any one thought about importing a full parts car??, from japan or europe? Options

[Valo666]

Ive been thinkin lately that i wanna do a motor swap into my car...mostly thinkin beams or a UK/J-spec 3SGE. I mostly see BEAMS on e-bay and through used engine places for between $2700-4500 USD. Most of them just come with the enigne, tranny and a wiring harness..but as Outsider has shown, USDM/CDM tachs wont work, so you will need to either get a cluster, just the SSIII tach, or go with an aftermarket. But im also thinking that i wanna fix my roof *get rid of this crappy aftermarket sunroof i have and go full hard top*. But if i did do that, i would wanna re-paint the car. But if i repainted the car, i would want to get some OEM sides, GT blocks, and some sort of rear splitter or maybe upgrade the front to a 96+ front end. So i was thinking...why not see if i can get a wrecked SSIII or a wrecked j-spec GT that has had damage in the rear end, buy the entire car *since wrecked cars are usually pretty cheap*, bring it over and just rip the thing apart?

I know there are alot of people who go out and buy half cuts, but has any one imported a full car for parts??? I can handel the whole getting it here part, but i have no idea of what to do when its here. Do i just tell the gov that its a parts car and it will be scrapped after its been taken apart? or do i have to get it brought over partialy taken apart?

EDIT: my friend has a shipment coming in from japan in jan or feb, so if i can find one for a good price, i may consider getting it brought over then.

This post has been edited by Valo666: Sep 2, 2007 - 4:16 PM