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TWINS33

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hey all im looking at getting myself another r33 as making mine just for track, have looked at a few and noticed one didnt have any "import" sticker on it.. the little green or purple sticker with importer and vin no.

is this dodgey? as in the cars not legit or is it common for some to not have one?

just checking as mine and my mates both have them

cheers

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Carbon 34 Grand Master

Carbon 34

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hey all im looking at getting myself another r33 as making mine just for track, have looked at a few and noticed one didnt have any "import" sticker on it.. the little green or purple sticker with importer and vin no.

is this dodgey? as in the cars not legit or is it common for some to not have one?

just checking as mine and my mates both have them

cheers

sure sounds dodgy as hell, NO VIN ??? does it have engine numbers on it ?

who grinds off a VIN to race it? or is that some AU thing ?

Damo_R34 Grand Master

Damo_R34

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this is best asked in the import / compliance thread. I know theres some cars that come in and dont have a plate, but they are complied and registered successfully. If the car has rego, i dont think you have to worry too much.

astrotristan Grand Master

astrotristan

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if it were me man, id look at getting a car that is already race only and swapping your gear

if you check out yahoo japan you can get 32s with rb25s and mods between AUD$5-7k landed, and 33s between 7-10k landed

or if you are truely baller get an fd for like 15ish (landed) :)

winner!

if i had the cash id be doing it for sure

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Import S13

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My old 32 didn't have one as it was exempted from the plate (they ran out or something) I know this as I imported, complied and went through regency with it like this.

its not uncommon for them not to have it. You can always run your own check through transport sa or on their website or even a police check on it if your really worried?

Have fun :)

TWINS33 Community Regular

TWINS33

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thanks for the info, my 33 is defected and stripped so its basically for track that it now. the one i looked at had a complience plate, and was regoes fine i even checked the vin no to reg sticker and was all good was just curious why it didnt have the importer sticker on it, my 33's is purple my mates is green. just wondering if i did get it.. and got pulled over would a cop f**k me over or would they not even know that it should have one?

Murry33 Experienced

Murry33

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My old 32 didn't have one as it was exempted from the plate (they ran out or something) I know this as I imported, complied and went through regency with it like this.

its not uncommon for them not to have it. You can always run your own check through transport sa or on their website or even a police check on it if your really worried?

Have fun :blink:

yeah my old R32 didn't have one either

DSTROY Grand Master

DSTROY

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Well Regency ran out of compliance plates a few years ago, so if like my 32 and Kye's 32 and it was done through Regency it wont have a compliance tag in the engine bay even though it should have one. He also asked if the police would f**k him over if he was pulled over and his car didn't have one. I've been pulled over heaps of times and haven't had a problem, Sounds relevant to me.

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DSTROY

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huh?? :blush:

he's got a 33....I think you missed Kristian's point Chad

Chef said some 32's dont need them. My 32 should have one but regency ran out of the plates so maybe the same thing has happened with the 33 that's why the 33 is missing the compliance plate.

SLED Grand Master

SLED

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If it's a 32 or earlier, then there's a chance it won't have a plate. If it's a 33 it should have a plate of some kind to be registered. If not, stay away.

Chad, which part of the above statement don't you understand?

I think Kristian would know better than all of us put together and therefore would be wise to heed the guy's advice..........I'll say it again, the 32 arguement is totally irrelevant.

Iron Chef Grand Master

Iron Chef

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Ok I'll bite, seeing I was being economical with my words before:

Some R32s were brought in under the old 15 year rule, if that is the case, they won't have a compliance plate on them. The ones that were brought in under a compliance scheme WILL have one.

No R33s came in under the 15 year rule, so they should ALL have a compliance plate of some kind.

Compliance plates issued under SEVS or the system that preceded it are issued by Canberra, not by Regency, and they are virtually impossible to replace.

Regency started issuing its own plates in recent times to cars that have come in under the 15 year rule, so that police officers could better identify cars that weren't meeting the road regs.

So as I said, if an R33 doesn't have a compliance plate on it, regardless of whether or not it's registered or anything else, I would steer clear. Chances are you may never get pulled over, but if you struck a smart cop on the wrong day, you would, at the very least, have to take it over the pits at Regency, or at worse, end up with another track-only car that could never be registered again.

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Dohmar Grand Master

Dohmar

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Some R32s were brought in under the old 15 year rule, if that is the case, they won't have a compliance plate on them. The ones that were brought in under a compliance scheme WILL have one.

Regency started issuing its own plates in recent times to cars that have come in under the 15 year rule, so that police officers could better identify cars that weren't meeting the road regs.

This is certainly the case with my GTR (89 model, 15 yr rule). Got a sticker sent to me by regency around 2.5 yrs ago. It sits on the firewall near the abs unit

sticker says "Certificate of Exemption"

-D

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Import S13

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thanks for the info, my 33 is defected and stripped so its basically for track that it now. the one i looked at had a complience plate, and was regoes fine i even checked the vin no to reg sticker and was all good[/b] was just curious why it didnt have the importer sticker on it, my 33's is purple my mates is green. just wondering if i did get it.. and got pulled over would a cop f**k me over or would they not even know that it should have one?
Ok I'll bite, seeing I was being economical with my words before:

Some R32s were brought in under the old 15 year rule, if that is the case, they won't have a compliance plate on them. The ones that were brought in under a compliance scheme WILL have one.

No R33s came in under the 15 year rule, so they should ALL have a compliance plate of some kind.

Compliance plates issued under SEVS or the system that preceded it are issued by Canberra, not by Regency, and they are virtually impossible to replace.

Regency started issuing its own plates in recent times to cars that have come in under the 15 year rule, so that police officers could better identify cars that weren't meeting the road regs.

So as I said, if an R33 doesn't have a compliance plate on it, regardless of whether or not it's registered or anything else, I would steer clear. Chances are you may never get pulled over, but if you struck a smart cop on the wrong day, you would, at the very least, have to take it over the pits at Regency, or at worse, end up with another track-only car that could never be registered again.

he says its got the complience plate onit.

its the identification plate i think thats missing (if thats what its even called) or im wrong and pictured the complience plate.

i need another import :P lol

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