lol. MOTOREX!?!

[USMCgetsome]

So i almost forgot about these guys and check thier website and found that they make some parts for the sr and other models. I see they do the motor swaps for rb's now. Also reads that they can get those hard to get parts from japan?

[rustbucket]

I thought they went under awhile ago. The site I went to is motorex.net and that hasent been updated for like 2 years.

[Joe]

yep motorex is toast.

[rbsileighty]

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

Interesting...

[lucky7]

^^ according to that, R33 GTR's and GTS's are legal to import??

[Joe]

^^ according to that, R33 GTR's and GTS's are legal to import??

no it just means motorex was only legally allowed to import the r33, you still cant import one without going through a RI and having them do all the necessary NHTSA bull****.

[USMCgetsome]

it hurts my soul to read that info bs. boo hoo.

[Stealth-Z]

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

Interesting...

Interesting indeed. Notice the number of RI decrease from 160 in 2003 to 96 in 2005? Total vehicle importation in 2003 was 97,306 compared to 2005's 12,688.NHSTA is obviously keeping a close eye on things now.I wonder what 2006 statistics are?

[lucky7]

sucks. i live so close to canada, people around me have talked about renting a ****hole apartment in windsor, to establish residency. then buy a car that was legally imported into canada, and just drive it in the us, registered as a canadian car. ive seen a couple canadian R32's here in the states. im not sure how it is driving the car across the border though. i forget the law in canada. but i think after being 15 years old, any car is fair game to import. something like that.

[l0nestar]

http://www.thenittygrittyfiles.org/hirofiles/

Apparently Hiroaki Nanahoshi was a bad man.

My favorites: Attempted extortion, attempted kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, assault with stun gun or Taser, and lastly : threatening a witness!

He lied to the federal government and ruined it for anyone wanting to _legally_ import a Skyline.

Importation (legal) has been covered many times in the Skyline forum.zerothread/159216

[rbsileighty]

I don't think so Kamin... from what I understand they were fine until the law was changed after their review with NHTSA. This is most likely due to the similarities they claimed for the vehicle in the FMVSS since it was likened to the Z32... but I don't know.

After considering comments received in response to the notice of tentative decision, on March 1, 2006, the agency published in the Federal Register a final decision to rescind import eligibility for the models and model years at issue. As a result of that decision, only R33 model Nissan Skyline vehicles manufactured between January 1996 and June 1998 remain eligible for importation.

I read this as RI's can import only R33 models as long as they can conform to the required changes that are documented for legalization.

[sil_eightyRPS13]

sucks. i live so close to canada, people around me have talked about renting a ****hole apartment in windsor, to establish residency. then buy a car that was legally imported into canada, and just drive it in the us, registered as a canadian car. ive seen a couple canadian R32's here in the states. im not sure how it is driving the car across the border though. i forget the law in canada. but i think after being 15 years old, any car is fair game to import. something like that.

15 yrs and older to the production month its free Game!!! i have a cefrio silvia and 180sx

[the_momo]

get dual citizenship. its not to uncommon and totally legit. i am looking into it as i really want an r32 gtr.

if that doesnt work out i have a friend who is going to put me on his lease and ill be a "legal resident" and then itll be registered there. ive just started looking into it so ill post more info as i find it.

if all else fails, im just going to move there for real. the economy here in mi sucks anyhow.

[lucky7]

^^ when you figure out more info on it, post it up for sure.

[DJButton]

My state borders Canada, I should get an R32 GTR I have friends that live up there, certainly one of my dream cars, eh?!

[002-M-P]

But anyways from what I have read over there...yes it is legal to drive R33's from 1996 (DOT legal that is)...but for a 1996 R33 to be federally legal it would need the EPA paperwork as well, and as we all know that means it would need OBD-II. So basically, they are still nearly impossible to make 100% Federally Legal.