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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 08:47 PM
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question about cars from japan

can i title a silvia from japan in the states like if i where to get a s13 hatch rhd from japan and get it here what would i have to go threw to title it in the US
Old Dec 10, 2006 | 09:32 PM
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as a race car (for off road use only) or show vehicle you can. but def not for street use. paper work varies state to state so check with your dmv.
Old Dec 10, 2006 | 10:52 PM
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why not just by a s13 here???
Old Dec 10, 2006 | 11:00 PM
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hey, thats a really good idea.

like. oh. my. gosh.
Old Dec 11, 2006 | 10:03 AM
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but. ohh. myy. ggeee. that wouldnt be JDM tyte enough. (insert sarcasm here) just buy one here.
Old Dec 11, 2006 | 12:15 PM
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i have one already i was just asking a question i did not need the smart *** comments thanks for the help from the one person to actually answered my question.
Old Dec 11, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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ok, you can drive a nissan silvia on the track and maybe your backyard. congratulations.

call your local dmv. they probably know what you can and cannot do as far as registering it.
Old Dec 11, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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wow if you had the means to import your own silvia you probably wouldn't be worried about our opinion. BTW yur probably not the first one to think of this or try it. (theres probably someone out there that can tell you it dosen't work from first hand expierience).
Old Dec 11, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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I know a guy that got a r32 skyline from japan and imported it and DMV wanted $12,000 for the fees to register it in the U.S. Like ohh my gosh, it is like so not worth it....totally.
Old Dec 11, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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if i had the money to import a r32, i wouldnt give to shiznits about how much it costs to register it. i would just do it. i think its a sexy car and way better than having a porche that costs equivallent. jmo.

i just wanted to mention. i live in new jersey, and work in a tiny town called point pleasant beach on the jersey shore. i saw driving around here an r33 gts t with an exhaust and black meshies. the thing sounded awsome. the moral is, im sure its possible, just costs a **** ton like everything else worth doing.

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Old Dec 12, 2006 | 09:45 AM
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I had a brilliant idea one time to import a 180sx type-x to the states "legally." My plan was to get one that was black, import it through someone shady, pop the vin plates off of my car, and swap em to the 180, and then change the paperwork to "rebuilt" or whatever you have to do when converting to rhd.
Old Dec 12, 2006 | 11:00 AM
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the sr20det still isnt certified by the epa...
Old Dec 12, 2006 | 12:38 PM
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I know in Ontario There are a few skylines near me, I toyed with an RHD r32 skyline on the highway before.....Got owned up and down, But who can say they raced a skyline :P
Old Dec 12, 2006 | 05:24 PM
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not me, but I can't wait to race my buddy and beat his *** in his r32. free lunch here i come lol
Old Dec 12, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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Originally posted by LA_phantom_240
I had a brilliant idea one time to import a 180sx type-x to the states "legally." My plan was to get one that was black, import it through someone shady, pop the vin plates off of my car, and swap em to the 180, and then change the paperwork to "rebuilt" or whatever you have to do when converting to rhd.
haha i know a kid that did that with a honda del-sol (gayness) and he said he had to pay 2000 to recieve his "rebuilt" title.



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