? i know u can modify your car to look like one? im taking about if someone came up with a kit with templates of what to cut and to mark out were to weld ect ect along with a detailed step by step and a parts list and you would be set.
and yes legal age is 18 or 19 depending on location, we start early

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pss early try Ecuador ur legal as soon as u can walk to the store and buy it

now back on topic this is what is happening to some skylines that were brought as kit cars http://jalopnik.com/5371967/feds-seize-ill...e-gt+rs-in-cali
being impounded and sold export only

I contacted a company that goes through importing cars and this is what the head of their department sent me.

Mr. Guiffredo

Unfortunately, with regards to this vehicle, the US Department of Transportation has a firm position on the requirements for importing RHD vehicles.



Per DOT, "The DOT has determined that there are differences between right hand drive (RHD) vehicles and left hand drive (LHD) vehicles. The fact that most manufacturers do not manufacture right hand drive vehicles for the U.S. market means that the manufacturer has not performed U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) certification testing for a RHD vehicle. We recommend that any individual interested in importing a RHD vehicle into the U.S., request information from the U.S. manufacturer's representative that specifically identifies that the RHD version of the non-U.S. vehicle would meet the same Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as the LHD version of the vehicle." This letter must be on Manufacturer letterhead and refer to your vehicle directly by VIN number. However, it is highly unlikely that the manufacturer will be willing to provide such a letter if they have not made a vehicle of this model for sale here in the states.



Without this documentation, we will be unable to do the conversion work on your vehicle without crash testing.



US DOT will require that at least one additional identical vehicle be imported for the purposes of crash testing. There is no guarantee that the crash test data will meet the standards of DOT.



Sorry I do not have more positive information.



Thank you,

Gina Benitez



Wallace Environmental Testing Laboratories, Inc.

2140 Wirtcrest

Houston, TX 77055

Phone: 713-956-7705

Fax: 713-956-0104

so basically if you want to import a rhd celica, you would also have to import a second one for crash testing which you would also have to pay for. It's a pretty penny, and it would have to pass the crash test in order to get one here. It's an extremely pricey process. Your best bet would do an awd conversion and 3s swap.

yep, it's all been said and done. just not worth it. unless youre loaded.