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noobedloser
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is the r33 in GA the motorex one? the one price at about 16k? in the city of kennesaw?


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wheres the info on this r33 in kennesaw

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EBAYi eventually went to the dealer's website and then found out that they have 2 gt-rs for sell that are motorexlook up focus auto sales and check it out

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i found a CA legal r32 and sent AZhitman all the info on that car for him to try and get it, i think of all people in the forums, if its 100% legal then he should get it, they also have another r33 700hp gt-r.

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noobedloser wrote:i found a CA legal r32 and sent AZhitman all the info on that car for him to try and get it, i think of all people in the forums, if its 100% legal then he should get it, they also have another r33 700hp gt-r.
For the price they're asking for that car, I can build 3 cars that will spank the stuffing outta that car.

Beautiful, but way overprced. Easily one of my favorite cars, but crazy spendy.

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AZhitman wrote:
For the price they're asking for that car, I can build 3 cars that will spank the stuffing outta that car.

Beautiful, but way overprced. Easily one of my favorite cars, but crazy spendy.
i thought you would be willing to drop that much on the r32 or at least had enough for it. just trying to help you out on getting an state/federal legal r32. It is overpriced but you should try and negotiate cause i think all the amount of effort would probably amount to the price they ask, i think. IT ONLY HAS 35K MILES, so you can keep for a while. i say get it and enjoy the state legal gt-r r32 that i will be jealous to want.

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Any more info on Kaizo?

From nearly 4 months of trying I've managed to receive 2 e-mails from Casey inquiring about inventory and pricing though once something peaked my interest and I asked for pictures, well that was 2 weeks ago. Starting to wonder...

Sadly from what I've seen your just about was well off to purchase a MotoRex car if you can find one.

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zdonner wrote:Any more info on Kaizo?

From nearly 4 months of trying I've managed to receive 2 e-mails from Casey inquiring about inventory and pricing though once something peaked my interest and I asked for pictures, well that was 2 weeks ago. Starting to wonder...

Sadly from what I've seen your just about was well off to purchase a MotoRex car if you can find one.
Take a look at the last post in this thread (well, the last one as of right now...), this may answer your questions.

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you can always buy the new GTR for just about 80 grand!

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New GTR for $80k????I couldn't find any GTR in southern california for such price. lol

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So, what is the average cost to (1) import and (2) get it in compliance?

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Hi Adrienne...

You're confused because you didn't read the entire article.

Welcome aboard!

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Hey i kno a site that you can Buy any Japanese vehicle that you can think of but idk what the stipulations are for the $ transfer. but i wanted to buy a 32 GTR from there for about 8k or so with $1800 tho ship in a 20 ISO container.

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that is alot of facepalms... wow

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Don't know if this has been posted or not (didn't feel like reading the whole thread) but from what I've seen on the NHTSA's site is the only 1996 to 1998 Skylines can be imported and changed legally. I just saw that the first page stated 1993 to something like 1999 Skyline GTR and GTS could be imported.

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bman49 wrote:Don't know if this has been posted or not (didn't feel like reading the whole thread) but from what I've seen on the NHTSA's site is the only 1996 to 1998 Skylines can be imported and changed legally. I just saw that the first page stated 1993 to something like 1999 Skyline GTR and GTS could be imported.
The information you just mentioned has been covered here many time. It's in this thread and also about 10 others somewhere in this forum alone.

It's also pretty much common knowledged nowdays, but thank you contribution. We hope you enjoy browsing through NICO and hope that you'll stick around.

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Sorry if i piss alot of people off, but its taking a while to read through 17 pages. i have a question. ive been gaining info on getting a r32 gtr soon and was wondering if its possible to register it federaly. what about in texas if not? im reading and hopefully will be able to find this answer soon.

im seeing both sides? shed any light?

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kasonb wrote:Sorry if i piss alot of people off, but its taking a while to read through 17 pages. i have a question. ive been gaining info on getting a r32 gtr soon and was wondering if its possible to register it federaly. what about in texas if not? im reading and hopefully will be able to find this answer soon.

im seeing both sides? shed any light?
Well, it's not going to be the words you want to hear, but no. You can not legally, or federally, register an R32 unless it's a prior MotorEx car. I'm sorry, it's just not happening.

Now, if you want to wait till 2014, then you can pick up an 89 Skyline and have no problems. It's just the way it is.

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I was told that there ways of getting it registered LEGALY and all you had to do was know the exceptions. DOT,ECT,ECT.......... will tell you the standards and because of them all its nearly impossible. HOWEVER, with every standard there are exceptions to them and therefore they wount tell you what they are. THUS the deduction is that if you do the research and some legwork, and talk to the right ppl you should be able to find them out. my point is based off of a guy i knew b4 he died who did it 100% ligit and legal NOT THROUGH MOTOREX

so it can be done and its a pain in the a** but i think its worth it


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^ Ummm, yeah.

The "right people" are right here. And for 17 pages, we've been laying out the facts. Some dead guy who supposedly bought a car doesn't change any of that.

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After a year plus...... still tryin to work it out. Still not road legal. Attempting to register as "speciality/exotic/collector" with limited road usage. But, that isn't going to qualify until 2012 under current standard. Just due to the fun times i've had, I'll say, "Don't assume it will work out for you." The crap box has been good for track use only thus far. I can't believe the wall i've hit trying to get plates. The claim is "safty standard" But, you can own and drive a T-bucket!!!! Good luck to all.

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Hi all

I went through all 17 pages but nobody mantiond one thing

If you could help me with taht woul be great .

I moved in US about 1 year ago, and left my 2 skylines back home, one is 95 R33 GTS Type ML, second is 99 R34 GT-T, as far as i found out only r33 can be imported ad between 96-98 models, so my both cars ar out from this list.

What if i'll ship my R34 and drive it with dealer plate? i dont mind if it woun't be registered or what so ever just to drive time to time the car with dealer plate? both cars been seating long time and that what boders me or i have to sell or somehow bring one of them in US.

My question is after it will be delivered in US do i need to go through all this headache or can i just put dealer plate on it and drive on roads? What u guys thing about this?

Sorry for wrong english

here are my bebes




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noobedloser wrote:is the r33 in GA the motorex one? the one price at about 16k? in the city of kennesaw?
R33 for sale in Kennesaw eh, only one I know of in that area isn't in Kennesaw and it belongs to Matt which I highly doubt it's for sale unless he's got secrets.

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Vandrel wrote:
R33 for sale in Kennesaw eh, only one I know of in that area isn't in Kennesaw and it belongs to Matt which I highly doubt it's for sale unless he's got secrets.
i saw it on ebay awhile back and it had all the motorex documents posted too. i found out later that a store in cali called focus auto sales was selling it for around 17k on ebay dunno about it meeting the reserve or not but it got sold later. 17k is a steal for motorex r33...

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r32 ftmfw orrrr if you wanted to...dr31 its old enough now and has a fj20 in it

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SHIFT_LOVE wrote:r32 ftmfw orrrr if you wanted to...dr31 its old enough now and has a fj20 in it
First off, there was no DR31 Skyline. DR was a designation for RJ powered R30s only, be they turbo or N/A models.

The R31 never had the FJ engines. The only 4 cylinder Skylines were CA powered.

Here is a list of what was available in the R31s.

1.8 L CA18I I42.0 L CA20E I42.0 L RB20E I62.0 L RB20DE I62.0 L RB20DET I62.0 L RB20DET-R I6 (GTS-R and GTS Autech versions)3.0 L RB30E I62.8 L Diesel RD28 I6

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what if you want to get a gtr that is in canada? (one that was imported and legalized there?)

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15 year rule dunno about making it legal in canada because its different from the US rules

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motorhead0293 wrote:what if you want to get a gtr that is in canada? (one that was imported and legalized there?)
Doesn't matter. It's still not up to the standards of the US DOT, EPA and NHTSA.

After the car is 25 years old, maybe.


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