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Old 12-12-10, 08:00 PM
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Is there anyone on here importing sc's or supra's from japan? If so are you shipping to canada and driving over border? I would really like a RHD sc3.
Old 12-12-10, 08:04 PM
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importing scs arent very hard from what ive been told, the question as always is, do you have the cash?
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i remember some company in LA doing this.. It is $$$$$$$$$.. An R34 for example was costing upwards of $50k-60k a few years back
Old 12-12-10, 08:23 PM
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Phwoar. If that's the asking price for a GTT then I might as well sell my black/black VVTi 1J over there. Any takers for $40k?
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I wish I had a JDM Soarer! They were so much better than our SC's...
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sucked in guys
Old 12-13-10, 12:09 AM
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no seriously - if you want a JDM soarer - i personally suggest buying from either australia or japan..

if you need help - contact:

www.ironchefimports.com
www.j-specimports.com.au
www.importmonster.com.au

happy importing!!!!

PS: it shouldn't cost you THAT much!!!
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go to canada... they are there... also there is no boreder on the new york side just drive it into the us... and have fun registering. or buy a sc300 shell and put the vins on the soarer...
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would it even be legal to own one in over here? and if you do it will cost some serious cash, what with the us safety inspections, emissions, us dot standards, import fees, etc. i could be wrong as i'm drawing all this from my research in when finding out how to import a GT-R. 2014 FTW! 89 R32 becomes legal!
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Originally Posted by jadu
i remember some company in LA doing this.. It is $$$$$$$$$.. An R34 for example was costing upwards of $50k-60k a few years back
are you talkin about motorex? oh and fyi never asks these type of questions on that yahoo answer thing. some people do not know what the freak they are talkin about. honestly if owning a GT-R legally in the US meant just going from right to left hand drive, a lot of us would be driving imports right now. people these days. *smh*
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GTR is a special case, with all the stolen cars, money-laundrying and extortion going on back then. I think some of you may know what I'm talking about. What happened with that company has probably contributed a large part in importing cars over here today.
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Originally Posted by 3Rotor
GTR is a special case, with all the stolen cars, money-laundrying and extortion going on back then. I think some of you may know what I'm talking about. What happened with that company has probably contributed a large part in importing cars over here today.
yeah it's crazy what went on, like how they passed off the R32 and R34 on just the R33's safety inspection. there's whole article on it on the NICO forums.
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Originally Posted by 3Rotor
GTR is a special case, with all the stolen cars, money-laundrying and extortion going on back then. I think some of you may know what I'm talking about. What happened with that company has probably contributed a large part in importing cars over here today.
I saw a big thread on Supra Forums about it. It's crazy how they did it. no the cars are all being taken away by the government.
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There was a site where you could legally import cars from Japan. I can't remember the site, but I did find it on here two years ago. I almost imported a 94 RX-7 Twin Turbo super cheap two years ago, but I went with the SC instead. I didn't want the hassle of emissions in Texas either.
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Originally Posted by 3Rotor
GTR is a special case, with all the stolen cars, money-laundrying and extortion going on back then. I think some of you may know what I'm talking about. What happened with that company has probably contributed a large part in importing cars over here today.
You are talking about motorex.


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