How to IMPORT a JDM car into the USA in under 15 minutes
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Midori Works: www.midoriwork...
Sound Brokerage: www.soundbroke...
Japanology Translation: www.japanology...
Thanks to our friend, Apollo Dream, for allowing us to use his music in our videos. His song "Distant" is featured in this video, and you can find it on SoundCloud here: / distant
super helpful thx! I take it then drove the vehicle from the port to home state CO DMV to register there? Were you worried about no having plates/current registration? How was the process in CO DMV to get the car registered?
this is an absolute service to future importers! thank you for this
Congrats on your Altezza, I was looking into getting one but ended up with a Subaru STi. This is possibly one of the most informative videos on this subject. Thanks for being very thorough with the information, adding photos and steps. Extremely valuable information.
Rare find in Colorado! Cool video to watch
Awesome pic, I’m actually doing my research on a 99-2000 altezza as well. Just need to save more cash, until then I will dream of the day I have to stress out. Thank you so much for the brain gold.
Very informative
❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
great video. I'm about to pick up my s15 in a few weeks from Long Beach and bring it back to The Springs. Did they tell you anywhere you could park with a trailer for the customs office in LA after picking up the car? Google Street View is looking like it will be a pain.
is there a more convenient way to import a jdm to the us though? any import companies that provide service by filling out more forms and docs for you? what about insurance? in general, which insurance companies would you recommend for jdms that are not low grade?
the broker should do most of the work for you, but actually registering the car is all going to be on you. Meaning that the broker will supply you with everything, and you just have to have everything ready for when you got to register. Insurance, people say that geico is pretty good, but I'm sure that is all dependent on you and what you would like to be insured for and how much you are willing to pay. All in all, i would get a broker, and they should help you with everything, and just get quotes
Great video !!!! What was the shipping cost from Japan to the USA ?!!
So in my case the shipping was just factored into the price of the car by the seller, but I would expect about $1500 to $2000.
How about services and maintenance? Is it easy to find auto services that can do Japanese imported cars?
I would say it heavily depends on the car and how many parts are shared with U.S. cars. The Altezza shares many parts with different Toyotas that were sold in the U.S., and I do all of my maintenance and service myself, but I would expect most performance oriented shops to be willing to work on it as long as they can find the parts or you can.
Great info. Thanks a lot 🙏. There’s no problem about left / right hand car drive Handles in USA 🇺🇸. Also can you explain. Can import more new cars from japan or other countries. Thanks appreciate your useful work.
Cars must be atleast 25 years old to import into the US.
In the U.S. we have a law that all imported cars have to be over 25 years old. Once a car is over 25 years old it is exempt from both DOT and EPA regulations. There are some special scenarios where you can bypass this law, but it usually involves making some serious modifications to the car and potentially even importing a second one to have crash tested. It's best to not even try to get around the 25 year rule honestly.
Thanks for your reply with unique info. What I understand is that you can import car from japan which is only domestic model for japan. And should be 25 years old and can be more old .