celm wrote: oh really you do...let me check my invoices and see if your correct

Hey Celm. How is business. I heard that evo-imports filed chapter 11? And I was thinking about buying a skyline through you guys. I guess its fast for wheels now...Bummer.

greatgonzer wrote:
Hey Celm. How is business. I heard that evo-imports filed chapter 11? And I was thinking about buying a skyline through you guys. I guess its fast for wheels now...Bummer.

EI has folded but not me,i accually branched off from them back in april/may.i do have a GTR32 that arrived here a few days ago,hads mods done i can get you the person who owns it info.hes selling the car

hey all im new here I was thinking about buying a 350z or a 240sx or a g35.. but anyway on to my question: do the experienced or people with knowledge look down on those who slap skyline badges on the g35.. cause i wanted to do that.. and in what way would it be okay to put those badges on the v35 errr.. g35 haha

confusedkid wrote:hey all im new here I was thinking about buying a 350z or a 240sx or a g35.. but anyway on to my question: do the experienced or people with knowledge look down on those who slap skyline badges on the g35.. cause i wanted to do that.. and in what way would it be okay to put those badges on the v35 errr.. g35 haha

Considering the G35 and the V35 Skyline are the same car, I wouldn't care either way. One is right hand drive, the other left hand drive.

Besides all that, it's your car, if that's what you want to do, even though you might catch flack from it from people, do it and be happy with your ride.

I am not sure on this, but I hear some Infiniti dealers even sell the badges and can put them on for you if you so desire.

If you truly care what other people think about you or the decisions you make from a style standpoint you are not going to have much fun in life.

Be you boi!

For all intent and purpose, the G35 IS a Skyline... In Japan that is what it is called. There just is no GT-R version. The G35 Skyline comes in all wheel drive, just no GT-R...So badging it a Skyline would be no different from adding "Fairlady Z" emblems to the back of a Z32 300zx. It is just calling it something that the homeland calls it even though here in the US it is known as something else. It is just a way to differentiate yourself from every other G35 here in the US...

greatgonzer wrote:For all intent and purpose, the G35 IS a Skyline... In Japan that is what it is called. There just is no GT-R version. The G35 Skyline comes in all wheel drive, just no GT-R...So badging it a Skyline would be no different from adding "Fairlady Z" emblems to the back of a Z32 300zx. It is just calling it something that the homeland calls it even though here in the US it is known as something else. It is just a way to differentiate yourself from every other G35 here in the US...

Can you provide proof that the V35 350GT Skyline comes with AWD here in Japan, because to the best of my knowledge, there is no all wheel drive version of the Skyline currently being built/sold.

C33LaurelRacer wrote:
Can you provide proof that the V35 350GT Skyline comes with AWD here in Japan, because to the best of my knowledge, there is no all wheel drive version of the Skyline currently being built/sold.

Top secret built one:pface

The twin turbo V8 model that Smokey broke the speed record with? That doesn't count, dork.

mmk, ive been reading this entire thread, and from what i understand....

motorex, fast4wheels, evo.imports, and turbovisions(which ive never heard of) are frauds...

and rb just wont put up with the hassle or importing skylines anymore?....

my question is, how do you import a 95(also to my understanding this year is no longer importable period???) through 98 r33? but heres the catch... w/out forking over my entire savings, and not worrying if the dmv/dot/fmvss guys are just that stupid to just sign away on any piece of paper i hand them (e.i. a TOTALLY LEGAL CAR), not having the car possibly turn out to be nothing more than scraps that were thrown together as a "kit" car, and not dealing with any other afore mentioned frauds that i may have forgotten to list...

Here's the short sweet version.

Mortorex legalized about 150 of them I think. (I might be wrong, by alot or a little)Buy one of those or prepare to shell out over 50grand + shipping + the car + whatever else one or more of the 200 people that are involved in it want to charge you.

i already know that motorex legalized a few of them, but they did it illegally because they tried to pass r33 crash test results as the r32 and 34 results as well.

i know it sounds like im contradicting myself with that remark, but the fact is motorex might have gave the impression of being legal, essentially what they did was illegal, no matter your stand point.

DJPhrost wrote:...prepare to shell out over 50grand + shipping + the car + whatever else one or more of the 200 people that are involved in it want to charge you.

as long as im not paying 70k+ for an r33 gtr im not worried about that part, im just wondering how effing legal the person(s) are, and who can do it without pitching a b***h fit

ncr33gtr wrote:my question is, how do you import a 95(also to my understanding this year is no longer importable period???) through 98 r33? but heres the catch... w/out forking over my entire savings, and not worrying if the dmv/dot/fmvss guys are just that stupid to just sign away on any piece of paper i hand them (e.i. a TOTALLY LEGAL CAR), not having the car possibly turn out to be nothing more than scraps that were thrown together as a "kit" car, and not dealing with any other afore mentioned frauds that i may have forgotten to list...

The quick answer?

You can't.

wow, that answer was so much easier than DJ's...why doesnt the DOT and FMVSS just give up on trying to restrict the flow of skylines into america though? cause eventually they'll be flooding the states...even if it isnt untill 2030...half the people that want one wont give a damn how old they are when the 25 year limit thing is finally reached. mainly because the older skylines (for the year 2030, hence our current skylines) will be so much better than the new "skyline" their coming out with on just about every level. and hell the japanese model will be better than the american model anyways. so yeh thats just my input on the idea. granted the fmvss and dot will more than likly have things changed later on so that r32-r34's wont be allowed in period, but with the money they could make off them i dont understand why they dont just start importing them by the ship load...

FYI the FMVSS is not a government agency

Blame the left.

Attorneys, hand-wringers, ambulance-chasers and environmentalists are to blame.

no kiddin? i woulda never known!

FYI their still part of the problem.

eh, im so tired of the bs reasons that im tempted to just import one as a show/racer and deal with the milage limit.

rather have 1 and be only able drive it occasionally(which would more than likly be the case anyways) then not have one at all.

C33LaurelRacer wrote:Can you provide proof that the V35 350GT Skyline comes with AWD here in Japan, because to the best of my knowledge, there is no all wheel drive version of the Skyline currently being built/sold.

Dunno about over there, but the G35x has been out for a couple years now...it has AWD.

Count Zero wrote:Dunno about over there, but the G35x has been out for a couple years now...it has AWD.

Well, slap my face and call me Susan. I was not aware of that.

I know a fare share about the car, but not as much as I would like. Plus, there are people out there that know things I don't, and vice versa.[

Thanks Count.

No problem... I remember first seeing a billboard for the G35x back in late 2003, just after I got home from Iraq. Have seen G35x's on the road around here quite a bit. Sadly, it's only in a 4-door flavor.

They're playing a TV commercial a lot lately that's all about the "brand new electronic AWD" in the "New G"I always giggle at that one and go "Gee, it sounds like an updated version of the ATTESA-ETS....didn't know that 17+ years was new."

C33LaurelRacer wrote:
Well, slap my face and call me Susan.

Susan.

AZhitman wrote:If they are an RI, approved to import and legalize Skylines, and are in compliance with all NHTSA guidelines, then you're set.

There are states that will register them, like Florida....

grosspolluter wrote:There are states that will register them, like Florida....

Just because I don't know.... What would happen if a car gets registered somewhere easy, like FL, but then gets found to not be "legalized" to NHTSA/DOT emissions and safety standards?

I mean, it's registered, so would it just be a legal-to-have car with tons of equipment/safety violations? Or could the car still be impounded (and the owner charged with fraudulant registration)?

Don't all states now require proof of insurance to register a car? And as I've found out, every insurance company I've talked to required me to officially declare the car converted to NHTSA regs to be able to cover it as a drivable car.

Correct.

Some states don't have mandatory insurance, but like I said 4 pages back: Get in an accident with one and see how fast the attorneys throw you under the bus.

Cars that appear "legal" (to a state) can be impounded by the Feds. Likely, no. Possible, yes.

AZhitman wrote:Correct.

Some states don't have mandatory insurance, but like I said 4 pages back: Get in an accident with one and see how fast the attorneys throw you under the bus.

Cars that appear "legal" (to a state) can be impounded by the Feds. Likely, no. Possible, yes.

I caught the bit about lawyers, but wasn't sure if that just meant insurance/civil suits or criminal law as well.

It'd be falsifying government documents, if you're state requires inspections or has something about having insurance constituting that the car is NHTSA-approved, so I'd assume that it'd be illegal.

But then, that's why I decided to pass on a cheaper R32 in lieu of chancing across an actual Motorex-modified ones (which I was lucky enough to find).Something about the phrase "State registered" makes me leary when I don't see any supporting proof/documentation of the NHTSA/DOT approval....or even the phrase "50-state legal" along with it.

grosspolluter wrote:There are states that will register them, like Florida....

Really? Anybody in Cali registering Nissan Skyline GTR's? Really interested!

skygame wrote:
Really? Anybody in Cali registering Nissan Skyline GTR's? Really interested!

Please don't post the same exact thing in two different threads. We all read each thread that has a new post in it. No need to double up on here.

sean8564 wrote:Dude do not worry about it I am just a fountian of JDM knowlage since i buy and sell cars there.

Wow..... that is great, any loopholes on registering a BNCR34 GTR?