# skyline laws

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [December 14, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skyline-laws/265748 "2012-12-14T06:22:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skyline-laws/265748/69 "2012-12-24T16:01:01Z")

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> [@Poor People = Suck \<\<\< Wicked](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poor-people-suck-wicked/51322/69):
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> Federal law sets a level which all 50 states have to observe and comply with. If each state chooses to have a more restrictive law than put into effect by the Federal level, they may do so. However having a LESS restrictive law than what is set by the Federal government is not legal.
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> It doesn’t matter if your state says its legal, if its not on a federal level there’s no way around it.
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> Cossey can clarify but I believe even all R33’s from MotoRex aren’t legal. Wasn’t your R33 THE LAST R33 MotoRex GTR pardoned by the US government, Cossey?
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> I think what everyone is trying to say is that they’re not legal even if they do have a plate and insurance. If you’re registering a 1995 GTR as a 1995 240SX, guess what? IT’S NOT LEGAL.
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> I would love to own a 2001+ DC5 Integra Type R but there are only a few ports you can import cars to and last I looked one was Florida and the other was Canada. I think I read the engine and chassis had to be in seperate containers and there were a ton of other restrictions to make it a bigger hassle than it was worth.

Bingo. My R33 was the very last Skyline imported by MotorEx. Didn’t even have a regular VIN like most others because it was just kinda swept under the rug. I still have the paperwork from it from NHTSA/DOT’s investigators stating the legality which I had to scan and send to DMV, Progressive, and even eBay when I sold it. If I recall, 96-98 were the only ones that should’ve been legal due to those being the only ones crash tested, though they still didn’t have OBDII and most were imported as 1995 models for that reason. Mine was actually a 96.

There’s a big reason you see prices vary so much on R33s. The $15-20k ones are “state legal” therefore illegal. MotorEx cars fetch double that at the minimum.

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