It is illegal: "Motor vehicles" must comply with the Clean Air Act and may not be disassembled nor purchased in a disassembled form for the purposes of evading the Clean Air Act or the Imports regulations. In these situations the kit car body/chassis combination must be certified by the manufacturer, must be in a configuration which was previously certified by EPA
Additionally, the 3520-1 Form has just been revised and code W now reads: code W - non-chassis-mounted engine to be used in a light-duty vehicle or light-duty truck or motorcycle which is currently covered by an EPA certificate or will be covered by an EPA certificate prior to introduction into commerce.
1G Racing legally imports Noble shells because they purchase the vehicle direct from the factory prior to assembly, and they do not include the engine/drivetrain. A US EPA certified engine/emissions combination is available.
Unless an imported Skyline has a Certificate of Conformity, it is not US street legal and a violation of the Clean Air Act.
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Swapped out RB20E with RB20DET / Trans converted from Auto to SR20DET's 5-Speed / Installed Type M 5-lugs and brakes, R32 GTR rims and 2-Dr rear end (Tail lights & bumper)
1994 Isuzu AMU: US Spec Amigo with JDM Mysterious Utility nerf bars and hatchback hardtop.
well what if i wanted to import a shell just to make a fiberglass body made off of it? Or does someone already make fiberglass bodies of the Nissan Skyline?
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If you could just pull the drivetrain etc.. out, then throw it all back in stateside, we'd see 1204491238 S15's and GTR's here already.
Call me a skeptic until I actually see someone with a Registration and replacement for US vin.
this is a picture of a Pulsar GTIR title,the gtir chassis code starts off as RNN14.
if it was a silvia s15 it will starts S15
if its a GTR32 it will be BNR32
gtr33 will be BCNR33
gtr34 will start BNR34
oh please you think shops are going to stop selling these motors. and you think people are going to stop putting RB26 and SR20 DET motors in there US 240
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A US EPA certified engine/emissions combination is available.
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the Twin turbo ford V6 that they use is not EPa certified the NON turbo V6 is.same as the SR20 DE was avaialble in the US and was EPA certified but the SR20 DET was never available here and that motor is not EPA certified
A US EPA certified engine/emissions combination is available.
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the Twin turbo ford V6 that they use is not EPa certified the NON turbo V6 is.same as the SR20 DE was avaialble in the US and was EPA certified but the SR20 DET was never available here and that motor is not EPA certified
So is this legal or what?
i am confused-
so the procces is
: import shell-
import engine and whatnot-
put togeather-
And register it ... how? with what? what would it be considered????
i just want a friggen shell that i can through my custom motor in. and i want a skyline shell. why? beautiful cars is all. heck if someone made one of fiber glass that would be great too- but i can't find one anywhere.
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so the procces is
: import shell-
import engine and whatnot-
put togeather-
And register it ... how? with what? what would it be considered????
i just want a friggen shell that i can through my custom motor in. and i want a skyline shell. why? beautiful cars is all. heck if someone made one of fiber glass that would be great too- but i can't find one anywhere.
yes it is legal for an INDIVIDUAL to buy parts and yes its legal to purchase parts from other countries,yes it is legal for an INDIVIDUAL to build what ever he want with his parts.if you find someone in japan who will sell you the shell i will help you import it. AND NO IM NOT GOING TO CHARGE HIM.im tired of you forum educated flunkys talking about stuff you never done ,and the best are the ones that dont even live in the states or do not live in the states anymore and havent been here for years talking like they know what there talking about
this is a picture of a Pulsar GTIR title,the gtir chassis code starts off as RNN14.
if it was a silvia s15 it will starts S15
if its a GTR32 it will be BNR32
gtr33 will be BCNR33
gtr34 will start BNR34
yes, the ECR33 you see on that vin is because its a GTS or GTS-T as apposed to a GTR.
Does anyone know WHY the government did this? It seems kind of stupid and I don't see any upside to it at all. Its not enough they make you jump through hoops to import it but now they want to ban it all together? Somehow I feel this decision shouldn't last long because there is just no real justification for it. Politicians need to be shot in the face, promptly.
Does anyone know WHY the government did this? It seems kind of stupid and I don't see any upside to it at all. Its not enough they make you jump through hoops to import it but now they want to ban it all together? Somehow I feel this decision shouldn't last long because there is just no real justification for it. Politicians need to be shot in the face, promptly.
This decision will last, its not easy to amend laws. It takes a lot more time then just making a law. The govt is just stict on what can be imported because all the tree huggers and safety regulators. Our govt doesn't give a shit bout imported cars. They drive their US compliance high end cars. Really do some bloody research before posting, you will understand the govt and this issue a lot more.
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how is it illegal man because i live in alabama and i work for skyline america and we git in skylines and silvias all the time amtter of fact i have a skyline for sale right now its a r34 gtr vspec
how is it illegal man because i live in alabama and i work for skyline america and we git in skylines and silvias all the time amtter of fact i have a skyline for sale right now its a r34 gtr vspec
So i guess that legislation doesnt hold that much water then. Theres always a way with this kind of stuff, i mean, theres always a point where a car is no longer considered a car and its only parts or even scrap metal, you dont see VIN numbers on your toaster made from scrap metal do you? no, so there must be a certain point of dissasembly where it becomes parts that you build yourself into a car and then its no different from that ferrari kit car you made from a fiero or a custom tubing chassis you made and put a body on it. PSULemon, you act like you own the universe and know everything but what you dont know is how much redtape there is in the US government and how "innocent until proven guilty" keeps most laws from being enforced. If the government wont pay to fix streets, why the hell would they waste their time to prevent cars from entering the US? Even if that bill does exist, people are lazy (government) and getting around it is only a matter of time to figure out a loophole.
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