http://www.regulations.gov/fdm...c3ebc

The cool thing is...NHTSA has just released the infamous "Addendum A," which holds the ever-so-desired structural modifications that were performed on the crash test "craft" prior to the testing. That means any RI can legally import a 96-98 skyline and will know exactly what to do to bring it into compliance. AKA any RI can "MOTOREX" such skylines! Check it out!

http://www.regulations.gov/fdm...-5507

Enjoy

just have to figure out the obd2 thigy.. ohh let the debates begain

part of the less than 1% protecting our freedoms

USAF

Looks like I have some reading to do and some updates to our importation article.

What I find interesting is there is no mention of OBD being an issue in any of the documents.

The addendum looks to have been added simply because the JK confidentiality agreement had expired.

here is my q

if you managed to bring one over here, can you have a shop/you do the mods rather than the RI?

if im not mistaken as long as it meets the nhtsa (sp) standards its fine? (not counting the obd problem)

vehicles have to imported and brought into compliance with a registered importer and then be approved through the nhtsa. additionally the registered importer will either have to be a independant commercial importer or know of one to work through in order to cover the epa requirments for the 96-98 r33's.

simple route i am taking to conduct my business is getting approved as a registered importer and added to the list so i can legally do everything myself and out-source for whatever parts i need that i dont already have.

id be interested

If you want to send me specific questions feel free to email me, mccarty2003@yahoo.com

Steve

let the mod hold it, and get all his contact info, and a written notificatino for every donate.

I'd be more then happy to drop a donations section on my shop's site once I start getting into the fabrication phase for a cost effective OBDII system. If everyone pitched in a decent amount I would even be willing to do some kind of super discount on completed vehiles up for sale.

Just tossing stuff out there for right now, we'll see how things roll later this year.

:D

Well, there's always 2014.

Good sellers on this forum: 240!

o man thats alot of R32's and 4's. When r32's already fetch a premium. You have to crash test them all differently to pass, like its 45 front, 45 side, and 5 front and 5side. I cant remeber all of them but theres a few and you have to have a different car for all of them, o rollover's another one. Man id hate to watch all that happening, id just be crying. haha

A nissan will always be my firstborn.

http://www.AZ240SX.org

If someone said money is no object.

would it be possible to bring an R34 to California?

If so how much would it cost to have a California plate?

dk

It can be done, just depends on what you are looking for in the product

It would still not be fed-legal regardless. As long as the person buying the car knows what they are getting (or not getting as the case may be) I'm all for it. Great cars.

Find someone who has a Motorex imported R34 with all supporting documents. That covers the NHTSA stuff but I'm not sure about smog. Altho, once you own the car I would think this is the sort of problem that can be handled. It may even be legal to swap in a VG35 for emissions (engine must be same year or newer than the chassis, so no VG30).

As he said, money is no object. The R32 and 34 were removed because they were never crash tested. Therefor all that needs to be done is someone drop a good chunck of cash to bring in 10 vehicles, 5 of each, for crash testing. Once the data is approved via NHTSA it's free game.

The word banned was never used. However the word bar is used which is stating that they are no longer allowing the elligibility of R32 and R34 models under VCP-17 (which covered all 3 models). VCP-17 was closed and VCP-32 was created to cover the 96-98 R33.

Now, given that VCP-32 covers the 96-98 R33, that means that once the vehicle becomes older then 25 years old that it no longer falls under VCP-32. Reason for this is that the non-conforming elligible list only covers vehicles that are not older then 25 years. They are 2 seperate sections which essentially means once the a Skyline chassis reaches over 25 years it can be brought in legally and not be required to comply with such standards that are currently being required in VCP-32 or previously in VCP-17.

Docket NHTSA-2005-22654-0037

This document announces a final decision by NHTSA to partially rescind a prior decision by the agency that 1990-1999 Nissan GTS and GTR passenger cars not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) are eligible for importation into the United States. As a result of this decision, only Nissan R33 model GTS and GTR passenger cars manufactured between January 1996 and June 1998 are eligible for importation. All other model and model year vehicles admissible under the prior decision are no longer eligible for importation. As a consequence, the agency is rescinding vehicle eligibility number VCP-17, which covered vehicles admissible under the prior decision, and issuing vehicle eligibility number VCP-32 to cover only those model and model year Nissan GTS nd GTR passenger cars that remain eligible for importation. The rescission will only bar the future importation of the model and model year Nissan GTS and GTR passenger cars that are no longer eligible for importation, and will not affect the status of vehicles that have already been lawfully imported under vehicle eligibility number VCP-17.

http://www.regulations.gov/fdm...22654

JK Tech only conducted crash testing on the R33 GTR model. They used 2 chassis for the tests and then submitted the data to NHTSA. In the information and link provided it specifically says that at the time of petition NHTSA was not provided details on the R32 and R34 chassis, they were lead to beleive that all 3 models were similar at the time of petition and thus resulted in their decision to allow all 3 models.

Later on NHTSA received statements from Nissan of Japan that all 3 models differ and cash results would be different between each model. Thus lead to the partial recind published by NHTSA which only accepted the R33 due to it's extensive crash test results and modification data submitted. There was nothing to support the R32 and R34 models to prove they could be brought into standards as JK Tech did not do so with these models.

So....Legal and R34 do not correlate, but, since the poster does not care about legality then I would say find a more forgiving state than California to have one imported and have it registered in that state. Mississippi, Louisiana and a few others seem to be more lenient.

The general conclusion of my post clearly outlines how it is possible to make R34's legal. But the proper channels must be tapped first in order to have them approved

Quote, originally posted by I_Farted »

Wait a minute..DOnt forget...You can get legal skylines here without any hassel if they are O.G. monsters like this one...

Yes most certainly

That was not my point at all. I fully understand the "methods" used to legalize the R33's and why R32's and R34's can no longer be legalized. I went through all of that when I helped write our importing article. In order for R34's to be legalized then the NHTSA must be open to accepting another crash-testing initiative for the R34's. JK Technologies tried to go that route but were denied. NHTSA is not accepting any application to perform testing in order to legalize R34's in the US. The words I received from those working with JK Tech were "The R34 is baned from the US forever. Same with the R32." which is pretty accurate since the NHTSA will not allow any legalization route for those vehicles.

JK Tech is not the NHTSA nor do they have a say so in customs. NHTSA specifically did not say "R34 models and R32 models are banned....forever!" Infact as I posted they said quite clearly why they created VCP-32 and closed VCP-17, none of which discussed or mentioned banning of any vehicles. Under the 25 year rule they will be elligible to be brought in, regardless. The entire ordeal was due to safety standards.

Can you provide a link to a docket or petition from JK Tech specifically requesting NHTSA to reconsider the R34.