Quote Originally Posted by ekredcivic View Post
I called two differnt dmv office here in ga and they both told me the only thing I needed was the japanese tittle, ga emissions, insurance and ga drivers licence.
not true. good luck, most dmv people are not skilled or well versed in registering JDM cars.

Ive owned 3 Silvias , i know what is legal.

There are 2 entities when we talk LEGAL.

FEDERAL REGULATIONS (which supercede ANY state/local law) your car is ILLEGAL. IT is NOT supposed to be here and was imported ILLEGALLY. PERIOD. Nothing you say or claim changes that. Just because someone got the car past customs doesnt make it "legal"

STATE REGULATIONS (which are far easier to get past) also, dont mean its "technically legal". You can (as the case was in FLORIDA for many years) pay a fee and register the JAPANESE VIN as a "kit car" or a florida car. Once you obtained the FL title you could transfer it into GA rather easily, circumventing the GA Title Rules.

you cannot walk into a Georgia DMV and register a Japanese imported car using its JDM title. Sorry. the car would have to have been imported LEGALLY, and pass OBD2 Emissions or OBD1, which your car doesnt. (unless its a 1988 SIR HATCHBACK which could possible be overlooked because its 25 years old)

I wrote this years ago
http://www.importatlanta.com/forums/...rted-cars.html