Importing an s14?

[93Black S13]

Hey guys, i got a couple questions about importing a car. The car is an s14 and its in europe, LHD, and sr20 and so on..

So i was wondering if its legal or not legal to import and register the car into the States ? cause i know RHD cars and so on have problems but since its like the s14 we have ..exept for the goodies

TIA

[tryiian]

unfortunately, in a word, "no".

[93Black S13]

hmm, yeah it does seem to good to be true. I only looked into it cause im in europe right now and locally there some s14's for sale for cheap and was hoping to import one backto the states with me..

[AJ1356]

well since the european environmental standards are as restrictive as us , you proabably could, but then there is the whole sr20 rwd engine that may mostlikely cause a problem. you don't have to worry aboutgetting a crash tested, since the same chasis car already exists here. so one good news there. but i say look into it deeper.

[93Black S13]

Thanks for some good news Im currently looking deeper into it.

But if it cant be regesterd, aint nothing wrong with bring back a track/parts car, no?

[DarkStar]

There shouldn't be any problem with bringing back a track car. I don't believe they can do anything about that. However, you do need to have a good reason and it may only be allowed to stay in the country for a certain amount of time. I'm probably wrong about that so please correct me. Thats just what I've heard.

[flohtingPoint]

well since the european environmental standards are as restrictive as us , you proabably could, but then there is the whole sr20 rwd engine that may mostlikely cause a problem. you don't have to worry aboutgetting a crash tested, since the same chasis car already exists here. so one good news there. but i say look into it deeper.

Yes and no. As far as drippy fluids, yes, as far as everything else, NO CHANCE. I run my RS13 w/out char canister, no cat, no res, and most of the time, no muffler. My car backfires when they run an inspection in it and give me the thumbs up every time. Euro glass is also crap, that would all have to go. Sending a 200sx out of here would be the same amount of work with more money needed than to send one out of Japan (inflated car prices and such over here), and pretty much pointless.

As far as track cars go, I have the regs at work for it, I'll look em up there, but basically, unless your vehicle was specificially built for OFF ROAD usage, then its a pain. You also have to supply a specific race history for your car (no, not for nissan, the 200sx you want to purchase).