Importing a Celica to the States from Japan?, IMPORTING Options

[Lil-Joe101]

I live in Okinawa Japan and Im trying everything I can to get my car back to the states without tearing it apart. Does anyone out there know how to get a 94 Toyota Celica back to the states without tearing it apart. Please hit me back ASAP with some answers.

[goferris]

I live in Okinawa Japan and Im trying everything I can to get my car back to the states without tearing it apart. Does anyone out there know how to get a 94 Toyota Celica back to the states without tearing it apart. Please hit me back ASAP with some answers.

if you are going to go through all the work to import your car from japan you might as well try to get a gt4 and import that instead. with just the 5sfe in your car it's really not worth it IMO or atleast swap in a BEAMS while you are in Japan where it will be easier to get one. i do love your kit though.
we all want to know what the best way would be to import celis from japan so we can start getting some gt4s in the states but so far we've haven't found a legal way to do it.
i guess how some people have done it is they will import it as a "show car", get a cheap ST and swap the VIN plates on it then have the ST crushed or sent back to japan saying it's the imported car. i'm pretty sure that's how celica3sgte's (i think that's his SN) old gt4 got in the states.
otherwise you are going to have to ship it over in 2 crates. one has the body or shell of the car and the other has the motor, tranny, guts and everything else in it and you register it as a "kit" car and put it back together here in the states. that's how my friend got her RHD ITR in the states.
i've heard that otherwise you would need to import like 3 of them and 2 of them would be used for crash test info because the 6gc isn't a commonly imported car compared to skylines and RHD hondas
good luck on your search. we all have asked this question because we want to bring over the gt4 if anyone can find the way to do it. otherwise the car has to be 25 years old (15 in canada)