I have been searching the US for some Toyota or general RI's to help me bring in a right handed drive Toyota Supra MK IV. I have found some that specialize in Nissan Skylines ( he actually had 2 for sale ) in Cali, but havent' come across any Supra Specific Companies yet. I am just sending this out to any1 and every1 to see if anyone had seen or has or heard of someone who OWNS or SHOWED a Toyota Supra Right Hand Drive before. I have been trying to deal directly with some companies in Japan, but without an RI I am screwed. I have found some that run about 10k to purchase, plus import fees.

Peace ;)

warbird

well its gonna cost a lot isn't it? the dash board has to be molded, totaly different wiring, your radio and ac have to be moved, and alot more. you sure u wanna be driving this in cali?

Hey warbird, i'm in the same boat you are, for the past month or two i have been doing heavy research on a right hand drive Supra...
What i can tel you is this, Ive e-mail toyota about it, they wont help you whatsoever on that.
Importing one isn't a good idea because of what i have been told by Supra owners and others trying to do the same thing. The reason it is a bad idea is because a Supra from japan is ILLEGAL in the US as you might now... because of emissions. So the only way to legalize it is to modify the car, the only way to legalize it in this aspect is to DETUNE the car which is pretty stupid to do. You could always retune it i guess when it's back, but good luck on your emissions tests after that. LEGALLY... it would be a hassle and a half to get a right hand drive supra from Japan in the US. But hey if you know some poeple in customs or for inspections... let me know!! hehe.
As for converting a left hadn drive to a right hand drive, i've heard that it can cost from 10k to 15k to do and there is one problem that could occur. The Turbo on a Supra (i am assuming you are seeking a turbo, if not then im not sure what the deal with this is...) But, the turbo is on the passenger side of the car, so if you convert a left hand drive to a right hadn drive the turbo will then be on the driver side, and with moving and re-mounting everything it could cause a problem, someone told me about having to install a heat shield between the Turbo and whatever is moved to that side.

After 2 months of researching and searching i have slowed down because if there is one of these out there in the US i dont know how easy it would be to find. :-/

But hey, my e-mail is deadtoday@gmail.com Let me know if you come across anything or if anything i said is wrong, (again im not 100% positive about everything i said, it's things i've heard from other poeple). Send me your e-mail so if i come across anything i can let you know. Good luck man!

-Mark

theres a company called evolution imports, they are in florida, they will import and legalize a rhd supra for you.

toyota wont help you because they already have a supra designed for your country. since its at your request for wanting one, you'll have to pay the price. as for de-tuning i havent seen it true. my friend has an 84 annaversary edition fairlady and didn't have to de-tune. besides japanese emissions are TIGHTER than ones in the us. i'll post a site later where you can get one shipped left hand drive.

Okies well New Zealand has all right hand drive Supras. So if you are looking at importing, maybe you might want to check out the specs of getting one from here?

only $1,200.00 to ship it !

Yea, $1200 to ship to US is pretty good.

"as for de-tuning i havent seen it true. my friend has an 84 annaversary edition fairlady and didn't have to de-tune. besides japanese emissions are TIGHTER than ones in the us. i'll post a site later where you can get one shipped left hand drive. "

Post some more links for import supras from japan, new zealand UK wherever... Next summer ima make something happen.

Mark

i've been eyeing a black 91 from that site and am hoping to buy it or something similar september. its a debate now between that car and a bike.

warbird. 15k is enough to buy another car. (ASK THAT RICH BOY MONKI HE'D KNOW ALL ABOUT BUYING CARS!!! *nag nag nag nag nag* :angry: ) and its not worth it period. i saw a right hand drive civic. THE THING LOOKS HORRIBLE. THE PERSON WHO DID IT LEFT IT BUTT ASS UGLY. he probably spray painted the thing. and also i dont think 1200 is all u need to pay. to import is alot of a hassle. plus u need to get it to american soil and with america still on high alert (i believe. i'm not sure i'm 15 so i dont wach CNN yet...) i think they have to strip search your car lol.

monki since yuor having such SUCH AMAZING WONDERFUL LUCK could u help me and my cousin (300hpvision) find a stock TT manual supra (he doesn't car about the year. but i want a 94 or a 97)
if this is a hassle let me know. but i wont think it is since your F***ING BLESSED BY JESUS AT FINDING CARS!!! :angry:

Hey jza80 Supra C-I TT, I dont watch CNN either and CNN wont tell you how hard it is to ship a Supra in from Japan. Also, of course that RHD civic looked like shit, regardless if it was badly taken care of its a civic....... It doesnt seem like youve done if any research on importing a Supra. Yea, it might be expensive but it can be done. Also consider Supras from japan can be newer since they didnt stop making them in 98' but also they are much cheaper in Japan then in the US. Hell, i see US Supras going for $60,000.00. You can get a mad nice Japanese Supra for a hell of a lot less then $60K but you do have to pay for shipping and crap. And i dont care who you are (nothing personal to you) but any RHD car in the states is cool as hell. How often do you see that???

I want to get a Supra and make it different from all other cars. RHD Supra TT in stick, although some might say its tacky i want scissor doors on mine cause i saw a Supra with that once and it looked sweet. Those are a few among many things... As for now, i drive my lifted Dodge Dakota quad cab like a Supra just because i havn't rolled over yet!

If any of you are interested in importing....Consider incorporating yourself and Hiring a lawyer because customs has been known to hold cars indefintely as well as even destroy some that they feel will not be properly converted....as well one of the main reasons that cars from Japan are such a pain to import is most (Skyline for example) lack many saftey precautions that US cars have...Reinforced doors, cat converter, etc...
I have a friend that i work with who is in the process of setting up an import company....ill try and get more detail about the importation process....a good site to look at for Jap cars for import
www.Japan-Partner.com

And a bidding site www.japaneseauctions.co.uk
try em out they have bids on Supra from around 1000$ USD :D

But when i get more importation details, ill post

you can also get a bunch of rhd supras from australia...there are a bunch of importing companies there that make the car us-spec...but dont convert to lhd...they handle shipping all u gotta do is pay for it....my friend got an s14 from there nice and clean for a good price..ill try and get some websites or contacts from them and ill post them...the cars i know they got are supras, skylines, s13s, s14s, s15s, fto's, and a bunch of cars we would dream of only having here

or maybe you get a jdm half cut,pull the crossmember off and all the dash stuff and swap them over to a u.s spec supra body.ineffect making it rhd.just an idea that i would probly try if i had the money.

Meh i would prefer to just incorporate myself and import these cars...you can import some of these cars for 1000$- 4000$ and turn around and sell them for 8-10k so it could be your passion and your job

Supra production stopped in '98 world wide. It's NOT worth trying to import a Supra because it's the same car, and will cost more, plus you have no idea what it drives like.

Skyline, the rare AWD Turbo Celica's, the different spec RX-7's, maybe, but the only thing that is different on the supras is the hood had a scoop, and it was right hand drive...not worth the added effort and money, and laws are local, you might be able to register it in one county, but not another.

Now getting JDM parts, go for it, as they have certain things that are killer, like catalytic converters that are as good as off-road pipes, but will pass a sniffer test, or the variable exhaust where a valve opens up at speed so the engine can breath, but it's not overly loud.

ACTUALLY....Not correct in Japan Supras continued until 2000....i saw one for sale online the other day....I'm compleyely serious...

Supras in Japan continued till 2002. In the UK Supras were available between 1993-1996. MkIV Supras in the UK and Japan had two catalytic converters and i`ll think you`ll find that they will pass your emission laws. UK Supras would be worth the hassle of importing as they have larger brakes, 4 pot calipers, steel internal turbos instead of ceramic, plus other bits and bobs that are different and better, oh, and they also kick out 326bhp as standard.
6 Speed manuals in the UK start at ?8000 GBP. If you want to see late model and smart Supras for sale do this:

www.google.co.uk
Pick language tools
Pick to translate a website from japanese to English
Put the website www.yahoo.co.jp into the translate box
Pick auctions
Pick automobile
Pick body
Pick Toyota and work your way through the models as Supra doesn`t translate into English

Enjoy!

That`ll be 14,000 USD for a 6 speed manual in the UK

When i made that post i yeah i only knew through 2000 but now i know through 02....AND UK Supras don't that 318 ft lbs of Torque....HP is for Bragging, Torque gets you do the track

there's a right handed supra up for sale right now on ebay. It was a Texas plate on it. I wonder how he did it?

I wonder if it's the one I've seen.....

i have registered right hand supra TT manual 1998 model white .. with titan Ex. and TRD kit .. etc.
and its great ..
and its easy to turn it to left hand without any problems or changing any thing in the engin :)



;) c ya

so does anyone know more about shipping a UK supra?

Sorry to bring this back from the dead (especially as I'm a new member... hello everyone), but I've been looking into this for a bit now. Does anyone actually KNOW anyone who has imported a Supra? I have many reasons for wanting to import (some of which include that they are about half the price, they are RHD, and they usually have much lower milage). I am also in a unique position in that I can actually GO TO THE CAR and check it out before actually laying money down. So far I've found Japan-Partner to be a good place to shop, though I'm still like 4 hours from Nagoya. I need someone with experience in legalizing an import to tell me how much of a hassle it would be and how much it would cost.

i have one for you.. i dont know i can put pic for you but i will give you a link.. if you have any question feel free to call 323 226 0406 ask for frank.. say you for the toyota froums..

will i guess i cant put up pic of it .. or a link .but if you got o honda-tech market places ... look for Battle CAt..

They are cheaper but by the time it is made legal it will be more... Just by a usdm.

see, I'm not so sure, or at least that's what I'm trying to find out form someone who's actaully done it. I mean for example... there is a 95 supra SZ for about $6k with about 90k miles.
Now, as far as shipping is concerned, I've heard anywhere from 1500 to 2500 so I'll just say 2000. Ok so now we are at $8k, but that still gives me at least 5 thousand dollars to play with as far as making it legal before it's the same price as usdm.
Like I said, I don't actually know how much it costs, and if it's over five thousand dollars, I probably will just buy usdm, but until I find out, this looks like a much better deal.

I know this is old as hell but I had to chime in.
See it here
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See it here
http://supraforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378973

It cost 1000 for the initial payment for shipping then when u pick it up from the dock its another 485....they do this because they have to take care of the destuffing of the crate and the cost of shipping the empty crate back to japan.
Unless you are over in japan yourself you also have to also pay an export agent to take care of everything for you. So there is an export agent fee. They also have a pre auction inspection fee. Another fee is the JVEC decontamination fee which is where they steam clean the vehicle to remove it from foreign soils. Also depending on which auction house they get it from they might charge you a inland freight fee to take the car to the docs...if you want to lower your cost you can bring 3 cars and get your own crate for the initial payment of 3400 which will hold 3 cars.

I work with an export agent in japan so if anyone has any questions feel free to email me at toplineautos@hotmail.com

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I currently live in okinawa japan and i have a jdm rhd supra, it is possible to bring a jdm supra back, the thing is that the cost out here to have it shipped to your to a state like FL in your name will cost about 10 grand. maybe 12 grand. what one of the companies do is they convert the bumpers windows and things like that then register it threw canada then drive it to the states then register it in one of the states.
my buddy brought back his 96 skyline like that and another one of my buddies brought back a 94 supra. it is possible but when i tried to ask the man at the DOT department of transportation he said if you have a "RI" doing your vehicle and he just pretty much scams out the whole "conversion" your car will get impounded and you will never see it again. i you get pulled over.
the best way is threw canada cause my friends never had problems. im saving up $10,000 so i can bring my 93 supra back its a N/a but it will be a monster when you all see it in MIAMI.
also the man at the DOT said 1 week ago in cali they impounded 2 skylines r33's cause they were speeding and they never saw their car again.
also he said make sure you keep the "ri's info incase you get a fine.
good luck im still hoping my importation will go through.

Im not to sure to importing cars for people who already own them. I know in Canada if you go to japan for something work related and u lived there over a year an in that time u had to buy a car. You can legally bring it in 100% legal into canada tax free but its alot of paper work. I bring my cars in through canada when I do my cars but they have to be 15 years or older. Honestly the best way for me to help you would be to tell you to sell your car and dont waste time and the money trying to get it here.
I can get you a 1993 Twin turbo in good condition with a clean florida title for around 25,000 or less.

Any right hand drive supra brought in to the US is technically illegal since there has never been anyone who has actually dont the modifications and crash test needed to know how to bring it up to US specs. Over 90% of skylines in the US are grey market and any grey market car has the risk of being impounded. You dont here about it much because it rarely happens...all the the feds have been crackin down more on skylines over the years because everyone knows that car was never manufactured for the US market. Supra is a little less risky. But if you have the correct paper work and title and all that jazz, if you get pulled over there is not really much they can say unless they really look into it.


msg me toplineautos@hotmail.com and we can talk more about it

Hi guys, i know this is a PROPER thread resurrection but need some answers, I plan to move to Florida before the end of next year and so want to bring my car with me, I've heard about importing one whilst living in the US and i think this costs more as you haven't owned it already for over a year or something, also its not shipping from japan, as i live in the UK. I want to know how much it will cost me to get it registered in the US. Also would it be cheaper to ship it myself as 'possessions' with all my furniture etc, and then when its there, find a wrecked USDM Supra or something and start swapping all the different parts, like the brake resivoir, bars in the doors, glasses..... and so on and maybe swap it to LHD? As I would think that the DOT people would price up everything, being new parts and all and plus labour?

Thanks Brad

Unfortunately I have no experience in this specific area. However, I'd recommend that you get in touch with companies that import cars into the US.

Also be sure to review:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/bas...orting_car.xml
http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/det...3D%3D/search/1