j-spec= U.S. soil or bust!

MANU3L · 09-06-2011, 09:42 AM

thats exactly what i thought, i've had heated discussions with people about this but its always based on opinion. i base my life on common sense, it keeps me alive lol and the way i see it if the damn thing will never touch a city street. then why the hell not? it really grinds my gears when people say my race car has to meet safety req and emmision standards. you show me one racecar in the states that conforms to all of the above and i will give this car to charity lol

pwpanas · 09-06-2011, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MANU3L

thats exactly what i thought, i've had heated discussions with people about this but its always based on opinion. i base my life on common sense, it keeps me alive lol and the way i see it if the damn thing will never touch a city street. then why the hell not? it really grinds my gears when people say my race car has to meet safety req and emmision standards. you show me one racecar in the states that conforms to all of the above and i will give this car to charity lol

Check out this link:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/impo...2003022010.pdf

GhosttV26 · 09-12-2011, 12:02 AM

That PDF was taking forever to load so I didn't read it. But I think you can ship any car. You are just not able to register most cars for street use. I'm sure you can register your Supra as a show car wich will allow you to drive it on the streets but there is a mile restriction. This is what some guys do with right hand drive GTRs.

BradMD · 09-12-2011, 03:11 PM

Yep many people say that you cant register cars and that there is huge problems trying to get it done. But i have read that you can register your car as a show car providing you do not do more then 2500 miles a year, which is more then enough for a car like a supra.

deigima · 09-13-2011, 11:41 AM

i just read some of that pdf, and the import policy of americia sucks.. your car has to be significant to be permitted to import, after reading the conditions, i dont beleive you will be able to import that supra to US.

MANU3L · 09-15-2011, 08:28 PM

okay the car is for sale now lol, the lamens terms of the u.s. import policy is this, or at least what us mk4 guys need to know, this if there is an american version of any car and it qualifies w/ out question to meet the u.s. epa and crash test safety ratings then they basically say its your fault for not buying the american version, they wont let us bring our j spec cars back when as far as they're concerned they have perfectly good american spec ones already there? if worse comes to worse, i figure ill pull out the dashboard, with all components, the rack and pinion, the steering column, and the front end wiring harness, ship it back with my personal goods, and sell it as a lhd to a rhd conversion kit?

pwpanas · 09-16-2011, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MANU3L

okay the car is for sale now lol, the lamens terms of the u.s. import policy is this, or at least what us mk4 guys need to know, this if there is an american version of any car and it qualifies w/ out question to meet the u.s. epa and crash test safety ratings then they basically say its your fault for not buying the american version, they wont let us bring our j spec cars back when as far as they're concerned they have perfectly good american spec ones already there? if worse comes to worse, i figure ill pull out the dashboard, with all components, the rack and pinion, the steering column, and the front end wiring harness, ship it back with my personal goods, and sell it as a lhd to a rhd conversion kit?

How close is your US address to the Canadian border?

09-06-2011, 09:42 AM	#1
MANU3L Stock Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Germany Posts: 6	okay thats exactly what i thought, i've had heated discussions with people about this but its always based on opinion. i base my life on common sense, it keeps me alive lol and the way i see it if the damn thing will never touch a city street. then why the hell not? it really grinds my gears when people say my race car has to meet safety req and emmision standards. you show me one racecar in the states that conforms to all of the above and i will give this car to charity lol

09-15-2011, 08:28 PM	#6
MANU3L Stock Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Germany Posts: 6	Fu(k3d okay the car is for sale now lol, the lamens terms of the u.s. import policy is this, or at least what us mk4 guys need to know, this if there is an american version of any car and it qualifies w/ out question to meet the u.s. epa and crash test safety ratings then they basically say its your fault for not buying the american version, they wont let us bring our j spec cars back when as far as they're concerned they have perfectly good american spec ones already there? if worse comes to worse, i figure ill pull out the dashboard, with all components, the rack and pinion, the steering column, and the front end wiring harness, ship it back with my personal goods, and sell it as a lhd to a rhd conversion kit?

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09-12-2011, 12:02 AM	#3
GhosttV26 Stock Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 3	That PDF was taking forever to load so I didn't read it. But I think you can ship any car. You are just not able to register most cars for street use. I'm sure you can register your Supra as a show car wich will allow you to drive it on the streets but there is a mile restriction. This is what some guys do with right hand drive GTRs.

09-12-2011, 03:11 PM	#4
BradMD Stock Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 26	Yep many people say that you cant register cars and that there is huge problems trying to get it done. But i have read that you can register your car as a show car providing you do not do more then 2500 miles a year, which is more then enough for a car like a supra.

09-13-2011, 11:41 AM	#5
deigima Stock Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: brunswick, nsw - australia Posts: 10	i just read some of that pdf, and the import policy of americia sucks.. your car has to be significant to be permitted to import, after reading the conditions, i dont beleive you will be able to import that supra to US.