Importing a Skyline or Silvia

[blackbeltclub99]

I have found a site that has a 94 Skyline R33 GTS-T silver, auto, for 395,000 yen(I talked to them, sell for $3300 USD+shipping).and a 92 Silvia S13 K 5sp,black for 310,000 yen(will sell for around $2500 USD+shipping). My only question is how much will it cost to import for race and show use only. I have no intention of importing to drive, just to show and maybe race. Has anyone here ever imported for show or race? If so how much $$$? And how much was the shipping charge? Any help would be great.

[SilviaLuvr]

why would you want spend money on a car if your not going to drive it??? it's just going to sit around collecting dust. There is know way your going to make very show nor every race. That is unless you plain on racing your car everyday at the track which IMO is stupid. so why waste you money. IF anything you should just buy the motors for that money...$3,300 is pretty cheap for a skyline don't you think?! espeacilly when you can buy the motor for $200 more.?

[blackbeltclub99]

SilviaLuvr Email me ([email protected])and I will give you the site so you can see the car. It looks great. The reason for not wanting to drive it is the Skyline costs way to much to get legal and the Silvia can't be legalized. I am opening up an audio/tuner shop in a few month's. I think that having a Skyline or Silvia in my showroom would bring in a lot of people. The more people you bring in the more you sell.

[SilviaLuvr]

i guess you got a point there, but if you really want to pull in ppl, go wit a S15. S13, anyone could easliy swap their front end and have a S13, but to have a S15 is something totally different. OH yeah im pretty sure if you import the car for show race, then you'll have to get a "show insurace" policy allowing you to only drive your car like 1 month out of the year, if you get pulled over after that month then your screwed. this is what this one guy told me. for race IDK it can be ify only b/c your using the car to race which means you'll have to A) drive the car to the track or B) use a truck to get the car to the track. With A if your pulled over, i think the cops are entitled to take your car.

[blackbeltclub99]

Also this site is from a car dealer in Japan. Skyline's and Silvia's are not rare(almost like our mustang's and camaro's you know everyone has one, or had one, or drove one). That is why they are so cheap. The price does not include shipping and customs. The engine prices you wrote about are already in the states and all the charges already applied.Just in case anyone wants to see them the site is http://www.hbtokyo.com so please help with my questions!! Don't imply that I am not telling the truth or it is a wreck!!!!

[blackbeltclub99]

It is just a way to get may business off the ground. I really doubt I would ever drive it on the street (RHD would be to hard to get used to on the narrow roads around here). If I can get the Skyline imported for not to much $$$ I will get it now. The importer I am trying to go through is out of the country now, that is why I am asking here.

[_dk]

given the production numbers of skylines and silvias, you're not going to be able to get them imported for show purposes, as while they're great cars, they don't really have "exceptional technological or historical value". yes, that's what the government requires.

that said, if you're going with the DIY approach, getting it imported under a permanent racing exemption looks like it'd work:

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/....html

and you can always take it to motorex for the DOT conversion later.

let us know how it goes.

[SilviaLuvr]

ooOOOOooo! i thought that you were some rich ricer that just wamted a car to say "look what i have" i didn't know you where starting a business?!! (i meant o put this first) my bad. hmmm...if your are second guessing these guys check out Duantless. He has and/or get damn ner anyting that you need. i thik that even if you buy a Silvia or Skyline you may still have to get it legalized unless you tell you insurance company and the DMV that your car will only be used for promotional purposes only.

[UnderPressure]

daunt is selling a skyline, im him about it i think he wants 12-13K for it. let him know that i told you to IM him

[Cyberkreig]

if i had several extra thousand.. I'd import that sweet silvia for 'parts'. And i would pickup a shell from somewhere, and i'd park them both in my garage for a few months. Then i would 'swap the needed parts..' and sell the 'jdm' shell for scrap.

[SmithSR]

Up here in Seattle, there's a shop called garage SPL and outside of it, i've seen no less than three, count 'em THREE different skylines at one time, as well as other high end imports such as fully mod'ed Boxster S, 240sx, several Supras, and what looked like a full spec Lancer Evo. Nothin will pull in customers like seeing these very rare, very expensive cars outside your shop