Can we legally drive a 97 Rx-7 here? Ebay selling?
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Can we legally drive a 97 Rx-7 here? Ebay selling?
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Did you notice that the buyer is responceable for shipping and customs? They're is a reason you don't see FD's from Japan driving around. It would cost you at least a few thousand to ship it, then you would have to petition customs to allow you to bring it in by showing "historical" value or some ****.
Check out this thread regarding the legalities of importing a JDM FD into the States:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=257069
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=257069
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Call your local customs office. Me and dom have both had experience with this. Its not easy, but its also not as hard as everyone makes it up to be. Expecially on a 97, ie.. it was not brought to the us that year. Dont listen to anyone on this board, no one knows anything. With the exception of a few veterans. Anyways, you can do it, but its going to cost about 10 grand over the price of the car. Contact a Registered Importer if you are serious.
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Anyways, you can do it, but its going to cost about 10 grand over the price of the car. Contact a Registered Importer if you are serious.
Anyways, you can do it, but its going to cost about 10 grand over the price of the car. Contact a Registered Importer if you are serious.
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Here is a link to alot of valuable information. From my understanding the vehicle that most of us would be interested in getting over here would be a rhd fd or fc. According to the chart on the link attached the fd or fc rx7 and years 87-95 are categorized under VSP number 279.
"VSP" eligibility numbers are assigned to vehicles that are decided to be eligible under 49 U.S.C. § 30141(a)(1)(A), based on a petition from a manufacturer or registered importer which establishes that a substantially similar U.S. -certified vehicle exists
It looks to me like it would be easier to get a 95 or older fd3s only because the same vehicle was made in the U.S. the same year, there were no FD's made in 1997 so it would probably be more difficult. I am still researching more information on this, I am trying to get a rhd vehicle as well.
Vehicle Eligibility List
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...LIG102803.html
Vehicle Importation Regulations
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/
"VSP" eligibility numbers are assigned to vehicles that are decided to be eligible under 49 U.S.C. § 30141(a)(1)(A), based on a petition from a manufacturer or registered importer which establishes that a substantially similar U.S. -certified vehicle exists
It looks to me like it would be easier to get a 95 or older fd3s only because the same vehicle was made in the U.S. the same year, there were no FD's made in 1997 so it would probably be more difficult. I am still researching more information on this, I am trying to get a rhd vehicle as well.
Vehicle Eligibility List
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...LIG102803.html
Vehicle Importation Regulations
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/
Last edited by circuitmagic; Feb 15, 2004 at 02:48 AM.
