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as far as RHD or LHD goes, cops dont care. Like if you had a McLaren F1 with the seat in the middle and cops pulled you over.

they may not care however if your in a rhd car there more likly to be sceptical of it, oppose to a lhd where it would never cross there mind, unless you happen to get pulled over by a cop that knows what a gt-4 is.

and if u did get stoped by a cop who knew what a gt4 is he'd probly give u a thumbs up and ask for a ride.

Nj cop would probably do the following:
hmm so it is a lhd, must be illegal, let me check your VINs, pop the hood, the door, the windshield and everywhere else where you can find a VIN, then if he would not find one, he "HAS THE RIGHT" to impound your car right then and there according to "HAZARD TO HIGHWAY" clause. Then you are totally screwed.

Ok either way.. where can i find a company in US that could import a gt-4 without engine. Everytime i use google most of searches tell you addresses in UK. I need here in america.

Go to www.evolutionimports.com pple. Ask them all the questions you want.

they got a RHD 95' GT4 with 37,000miles for 19,000$ !!!

And a TT Supra for $23000...

That would still be nice, but i prolly wouldnt only drive it on weekends..

well I emailed them. They claim that the gt-4 they have is us street legal so i asked them if it was modified to be dot-approved etc..

sadly because I have to pay for my college I can not risk buying the vehicle, even though i have the money. sigh again...

What is the last year they made the GT-FOUR? I have seen, I think 2, members on here with a 99 GT-FOUR, atleast accordding to the member ride thing.

Everyone is talking about a 94-95 GT-FOUR, why not try to get a 99 when you are at it? (if they actually made them in 99).

19 000$ is just a tiny bit more than I had to pay for my 99 ST (AT200).. So that price is not bad at all (I'm in Norway though, land of taxes).

I could kill someone to get a nice GT-FOUR for 19 000$

the point is most of us want to get gt-4 non-dot apptoved, because of headlights and performance etc, a true JDM look.

on average ebay of other countries offers our dream for under $7K. According to some shipping companies it is 1K to ship it to US+tax at customs. so technically for 19K you could get 2 of them here, it is only a matter of "HOW"

if you can prove that there is an equivelant car here in the states, DOT can approve a car for registering..in the case of a gt-4, this might be possible..It has the same chassis as a USDM Celica...Chassis codes...the only difference in the code is the awd/fwd classification...chassis, which DOT sees as safety is covered..now for the engine. MR2 Turbo also had a 3sgte..engine covered...get it passed emissions testing and you're good to roll!!

The tax and fees are the most expensive part. From what I hear customs is very weary about releasing whole imported cars. And passing emissions is no problem my 3rd gen 3s passed easy.

yeah, i don't blame you

and on top of gt-fours

you guys have top gear and fifth gear!!

the 95,96 gt'4 sell at about 7k in japan but for some reasion a 98 gt-4 costs twice the price and more !!!!!!!!!

evvery time i look thinking i might get a newer one i'm just amazed at the price for a nearly stock car just 3 year newer than mine......

With russian import taxes taken off my car only cost $2500 in japan ! now thats a good price just a shame with shipping and taxes anothe 10k was added

If you were in the military you could bring cars over here. I was in kuwait looking at cars that you could buy and have the military import. People stationed in germany bring over cars all the time. You can get bmws cheap.

I'm in, and I've looked into that. All the BMW's that you can buy in Germany through AAFES are already US spec models. That's why there is no trouble importing them (military just pays shipping costs, doesn't cut any red tape). If you just go to some dealership wherever you get stationed and try and ship some car back (even if the military ships it for you), customs will still stop it for DOT inspection. Example: A friend of mine is stationed in Japan flying F-16's. If he buys a car to bring back over, it HAS to be US spec purchased through AAFES or it will get bonded, just like anyone else's car. I've tried...

ya i dont recommend trying to bring a gt four in through Canada. the laws might not be astrict or whatever a couple people have said, but unless you know someone that can change some documents and do it ILLEGALLY, the car wont get through customs. seeing as in Canada, any car that is 15 years or older is able to be imported from another country, lots of car are being shipped over here, and there are quite a few companies that will handle the paperwork and all the problems with getting a car over here, but none of them will try to bring a car in illegally, so you would have to know someone in japan for it to work

Ahhh Canada...

well heres what i have come up with.

once you have managed to bring over a gt4 in same color and everything as what you own you get to do some dirty work.

bring the car over as a custom, you can only drive so many miles therefore you purchase another gauge cluster. swap over vins from your celi take the headlights and what ever else you feel is needed to pass the inspection of your "custom" show car. now part out that bia to every last screw then ditch whats left. (junkyard or what ever, cut it up so its just random metal parts)

either roll your extra odometer or drive with it in for a few thousand miles to make it look like the car is being used for just car shows. now swap them out and use the "fake" odometer when inpsection time rolls around along with anything else like your headlights (if you want to go that far).

This post has been edited by Sev408: May 31, 2005 - 10:40 PM