JDM ST205 WRC coming to Texas... Options

[JDM_ST205_WRC]

Hi there guys… n gals??
At present I am in the UK but will be moving to Texas next year.
I WILL be bringing my ST205 WRC over with me under the premise it will be a show/track car (I have been assured & passed paperwork that will allow me to bring the car over but not allowed to drive it on the US roads).
Does anyone have any information on registering the car/preparing the car to be US road legal??
Things I am looking for are emission limits, tweeks to the exterior, side lights etc etc

Can anyone help??

Cheers

[TomPoz]

I suggest that you PM slyd on that - there is a thread that he is planning to launch JDM import and legalisation business and knows all about that.
Good luck, too bad though that such a beauty leaves Old World...

[sn0wfr0g]

Hi there guys… n gals??
At present I am in the UK but will be moving to Texas next year.
I WILL be bringing my ST205 WRC over with me under the premise it will be a show/track car (I have been assured & passed paperwork that will allow me to bring the car over but not allowed to drive it on the US roads).
Does anyone have any information on registering the car/preparing the car to be US road legal??
Things I am looking for are emission limits, tweeks to the exterior, side lights etc etc

Can anyone help??

Cheers

Rock on man! Where in Texas are you gonna land? I am in Austin.

[sugarfree]

Plz tell me DALLAS!

[rayneezy23]

drive it anyways on the road no one will ever know

[JFrost9]

hes gotta be going to Austin...what other city would you goto from the UK. Texas is the place to be...Exterior wise you will be fine... side lights and all that is fine here...thats all i know about though.

[mzztoyota]

That's so sweet, being able to take your car along with you for that kind of move.

Good luck with everything, man

[spolski07]

you have to come to San antonio
and come to san antonio speedway

[hitcachi]

please stay in europe. America is......ya........

[D_Dawg]

communist^ lol

[spolski07]

what do you have against america??
huh?

[GMan]

Importing a car;
http://nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/

http://nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/TempInfo.html
NONRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
A vehicle registered in a country other than the United States may be imported for personal use by a non-resident of the United States for a period not to exceed one year. The vehicle cannot be sold while in the United States and must be exported within one year from the date of entry. This period cannot be extended under any circumstances. The importer’s passport number and the name of the country that issued the passport must be supplied on the HS-7 Declaration form. Use Box 5 on the HS-7 Declaration form.

Regards;

[JDM_ST205_WRC]

Cheers for the link GMan, will have a read & digest when I get a free second or two

As for location I will be moving to Kingwood (Houston), but working in Dallas.
Found a great website with all of the Track locations in Texas, so no doubt I will be doing most of them when they are open for track days (Texas World Speedway road course layouts look very good, so no doubt that will become my new home )

[Negative]

Sweet. My mom lives there. Please PM me when you get your baby here. I have got to see that. BTW - it's not legal and Im not suggesting it but a number of people here in houston have gotten their JDM cars "Legal" by swapping vin numbers with a jenkyard car and making a salvage title. Again not suggesting it.

[tomazws]

drive it anyways on the road no one will ever know

If the car is LHD, you might be able to pull that off. Just buy a ST and move all the legal stuff over.

[GMan]

> Today, 04:50 AM
> JDM_ST205_WRC
>'94 GT-4 Hatchback
> From UK

IS there Much differnce between UK delivered and JDM cars ?
(Topic for another day perhaps? :-)

> Cheers for the link GMan, will have a read & digest when I get a free second or two

No problem. Non US people bringing over cars has come up before, and Will again.

> As for location I will be moving to Kingwood (Houston), but working in Dallas.

That is a L O N G commute ?
Unless you are in Dallas M-F, and home week ends ?

> Found a great website with all of the Track locations in Texas,

Good info to have.

Regards;

[sugarfree]

I know a course in the Dallas area. Motorsport Ranch. These are where most pros with like real race cars test.

[JDM_ST205_WRC]

> Today, 04:50 AM
> JDM_ST205_WRC
>'94 GT-4 Hatchback
> From UK

IS there Much differnce between UK delivered and JDM cars ?
(Topic for another day perhaps? :-)

> Cheers for the link GMan, will have a read & digest when I get a free second or two

No problem. Non US people bringing over cars has come up before, and Will again.

> As for location I will be moving to Kingwood (Houston), but working in Dallas.

That is a L O N G commute ?
Unless you are in Dallas M-F, and home week ends ?

> Found a great website with all of the Track locations in Texas,

Good info to have.

Regards;

The main difference between UK spec 4’s & JDM spec 4’s are that the Japs run 101/102 RON fuel as opposed to the 95/97 RON we run over here, the Jap cars are tuned to take advantage of this (Just means when I fill up a couple of bottles of octane booster go in with the fuel).

Then there are little differences like in the UK 205’s they have an oil sensor in the sump, JDM’s do not… the JDM seatbelts are limp as hell (Almost so bad you’d think they don’t work!!)… the JDM models are REALLY well looked after & have hardly seen a days worth of hard driving as opposed to most European models that have been thrashed to within an inch of their lives

Working from home but the office is in Dallas, will only be going to the office 1 or 2 times a month so I am told… we will see tis only 300K’s no more then 2.5 hours tops

[TomPoz]

...only 300K’s no more then 2.5 hours tops

If you have enough cash to buy yourself out of jail.

[JFrost9]

I know many people who live in kingwood, i would not recommend living there and driving to dallas, it may seem like a 2.5 hr drive, but dont forget that driving out of houston traffic is terrible, and driving into dallas traffic is terrible...There are a ton of bordering towns you can live in around dallas, which i would recommend...Kingwoods nice though. If you have the money, i would look at Rockwall Dallas, the place is beautiful, and kinda close to dallas. Just my thoughts.