📰 Auto News Mooks Worst Nightmare : 10 Skylines Crushed in CA.

[Dasfinc]

*Snagged from www.MWIR.net*
Which was snagged from www.honda-tech.com


@ pick your part in Wilmington, CA. around 9AM
There were at least 10 Skylines that the U.S. Customs seized from the containers at the L.A. Harbor along with 22 RB26 swaps and 10 2JZ swaps.
Skylines were crushed today because U.S. Customs believed that they were "Illegaly Imported"
Here are few snap shots that I took today. Now im asking myself... why is it being crushed... like did the U.S. Custom found out that they were stolen? or what because i dont get the deal!
Anyways enjoy the sad views

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[Yaj Yak]

thats just dumb wtf. god i hate california.

 

[CamaroSS]

wow, thats a bit extreme

 

[Dasfinc]

wow, thats a bit extreme

The thing that crosses my mind is that they say "Illegally imported"

So what if those cars were stolen? You just crushed some poor Japanese mans dream car that he saved up his whole life to buy, to then have stolen, Shipped to America, and then crushed.

 

[IDAFC21]

im sure mike already knows. he had to have felt a disturbance in the force when that happened.

 

[Mook]

and thats one of the reasons i never brought one over

 

[CrawlinTBSS]

they have to be imported correctly to be legal in US.

i heard for one to be imported and legal they have to crash test and do test on at least 3 different ones before one can be legalized. because crash ratings, speedo, emissions and shit dont comply with US shit. there used to be some company called like motorex or something that was one of hte main importers for skylines but i heard they got shut down and fucked for something.

 

[Mook]

motorex did it illegally (lied about the crash tests) and hid it from the govt...govt found out and shut them down. any skyline brought in by motorex is allowed to stay but after that, no dice....there is a company out of maryland that did/does the required updates but its too expensive for most to bother...b/c of motorex the only skyline the govt will even allow to be brought in an attempted to legalize is the r33

theres a company out of california that brings in skyline shells and does all the updates on them.they get a new, legal us vin and then they sell the shell and the buyer is then responsible for sourcing an engine and trans...

theres less legal ways to do so which is why you see a ton for sale on ebay and other various sites from florida, georgia, nc, etc...but i'm not going to get into that

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Is this just if you want a skyline in the US, no matter what its intended purpose? Or is it for cars being planned for road use?

 

[Mook]

depends....i still believe theres some restrictions when you bring one in as at track car but ive never looked into it...for road use its a whole nother ball game....but people are getting more sneaky...you can sneak one past the state govt fairly easy but if the federal part catches wind its crushed and you're fucked

 

[Mook]

and to be quite honest, i havent looked into the "rules" in awhile so stuff might have changed

 

[Poopshinanigans]

It would seem odd if were making a car collection or something of that sort, but kept the cars off the road, then they crush it because its not "road worthy" by USA standards. They just scrap the illegal cars because they probably cant trace the stuff easy and they don't want the parts getting out for sale again.

 

[Mook]

you can get as show car license for it i believe...and can bring it in as a track car, but they hound you about all the paperwork and follow thru with an iron fist

 

[syP]

whats the big fucking deal?


its still a car that had 4 wheels and a seatbelt.

 

[Mook]

doesnt meet safety standards or any of our emissions

 

[syP]

touche.

 

[Euro]

 

[Smokinhot]

Neither did most older Ford's but they're still on the road

shit I bet its safer then a pinto, but yet still not worthy enough

Sorry had to make a stab

 

[IDAFC21]

those regulations are the same reason i can barely fit a case of pop in my trunk. they wouldnt let GM import gto's until they relocated the gas tank..so..yeah, they mean business.