State Titled JDM cars,, your days may be numbered

[Kaiser]

damn! dat sucks. sorry bro.. why 'Exactly' is it illegal?

They are and they aren't. Some people just don't know what they're talking about and others are insistent that it's the skyline itself that's illegal. The truth is how they have been brought over, and there ARE legally imported Skylines in America. When they come through they must come through an importer which can modify them and certify them to be street-legal and be properly bonded. Same as how you get a TVR into America, and I've seen more of those than Skylines. The difference is that a TVR is an expensive enough car that people have it imported the RIGHT way.


Another way to get the car is to live overseas as an active agent of our wonderful federal government, typically the military. You can bring the car that you purchased overseas back with you, as long as you pay for shipping it here, as long as you have had it for a certain amount of time overseas. A car you have for six months wouldn't count. The car you've driven for five years while you served your country? Yeah. The problem is cars that are brought back that way are not actually imported. They're brought back as property of a government agent serving overseas and are not legal to sell or be owned by anyone. Once the person is done with them, or if the person that brought them leaves the country again, the car is supposed to go out as well. There's also time limits if you're talking about certain reasons to be overseas. It's a loophole, but not one anyone can really exploit.


Oh, and as long as it's Homeland Security and not DOT/Customs taking your car away, they are taking the car away because of an issue during importation, not because of an issue with the car itself. Blame the guy who decided to bring it here without spending the time and money to get it done legally.

Re-read the thread on the other forum. You don't have the Japanese Title? I'd seriously look into the paper-trail for that car, because if you're not careful it may get tagged as stolen property (What 90% of most Skylines get seized because of) and impounded. Not having a Japanese title on an obviously imported car is a BIG RED FLAG.