RHD Registration

i know this is on a car topic but every1 goes to this fourm so i had to ask it here. anyways i wanted to know how to register a rhd car in southern california (integra type r) a friend has bought me a car and is getting it shiped over here but i dont know how to legalize it and register it.. if some1 could plz help me that would be realy great. thanks for your time. would it be easier fi the car was registered in another state first then shiped to cali?. thanks again for your time.

I don't think you will be able to.

i know this is possible... its just... i dont know the process. doesnt any1 know? will anyone help me?

Not if you plan on keeping it RHD. In fact, it won't even pass customs until you have a registered importer change it all over for you (bumpers, headlights, brakelights, glass, LHD conversion, airbags, emissions systems, etc.). Good luck with that, it'll probably cost about $10-15,000 at the least.

I don't understand why RHD wouldn't be legal? Their's a woman here with a RHD Subaru Outback.

It isn't. Trust me, I've researched this many times.... even if he didn't have to have a LHD drive conversion done it would still cost at least several thousand dollars and >month to get it through customs.

It isn't. Trust me, I've researched this many times.... even if he didn't have to have a LHD drive conversion done it would still cost at least several thousand dollars and >month to get it through customs.Well I don't know how this woman can have a RHD car. She is a mail deliverer, maybe they're allowed.

that would be why. It is not legal for anyone else, though.

I don't understand why RHD wouldn't be legal? Their's a woman here with a RHD Subaru Outback.
RHD IS legal!! The issue ISN'T RHD vs LHD. That is not the problem. If you want a RHD Integra....you MAY have to convert a USDM Integra THAT is legal. The JDM Integra is different than the USDM one in ways OTHER than RHD.
ie
bumpers
side impact
wind screen
seatbelts
headlights
emissions
etc (I think you get the idea)

It is not legal for anyone else, though.
THAT is 100% WRONG!

LHD car's are Illegal in Australia, EXCEPT if they were built BEFORE 1968. I've seen a LHD car on our roads, it was fucking weird!

LHD car's are Illegal in Australia, EXCEPT if they were built BEFORE 1968. I've seen a LHD car on our roads, it was fucking weird!
...but aren't you glad RHD is legal there? If they were both illegal, you'd be up a shit creek without a paddle.

:D

What does LHD and RHD stand for?

What does LHD and RHD stand for?

Left Hand Drive [steering wheel on the American/French side]
Right Hand Drive[Steering wheel on the proper side]

THAT is 100% WRONG!


thank you
ec is making alot of post on the topic but he dosnt know anything
guess you never heard about motorex

http://www.motorex.net/skyline.html
i knew this guy in the tampa area .he was in the army and bought a silvia in japan some how he got to bring it home with him and it is registered in florida?

Where the steering wheel is is not an issue...

there are many companies that will import it for you and do all the necasary modifications to make it legal. Motorex is one of them, google it and you may find more. They will need to make emmisions and safety equipment legal in order for the car to get registered. being RHD does not matter only the emissions and safety equipment.

Also it will take a lot of cash and time to get it through. I believe some places charge upwards of 10,000. I'm not really sure of price only that it is expensive.

Is it really worth getting an Integra from Japan if you're going to spend 10 grand on getting it registered? Why not just get a USDM Integra and spend 10 grand on modifying it? It will be faster than a JDM.

or find one for sale that has already been registered and through all the BS. there was a nice JDm/RHD type R on ebay about a month ago in PA. be alot cheaper to have it shipped from east coast to west coast than to have one imported.

motorex only legalizes skylines.

As said before, RHD/LHD is not an issue. The price all depends on the car and if another car that year and modle have been tested by the importer lately. There must be a record of a crash test on file. If they don't have one, you have to get another car of the same year make and modle just for them to crash. This isn't a huge problem because you are importing a popular car. Chances are they have records of an Integra R of each year on file. You will have to get the emissions tested and various other things (not sure what all it intalls) I do know that all of this must be done before the car is imported, if not, you will not be able to register it. You could however have it shipped as is and transfer everthing over to an old junkyard Integra. (Or switch the vins) Either way.

Is it really worth getting an Integra....
NO! I'd rather eat worms.

NO! I'd rather eat worms.
Go ahead, eat worms for all I care

I'm not sure about any other states (I'm sure the same applies for them though) but a rhd car IS legal in California. The car only needs to pass emissions, DOT, Crash tests, among other regulations. The only thing you need to do is notify the DMV that it is a rhd vehicle and they will give you a special permit for it.

It's 50 state legal. RHD that is.

I dont know if its true or not, but last i heard from my friends mom who works at a dmv here in vegas, she said all you have to do is register the car as a RHD. And i think it costs you a shitload of moneyfor insurance. Now if you do the conversion yourself it costs $0.00 I have a friend at school who got a rhd conversion for his 90 crx. As i said before im not sure if im correct. Ive never really researched importing a rhd, so i may be completely wrong. :confused:

ok heres the thing... i know its legal i know that! ok lol onli thing is.. what do i need to do... all i know is bumper support,door reinforced, and glass... plus im getting the car as a gift... so im not paying anything...all i need to know is the process wand what needs to be changed.... the doors bumper supprt and galss is all being doen for me too...what else do i need??? thanks every1 and plz stop fighting on the boards! this is suppose to be a board for help not fighting. thanks again.

plus the car is in hawaii right now... not japan..will that make a difference????

plus the car is in hawaii right now... not japan..will that make a difference????
Well, is the car registered in Hawaii? because if it is, then I'm doubting there would be a hell of a lot of trouble, providing you can prove that it complies with state-specific safety/emissions laws.

no its not registered over there.. but they are doin the bumper support, door reinforcement, adn glass.... all i have to do is get it inspected and smoged...right??? and then do all the paper work... ????right???

I dont know why people keep assuming that they'll charge you more for insurance if the steering wheel is on a different side... christ people.

ok so... i got the crash standards coverd..... emissions shouldnt be different right... its a integra.. it should pass.... why wouldnt it? what else is needed?

You should be good. I guess. You can go to a site called Jay'sGarage (I think...) they import cars. You might be able to ask them. I'd find the site for you, but it's past my bed time. (Yeah right) Good night.

lol i know of them j-garage yeah but there in japan lol

ok so... i got the crash standards coverd..... emissions shouldnt be different right... its a integra.. it should pass.... why wouldnt it? what else is needed?

Depending on where you are buying it from and what work has been done you will need to have all headlights and tailights converted to US legal ones. What model year is the car? You might have already said but I'm too lazy to go back and see.

From what I've heard, the easiest way is to register the car as a kit car, but then insurance sucks.

From what I've heard, the easiest way is to register the car as a kit car, but then insurance sucks.
Then you heard wrong. You CAN'T register a car as a kit car unless it IS a kit car.

the car is a 98 integra type r...the rear lights r the same as american integra lights...the headlights r different but. i know thewy can pass cause ppl have passed them before...

I tell you what, if you want a USDM front end, I'll be a pal and trade you mine for your JDM front. Thats right, even trade. How about that?

...but aren't you glad RHD is legal there? If they were both illegal, you'd be up a shit creek without a paddle.

:D




yeah, we'd be still with horse and cart. We'd have better drivers though, and still manage to have the odd shit driver.