Genuine Soarers in the USA
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I never manage to leave anything stock, however I am gonna try not to mess with this too much. This is gonna be my daily driver, so comfortable and reliable are the order of the day. So many horsies to find with just an exhaust and airbox mod that I will probably be doing those two. But beyond that no plans other than stereo related modifications. The exhaust is driving me nuts though, what's with the utter lack of aftermarket support! I suppose I am just going to have to have one made, as I want to keep the appearance stockish at least(no single exit for me).
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Would really like a Z20 someday. Just couldn't imagine spending near $10 grand on a 1980's Toyota vehicle lol. The JZZ Soarers are sometimes fairly priced depending on the importer. Virginia has a great JDM importer down in the Richmond area that gets a Z20 or JZZ30 once in a while.
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Would really like a Z20 someday. Just couldn't imagine spending near $10 grand on a 1980's Toyota vehicle lol. The JZZ Soarers are sometimes fairly priced depending on the importer. Virginia has a great JDM importer down in the Richmond area that gets a Z20 or JZZ30 once in a while.
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Its in Japan actually, coming over on a RO/RO transport at the end of the month. As for importing, as long as you are not in California it's not too tough, be prepared to deal with ignorant DMV clerks though and budget extra time between the cars arrival and when you actually get plates for it. There is a near 100% chance you will be the first person who's ever asked that DMV employee to figure out how to issue a title for a car with only a 12 digit vin. This means mistakes and incorrect info will be rampant and that slows things down considerably. You will need the services of a good customs broker just to get it off the boat as well. Make sure you get one that is local to the port where you are bringing it in and one that knows how to import cars under the 25 year exemption. I called 10 brokers for this car, only 2 even understood the process. Having somebody who knows the port employees just makes things smoother and quicker, you are going to be at a disadvantage on importing cars from Japan anyway due to being on the wrong coast. Gonna bring shipping costs and transport times way up.
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Yeah, if I decide to import something I'll most likely have dropped at a port on the west coast then just have a shipping company bring it to Texas or maybe just grab a truck and trailer to pick it up myself. Also, please please please keep this thread updated. I'm sure there are several of us that would like to keep track of this.
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Oh if anything I am more worried about boring the hell out of everybody with far too much talk about it. I still have 24 days to go and I am already bouncing off the walls.