you mention it's RHD. Does that mean it's a japanese made car? If so i'd part it out/sell it on ebay to some JDM loving dude with fat pockets then use the money and buy yourself an american supra. Might sound F'd up but you'll be saving yourself 10x as much heartache if you do it that way.
Originally Posted by
MS99k
I have a RHD Supra TT that i owned in japan when i was stationed there and had it imported back to the US when i came back. I have the car here legally and a japanese title.
Also you mentioned that you have the car here legally. What exactly does that mean. Do you have permission from the nhtsa saying that the car was legally imported as an automobile and not parts/shell? If so then you should have no problem getting it registered. If you do NOT have permission from the nhtsa to have this japanese car in the US then believe me sir it's a lot easier to sell it for a good price to someone who wants a jdm supra and buy yourself a USDM supra.
See the problem with importing JDm cars here and attempting to get them registered/street legal is that JDM cars don't pass nhtsa to declare them street legal. If they don't pass, well they can't be insured and if they can't be insured then well they can't be registered. I've heard of people swapping vins with an american counterpart but that's illegal and honestly you do not want the shitstorm you would encounter should you get in an accident and an insurance adjuster were to discover you've been committing insurance fraud. Trust me i'm from the bahamas and we get japanese cars shipped there all the time since our traffic laws permit it. I've seen and even personally helped people try to get many cars(evos, supras, wrxs, skylines) imported over to the US since MIAMI is only 40 mins away, but in the end it ALWAYS ends up more money/work than the car's worth.