S-15 Importation-Where can i Get One?

First off let me say that if this has been asked before im sorry for bringing it back up. My question is simple, Who can I get to import me a S-15? Any help is greatly appriciated. Thanks and sorry again for bringing it back up if it had been asked before.

someone in japan with a boat. lol but seriously i dont think there are any companies doing it. so my first answer stands.

uh oh... i highly recommend you delete your post and "SEARCH" elsewhere or just "FAQ" off.

if you are just an average joe off the street that doesnt have connections or doesnt own a shop, just forget about it. unless you have a ship and you sail to japan and buy it and come back, and then when you get back you have to make it legal. good luck with that one.
and s15's in america ARE NOT LEGAL, period.

if you are just an average joe off the street that doesnt have connections or doesnt own a shop, just forget about it. unless you have a ship and you sail to japan and buy it and come back, and then when you get back you have to make it legal. good luck with that one.
and s15's in america ARE NOT LEGAL, period.

Well my dad and a friend of mine be opening a shop so how would that help?

i think a shop can own the title to it just not an individual. since the car was never made in america theres lots of red tape but it can be done.

i think a shop can own the title to it just not an individual. since the car was never made in america theres lots of red tape but it can be done.

But would the shop having the title make it street legal though, cause i know there pretty much Illegal in the US and what exactly would i need to do if I did put it in the name of the shop? Any info would greatly greatly help.

from what i have heard and know it is a big pain to do this. though it can be done it is very costly and i assume some kind of connections are needed. for a car to be legal in the USA it must pass certain restrictions. i think it is mainly safety, but i could be wrong. so bascially, if you were to get an s15 over here you would have to find a company that knows and is willing to take the s15 and make it pass all those guidlines set by the US. plus, i think couple of them need to be crash tested, which means those cars are totaled afterwards. or if you do import one you only drive it on the track, but that ins't street legal obviously. goodluck on it if you do manage get one over here going to cost a lot of money. s15 is a nice car and all, but the amount of money you would most likely spend you should just buy a cheaper car and invest the money into it.

your best best is to get one in a box of cracker jacks. thats how i got mine

wow i didnt know there were 2 of us! i eat cracker jacks all the time and then finally one day i got my new S15. then i got my GT28RS from a coke cap. lucky me!

you should see the cool shit i win from eating cereal all the time.

I won a type R sticker from a box of rice crispies :wink:

whahahhaahahahaah^^^^ now that was clever.

anyways, you can do it. The local shop here imported a r34 skyline all by themselves. They drive it non stop. No motorX here. i dont know how they did it. But there site says that they can import cars. So i dont know, im not to in to importing so iv never went up there to get the nitty gritty.

heres the site, you may want to email them and ask?
click on the "engines" tab up top of the site.

http://www.adrenalinexxx.com/default.htm

The ONLY way to drive an S15 LEGALLY in the US is to have it registered in the name of a business. There is NO OTHER way. They HAVE TO HAVE CORPORATE sponsorship.

anyone know of a website that shows the laws for the importing cars and whatnot?

Probably the DOT site. Even if you do have the car in the name of a business, I think there is a mileage limit on it or something. Oh and btw, the site Chuki posted says "We can import a car that is perfect for show or race." which pretty much means they are not street legal.

500whp.com has brought in "legal" track s15s, r34s, etc etc....

but remember.. leagl track cars...
no limitation on milage, or time in the country you pay for em.. you get them... but you have to trailer them around

^^^^^ whoa look out captain obvious

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^^^^^ whoa look out captain obvious
...right, i made that post for th eless educated people who are interested in the information...

but trying to be clever was on your agenda today, and im glad it went well for you :disappoin

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u cant smoke pot at work that sux

The ONLY way to drive an S15 LEGALLY in the US is to have it registered in the name of a business. There is NO OTHER way. They HAVE TO HAVE CORPORATE sponsorship.

Do you know what i would have to do this^^^^^?If not then thanks for tyhe help

Do you know what i would have to do this^^^^^?If not then thanks for tyhe help

You open a shop that modifies cars, then you fly to Japan and find the car you want, you then proceed to import it, talk to customs to figure that part out, you then bring it to the DMV and say you want to register it in the name of your shop as a project car, they say ok and you drive it home. But first, do you have a shop? If you have answered no then forget this idea right now.

anyone know of a website that shows the laws for the importing cars and whatnot?

there are a couple ways to get a car over but making it 50 state legal is the problem.

bring it over in parts , chasi, engine, panls... and register it as a kit car.
problem: what happens if you crash? I bet you won't get all you money back, actually I bet you won't get any where near what you payed.

import it as a show car but thats self-explanitory not a street car.

import as a race car agian self-explanitory not a street car plus you have to show alot of paper work, competition licence, letter from nissian saying that the car was made as a race car. And that car can never be converted to a street car.

if you want a street car you must pass DOT and EPA laws. First the car must pass DOT with crash tests if the car has ever passed the test before (no US equivalent or no one has done this before). Usually it's five cars that they crash but has been know to go up to six. List of cars can be found at WWW.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import

EPA regulations are alittle harder (at least for all of us non-calif. emission states we are not use to all of that B.S.) Fed emission test takes the car on a 11-mile dynorun starting from cold start.

Once a car has passed all tests it is then put on NHTSA list.

you can find more info on
www.epa.gov/otaq/imports

also buy a june edition of import tune they have a hole artical about importing cars legally

bring it over in parts , chasi, engine, panls... and register it as a kit car.
Can't do it. It is NOT legal in ANY state to do that. When it is reassembled it is STILL a Nissan S15 Silvia.

import it as a show car but thats self-explanitory not a street car.

import as a race car agian self-explanitory not a street car plus you have to show alot of paper work, competition licence, letter from nissian saying that the car was made as a race car. And that car can never be converted to a street car.This can be done ONLY in the rarest circumstances.

if you want a street car you must pass DOT and EPA laws. First the car must pass DOT with crash tests if the car has ever passed the test before (no US equivalent or no one has done this before).Incorrect. FIRST it must be on a list of cars that the USGovt has said they will allow this to be done for. The Silvia is NOT on that list....so it cannot be done.

The only way to have a street legal Silvia is to bring it over and register it with a corporate registration. These cars can be driven legally but are somewhat restricted in the annual mileage allowed.

Do race cars have to be registered? Couldn't you just import it under the radar if you wanted to race it?

can you just pretend you were trying to buy a full scale and full weight model and got tricked into purchasing an actual nissan car?

Do you know what i would have to do this^^^^^?If not then thanks for tyhe help

My dads opening a shop, so i guess I would kinda just have to start saving up some for a trip to japan and for the car since my dad dose not want to help me buy it.

well they arent cheap. The best idea i got is take the vin and tags and everything off a s14 and stamp them onto an S15 that you got here and try to register the car as an s14??

Can't do it. It is NOT legal in ANY state to do that. When it is reassembled it is STILL a Nissan S15 Silvia.

I've read the laws on kit cars and I see nothing that states that it can't be done. But again it's still kind of shady. My comment on this was not to tell people that are not problem go ahead and go this route quite the opposite. There are major problems with this route. I have personally see people go this route and it EVER works out in the end, sure you get the car but it's still a kit car and insurance, and DMV's look down at kit cars (at least that's my experience).


This can be done ONLY in the rarest circumstances.

Well actually importing a car over here isn't easy period. If he has a shop and has all the paper work it shouldn't be a problem. Again there's lots of paper work and all of it must be shown/filled out.

Do race cars have to be registered? Couldn't you just import it under the radar if you wanted to race it?.

Dude there is no such thing as under the radar when it comes to racing at sanctioned racing events. Believe me there are laws stopping you from trying to do this for a reason (Uncle Sam wants you to spend your money on US products) and they will check you paper work just like they check your car when you register to race. They want to make sure your car is here legally before you race. The last thing the want is something other racers can hang there hats on.

Incorrect. FIRST it must be on a list of cars that the US Govt has said they will allow this to be done for. The Silvia is NOT on that list....so it cannot be done.

Wrong the list is a list of cars that are pre-approved for import. To get a car approved you must go through all the crash tests and emissions and make sure you document every thing. Once a car has been approved through this process it goes on the list. Once a car is on the list you've got to find out what changes had to be made so it could pass.

Taken from NHTSA.Gov
"Under one of the exceptions to this prohibition, found in 49 U.S.C. § 30141, a motor vehicle that was not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable FMVSS can be lawfully imported into the United States, provided it is determined eligible for importation by NHTSA, and is imported by a registered importer, or by a person who has a contract with a registered importer to bring the vehicle into compliance with all applicable FMVSS following importation. Import eligibility decisions can be made either on the initiative of the Administrator or on the petition of a manufacturer or registered importer. One basis for determining a motor vehicle eligible for importation is that it 1) is substantially similar to a motor vehicle of the same model year that was manufactured for sale in the United States and certified by its manufacturer as complying with all applicable FMVSS and 2) is capable of being readily altered to comply with all applicable FMVSS. See 49 U.S.C. § 30141(a)(1)(A). Where there is no substantially similar U.S.- certified motor vehicle of the same model year, a vehicle can only be determined eligible for importation if its safety features comply with or are capable of being altered to comply with all applicable FMVSS based on destructive test information or other evidence NHTSA decides is adequate. See 49 U.S.C. § 30141(a)(1)(B)."




The only way to have a street legal Silvia is to bring it over and register it with a corporate registration. These cars can be driven legally but are somewhat restricted in the annual mileage allowed.

Man there is always more than one way to do something legal. All problems go away with the right amount of money. It's just that you NEED the money to make those types of problems to go away.

haha ohh man

How come the D1GP and JGTC cars can race here then? They are not legal in the US.

i am laughing my ass of at this

http://www.pewp.org/firewater.gif


thats hilarious

How come the D1GP and JGTC cars can race here then? They are not legal in the US.

They are registerd as race cars. You don't have to pass any of the tests stated above if you can prove the car was biult as a race car. Once a car has been registerd as a race car it can not be re-registerd as a street car. Laws are differant for importing a race car compared to a street car. Also you might notice a some rally events the cars have manufacturer plates. A car with those plates are EPA and DOT exempt. The only legal way to get those, that I know of, is to be a car manufacturer.

i am laughing my ass of at this

http://www.pewp.org/firewater.gif


thats hilarious

lol, funny vid

well all i know is the shop here got a r34 skyline and drives it where ever the fuck they plz. Not a race car, not a show car (well not strictly a show car). Its a streetable car.

Because, as said MANY times, it's registered to the shop!

chuki ask the shop about their skyline
like how they got it, how they registered it, basically just ask them everything hat u think we would want to know

chuki ask the shop about their skyline
like how they got it, how they registered it, basically just ask them everything hat u think we would want to know
indeed... tis good advice

why havent you done this already?