STATESIDE IMPORTING INFO, IMPORTING YOUR CELICA!!!!!!! Options

[Lil-Joe101]

For those who want to import your Celica to the states this information should help you out a little bit:

If you are in the Military the lingo should be easy to understand. For service memebers who have a Celica and want to bring it back stateside contact your local TMO office for more details. In a nut shell though. If you do not own a car in the states that is currently in storeage you are elligable to TMO your car to the states without fraight charge. This means. TMO will ship your car along with the rest of your belongings for free when it comes time to PCS. There is a downside. You are responsible for the modifactions it takes to make your Celi legal. I.E. windshield, reinforcements. emissions, and cleanliness. The basic inspection process. It will cost you a bit. TMO does not cover that. When it comes time for listing all of your belongings for TMO make sure you have the certificate that the exporters give you (It states that you car is ready for shipping). Contact a registered exporter from whatever country your located in and they should be able to handle all of that. But again it is going to cost you. Basically pay for mods not for shipping. (AGAIN CONtact YOUR LOCAL TMO OFFICE FOR MORE DETIALS!!!!!)

For those that aren't service members its a little more difficult. TMO will not help you unless you work in a military institution that states you are elligable for TMO, so your on your own. For Civilians, you have to contact a registered exporter for the country you are currently living at and have them modify you car for stateside specs. Like service members. But you also have to contact a registered importer stateside to have you car shipped to the states. You will have to pay for the modifications aswell as the fraight charge. Frait charge verys between company. FYI get an estimate from different importers. This is as much info as I could find at this time. I will try to get more info when I can. But I really hope this helps alot of you.

[stetsonaw]

thanks again man, i'll get in touch with jeff about those stickers.

[bloodrain]

hmm kay, thanks

[Fastbird]

This isn't importing information more so than it is transportation information. TMO doesn't care what the nationality or make or whatever the vehicle is. Is it your vehicle, are you authorized a vehicle shipment? If yes and yes, then you're good. Once you go to register said vehicle is when you start running into import issues like safety items and such. TMO is simply traffic management (hence the name traffic management office).

[3WayStunna]

Fastbird is right, and to the OP you are correct as well. In order to avoid a few cost though, do the required conversions yourself, and or while still overseas, and have a RI inspect it for you. Simple enough, seen it done before and it worked. How a friend of mine got his s14 back to the states..

If you are curious as to whats necessary, call a RI, or i belive that the NHTSA has a list of all necessar modifications...btw OP where are you in OKI...im heaing back over there in december, and picking up a GT4....im guessing you have a celi right?

[Lil-Joe101]

Yeah I stay on Camp Foster, me and Stetsonaw work down the street from each other. And yeah I have a Celi. Put alot of time and money into it to sell it for less than I got it for. Plus its the first car I've built. And still Building.

[stetsonaw]

WOW, maybe next year we can get a meet together, that'll be a first!

[3WayStunna]

Yea a celi meet on oki. That would be a first def. Btw whats up stet !!!

This post has been edited by 3WayStunna: Aug 13, 2008 - 2:04 PM