There is no way to LEGALLY import, title and register an R32 anymore. Sadly, lots of places/people do so illegally, circumventing Customs, NHTSA and EPA regulations.

But if don't mind driving a car that's guilty of at least 3 Federal crimes, more power to ya.

Don't know this company, though.

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Like 99% of people who claim to be able to import JDM vehicles, he struck me as a poser.

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Can't give names/numbers off the top of my head, but my advice would be 2 things:

1. eBay
2. Where ever you go, avoid the places that have you buy a car that's still in Japan that will then be shipped over AFTER you pay and order it. Only be willing to talk about and put down money on a car that you know for a fact is already here in the States. If they can't or won't offer proof that's it's physically here in the US, move on....too many other places out there to waste your time and money with them.

I should keep a database of all the "wannabe importers"...

Quote, originally posted by AZhitman »

Like Count said, if you do get an "illegal" car, there's some "less-shady" shady guys. I should keep a database of all the "wannabe importers"...

noo don't go to the dark side.. that will just make peolpe more willing to go with them becouse of the rep you have greg... only skyline that is legal is motorrex.. "thats my story and i am sticking to it"

part of the less than 1% protecting our freedoms

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And technically those aren't legal either. The few that the government approved from them were but IIRC they were shut down because there methods of legalizing used a loophole that the government caught onto. Like aforementioned there are no more street legal R32+ Skylines. The R30's should be legal sometime soon. Those are yummy.

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And I'm not gonna debate with you, you're wrong, the cars aren't Federalized, and if a "MySPace" page is the best you can do, then you're doing something wrong.

Your "boi" was at the NICOfest / NOPI event at Firebird and was inquiring about an R33 GT-R we had there... I asked him a couple questions about import procedures and he couldn't give me a straight answer.

There will be no slinging vehicles on these forums, either.

Here ya go: http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/159216

How is this so hard for people to comprehend?

Registering as a kit car is illegal, due to the definition of kit car: A kit car may NEVER have been mass-produced for purchase by the general public. Skylines were.

Also, bringing them in in containers, disassembled, is circumvention of another part of the law: The one that speaks to bringing in parts with the intention of reassembly into a functional vehicle.

Just call it what it is: Grey-market illegal vehicles, buyer beware, pay to play, no warranty, good luck, see ya.

And AZ I think that Shelby Cobras were Mass-produded by the #s standard? and they are kit cars? Just my input

Keep doing your thing supaca.........

It kinda make my company look bad when people are talking as if they have a clue. How you been with the cars? As for me, Its been real busy, its the end of the month and trying to get the last orders in. Anyway, How are your cars running? Still gonna want that R34? Let me know and I can get it here by mid/late May.

As for turbo junkie.....Yes I do have many R32 GTR's. If you want you can message me. And if I dont get back to you right away, I am sorry. Like I said I have been very busy. Not that I dont want to help you out.....So its not that bad for business after all.

yea i have a meeting with them this saturday... a business meeting, we might start working with each other, i'll let you guys know how it goes

(but then, I'm in that same paranoia club about my car being legalized)

Anyway, youre right, Id want to see these forms. Everything has to be 100% kosher.

Did you ever have your meeting and take care of your business talks? I am only asking b/c i was thinking this would make for a good meet if both parties ever had a meet. You could bring some cars and customers and settle the discomforts of some people about buying a Skyline in Cali.

$0.02

No dice.

Sechsterlo - You'll be looking for a LONG time - you're asking all the right questions.

Someday all these wannabe RI's will fade away, and people will start building their own damn dream cars instead of trying to import one.

I called three places (USAA, Progressive and Geico)
All three had problems trying to input the 11-number VIN and couldn't find "Skyline" (Though USAA kept having it come up as a Ford truck....)

Once I told them it was a grey-market import, they were all able to get me estimates.

The only problem is that once they understood it was a grey-market car, they all asked the same question: "Has the car been fully modified AND APPROVED by NHTSA and EPA?"

I went with USAA, and when I confirmed the quote and activated the policy, they asked me the same question again. I asked if they always did that for grey-market cars. I was told that yes, and it's marked in the policy and that "everyone asks that"

Thus, if it's not a Motorex car with full Customs, NHTSA and EPA releases, you get into an accident or something and they find that out....well, not only will they drop you like a hot rock and refuse to cover anything but *technically* they can also sue you for insurance fraud. *MEEP*

Yes, any guarantees?

I, as most people in San Diego know, am probably one of a very few people that has been able to LEGALLY register a rhd from Japan. I can tell you that it is a headache that i would not likely go through again. And it wasn't even a skyline!!! I registered my Toyota MR2, which if you've done the research you would know it is on the list of registerable vehicles, which took me nearly 2 years of BS. I went through all the bonds and bs to end up with a 20k investment that is realistically only worth 12k.

I know for a fact that skylines are black listed because I have close friends that:
1) worked for Motorex, who subsiquently F'ed things up for everyone.
2) work for customs, dot, epa,chp and dmv to name a few
3) bring in grey market cars for sale as off road use only
and finally
4) are currently doing crash tests, dot approval and obd2 systems integration on R34 gtrs so as to Finally make the skyline legit.

I can get you RHDs all day long myself, sh*t I supplied 14 for Tokyo Drift, but as for Legit Registration you are pissing in the wind on that one. Money can get you anything but I would be lying if I said that there are few if any LEGAL RHDs in the u.s. And that Supa Sucks.

Welcome to your new home, Shogun.

and so far the deal with supacaimports is going well, ill let you guys know how our deal goes when its finished.

just jedterday i registered on this forum.
one of you guys anwered my skyline in us question with NO and a No No nO thread.
now this...

posted yesterday.

tell me, can or can't it be done?

Regardless of what you've read in this thread, the other thread is accurate.

The guys at Supaca and RHD Garage seem to be nice enough fellas, but th bottom line is, the laws haven't changed.

Proceed at your own risk, and keep in mind that none of the "importers" who discuss car sales here are authorized to do so (we just tolerate them, lol)...

on their homepage they say it is registered as a kit car, or race car.

the kit car thing is the little canada-trick i suppose.

but i don't have a clue what "race car registration" should be...