Shipping JDM..

[bLacKstaR]

how much would it cost to ship an EG from Japan.. anyone kno an estimate or someone who's done it before?

 

[Silver-Shooter]

shipping the car wouldn't get you anywhere... plus its not as easy as just shipping it over to the states. most civics that take the trip overseas are sent over cut in half and even if you do get the car overseas in 1 piece, you'll have a hard time registering it for use on public roads. you'd be better off to find an importer that already has an eg thats been registered.

 

[bLacKstaR]

shipping the car wouldn't get you anywhere... plus its not as easy as just shipping it over to the states. most civics that take the trip overseas are sent over cut in half and even if you do get the car overseas in 1 piece, you'll have a hard time registering it for use on public roads. you'd be better off to find an importer that already has an eg thats been registered.

cut in half??


yeah.. started a lil research.. registering it is gonna be gay especially here in cali.. i still dont get the cut in half part though

 

[Blazed]

when they sell cars..whole cars that is..it's usually cut in half...
if u want the whole car uncut expect to pay double the price almost of what it would be cut...
and u would pay hella money for customs..custom agents..blah blah...not worth it...
rather bring it cut in half and swap shyt over...

 

[oc_civic]

if you have a coupe.. you should make it rhd, and call it jdm.. that would really piss people off..

 

[Blazed]

people who care atleast..
oh and if ur thinking flashoptions...

 

[DirtyD]

I don't get this cut in half part.

Why do they cut the car in half?

 

[Blazed]

yep right down the half...
it's way less of a hassle than buying shipping a whole car...

 

[turboej7]

I have never heard of them doing that before... i have heard of buying front clips... but not cutting the car in half

 

[oc_civic]

i HEARD they cut the car because it can be exported as parts and NOT a full running car.. and that makes sense to me...

edit.. i dont think that anyones saying they cut it and then reweld it.. i think the idea is cut the clip ship it, then graft it onto a usdm car...

 

[Silver-Shooter]

I have never heard of them doing that before... i have heard of buying front clips... but not cutting the car in half

they're cut in half and sold as front and rear clips... if the car was brought over in 1 piece it would be hell to get registered for sale. thats why you only see a few companies selling rhd import cars like motorex

 

[mugen00]

Just cut your car in half and it'll be JDM!

 

[Liz]

Just cut your car in half and it'll be JDM!

 

[Matt.]

shouldn't be over 1000 to 1500

 

[Matt.]

thats if you find a shipper willing to do it.

 

[Blazed]

i HEARD they cut the car because it can be exported as parts and NOT a full running car.. and that makes sense to me...

edit.. i dont think that anyones saying they cut it and then reweld it.. i think the idea is cut the clip ship it, then graft it onto a usdm car...

thats a bi g big ...
it's completely unsafe to reweld the car when its been cut in half...
and the reason they do cut is exactly how u said..
liek i said u can get a complete ctr cut in half for $7g's about..but if u wanta running car ur looking at $15g's...

 

[StockOEMsI]

I said turn your usdm coupe into JDM, less hassle...won't have to worry about the registration part.

 

[Silver-Shooter]

I said turn your usdm coupe into JDM, less hassle...won't have to worry about the registration part.

you can't turn it jdm... you make it rhd but it won't be jdm

 

[oc_civic]

you can't turn it jdm... you make it rhd but it won't be jdm

i have a left hand drive jdm coupe...

made right here in the US..

 

[bigpatskize]

yep they slice that b***h in half and sell it for parts i think it is a great idea myself