I was wondering if any of you guys could help me out. I know of a JDM RX7 in Canada, I was thinking about buying the car but don't know how/if/what I need to do to get it registered here in California. Any and all information would be greatly appreciated!!

 

to get it legally registered, u'll need over 80k =) Why spend so much money? With that amount of money, get yourself something exotic. Do a research on the forum, there are plenty information, which will lead you towards a big NO NO on importing JDM FDs to the state. Trust me, not worth it at all!!!

 

Call kaizo industries (google them).

or title it out of state.

trust me, i know. i would not even waste my time with california plates.

 

Not to thread jack or anything but how exactly does that work?

 

How much are you willing to spend to get this done?

 

going to cost you an arm and a leg

 

and possibly your left nut

 

there are a few ways to do it but im not going to go into great detail. all of which will require you to spend substantial amounts of money. 80k is a bit of a high number but....regardless its not worth it.

even if you register it in another state youll run into future problems. and honestly recently (at least here in SD) they have been really pushing to get these cars off the roads.....they just impounded 2 rhd silvias and squished them.

all those "legal" skylines from motor-ex have been crushed except a select few that got grandfathered in only after the owners paid some serious money.

there is a loop hole that we have known about for some time. but someone finally has decided to take advantage of it. the guy is an ex-cop in OC. maybe hed help you but he wont give up his legal reg cheap.

 

Thanks for all the input guys, you have all be a great help. Its kind what I thought, I guess I'll only be driving that car in my dreams....

 

meh, a fd in the us = fd in jdm

 

ah yes but you forget ...for some weird reason everything that rhd is so much cooler and more JDM

 

doh! I always forget that.

 

isnt it?

 

BUT...you can still do it...just depends on how bad you want the car how far your willing to go, and the money to spend on the car

 

yeah i can do it. just wont be cheap

 

just buy a rhd jdm clip and install it in your usdm car. problem solved for much less

 

For much less, but in trade for blood and sweat...LOL

 

it may not be as cheap as you think. they arent super easy to come by anymore

 

i honestly never looked but here's one for 3,800

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-94...spagenameZWDVW


and here's one for 3,400

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-95...spagenameZWDVW