$10,000 or so, legitimately.

There's a Federal Test Procedure you have to put the cars through to the tune of $10,000 or so above all other costs, to get it done in California.

I'm behind the guy in the gray shirt. his sleeve got in a couple of my photos.

No. I have my iPhone 4S and my GoPro. I'm hidden behind some other people in the photo. Here's my shot from the same angle.

I'm actually standing a couple people to the right of Tavarish, I remember that odd flash on the camera.

you can't prove you won't use it on the road, so it has to be 25 before any permanent import paperwork is done.

lots of people bring in cars illegally. it's not "that" hard to do, just lots of risk involved.

There are people who have unregistered cars here, and "Technically" it's not illegal to have a piece of property that looks a look like an S15. However, you can't really bring the car in at all. There's no way to prove that the car WON'T be used on the street, so they just kind of stop it there.

They do, actually. There are stories of a few cars being turned away at the ports soon after Fukushima.

People have tried. People have gotten their cars taken away.

That starts to get VERY expensive very quickly. Think $30,000 over the cost of the car in modifications alone.

Photos. Photos are necessary.

That one simile trick!

Normally I'd agree with something like this, however my exhaust snapped off right at the muffler at 98k thanks to living in places that BRUTALLY salt their roads.

What about...eyebrows...?

You were at Daishocon? As was I! I volunteered.

Take that, de-geso~!

Ones I've seen (but don't have pictures of): a Lotus Elise, and a Mitsubishi Starion. with that information, I'm sure you can find pictures of them online.

Eh, Call me crazy, but in my mind if you're doing it, you're getting a custom one done for YOUR car...

I've been meaning to get my G35 done up like this for some time. I've been having trouble choosing a character from the many anime I like to use.