I'm just curious as to what people's opinions are on Right Hand Drive Z's?

Ever since I got a Z I always thought it would be the **** to import. The whole image of something truly rare/unique appeals to me, but would there be any drawbacks to this? I have heard of Last gen Skylines being imported but have never seen any vehicle of any type that's right hand...

Really though, just curious as to what other ppl think.

 

I'm guessing it would be confusing.

 

i think that if you have a usdm z and convert it, you should be fine. i have seen rhd r34 and r33 on the island and they all got confiscated.

 

if you import it, you have to pull the motor and tranny and ship it as "parts" and then reassemble once you get it here.

 

well not really. all you need is $$$$$$ or more to get it through customs down tune it get it checked by the recon place to get all the paper works done. and you should be good. thats if they approve it. that what i heard back in 2000. and thats when atomics motorsports was still in business

 

Hey Acom86, my bf got a right hand drive 240 he converted himself...im sure there were problems here and there but it drives fine now. He is not a Z owner though but if you wanna talk to him and see how he did it..let me know..cuz i have no clue. ~~~ Shannon

 

i know about noah's(808ZGirl's bf) rhd 240 i've seen some of the process he went through with that car. as for the parts you need to convert your z to rhd good luck finding them and hope you have a deep pocket and hook ups would be nice tho.

 

and I hope your pockets will stay deep even after the conversion..lol Right now with the way things are going...its been pretty hard getting back up on my feet after spending $$$ on my last car. Good Luck!

 

R33's have been legal to import since 2005. They just have to be converted to OBDII compliance and a few things replaced/added. If they were impounded after that date and were compliant they can sue for cash value of car,importation fees, and upgrade costs to make the car NHTSA compliant.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...LIG010906.html

That is for "Grey" market illegals. Illegal to road drive the car that is but totaly legal to track or show it. As long as it does not go more than a specified amount of milage.

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/quikover.htm
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...elig050108.pdf UPDATED MAY 08 NISSANS LIST HASNT CHANGED SINCE '05
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...ite/index.html
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/


I've been researching importing a skyline for several years now. Some where in those pages there is even a listing of certified "Upgrade" specialists shops that will take a car on this list and make it spec legal to drive.

EDIT:

To answer the OP the easiest thing to do would be to get the full front clip of a wrecked Z imported from Japan. Or if you have the contacts have the company pull the full dash and brackets to swap the PS and AC compressor. Realy a RH conversion is simpler for the Z once you move all the wiring. Its all in bundles and the new dash will have the correct mounting points. Look to see where your Z was made there may be a chance there are spots available for mounting things and passing your steering colum through the fire wall.

 

^^^ Thanks. punish her you are the man!

 

Actually alot of skylines previously "legalized" were brought back in. At first the DOT was assuming motorex was actually performing all the requirements to legalize. This was not always the case. So they were going back and finding some of the cars were released without all the proper modifications. The R33 from Atomics went to maui or something and the R34 was auctioned off and sent to cali. There are however a **** load of skylines on the island though. Most are through the military claimed as a 240 or maxima.

 

Yep that was because motor-x used the crash data from the R33 and put it to the 32 and 34. Out of that ruling is where the R33 was made legalized to import but needed specific modifications. There was also an inspection that was added.

But yeah i heard of alot of the R33's were impounded from motorX because they realy only were modified on paper. There is a guy in Omaha that has a legalized R33. I think he had it converted by a place in AZ.