Legalizing a Nissan GT-R or GT-S to US standards

[sami]

Originally posted by Sadistic
See that's kind of what I thought.. they just didn't seem right to me.. Well that fixes that..haha RB or MotoRex it is.. Will RB or MR find you a skyline? or do you only get to choose from their stocklist?

I believe you can tell them what year and colour you want and they'll try to find you one. RB Motoring I'm not sure about, they might be just selling the cars on their stocklist. Sean will propably answer this with more accuracy soon.

[nave_in_nc]

I've been reading all the posts but I'm still not getting the point. Let's say for instance I can come up with a Skyline, shipped over via an outside party, so now I have a nonmodified Skyline. You're telling me there's no way I can get it modified? In this day and age? I'm finding this hard to believe. That not just any Nissan dealership can or will do it I can believe but in this country today I have trouble believing that they allow one maybe 2 companies to charge a fortune for something like this with no chance for competition. Hell, and adventurous entreprenour could do simply what you said and crash up a skyline, and one from motorex and simply find the extra or missing parts. simple. There has to be a way to modify a Skyline without going through Motorex and being bled to death.

[jas4811]

Here's a link for what was done to make a GTR conform to DOT.

Since the other thread has been closed the other importer no longer does importation of Skylines.

NHTSA

[Hudson]

Originally posted by nave_in_nc
I've been reading all the posts but I'm still not getting the point. Let's say for instance I can come up with a Skyline, shipped over via an outside party, so now I have a nonmodified Skyline. You're telling me there's no way I can get it modified? In this day and age? I'm finding this hard to believe. That not just any Nissan dealership can or will do it I can believe but in this country today I have trouble believing that they allow one maybe 2 companies to charge a fortune for something like this with no chance for competition. Hell, and adventurous entreprenour could do simply what you said and crash up a skyline, and one from motorex and simply find the extra or missing parts. simple. There has to be a way to modify a Skyline without going through Motorex and being bled to death.

You're assuming that there's a market for $100k cars in the US. With the way the laws of supply and demand work, if there were a market for these vehicles, other companies would pop up...but there's no market. You can't get these cars repaired at a Nissan dealer...they don't come with warranties...the factory claims no responsibility for them. That sounds like a car I want to pay 100 large for.

[RazorGTR]

Originally posted by jas4811
Here's a link for what was done to make a GTR conform to DOT.

Since the other thread has been closed the other importer no longer does importation of Skylines.

NHTSA

#1 Your link doesnt work.
#2 Your thread was closes as you have not provided substantial proof.
#3 Continue down this roas without proof and you and I are going to have a major problem.
#4 There has been far too much crap on this subject over the past years and until someone can show me ABSOLUTE proof it is a dead subject and will remain that way. If other companies were or individuals were legalizing the Skyline for the States they sure as shit would advertising it!

Don't make me come back here again and correct you becuase honestly I am tiring of it quickly mate.

[jas4811]

Since this maybe my last post or this may be deleted by RazorGTR

the link address is
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

click on advance
check off volumes 1999-2003
type in GTR in the search box and enter

It was the 15th one down says
fr19ja00N Decision that Nonconforming 1990-1999 Nissan GTS and GTR

Good luck with everyone

[RazorGTR]

I really want to see what you're talking about but couldn't find fr19ja00N. If someone does post a direct link to it please.

[Sadistic]

He was a tad wrong on the name.. http://frwebgate6.access.gpo.gov/cgi...ction=retrieve

[flylwsi]

You're telling me there's no way I can get it modified? In this day and age? I'm finding this hard to believe.

simple answer.

nope, no one but motorex.

rb motoring gets skylines from the JDM, but motorex legalizes them.
motorex gets them legalized. you don't need to buy it from motorex, but they can still help you legalize it.

a nissan dealer wouldn't touch it. why would they want to legalize a used car?

[spooleffect]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-99-5507; Notice 2]


Decision that Nonconforming 1990-1999 Nissan GTS and GTR
Passenger Cars Are Eligible for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA that nonconforming 1990-1999
Nissan GTS and GTR passenger cars are eligible for importation.

btw- links to the page won't work, the link has a session id so it won't work after about 10 minutes.

Final Decision

"Accordingly, on the basis of the foregoing, NHTSA hereby decides
that 1990-1999 Nissan GTS and GTR Passenger cars are eligible for
importation into the United States because they have safety features
that comply with, or are capable of being altered to comply with, all
applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards."

Skylines can be legal in America with SEVERAL "alterations" to the vehicle to make it comply with US standards; everything is listed in the document. All of those mods are the reasons why only one company in america performs the needed mods. Several custom made parts need to be fabricated and not too many companies are willing to put resources into making these parts and alterations to legalize a car in america that has no market. Motorex charges so much because they have to put so much into making all of the modifications.

In the end, if you want a skyline you can either pay ~$30,000-$90,000 to have a street legal car or find a decent r32 gt-s for ~$7,000 and use it as a race or show pony.
(Don't forget about insurance and annual registration costs either.)

So if you can afford a legal Skyline, awesome! If not; having a Skyline that is just a racer and or show girl, is better than having no Skyline at all.

[SkylineUSA]

Hey, thats old news.

[Gtr2.7L]

Originally posted by sami

I believe you can tell them what year and colour you want and they'll try to find you one. RB Motoring I'm not sure about, they might be just selling the cars on their stocklist. Sean will propably answer this with more accuracy soon.

Having sat down and had dinner with the owner of Motorex no less than two nights ago....I can tell you they aren't making hand over fist money for converting GTR's.....

This myth that they are jacking up the price because they can is rediculous. Everyone seems to forget there are a number other operating costs besides just making the car legal.....

[Kinerry]

like paying each employee 200 grand a year to jack up prices

[omegasky]

Originally posted by spooleffect
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-99-5507; Notice 2]


Decision that Nonconforming 1990-1999 Nissan GTS and GTR
Passenger Cars Are Eligible for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA that nonconforming 1990-1999
Nissan GTS and GTR passenger cars are eligible for importation.

btw- links to the page won't work, the link has a session id so it won't work after about 10 minutes.

Final Decision

"Accordingly, on the basis of the foregoing, NHTSA hereby decides
that 1990-1999 Nissan GTS and GTR Passenger cars are eligible for
importation into the United States because they have safety features
that comply with, or are capable of being altered to comply with, all
applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards."

Skylines can be legal in America with SEVERAL "alterations" to the vehicle to make it comply with US standards; everything is listed in the document. All of those mods are the reasons why only one company in america performs the needed mods. Several custom made parts need to be fabricated and not too many companies are willing to put resources into making these parts and alterations to legalize a car in america that has no market. Motorex charges so much because they have to put so much into making all of the modifications.

In the end, if you want a skyline you can either pay ~$30,000-$90,000 to have a street legal car or find a decent r32 gt-s for ~$7,000 and use it as a race or show pony.
(Don't forget about insurance and annual registration costs either.)

So if you can afford a legal Skyline, awesome! If not; having a Skyline that is just a racer and or show girl, is better than having no Skyline at all.

as skylineusa said that's old news!!
ah, i posted that a long time ago on SDU, probably found the thread .

gtr2.7l, mind me asking what you ate with hiro , hope it wasn't calamari.

[Kinerry]

Well I've researched this up the yin yang and got a completed list of the needed modifications, and unless you are a body shop and have thousands to waste as it is, you aren't getting one converted

The main component to getting a conversion is a replacement of the entire chassis, an expensive AND lengthy process even by itself