I want to know if there is some sort of way to do this legaly. Not swapping vins or anything like that. Is there a cut off date or anything, just some input from californians that i see driving those jdm cars.

 

they all do it illegaly

 

unfortunately, yes as said above^

 

yeah i called department of transportaion and they told me that its not possible without the help of honda.

 

Yep...just the good ole vin switch

 

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are you serious......

 

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are you serious......</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea i am serious. whats wrong with it. i feel like i am missing something. but i really want to know if thats how the rest of you roll around with jdm.

 

if you plan on commiting a crime don't tell everyone on a public bulletin board that you plan to do so. there is no spot for a vin number on a jdm dashboard so chances are a cop wouldnt even notice it. if they did notice it, you would probably get your car taken away.

 

how do you guys do it legit. i perfer doing it legit. but when i was searching around i keep seeing most people doing the vin switching. so what other choices do i have. thanks for all the inputs.

 

There's companies that'll make it so it can pass cali smog and everything'll be peachy. Last time I checked for a skyline it was upwards of 45 grand AFTER import costs and it arrives in the US and all...doubt it's much different.

Also, search, there's a thread somewhere around here that tells u about a loophole in cali's laws which allow you to register it in a different state or some **** like that (think it's a company that registers in a different state for you).

Do a search, it's floating around here somewhere.

 

there's a user on here that registers jdm cars. i forgot his name though.

 

found it. pm user hazw8st.

 

if you have access to dealer plates, you can just run those and not have a problem, at least here in IL at least