GT4 opinions Options

[95WRC]

hey,
guys as some you may know i have a 95 GT4 WRC .. car is on the ground in north america but in Canada and i am in process of importing to US ..

anyway i asked the alltrac .net guys this a while back but what is the 6gc.net opinion of what i should do ..

1. Leave RHD
2. convert to LHD..

i would like to point out RHD really means nothing to me and only benefit would be saving a few bucks on parts .. i know a lot of you guys will say it wil be cool, get looks and be real jdm but i wilL listen to all sides.. BTW converting to LHD will be only 1000-1500 as i do most of my own work and have buddy with body shop who will do firewall .. wrecked celica's are a dime a dozen at non-public auctions.
i have been in import scene for 15 years and have done a lot of swaps of all types so this really is a peice of cake to convert ..

LHD would have benefits of being on the correct side to drive in US and car will look like any other celica (except for TRD wing , oem 16s 3 spokes, and front end ) on the road.. i am not sure which way i am going to title but i have everyway you can think of already work out and some in place now..

This car is not like a Skyline and made only in RHD .. LHD as made for european market so if i converted it would not be like the only one every made..

Importer of my car plans to convert his 97 GT4 to LHD as in Canada you can' t title a RHD unless it is 15 years old..

One thing for RHD is it would keep it unique as you will know it is a GT4 ..but even Toyota raced a LHD GT4 in the WRC so IMHO it will be unique no matter which side of car i sit on ..

i would love to hear opinions ..PLEASE DON'T ASK ME IMPORT/TITLE ?s I ONLY WANT RHD/LHD OPINIONS..

i will add a few pictures soon ..

derek
6GC OLD FART .

This post has been edited by 95WRC: Jan 1, 2004 - 3:00 PM

[95WRC]

hey,
well i am almost 90% for sure going to convert to LHD ..
it will just be so much easier to deal with as i plan to have for a long time as Toyota has nothing coming out i would buy ...i might even toss a ST badge on trunk as a joke ..hehehe ...


if you want to see a real crappy picture of car see my profile .. car will have TRD wing like white car on 6GC H/P instead of WRC wing ...

i am sorry i can't really talk about importing .. i can say car was 100% legally obtained in Japan .. Only downside was car was shipped to Canada as my friend does not have a US Office yet..

i still have to cross border from Canada when i have car shipped but this is not a big deal .. US Customs was very helpful in North Dakota..should have no issues as long as paper work is all worked out w/ broker..

my supplier is going to be converting his 97 GT4 in the next few months and may be selling later this year .. if he does i will for sure let every one know..

i will say when car is converted and on the road i will have about $8,000 in it ..
this includes all shipping, parts, converting , and of course price of car ... if you bought one from a shop/ importer i would exspect to pay closer to $10,000+ when you finally have car in your driveway.. i got mine at cost and it was damaged so mine was dirt cheap .. you could have a shop buy a car and if they cut off roof in the right points and shipped off the car then you could import as parts and have roof put back on ..you could get a whole car for 3500-5000 ..of course the only way to title that car would be the slim shady way ..

to save huge $$$$$$ slightly damaged GT4'S like mine will go for 2000-5000 in japan at auctions .. you can also import one from Uk but with 1 pound= 1.75 USD
thats is not really a good idea right now .

i have contacts at Toyota and i may try to submit a letter to see if they will commit to give me the car is similar to US model letter but i highly doubt it will happen .. if it did i would by all means leave RHD .. i would like a explanation of why the 90-91 is on the list as i assure you not much is diff on any other years of mr2s..

i am sorry i can't give you a step by step on how to import or legalize i.. there is a lot of ways to go about it and of course with $$$$ anything can be done ..