importing lude - Honda Prelude Forum

92 SI Ludester · 10-07-2002, 11:04 AM

i was wondering how much it would cost to import a Prelude from Japan? has anyone done this or know a company that does this? i know MotoRex imports Skylines but can they do other cars?

preludechic · 10-07-2002, 11:06 AM

Yes, Motorex can import pretty much any car you want. People have imported Preludes. I've seen a RHD 5th gen. It was nice. Expensive though.

Brady92/4WS · 10-07-2002, 11:14 AM

i was looking throw a japanese autotrader book, and you can get a 93 4ws vtec for like 3500 US dollars, but then shipping will probably kill you and you cant register the car in the states.

92 SI Ludester · 10-07-2002, 11:17 AM

how much is the importing though? figure i have a 92 vtec and i put more than 15k into it...if i can get a pure RHD 4th gen for about the same i would do that instead

Hawks10 · 10-07-2002, 01:11 PM

You can import a Prtelude, you just cant register it so it will be way illegal to drive. I posted this before but no one reawlly believed me, but I have talked to people in Japan who import cars about it. Here is how it goes. You can import and register a car from Japan, IF the US does not have an equivalent of that car. for example, you can import and register a Skyline, cause we dont have a skyline of any kind, you CANNOT register a Silvia here because we have the crappy equivalent in the 240SX. You can't register a Prelude Type-S or any other Prelude for that matter because we already have a Prelude. Hope some people believe me now.

hustler904 · 10-07-2002, 03:02 PM

my friend imported his 3rd gen lude from japan here for around 8 grand,not sure how much mileage it had though,or if its legal,but I'm pretty sure it is cuz he gets pulled over alot for speeding,and if it was illegal,I dont think the cops would of just let him off with speeding tickets

92 SI Ludester · 10-08-2002, 12:58 AM

i talked to motorex and they said the only reason they can register the Skylines is because they do their own crash testing in america for them...i think that is why you cant get a lude that is out already....they crash tests were done on the LHD not RHD...maybe?

curbyslude · 10-09-2002, 11:50 AM

Just do a RHD conversion. There is a guy here who did it to a Civic and it was sweet. The whole thing was JDM.

Way too expensive though.