Hello. I've been lurking around on these forums for years, but forgot my email/password to my other account so I'm a newbie again

Anyway...

I was wondering about something for a very long time now.

I was wondering if it was possible to import a Japanese car to the US (let's say a Jap spec RX-7) and drive around with it on my Dealer tags. Has anyone tried this? Will the Police give you a hard time or are there any serious penalties for doing such a thing?

I put the Dealer tag on every car I drive and I haven't had any problems. I'm just wondering if an Officer could do anything if he recognizes that the car is from Japan (obviously he would know by looking at the steering wheel).

Also, another thing that has been on my mind for years... How is it that people who build cars from scratch are able to register their cars, but Jap imported cars cannot?

Thanks in advance. I think I will also ask in the lounge as soon as my post count updates.

 

short answer no.

Another DAY another importing thread

Does this look like an importing forum to you or an RX-7 owners club? If you want a Spirit R, move to Australia or Japan.

 

I've never liked the short answer and I used the search button. I didn't find anything that would answer my question.

Why exactly can't this be done? Also, the reason I put "Spirit" was to get a little more attention.

 

sorry champ, I just figured the short answer would be adequate for a topic covered as often as this one...

Item # 12 from the FAQ:Also, several useful links provided by someone who attempted to bring his JDM FD home with after his tour with the military.


And there's tons more. This thread litterally pops up daily.


But if you decide to go through with it anyway, make sure you let us know what port you bring it to so that when it gets crushed we know where to score the cheap parts.

 

May lightning strike down upon you for starting this thread

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...rting+fd+japan

and

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...rting+fd+japan

 

Dont mind the village jackass SLOASFK.. he must be on his rag again

anyways If the rules for VIN are the same for the US as they are for canada (which the prob are in this regard) then you will not be able to use dealer plates on an imported vehicle that is not registerred (have a north american VIN#) vehicles sold in japan have a diffrent # used to identify vehicles.

Yes With enough $$ you prob could import one of these. It is my understanding that a few guys from texas are driving imported FDs. although they are the same as your FDs, just right hand drive, not the newer spirit Rs. I am not sure how they get away with it, but Im sure you can find out.

Alternativly you could get the rights to import them, by getting approval from the ***** agency by getting 3 spirit Rs then proceeding to pay the $100,000+ to have 2 of them smashed up in crash tests. This is how that company out of CA is selling legit skyline R34s for $80,000-$90,000 BTW

BTW a spirit R in australia will run about $90-100,000 AUS. Which is about $80,000 USD I think. so simply getting a mint 93-95, then paying a seemingly exorbinant amount of money to convert it ($2500 for turbos, $3000 for carbon fibre seats, $1000 gauge cluster, $1400 for front air dam, $2000 for brakes, etc) would prob be waaaaayyy easier, and less costly.

hope that helps

 

By the way, if you're reffering to Motorex, the only company to ever have been able to sucessfully import Skylines consistantly, they were shut down 2-3 years ago because they fudged their documents.

 

Sigh ....what was I saying about making FAQ no. 12 its own sticky at the top of this forum? Maybe even in bold, cap letters...