Personal import of a JDM DC2R

[StretchGSK]

Hi

I am currently living in a NZ and am looking at moving to Brisbane later in the year.
I am looking for an opinion on if it is worth importing my JDM DC2R.

She is totally stock apart from a J's Racing Ti exhaust and is basically immaculate for a 14 year old car so I don't think I would easily replace her.

Some pics to help the opinion.
http://www.supersharpshooter.co.nz/project/the-integra-type-r/

Any Kiwi's on here imported a car from NZ to Aus by the way?

Thanks in advance
Stretch

[Giraffe]

Clean car mate, I definitely recommoned bringing it with you to Aus, never seen a jap spec Milano red. Haha all the imports are championship white !

[grifty]

Shouldn't be too hard to get approval, all the information you need you should be able to find online.

[90LAN]

as a guide the last 98 spec sold for around 20k, so thats roughly 40k nzd lol

[BG-33P]

Love it! You won't find one like that easily at all. It'll be worth the effort to bring it over.

[JDM DC2R]

very nice car. If it has Hids, that will give you problems. As here they need to be self cleaning and self leveling!

[90LAN]

pretty sure if its a personal import it doesnt matter

[dougie_504]

Looks beautiful. Bring it over or you'll regret it for the rest of your life lol

[JDM DC2R]

pretty sure if its a personal import it doesnt matter

Im pretty sure they have to unless they fall into certain criterias like classic car, rare ect. Which a JDM Dc2R wont.

Ive been pulled up for random inspections and i never been bothered for the HIDS as they look stock. But a inspection center may look closer into it!

[chargeR]

pretty sure if its a personal import it doesnt matter

Correct. At least in Victoria (and most likely other states, the road rules for registration are relatively consistent throughout the country) a personal import doesn't have to comply with any of the Australian Design Rules (ADRs) except it must have seat belts, seats with head restraints and child restraints as applicable to the date of manufacture. So the rules regarding HIDs and washers do not apply, as they are not legislated anywhere but in the ADRs.

Here's an excerpt from the Victorian road rules to give you an idea, other states will be similar:


23 Partial exception to compliance with ADRs — personally imported vehicles

(1) In this clause — personally imported vehicle means a vehicle built after 1968 that is imported into Australia under regulation 13 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Regulations 1989 of the Commonwealth by a person who owned and used the vehicle for a continuous period of at least—

(a) in the case of a vehicle owned by the applicant before 9 May 2000, 3 months;

(b) in any other case, 12 months— before it was imported into Australia.

(2) A personally imported vehicle must be fitted with—

(a) seat belts that are as effective as seat belts that meet an Australian Standard or British Standard for seat belts as in force when this clause commenced; and

(b) seat belt anchorages that meet the number and location requirements of second or third edition ADR 5; and

(c) child restraint anchorages that meet the number, location, accessibility, thread size and form requirements of second edition ADR 34 or third edition ADR 5 or 34; and

(d) head restraints that meet the number, location and size requirements of second or
third edition ADR 22.

(3) However, a personally imported vehicle need only meet the requirements of an ADR referred to in subclause (2) if the ADR recommends that it should apply, or applies, to a vehicle of the same type.

(4) A personally imported vehicle need not otherwise comply with an ADR applied by clause 19(1) or 20(1).

Therefore OP you should import your car. Good condition DC2Rs are not that common here let alone Milano Red, which is colour choice of champions.

[EKVTIR-T]

red is the worst colour and not in demand much



#milano_pink

[lolmclol]

Im pretty sure they have to unless they fall into certain criterias like classic car, rare ect. Which a JDM Dc2R wont.

Ive been pulled up for random inspections and i never been bothered for the HIDS as they look stock. But a inspection center may look closer into it!

no one pulled you over in your audm integra mate, don't lie

[integraR]

red may be rare but under the hot Australian especially Brisbane it'll turn pink i.e fade

make sure you have a place to store it away from sunlight

[StretchGSK]

Hello

Thanks for the input, sounds like I should keep her.
As for the sun fade, I know about it and am lucky enough to only have a very small amount of fade.

How much of a problem is the exhaust going to be in QLD?

[infurNOS]

Amazing looking car, the 6th photo looks like a toy!

[newpaddy3]

as a guide the last 98 spec sold for around 20k, so thats roughly 40k nzd lol

$20,000 aus is roughly $24,429 nz...

[90LAN]

$20,000 aus is roughly $24,429 nz...

oh really ? thanks didnt know that

[WATAJK]

Wouldn't be leaving NZ for Australia IMO.
Work isn't all that crash hot across Australia.. i know alot of kiwis are starting to come to Australia thinking there's more opportunities but alot of people are realizing that it's just as hard to get a job in NZ as it is in Australia... that's if your moving to Australia in the hope to find work...

Good looking JDM DC2R, MR is always something different to be looking at!