Possibility to make JDM Cars street legal in D or CH?

Mpowerman

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Montag, 11. Juni 2007, 11:33

Hello,

Im asking because in Czech Rep is impossible to make street legal Japanese domestic market cars:
1) they have Right hand steering (but I usually convert it into LHD)
2) they havent 17 numbers in VIN code
3) they have no EU homologation

But, I have seen many cars in Holland (RHD Nissan Skylines) with Holland registration plates. Also in GB there are many grey imported Imprezas without EU homologation.

COuld someone describe the proces of car registration in these countries?

Thanks a lot.

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Omawari_San

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Montag, 11. Juni 2007, 13:36

In germany it doesnt matter on wich side the steering wheel is. Only the lights need to suit the country if they have a unsemetrical pattern. But that shouldnt be a big deal.
How long the VIN is doesnt matter.

In addition to that you have to make certificates for the exhaust emission level, the noise, the power output, the highspeed etc.

Especially the exhaust emissions can be hard and expensive because you have to fulfill the euro-norm wich was effective when the car was build.

I am not sure, but I think the Tüv has an archive for all aproved vehicles. But so far I don't know if a JDM STi is aproved this way in germany. And if there is such an archive it has to be exact the same car-model. There are a few STI floating around, but they are either way "half-legal" or they belonged british or japanese people who moved to germany and registered them this way.

I know there is one 22B in germany registered this way. The owner is on this forum, but he keeps quit

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joker69

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Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2007, 18:00

In switzerland is it also possible. But the tests are very expensive.
the tests for my skyline cost circa 10000 CHF! And they are not easy.

I think in germany are the registration process very easy..

i can give more details via mail

cheers

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Bulldogge

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Samstag, 7. Juli 2007, 19:58

its possible in Germany...

i drive actually an Impreza STI V2 Sport Wagon

and in before i had driven a Toyota Supra MK4 Twin Turbo J-Spec

its not so easy to get german documents... but if you know how... than its all possible !