Importing

[CUTLIP]

i had found a 98 skyline gt-t 4 door in japan, and was wonderin what it would take for me to get it imported, the costs, and what changes i would need to make. does anybody know any customs brokers or any help at all? thanks guys. im currently a 94 3000gt vr4 owner, but wouldnt mind the change. thanks

[VQuick]

Skylines from 1996-up currently cannot be legalized for use in the US. This may change in the future. Just stick with your VR4 for now.

[Skyline4Life]

Vquick.... I hate to burst your bubble but I'm importing a 1996 Skyline GTS-T Type M hopefully before this school year starts. I just need to get the money for shipping

[Skyline4Life]

ok to put even more damming evedence against your post Vquick I just got off the phone with Motorex and told them my plan and they said they 96+Skylines CAN be Imported it'll just cost a whole lot

[thegladhatter]

I think that there must be import restrictions that differ between the GTR, GTS, and the GTST. I think that what VQuick was saying applies to the GTR. I could be wrong. I was one other time. I bought a pencil with an eraser on it once.

[VQuick]

Originally Posted by VQuick

Skylines from 1996-up currently cannot be legalized for use in the US. This may change in the future.

Originally Posted by Skyline4Life

Vquick.... I hate to burst your bubble but I'm importing a 1996 Skyline GTS-T Type M hopefully before this school year starts. I just need to get the money for shipping

Originally Posted by Skyline4Life

ok to put even more damming evedence against your post Vquick I just got off the phone with Motorex and told them my plan and they said they 96+Skylines CAN be Imported it'll just cost a whole lot

I hate to burst your bubble, but you need to get back on the phone and see if the car can be made legal or not.

Legalizing and importing are two very different things. Like I said earlier, this may change, so hopefully you'll get a different answer.

[Skyline4Life]

VQuick when I called MotoRex I asked if all the versions of Skylines could be imported AND legalized, the guy I talked to said yes. So I did check my facts, like I said before sorry to burst your bubble

[oi_boy]

That is not possible. I called motorex the other day to ask when the OBDII stuff would be done and they said give them another 2-3 months. They can be legalized.....but not at this time. They havent figured out how to change the OBDII yet.

[VQuick]

Originally Posted by oi_boy

That is not possible. I called motorex the other day to ask when the OBDII stuff would be done and they said give them another 2-3 months. They can be legalized.....but not at this time. They havent figured out how to change the OBDII yet.

Thank you. Tyndago aka Sean Morris(Used to work with Motorex, now with RB Motoring), isn't posting here much nowadays, but he is still at Freshalloy.com. Over there, he hasn't said anything to the effect that Motorex has figured out how to get around the OBD2 issue for 96+ Skylines yet.

[GTES-t]

Originally Posted by CUTLIP

i had found a 98 skyline gt-t 4 door in japan, and was wonderin what it would take for me to get it imported, the costs, and what changes i would need to make

Originally Posted by Skyline4Life

VQuick when I called MotoRex I asked if all the versions of Skylines could be imported AND legalized, the guy I talked to said yes. So I did check my facts, like I said before sorry to burst your bubble

Not ALL versions of Skylines can be imported an legalized. The car that started this subject cannot for one simple reason. It's a four door. That's what stopped mine from going back. When JK Motoring crash tested the Skylines for Motorex, they never crash tested any four doors. So, if you want to get a 4 door imported, you have to find an RI that will do the mods, at least one crash test (obviously means you have to import 2 cars at least) and get the car legalized. All I can say is good luck and I hope you have a big bank account.

[oi_boy]

at least one crash test (obviously means you have to import 2 cars at least) and get the car legalized

i heard from a the DOT and motorex, that you need to crash test 3 of the same model cars to get exact results for charting what needs to be done. so...4 cars minnimum.

[Skyline4Life]

Mine is a 2 door Skyline so that at least helps me out a bit

[oi_boy]

But still not the fact that its OBDII. Still cant be legalized. Give motorex a couple of months and they should be good to go. They said by the end of this year OBDII will be figured out.

[Skyline4Life]

well even better because I need to get the rest of my money together and it probably won't be till almost Nov, Dec

[1viadrft]

I hate lil' kids with gobs of money... or is it parents with money?

Didn't he just say he was getting a 4 door? Now he is getting a 2 door? HuH???