Kaizo Industries Nissan Skyline R34

[TimTurboZ]

Dealer Plates basically mean cops can't do anything without going through alot more work. They cost a hefty sum but my friend has 2 dealer plates for his shop. Never having to worry about smog is priceless! (here in Cali at least)

[jaebo]

The thing that makes these cars nice is that the chassis is DOT approved as a kit car. Then all you have to do it install a motor, drive-train, and some wheels. I know that you in any state other then Communistafornia you can just register the car after that. If you live in Communistafornia, you have to get into the DMV Jan. 2 and hope that you are one of the first 500 people in the whole state applying for a kit car smog emissions sticker. Sounds like work, but think about it, you would have a Safe and legal Skyline or S15... It just is a kit car. LOL... I am really thinking of how I am going to get all of this to fly with the fiance. <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://images.nicoclub.com/forums/image ... owdown.gif" BORDER="0">

It's not a kit car and you don't need a sticker.

[themadscientist]

No, it isn't a kit car, despite Kaizo's tricky langange.

[philly101]

Alright well lets see if I can clear up some confusion...

Many people in the past tried importing R34s and other skylines as kit cars. They tried to dismantle them in Japan and send the parts individually to the US, thinking that they can register it as a kit car once it is assembled here. Well little did they know it is TOTALLY ILLEGALL due to the emissions caused by the engine and other parts in the vehicle. (I am sure most of you know this by now). Anyways Kaizo basically does the same thing except they reinforce the car making it DOT approved. The car is then registered as a kit car and has a 17 character VIN number. Now everything is legal up to this point until you decide what engine, transmission etc. to put into your R34. If you import a Skyline engine and put it into your so called “2008 R34” it becomes illegal in the US. Now you can still try and do it, but I am sure that along the line you will get caught for having an illegal car. Long story short R34 Kaizo registered unibody + (basically any engine you desire besides the Skyline) = Legal kit car. Now is all of this worth it? To go through the hassle of having Kaizo import a R34 paying almost 100 grand by the time it’s up and running. Well you’re better off buying the new GT-R, which will probably be faster because you’re going to be gimped out on some crappy engine that doesn’t belong in the car. All of this is located on most of the governments importing website’s about the Skylines (don’t ask for the link just Google it).

Also I’ve heard that the R33s between 96-98 are legal in the US as long as you make them EPA,DOT,etc. approved. That’s another long process as well which I’m not entirely sure about.

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=757719 thats a registered R33 from Kaizo

Hope this helps...

[leon14]

yeah i've talked to them.

they told me the R34 unibody was around 50,000-60,000 bucks so im like f*** that.

and R33 = 30,000 bucks same with R32

but whats hard here in IL is to find a shop that will put in the RB26 in the car well here atleast.

i want one so bad

" Oh HAIL the Skyline "

[sean8564]

No, it isn't a kit car, despite Kaizo's tricky langange.

I would listen to TMS I owned a company which did the same thing and eventually I lost 22 cars and was told by us customs that no matter how much in compliance i was with the NTSHA. It was his decision and he could take them if he wanted to. I have owned and driven here in the US mulitiple Skylines and Silvia's and Aristo's Pulsar GtiR's and a variety of other JDM cars. eventually Customs will close you down so now i sell parts for the cars and do much better at that than selling the cars.

I can provide a lot more pics but all the mods on here and the owners of Nico all know what I say to be true and can verify who I was in the Skyline world now i just drive my Z32 TT and Vspec GTR and on a fun day the S-13 coupe
Modified by sean8564 at 12:30 PM 5/8/2009

[noobedloser]

What Ive gathered confirms what one person has already elaborated on, and thats the fact that the cars that are currently being sold as kit cars did NOT roll off of an assembly line from the actual car manufacturer. They are reproduced to a high standard. Kaizos cars however, did start their life after rolling off of an assembly line.

umm, isnt this a contradiction?the fact that they did start the an assembly line making it not a kit car? confused...

[paste]

power in numbers fellows. we should be allowed to have these cars, and the goal is to make the government look stupid for being so wasteful in trying to pursue this s***. i assume these cars get better gas mileage than v8 mustangs, so what is the deal?

[themadscientist]

You can't be that naive, can you?

The deal is you have no power, you have no numbers, you have no Skyline. The government doesn't care that you want a Skyline. They care that you want low taxes, affordable health care, or even a job or a place to live.They must explain to us absolutely nothing and stick to it.

[rc1honda]

yeah i've talked to them.

they told me the R34 unibody was around 50,000-60,000 bucks so im like f*** that.

and R33 = 30,000 bucks same with R32

but whats hard here in IL is to find a shop that will put in the RB26 in the car well here atleast.

i want one so bad

" Oh HAIL the Skyline "

I know someone who could do it for you no problem

[james-dean85]

Everyone can complain and disagree but what it really comes down to is that our government is ignorant. There are so many government officials in Washington who sit in their offices and have no idea whats going on in the real world. Our government is worthless and as a tax payer, I'm pissed that our money is wasted on stupid stuff because of all these hippie environmentalists.

[sean@z1]

It dose not only boil down to the EPA though. A lot of it boils down to protection laws for our big 3 auto makers and the safety standards the japanese have a diffrent standard of crash testing than the US dose. But mostly it boils down to laws protecting the big three. Think about this if you could just import any car you wanted then no one would buy cars from new car dealerships.

[USsil80]

It dose not only boil down to the EPA though. A lot of it boils down to protection laws for our big 3 auto makers and the safety standards the japanese have a diffrent standard of crash testing than the US dose. But mostly it boils down to laws protecting the big three. Think about this if you could just import any car you wanted then no one would buy cars from new car dealerships.

Noone does anyway... that is why they are going Bankrupt...

[sean@z1]

Plus the fact they have not made a quality car since the 70's there were a few in the 80's like the GNX but for the most part they built crap cars in the states.