S15 for an fr-s?
 

Would you trade in your fr-s for a pearl white s15?
How would you even make one street legal?

No, especially if it doesn't already come with a street legal title.

IMO s15 is not worth as much as your frs.

I had a R33 skyline for 6 years and I can honestly tell you as legal as I had it, it was still illegal. and every time a cop pulled me over (which happened a lot because the wanted to check it out) its a long story that you have to have some backup in writing and even then you ALWAYS have the chance of them taking your car. You drive around a little scared pretty much all the time always wondering if your investment is going to be around next week. My insurance guy was cool so when I got hit and had 5k in damage, I got it taken care of. you might not be as lucky.

You can go buy a s15 for less than 15k anyway so its not worth a trade for a frs either way.

Most people selling JDM cars they want a lot.. but you can usually take it off their hands with cash for cheap because they know its almost impossible for you to get a loan for one and they want to just get rid of it.


Love the cars, a buddy of mine had a pearl white s15 for a while, I wonder if its the same one ;)

I think the only "legally" imported 240 is an '88MY per the NHTSA. If I could get a VIN, Title, legal, etc S15 in the states, I'd be all over it.

I picked up an S14 for $2,500 last wednesday. I could easily do an S15 conversion for half the price of a BRZ/FRS

I wouldn't trade a twin for an S15

Nick C.

S15s are rad and IMO way better than the FRS/BRZ. You'll have to jump through a lot of hoops to make it legal ENOUGH to even drive it and like said above, it still isn't entirely legal. Once the car is 25 years old, that's a different story.

If you're hell bent on getting one though(or any other car from Japan), let me know and I can point you in the right direction. Just remember $$ talks... and since these are grey market imported vehicles, everything is done with cash. No financing, loans, payments etc etc. S15 Spec R with 250hp SR20 and 6spd gearbox will probably run around $20,000 depending on the car.

My connection just had two of these bad boys shipped out to the states this past week for some buyers:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAacXrznw8...ne%2Bfront.jpg

I bought my 240 from my connection on Craigslist

Nick C.

I can't wait till R34's are legal in the states

Just buy a late model 240sx and do a S15 front end and SR20DET swap

The body is still different....

I can get a nice R33 or R34 skyline GTR from a right hand drive specialist shop really close to where I live. They both have some nice JDM mods, exhaust systems etc.

Apparently, they were purchased cheap in Japan but the dealer charges $5500.00 for importation and compliance. Mileage seems very low (under 50K miles, but I am sure it is really easy to have tampered with odometers. Their website states it is common for Japanese owned cars to have low mileage since there is a heavy tax imposed for higher mileage in Japan. They are virtually rust free underneath thanks to stringent Japanese inspection requirements.

For $18K 9asking price) or so they are great toys. Coulda had 2 of them for the price of my FR-S.

On the other hand, I am not sure who would want to buy their RHD Jeep Cherokees! They also sell older RHD Honda CRV's for rural mail delivery people. Got a whole line of them on the lot. And, they have a Japanese tech trained in Japan working there too!

Rare in North America! We were in Mustangs, Firebirds and Camaros while they were driving THESE muscle cars. They look badass IMHO. Thanks to this forum I even know what a Watanabe wheel is!

These. SO MUCH.

BTW, sorry I have to be "that guy" but I think this belongs in another section.

This shop can also arrange for US importation.


http://www.rightdrive.ca/

You could always get a junk yard 240 and do a vin swap. I was seriously considering it to get a 96+ Celica gt4 here but i just picked up a twin instead.