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Postby Kerner » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:33 pm

Alrighty that is my question. Has anyone done or know anyone who has Imported a car to the US.

My trouble is basically finding a website or place that has what I want, and maybe can swing a military discount =)

I have found a couple places, but they only sell BMW or MINI which is not waht I'm looking for

Anything you know of can help thanx guys
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Postby 00camaroSS » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:37 pm

will the military not ship it for you ?
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Postby 2BARtypeR » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:38 pm

I think these guys import...

http://www.motorex.net/skyline.html
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Postby SolarYellow300 » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:40 pm

You could always ask Kaizo if they are still in the business of importing. ::lolz::
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Postby Kerner » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:41 pm

00camaroSS wrote:will the military not ship it for you ?


It might take some finess, but its not like I'm trying to get it shipped from one duty station to another, I'm talking bout purchasing and shipping the whole thing from another country to the US

I got something in my head and I need to do it otherwise I will be kicking myself in the ass the rest of my life
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Postby 00camaroSS » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:50 pm

Kerner wrote:
00camaroSS wrote:will the military not ship it for you ?


It might take some finess, but its not like I'm trying to get it shipped from one duty station to another, I'm talking bout purchasing and shipping the whole thing from another country to the US

I got something in my head and I need to do it otherwise I will be kicking myself in the ass the rest of my life

oh ok. i was thinking you meant that you wanted your car shipped over seas or something.
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Postby LOU » Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:06 am

I've seen some people on other forums saying its super hard to import a complete car here to the states that and make it legal to license. About the only way is have someone to separate the car into multiple shipping boxes. Like for example one box be the engine/tranny, one box full of interior, next box wheels & tires, next some body panels, and finally the shell. Also be prepared to have to replace some glass on the car.

Customs will deem the car not road worthy if its a complete car, and will tear it apart looking for anything that could possibly shipped here illegally, but if you ship it here in multiple boxes you can say its parts, put it back together, and can get a "kit car title" for it.

So be prepared to pay out the *ss to get a car shipped here that technicly may have not passed government crash tests and insurance also doesn't like to insure kit cars. :)
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Postby steelbluesleepr » Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:31 am

LOU wrote:I've seen some people on other forums saying its super hard to import a complete car here to the states that and make it legal to license. About the only way is have someone to separate the car into multiple shipping boxes. Like for example one box be the engine/tranny, one box full of interior, next box wheels & tires, next some body panels, and finally the shell. Also be prepared to have to replace some glass on the car.

Customs will deem the car not road worthy if its a complete car, and will tear it apart looking for anything that could possibly shipped here illegally, but if you ship it here in multiple boxes you can say its parts, put it back together, and can get a "kit car title" for it.

So be prepared to pay out the *ss to get a car shipped here that technicly may have not passed government crash tests and insurance also doesn't like to insure kit cars. :)


from what i've heard, that's only for cars that do not have a counterpart in the USA, the skyline for example. civics and silvias and such are much easier from i've heard

2BARtypeR wrote:I think these guys import...

http://www.motorex.net/skyline.html


they only do skylines, and they dont import them anymore.
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Postby Grocerygettersaab » Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:03 am

LOU wrote:I've seen some people on other forums saying its super hard to import a complete car here to the states that and make it legal to license. About the only way is have someone to separate the car into multiple shipping boxes. Like for example one box be the engine/tranny, one box full of interior, next box wheels & tires, next some body panels, and finally the shell. Also be prepared to have to replace some glass on the car.

Customs will deem the car not road worthy if its a complete car, and will tear it apart looking for anything that could possibly shipped here illegally, but if you ship it here in multiple boxes you can say its parts, put it back together, and can get a "kit car title" for it.

So be prepared to pay out the *ss to get a car shipped here that technicly may have not passed government crash tests and insurance also doesn't like to insure kit cars. :)


Nope can't do this anymore. It can only be a kit car if you put a motor in it that was never available for that car and several other stipulations. That's why kaizo got in trouble because they were parting cars shipping them then putting them back together as kit cars. (reassembling a car doesn't make it a kit car) There are ways to do it but it is long, hard, and expensive. Figure on 10-15k+ to get it legally imported and you may never get to drive it on the street.
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Re: Importing cars?????

Postby LOU » Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:11 pm

Grocerygettersaab wrote:
LOU wrote:I've seen some people on other forums saying its super hard to import a complete car here to the states that and make it legal to license. About the only way is have someone to separate the car into multiple shipping boxes. Like for example one box be the engine/tranny, one box full of interior, next box wheels & tires, next some body panels, and finally the shell. Also be prepared to have to replace some glass on the car.

Customs will deem the car not road worthy if its a complete car, and will tear it apart looking for anything that could possibly shipped here illegally, but if you ship it here in multiple boxes you can say its parts, put it back together, and can get a "kit car title" for it.

So be prepared to pay out the *ss to get a car shipped here that technicly may have not passed government crash tests and insurance also doesn't like to insure kit cars. :)


Nope can't do this anymore. It can only be a kit car if you put a motor in it that was never available for that car and several other stipulations. That's why kaizo got in trouble because they were parting cars shipping them then putting them back together as kit cars. (reassembling a car doesn't make it a kit car) There are ways to do it but it is long, hard, and expensive. Figure on 10-15k+ to get it legally imported and you may never get to drive it on the street.


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Postby DoctorBoost » Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:56 pm

Send me a PM about this. One thing to keep in mind is what you can do with it once it gets into the states. Making it titled and D.O.T. legal can become a whole new ball of wax. I will give you some examples in my return PM
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Postby 96mustangv6 » Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:00 pm

I thought i read somewhere acouple months back about the goverment goin and takin all the imported skylines away.

They were impounding them, something about the cars were not allowed in the US and some other stuff.

Ill see if i can find it somewhere.
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Postby SolarYellow300 » Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:57 pm

96mustangv6 wrote:I thought i read somewhere acouple months back about the goverment goin and takin all the imported skylines away.

They were impounding them, something about the cars were not allowed in the US and some other stuff.

Ill see if i can find it somewhere.


Ya, that was kaizo. We covered it already.
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Postby zambiewrx » Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:49 pm

SolarYellow300 wrote:
96mustangv6 wrote:I thought i read somewhere acouple months back about the goverment goin and takin all the imported skylines away.

They were impounding them, something about the cars were not allowed in the US and some other stuff.

Ill see if i can find it somewhere.


Ya, that was kaizo. We covered it already.

http://zilvia.net/f/nissan-news/281904- ... ports.html

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Postby silverstreek » Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:50 am

i've been looking into this stuff myself. here's a few helpful links that i've found thus far:

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/quiktext.htm

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/basic_ ... ng_car.xml

There was a shop's website I came across a few weeks ago that I of course didn't bookmark and now cannot find (I will find it again though) that had a bunch of links on researching this stuff.
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Anyway, if I find anything else out, i'll be sure to give ya a heads up.
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Postby Kerner » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:34 am

Well thank you all for the info, if any of you find anything more out just shoot me a pm.
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