crashed cars illegible?

[blu32GTR]

I hear from a few different people that if you if import a car that has been in an accident it can have the compliance plate confiscated by someone even after driving the car for a few months..

Apparently this person imported a r34 GTR , it was complianced and he was driving it in oz registered and all , he recieved a letter in the mail asking to be taken somewhere for an inspection , after the inspection he was told that it was an accident car and the compliance plate had been removed , he was also given the option to cut the car or send it back to japan?

So he had a panelbeater with 30 yrs exp look over it to give a report on exactly what had been fixed , the panel beater said the repair job was barely visible and of a high quality workmanship (the panel repairs were carried out in japan)..

But the owner of the car could not fight it and had to have the car cut for parts..

Is this true , i am about to import two cars and it would not be feasible if i cant comply one or both cars in case they are damaged..

Maty

[Duncan]

hmm the story doesn't sound right to me, once it is complied it is OK.

On the other hand one part is....if a car has damage the complier can reject it. A rejected car has to be exported or destroyed. I guess that is the biggest risk of importing under the new system....

[Beer Baron]

By the way I think you mean ineligible, illegible means hard to read.

and yeah, that story seems a little hazy to me.

"he recieved a letter in the mail"

from who? and what caused it to be sent?

"asking to be taken somewhere for an inspection"

taken where? and for what kind of inspection?

", after the inspection he was told that it was an accident car and the compliance plate had been removed , he was also given the option to cut the car or send it back to japan?"

Well as duncan pointed out, yes if you import an accident damaged car from Japan and it is knocked back by the RAW (or their engineer) then you will have to export the car or destroy it.

Richard

[sewid]

No that story is untrue. Im 95% sure.

There are rumours flying around about SEVS importing and how people can get cars rejected for compliance and a lot of it is completely untrue.

Accident damaged and repaired cars can still be complied depending on the condition of the car, the total damage, where the hit was and the quality of the repair.

The compliance process isn't black and white, you don't rock up to the RAWS with a dented gaurd and then have your dream destroyed!!!!

Just as you can remove modifications and put the car back to stock before compliance, you can repair the car to acceptable standards before compliance.

This does not mean you can import wrecks and comply them - you cant. You also have no chance of complying cut and shut cars, rebirthed cars, cars that were damaged too much to be repaired to acceptable standards, rust buckets, etc.

I was lucky to get a car that had never been in a single hit (or so it would seem from a detailed inspection) but yeah....

[raz0r$harP.UK]

Doesn't sound right..there would have to be definitive proof that the car had exceeded the damage limits before compliancing. And it raises all sorts of issues - why was it allowed to pass through, safety issues, etc.

I highly doubt the accuracy of this.

There is a story on the forums somewhere about a bloke who didn't pass compliancing because of damage to the underbody of the car, but that was detected at compliance, not afterwards.

Accident damaged cars can still come through SEVS, all depends on the severity. If you are concerned Matty, then ask your buyer to inspect for any damage before you buy.