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alright..... lets make a clear cut thread.... not to many extra words, and not to many confusing links, and words people don't know...

1. the r33.... can be legally imported now, but needs to be done by a registered importer.... and the arrangements need to be, that once the car is imported, the registered importer will have to make the adjustments to the car to make it adhere to the rules of the road, before being legal to drive on the road?..... is that right?

2. the r32.... can only be legalized if it was a Motorex car? is that it? what is with the bond release thing?

3. the r34..... no way in hell, as far as i know? besides that guy that brings them over for 60k with out the motor and driveterain, not sure if that is legal though?

4. all other's are legal aren't they? r31's??? not to sure about.

fill in the blanks please..... and if any one has prices of things like the fee to get the r33 converted over to meet the standards and other little odds and ends.

don't bash me for this, just trying to clear it up since im still in the dark a little.


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No bashing require, just some direction.

All of your questions have been answered in this forum, countless times. One or two of the stickys up top has a lot of answers as well as some others.

But, just to show I am not an unhelpfull bastard, I replied in your quote in i tallics.
lemon wrote:alright..... lets make a clear cut thread.... not to many extra words, and not to many confusing links, and words people don't know...

1. the r33.... can be legally imported now, but needs to be done by a registered importer.... and the arrangements need to be, that once the car is imported, the registered importer will have to make the adjustments to the car to make it adhere to the rules of the road, before being legal to drive on the road?..... is that right? Correct. The RI has to make the car conform to EPA, NHTSA and DOT standards.

2. the r32.... can only be legalized if it was a Motorex car? is that it? what is with the bond release thing? If it's a MotorEx car, it's already legal with a bond release. The Bond release just states that at that point in time, the car conformed to all EPA, NHTSA and DOT laws and regulations. (Even though MotorEx went about doing it all shady like.)

3. the r34..... no way in hell, as far as i know? besides that guy that brings them over for 60k with out the motor and driveterain, not sure if that is legal though? No. That way is just circumventing a law, and more than likely, those cars will be impounded, exported, crushed.

4. all other's are legal aren't they? r31's??? not to sure about. To the best of my knowledge, any car that is over 25 years of age when brought into the states from Japan does not have to abide by any of the EPA, NHTSA or DOT standards. A member here has/had a KenMari Skyline.

fill in the blanks please..... and if any one has prices of things like the fee to get the r33 converted over to meet the standards and other little odds and ends.

don't bash me for this, just trying to clear it up since im still in the dark a little.

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i know some of the questions were answered, but there are so many other posts and people stating other facts it gets all mashed together, i figured maybe one post with just the clear cut down and gritty version of it might be easier to understand.

iver read every stickey and still only know half as much as i should.

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I know, cause I still learn something new once in a while.

But, as I said, I answered your questions in my post when I quoted yours. Have a look see, in case you didn't see it before.

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yeah, i wasn't sure about those.


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