Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
Key word, "legalize". You are correct but the process to legalize the R33 is extremely expensive.

I seriously considered bringing over a Toyota Altezza RS200 Z Edition about 6 years ago and the cost to "bring up to US standards" was $35k then, not including the car itself or shipping it over.

I think the military loop hole only pertains to vehicles over 25 years of age otherwise you have to bond the vehicle and it can't be sold and has to go back in 2 years. It's been years since I read up on it though and my info could be as much as 10 years old.
yeah if you go the military route, you cant seel it, and it can be any year, you have to be deployed for 140 or more, or out to sea for 120 days or more. i;m join the army right now and i've been doing hella research just incase i want a stagea.
the 25 year rule pretains to all jap import cars in general. like next year, all 84's (ae86) imported from japan can be legalized without emmissions upgrades and will automatically fall in epa standards