when you want to return home.

PS if you are planning to mod it there, remember that the clean air act requires "original motor in unmodified state" so don't get too crazy with engine mods.

worth reading
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/det...r-into-the-u.s.

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Old 12-19-2014, 11:09 AM   #11
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1: Enjoy station
2: Strip parts at end
3: Ship home through APO or Household Goods
4: Bolt on a chassis already here
5: Not waste money importing a car we have
6:??????
7: PROFIT!!!
Why strip it if he can bring a 1993 Zenki S14 K on the military's dime? You'd be stupid to strip it if you don't have to do any work other than completing paperwork, deregistration with LTO, drop it off at the port and wait for it to get stateside.

Coming from somebody who stripped his 500whp S14 in Oki, I wish I could have just shipped it whole so I didn't have to pay the stupid drift tax on a chassis stateside. I shipped almost 4500 lbs worth of car parts with my HHG.

Only thing shitty about it is the Japanese caught on the whole 25 yr old importation gig. Prices of 25 yr old cars in Japan has gone up significantly due to demand for R/S/A Nissan chassis and the Toyotas are starting to do the same thing too.

But back to the OP, you do realize that you can get better cars that will be 25 yrs old by the time you come back in 2018/2019 right? Think FD, MKIV Supras, Soarer, Chasers, etc...
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so this means all skylines built on 12/94 - ?
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so this means all skylines built on 12/94 - ?
...someone failed gradeschool.
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Are you originally from floriduh? S14's have only 1 airbag? Seriously?

Reading fails you he obviously was talking about a silvia s14 so there for it has only one air bag asshole.
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Im gonna go out on a limb and say you are new to S-chassis...

Just gonna warn you, expect to pay close to 10K for any Factory Turbo S-chassis around the 25 year mark. Unless you find a another Military guy that PCS'n, But chances are its been beaten the sht out of and barely maintained at some point in its life. Especially pray you dont get Misawa. almost all S & R (R-Chassis is a Skyline if you didnt know that) are rusted the fuck out due to the amount of snow and salted roads up here. Okinawa is almost just as bad with the saltwater.
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