The only reason the 25yr limit was even discussed was in reference to the preR34 GTR that wouldn’t pass most state safety regulations but could be registered as an ‘antique’. If the car can pass all safety and smog regulations ANY car can be imported. The R34 was just the car that made the rule relevant when those damn movies came out

@YouBetterCallSaul

10 ай бұрын

False. Bill gates tried to import a Porsche 959 in the 1980’s but it took 13 years bc Porsche refused to “donate” 4 of them to be crashed. A car can’t pass safety standards if it was not crash tested in the USA.

@nooneisrightallthetime-zv7hs

10 ай бұрын

Yep but end of the day you can get around that law if you have the contacts and money

@BigFlipz509

10 ай бұрын

@@nooneisrightallthetime-zv7hsthats how it is with any law really anywhere nowadays 😂

@nooneisrightallthetime-zv7hs

10 ай бұрын

@@BigFlipz509 that’s how Jeffery and prince Andrew do it

@Milkthemilf

10 ай бұрын

@houseofthewhitedog isn’t that what he said?

*aggressively starts looking for s15’s*

@nancyramos6872

10 ай бұрын

Bro same, my freakin dream car. Have no idea where to start but I want one so bad

@crazy1speed559

10 ай бұрын

The 25 year bypass thing is only for cars that were sold in the USA. For instance you can get a JDM spec Evo 9 or even a S14 since they were sold here.

@3Stars1Sun8Rays

10 ай бұрын

I own a spec r and it is so fun to drive. It's one of those cars that it's fun before it get's dangerous. Hope you find one soon because they are getting EXPEEEENSIVE!!!!

@WesM757

10 ай бұрын

Yeah I would love to get a S15!

@3Stars1Sun8Rays

10 ай бұрын

@@pr3yanimal top rank and garage defend, west club japan, zap auto export are reputable importers. Zap auto export is where i got my s15. All you need to do is find a car in goonet or carsensor, send them the link, get it inspected (you will to pay have inspection fees), you wire him the payment (all with the inspection fees, and shipping fess), get the car from your nearest port, and enjoy (not really, you will have to go through the pain of registering the vehicle, depending what state you live).

If a car is sold in the US as a US spec, you can import that same model from another country. That’s why there’s right hand drive Mk4 Suras and NSXs in the USA before they’re 25 years old. Because they were crash tested, emissions tested and sold in the US. That’s what he means.

@Gnik4144

10 ай бұрын

I thought Everyone knew that too lol

@Josmersuero

10 ай бұрын

The problem is that sometimes the Japanese ones are not as sturdy as the us spec

@EverythingParanormal666

10 ай бұрын

thank you for the clarity

@yzrippin

10 ай бұрын

​@@Josmersuerono bahahahah you fool the japanese built ones last forever. Look at the 4 runners

@ScottieOnSeventh

10 ай бұрын

I ignore all my old Cx9 problems let the wheels fall off if a mechanic didn’t say anything I don’t care

The 25yr limit only applies to cars that arent sold in america when they debut.

@MelancholicSaiko

10 ай бұрын

"The 25 year rule applies to cars that we didn' get here" is pretty much what everyone knows my man

@Skendybendie

10 ай бұрын

S2000s were sold here and don’t become legal for import until 8 more months

@baddonkey75

10 ай бұрын

@@Skendybendie the year that was sold in the USA should be legal. No matter what.

@intercede007

9 ай бұрын

​@@baddonkey75 "Should" and "are" are two different things. Without a certification of conformity from Honda the imported car, even of the same year and spec, is not legal to register in the United States.

@farristrey

9 ай бұрын

​​​@@intercede007you're 💯. A state will issue a title, license, and you can even insure an illegally imported car. It doesn't make it federally legal and they are seized daily. Get pulled over by a state DOT or be the cause of an accident, the federal government WILL seize it. You get nothing. It's not like "you got it to the States and home, nothing we can do". No, they seize it.

My buddies dad would buy a German m3 import it to Mexico, he'd buy an American m3 , drive it to mexico , swap out the vin , plates ect , and drive the german back , and have someone sell the neutered American version

@brianstan2632

6 ай бұрын

👏 🔥

@johnjames5842

6 ай бұрын

@@brianstan2632 my buddy has his dad's classic AMG Mercedes and it's the German version, has 100hp more than the American version , it's that 2 door that Samuel L Jackson drives in the movie Jackie Brown, he did the same thing with that Mercedes, import to Mexico, drive American version to Mexico, swap vin and plates ect, sell the American version, and you got an Autobahn ready beast

@GlenDiesel86

4 ай бұрын

False. All my brothers Mercedes Benz’s were imported here straight from Germany. It’s just a wait when it reaches the port.

@brandonparsons8867

Ай бұрын

Why bother? We bought a BMW on our trip to Germany and just had it shipped back. There was some important tax but still better than renting for the month in Germany and then buying one when we got home. Then when sold we got an extra $1000 because it was a 325 instead of 325i

@NinjaThatLongboards

5 күн бұрын

Swapping VINs sounds insanely illegal

"Its illegal to IMPORT here. I've imported cars..."

@JunkoXan

9 ай бұрын

he's imported cars that were already here in the US, Like Civics, NSX's and so on... so technically any US counterpart Japan has can be imported with 0 issues. that is what he means

@sacredgear

6 ай бұрын

@@JunkoXanthat’s not true at all. I

@alexgrinage

2 ай бұрын

​@sacredgear what he means, and he doesn't tell you on purpose if you import it to another country like Canada than here. But that's super expensive. 6-10k just for the imparting

@CGoody564

2 ай бұрын

​@@sacredgear it is though

@sacredgear

2 ай бұрын

@@CGoody564 it’s not. You can’t just import a car just because it has a US equivalent.

25 year thing just makes it easier to get plates for any car to drive it on the public road

Im starting to see 6th gen accords pop up every now and then for import. Im dying to get a euro 6th gen

@charismamods1406

10 ай бұрын

I live in Europe and 6th Gen Accord is undervalued here. Driving my 4th 6th Gen 🫶

@Fauxghost

10 ай бұрын

@@charismamods1406 I loved mine had it about 10 years ago v6 auto but I need a manual this time

@TheDarkPacific

10 ай бұрын

Yooo that's dope asf. Didn't know of the euro varient. Apparently Japan had a wagon varient

@dynomantar9733

9 ай бұрын

Just get a manual 9.5 gen accord coup. Better looking car, faster, v6 vtec (w vtec sounds,) all with heated leather seats and factory touch screen radio and nav.

@charismamods1406

9 ай бұрын

@@dynomantar9733 Not available in Europe 🥲

Ahh the whole “it’s not illegal to have cocaine in my pocket, it’s illegal to hand the guy $80 as he hands me a bag of white powder” conundrum

@tailwatcher2500

10 ай бұрын

It's actually not illegal to be high on cocaine, it's illegal to possess cocaine and cocaine paraphernalia. It's only illegal to be highly intoxicated in public on alcohol. Every other drug is legal to be high on in public as long as you're not driving or unruly.

@KVNGK30N

10 ай бұрын

Do sum research my boy

@SOLOLIKETHECUP212

10 ай бұрын

​​@@tailwatcher2500exactly, ive argued this shit before with people, if you're high in your own home......its completely legal, its illegal to buy and possess it, not ingest it Edit: i still think if they discover that you're high in public, theyll try their hardest to arrest you for public intoxication......

@GodGangBlessed

10 ай бұрын

​@@tailwatcher2500Some states have possession by ingestion. All so south dokota has inhabitanting a residence where drugs are consumed. Lol ya but most states your right.

@GabrielRodriguez-jw1fw

9 ай бұрын

Its also illegal to give some one drugs even if they don’t pay u

The part he is leaving out is that the car has to already be available in the states. If it’s not they can crush your shit

@hrhagadorn

10 ай бұрын

The other part is you can import cars here if you don't title and plate them. Granted you can't drive them on the street so why bother but for a track car or a show car only it is ok.

@mattyv6605

9 ай бұрын

It has to meet certain standards tho as well like the dash can’t be in kilometers and needs specific documentation. Same with Canadian cars there’s a process unless he just knows someone at the DMV or has some bs documents

@hrhagadorn

9 ай бұрын

@@mattyv6605 The kilometers thing isn't a big deal if the car was sold in the US. I've worked on Canadian cars that are now in the US and legal. They were common cars though. Only way you could tell was the KM over MPH and such. But you can own just about any car if you don't title or insure or late it in the US. But if you drive it on the road and are caught it will get crushed.

@fromwisconsin4573

Ай бұрын

It doesn't need to be in mph unless your in California or any equally strict state or county. In wisconsin only Milwaukee has to deal with that nonsense.

@fromwisconsin4573

Ай бұрын

As far as under 25 years to be legal a civic type r isn't legal until now. This guy could have had his car crushed with no legal recourse because of the engine. It was never offered in that specific car in that configuration. You could get a single cam civic that's Japanese because it's also sold in the USA that way. Only a car guy cop would know the type r engine is not the same as the 2000 si b16. But that would have absolutely gotten his car impounded and crushed if stopped by a cop who actually knew the laws and that cars details

They actually did the crash testing. The issue was Moto x stopped. Actually, making the changes to the vehicles onto this day won't release the crash test information so someone else can reinforce them appropriately. Also a USDM and a JDM Civic have different chassis reinforcement and minor details are different like tail lights

Very true theirs a importing shop in CT and it’s the same as Japan and able to register insure and drive off the lot legally !

@analogueoverdigital929

9 ай бұрын

Yes there is. I live in CT and cannot wait to go there. Just another 10 or 15k and I may afford it😂. Not bank loaning another car from here on out. I learned my lesson the hard way regarding the dealer ripoff financing😂

@johnW2G

9 ай бұрын

@@analogueoverdigital929 there ya go man . What you trying to get ? i recently had to finance due to my car getting totaled . Sucks but eventually will pay off. But I really want a RHD civic

They also give exemptions for “Rare and Unique” many Skylines imported in the 2000’s fell in this loophole for people who knew how to complete the paperwork.

so there’s two ways to get around it. register it as non-op. it sits in your garage. secondly, import it to canada and register it there. then it’s fully legal to drive into the states and registerable because it’s a canada car. sure it’s from japan and you have the import licenses but it’s registered in canada. we have 0 import laws on canada

@wd8005

9 ай бұрын

Lol at 0 import laws, Canada has a 15yrs old import law.

@user-hu6cy4ps6b

9 ай бұрын

@@wd8005 must be new. last i was looking back in 2015 or so the import laws were nonexistent. however a lot changed during trumps presidency

@death2sora

11 күн бұрын

@@user-hu6cy4ps6bbro how you gonna put that on trump 😭😭😭😭😭

@00O000OO

22 сағат бұрын

Try to permanently bring a W205 Mercedes C Class wagon from Canada to USA and you’ll see there are in fact quite a bit of import laws from Canada. Tourists can drive around USA for 6 months on Canadian plates but that’s it.

@user-hu6cy4ps6b

11 сағат бұрын

@@death2sora i didn’t put it on trump but for example we put taxes on all goods imported from china, per trump. bills get passed during presidencies and it just so happens to be that president. again, not saying it’s trumps fault 😂

I always had ours sent to Nicaragua and drove them over the boarder

This dude is why people pay money then the government comes and takes their shit..

@superadvanracing3740

10 ай бұрын

You didn't understand what he said he didn't explain it well but basically if you had a 180sx from canada you could bring it to American because its similar to the 240sx which was crash tested. The loophole is for like candians who want to move to america and keep their car

@alexgrinage

10 ай бұрын

Lol. Did hide it well ship it to another country aka Canada than us. Its not secret who has the bread for it and want to so its a lil unknown. There are other way. Also driving it from Canada is not importing it.

@illtimedwillinc7934

9 ай бұрын

He is right tho... you can absolutely import a car that's been here already

@lamontgarnesjr4638

9 ай бұрын

No, these are the laws that business owners and politicians use to conduct trade. 🤷🏾‍♂️ It’s just weird to you because you don’t conduct international trade.

@micharel937

9 ай бұрын

@@superadvanracing3740no way Canadians would move down to the states

The grey import market has been around forever. The 25yr rule iust means its finally *easy* to import. It was never impossible

Tell this to the 350+ people who’s ended up with SoHo imported cars. I owned one. DMV sent me a letter saying “we need that title back”

@cdmills252

10 ай бұрын

What happened after that?

@BrianCrofoot

10 ай бұрын

@@cdmills252 I had sold the car 6 months before the court ruling because I was having my first child. They sent the new owner the same thing, and he had to turn the title in. Now he has a 650hp R33 GTS25t that he can’t register or drive on the street. I felt terrible when I heard the news, but I had no idea this crap was happening.

@cdmills252

10 ай бұрын

@@BrianCrofoot dang thats jack up. That a big paper weight to have. I bet it was nice though.

@BrianCrofoot

10 ай бұрын

@@cdmills252 yeah it was horrible. I felt terrible for the guy because he paid me top dollar for a fully built car, shipped it 6 states over and then only got to enjoy it for less than a year. I had no idea. All I can say is do your research before buying one of these cars!

@madmatt2024

10 ай бұрын

@@BrianCrofoot Guy could have just not sent the title back and titled it in another state or Canada.

I need 15 AU Falcons stat😂😂

Cool, now when does the "how to" part come in?

@dand5829

9 ай бұрын

The same car model has to have been sold in the US. That’s the how to.

How insane that death trap rat rods are road legal by not an R34.

Me in canada not needing to wait to have them

@narutwodjf

2 ай бұрын

Must be nice 🥲

@S1KRRDreamQuebec

Ай бұрын

well not everywhere in quebec any RHD need to have at least 25YR to be registered on the road but if it LHD no problem !

As much as i wish my hatch was an import. Im just as happy with my domestic. And its midori green no type r was. Ill take a rare color at a lower price tag.

@tailwatcher2500

10 ай бұрын

A importer near me brought in a EK Spoon hatch with the blue and yellow livery. I may have also seen an EG Spoon hatch in the same area but it was night so I couldn't really tell. White EGs with black hoods have been popular since Gran Tourismo on PS1. The blue and yellow livery is unmistakable though.

@jarlkarl3577

10 ай бұрын

@tailwatcher2500 gotta love a good spoon anything. If I could afford the parts I'd love to drop a spoon engine in the car once this little d series dies.

You can title any car if you have your DOT HS-7, EPA 3520 and CBP 7501 forms. Also look up nhtsa list of approved vehicles 2023. Those cars are all ready approved 😁. That's what he's referring to.

@tigerstallion

2 ай бұрын

states title cars, so it'd be up to local regulations.

I’ve know that for ages. But thank you for pointing it out sir. Glad somebody know it too. 😂

@GlidingBoulder

9 ай бұрын

Well why the hell didn't you tell everyone? Hiding the know know from us all preventin us from having jdm street races like it's 1999. Jerk! Jk lol😊

There were companies in Orlando Florida that imported then modified the skylines to the safety standard basically a beam in the doors and emission. But this was in the early 2000s

He’s not lying. Used to see Frankie’s Type R at local meets all the time like 10 years ago in NJ.

Yes. The rule is if there is already a car here that is significantly similar to what you wish to import. Especially makes and Models that correspond to one another and have already passed crash and emissions testing here

Grown man tears with that Charmander line in the end ✊

Having it here is also illegal, r34s specifically have been crushed for this reason. That's like saying smuggling drugs is the only illegal part about drugs, having them and using them isn't . 😂 Just because your state doesn't catch it, doesn't mean it's federally legal. At thw very least it will be crushed, the worst you might go to jail.

@Hondaguru1122

5 ай бұрын

Other than the BS with motorex YEARS AGO, who’s skylines are getting crushed? Or is this a fan boy comment for clout on KZread?

@ichigonubetube

5 ай бұрын

@@Hondaguru1122 Any vehicle that wasn't imported properly, is subject to be crushed. There's very limited ways to import these cars, next to none. One of which is a temporary import, and it needs to be shipped our in a year I believe, or it will be seized and crushed, or it's needs to be a show car, of which is very strict. 99.99999% of cars wouldn't qualify. There to my knowledge isn't any registered importers for this car, not anymore, and alot of people are buying these cars that are technically illegal, because they will just pull them from Canada because it's easier to import them there, and they rely on the state registration to be lax. Just because your state allows you to register it, doesn't mean it's legal to do so. You could potentially get by a few years if your lucky, but your car getting crushed is always possible, and it has happened. You can't just have something illegal, and keep it. There is no work around, if there was, do you think more people wouldn't have them???

@Hondaguru1122

5 ай бұрын

@@ichigonubetubeappreciate your response. It’s been almost two years in a month and a half. Where are the crushed cars? Even if 1 was crushed, we would hear about it. All of us on all social media.

True that, my hbs brother has a 2022 chevy cheyenne single cab big screen 5.3 v8 which we never got here in the states

He’s right I had a 2005 RHD type R integra(RSX)in 2005 . No issue’s with registration

The 25 year limit on import is only part of the regulation. His civic met the requirement of similar to the USDM model of the same car.

Should post the podcast first then post clips lol

@StreetAlphaPodcast

10 ай бұрын

Episode is out

@GasBabyDee58

10 ай бұрын

this is basically like a trailer to reel you in

guys, the reason cars are illegal in the states is due to safety guidelines. every country has different guidelines so some manufactures wont adapt the car to some countries. The reason the 2017 was able to be imported was because it did pass the safety regulations put in place.

By the car, pay them extra to ship it disassembled, build it then get registration

So I could get that new G81 😂😂😂

@mk6noodle942

10 ай бұрын

not quite since we don't have the g81 in our market, it has to be sold here for you to import one thats less than the 25 years old

I always see 2019 jimmy’s on Facebook marketplace

My aunt was stationed in Germany and bought a car. After a few years she got sent to Colorado. When she went export the car to the US they required her to change the brakes, windshield, windows, backglass and something else. The cost was gonna be outrageous when added to the shipping cost so she sold it back to the dealership for like $1,000 more than she owed. This was back in the late 80s or early 90s. I would hate to see what it would cost to do all of that today.

It is illegal to have here in some states because some cars are not smog legal and will not pass emissions so they are not legal to own because they cannot be registered. There's loopholes people use to have them registered in other states but that's a lot of extra steps that doesn't guarantee you won't be harassed for owning it.

For my American friends import jdm cars from Canada up here we only have to wait 15 years it’s a lot cheaper to import from Canada then Japan just a little life hack for ya

It don’t matter if it’s right hand drive if we have it in the states in left hand because it’s the same. Any car that isn’t in the states has to wait for 25 year mark

You could’ve imported the Skyline as a kit car or a race car but neither could be driven on the road. Also once it was registered that way you couldn’t re-register it as a regular car. I tried my best to bring my R33 GTR back from Japan. I talked extensively with the DOT and EPA to see what could be done. This was in 2001 though and that car cost me around 10K USD.

I’m not worried about importing, I’m worried about paying 20% APR for a loan. Who knows a better way then just taking out a personal loan where you’ll end up paying like 37k at the end cause fuck that

That's true I knew a guy who had a 2010 RHD legacy gt in 2012. If the model already exists here you can import the same one from another country

Try that in California.

Id love to dk this fkr a 1st gen frs. Man the jdm versikn is soooo pretty.

It's because of the chicken tax

So if a version of the car is already state side it's ok to import it

@TheprodigyTrickShot

10 ай бұрын

yes if it was sold in the us its legal

im glad the s15 is going to be unbanned in the us

Feds gonna raid him😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I work at a shipping port and unload carships sometimes

For all the kids who want to do that, you need to become what’s called a Registered importer if you want to do under 25yrs. Source - I am a logistics consultant - and you will need to have a DMV inspection in most states

@kennethhill-pm5pg

7 ай бұрын

You can do it without being registered and just use as show and display ?

Only 15yrs in Canada, we get a lot of imports and people buy them in the states

Ahhhh yes the similar models clause. So long as there was a U.S. spec version of the car you can import it no matter the age

The fact they used Beamng and it was a clip of a R34 crashing into a wall in the testing map…

My manager had a right hand side jeep, but it is very hard to get a vehicle like that. Like he said, the car asked to be in United States, but you can reconstruct the registration. It’s not that there was a 25 year law you just have to go to fucking DMV four times

I like how he starts talking all big and it’s about a civic in the end 😭

@cookmania3465

2 ай бұрын

That's not a base model civic. Everything isn't hellcats and trackhawks we want k trucks and Suzuki Jimnys too

@death2sora

11 күн бұрын

yea and that trim of the civic makes it worth more than your car, house, and your yearly salary 😂😂

You forgot one thing, the glass. Japan use different glass than we do and is not legal here in the US, you will have to put safety glass in it if you import it legally, you can argue all you want but that is fact

If there's an equivalent USDM car, you can import a brand new whatever it is. That's per NHTSA guidelines. Only model of GTR before that you can import are R33 specifically 96-98 and that's thanks to motorex. Anything else was illegal. And made even more scrutinized...also thanks to motorex.

Isn’t it 15 years in Canada ?

@joshuaogden8446

10 ай бұрын

Yup. Drive it over the border and sell it.

Not true, that’s how you eventually find your self with a car thats on fbi’s list for registration revocation lol

Thanks for telling us how

I remember specifically in 99 some guy two doors down from my friend in Tampa had a brand new R34. White, plain Jane, no tint, bone stock

You can only import under that if there is a vehicle already legally being sold in the USA that is similar to what you want to import, such as that civic

@empoleon621

10 ай бұрын

So could you import something like a Toyota 86?

You can thank US Mercedes-Benz (dealerships, not Mercedes as a company) for the US import laws. In the 1970's and 1980's, German luxury cars were starting to get very popular in the US, and because of high dealer markups on Mercedes, many Americans would just import brand new cars straight from Germany themselves and pay a lot less even when you factor in shipping and making them US road compliant. US Mercedes dealerships lobbied hard for this import ban.

Yea a that was a flex bac in 2003 pop the hood on prelude str8 from JP

What he’s talking about is the “significantly similar” or “substantially similar” (I don’t remember which one, don’t hate me) clause in US import laws. Typically only applies to vehicles sold in Canada and Mexico, however can be used as a basis in which to import a newer than 25 year old vehicle from another country. The law states that in order to be eligible to import it must bear permanent marking (from the manufacturer) that state that the vehicle complied with NHTSA regulations. If it doesn’t then it isn’t legal for import until it’s 25 years old or older. Which raises the question; why bother? Sure, it would be cool having a RHD car in the US, but you’re looking at paying whatever the sticker price is, the import duty fees which can be around 2.4% for motorcycles, 2.5% for cars, or 25% for trucks. Plus if it’s coming from Japan then it’ll have to come from a used car dealer unless you can get a Japanese citizen to buy the car on your behalf (seen it plenty of times. I’ve even seen guys “borrow” their friends Japanese wife/husband to buy a new car) and then ship it, which costs a couple grand by itself.

I live in Vancouver Canada and back in the late 90s early 2000s we could get skylines imported herr through shipping companies for under 15 grand and sell them for 20-30 grand. We made bank on those. They were incredible cars and still are.🏦🤑

Plus depends on state..

25 year law only applies if it doesnt have a model here. Like he said the civic was sold here. So its legal to import. Same goes for the Cresida and the JZX. Same exact car model, just renamed for different countries.

You get them via canada

The 25 year law for imports is because the car would be considered an "Antique" where under those stipulations the car registered would be under STRICT rules as to when it can be driven on the road legally. Importing a vehicle with a 10 digit vin into America is still NOT legal unless you have ways to manipulate the registration.

My 1990 hilux was always getting hate at the dmv bc they said it was not supposed to be in America but I got lucky and the lady took my title and where it said hilux she went on the computer and made it say pickup😂 she was the best ever idk but she might have gotten fired bc I never seen her working there before and I hate that she might have been fired for helping me but I had my tag and sticker so I was happy as I could be I had waited years and been building everything up and didn't think there was laws against vehicles like mine being driven in America idk why they don't let everybody get what they want hellcats are 1000hp stock now why not let us have our tt civics and skylines and supra it really doesn't add up as to why they don't want those nice cars here bc they faster than most lmfao

@luckxxterra2132

10 ай бұрын

I’d be impressed by anyone who reads all this shit in one breath bruh

@kickthots2824

9 ай бұрын

@@luckxxterra2132Lmfao on god. There wasn’t any type of punctuation in that wall of text

Good save on the Skylines. 😅.

Where I live, I see a ton of cars from china that were never meant to be here in the states. No clue how they get them here but they’re registered and everything

The skyline is basically a awd 240sx

Interesting there’s a guy in my area in Orlando who somehow got a Amg hatchback/wagon. And it’s a 2016. So idk how he got that cause the USA market never sold those hatchbacks

Use the show and display law

@TheprodigyTrickShot

10 ай бұрын

most people actually would like to drive the car they spent tons of money on lol

You're talkin about the similar car Clause and excludes any good cars or engines

Silvia just lifted like a year or two! Shit once I get my money up🤧🤧

He is correct it is Titled as as “Non-Standard” VIN because it is not 17 digits. Valid.

The 25 yr rule really only applies to cars that won't pass inspections

The civic guy....

Felt bad , i worked for Nissan in canada and a gentleman called in needing work on his skyline that he illegally imported. I spoke one of the higher ups and he said he assumed they will tell him to go to a dealer and hold onto the car till it can pass. Some 20 year old dude who got a ton of money

So I can technically buy a blobeye sti from Japan rn😊

Interesting. Wouldn’t mind having an S15

When dealership made shortage of cars, JDM is killing it..

Wasn’t the 25 year rule law made by Mercedes Benz due to people buying the cars straight from Germany cheaper so the US market had too put a stop too it

My understanding it wasn’t illegal it import it but to drive them for other than stated , like my buddys show and display 34 he’s had for awhile , I just got mine titles in Washington which says I can only put 100 miles on the day daily

@xFactoryUSA

10 ай бұрын

You can put a front clip jdm on a usdm car and still have a regular vin that passes smog 😂😂😂 this guy just doesn’t want his trick out there so he comes off more mythical than it really is

@TridentFresh

10 ай бұрын

@@xFactoryUSA yeah that works too lol

@kennethhill-pm5pg

7 ай бұрын

So that’s basically show and display correct? You don’t need to be a registered importer to do this correct?

Nothing gets the girls goin like a 10 digit vin

It’s 15 in Canada

Here in Canada i do believe its a hard 15 year wait.

Exactly. All you need is the smog equipment and your set

In simplest terms, if the car already exists in america and passed crash and smog testing, you can import it.

Insert... the grey market rule. Have one in my garage, hint it's almost 40 now, but was imported within the year it was built

You can thank good ol Mercedes Benz for lobbying for this law.

@blakemyers7763

9 ай бұрын

wym

@hunterishman

9 ай бұрын

@@blakemyers7763 Mercedes basically started the regulations and legalities in regards to “Gray Market” cars. I don’t remember the full story but basically Mercedes tried to get the upper hand on the market in the US by making it harder for other manufacturers to sale/import here. Essentially eliminating the competition and then that led to importation laws and all that. Someone with more knowledge can chime in and add to/correct me.

@BOMBON187

9 ай бұрын

It sounds more like something big 3 would have done.

You can import them you have to pay duty though

So theres hope to import a rhd g81 m3 ? Or does the crash test have to be based on the us spec Version of a car?

Crash testing a r34 is criminal