Importing Car Options

[itssteve]

Hey guys well i was thinking about importing a car and i ran across this website Japan-partner.com and i was wondering if anyone has herd of them and if this is legit or not, i really dont wanna put out 8,000$ and just get scamed, thanks for any and all input

[azian_advanced]

sorry, you can't import it unless it's 25 years old (u.s. laws)...

[Tech-Nics]

Japan-Partner is a legit importing comp. They are good actually one of the best. Sadly though like mentioned above. You can't import any of these amazing cars until they are over a certain age. Although I have seen people here where I live drive RHD R33 GTR & RHD Integra Type R and they are fully registered and insured. I just never knew them to ask them how they did it. I've also seen many RHD cars in the car shows out here they have NY, RI, NJ & PA plates on them.

[itssteve]

well i think the way to do it, is to go threw a company that does it under the table or i could just take it to canada and drive it down i mean this countrys not that big lol but i didnt know about the 25yr part thats deff something i needed to know

[luisXRceli]

well the way i know its been done is to import it as a gt. and theres no trouble.

thats how 95celgt's old gt-four was done.

[Lazurus]

As far as a GT-4 goes there is no easy way to get it here. But if you are looking into somthing that was also imported here it is alot easier as long as it has the same engine type and certain mods are made so that it meets usdm standards for smog and safety. Almost 3 years ago now my cousin imported a mid 90's supra and had a local shop do some work so that it met usdm safety standards but still ended up saving a nice chunk of change.


Good luck and if you find a way to get a GT-4 into the US let me know how cause I will do the same

[itssteve]

well i deff will ive been looking into the laws and such and some time this week im gonna make a few phone calls to the company and then to the epa department and also a few shops in my local area that are suposed importers recognized by the goverment, but i will let everyone know what i come up with as a i go along because if all goes to plan this is about 2-3 months away depending on what i find out

[CaliJeff]

this topic has been covered numerous times. However, I believe you can import a car from Japan if you import it to Canada first. But they don't allow any 6gc's like a ST205 to be imported until I think may 2009. (15 yr age req)

[itssteve]

well i was on the phone for a lil while today, and there is only one real snag getting this car into the states and that is the safty aspect, it is not proven to be safe so thats it, however you can pettion to get it in the states and it might work

[TRD_Ian]

yea its a 15 year deal here in canada nd as far as i know its may 09......i was tryign to wait for it but i came across this car so i had to buy it.....gonna let the price go down some first....my buddie is importing a twin turbo supra....i believe he is going threw drift tuners

[CaliJeff]

importing it from Japan? We have Supra's here in the US. There is no original ones in Canada?

[TRD_Ian]

few and far from i guess....only ever seen one around my parts....no TT ones