Importing a Car, what's the Go!

, check link is a state law for NSW

www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/vsi/vsi40_rev1.pdf

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/vsi/vsi40_rev1.pdf#search='left%20hand%20drive%20in%20NSW'

Quite apart from the conversion to RHD, he would have to change the headlights and seatbelts. Maybe have to put side intrusion bars in too, not sure about that.
No big deal in any of that, but the $$ mount up.
What's any 2001 aussie delivered petrol 4wd worth? I would imagine his is petrol, not diesel. What's a 2001 Explorer worth.
I think he would have to be a little more than 'fairly fond of it' to justify doing it.
What parts on it would be the same as the Explorers here?
Would he have to send to the States to get most parts.
Handy if he is in Mt. Isa or Cobar or Norseman and wants a uni joint or water pump or something.
Just my opinion
Dave

You have to really want it.
Every vehicle younger than 15 years has to be converted to RHD.
You need a RAWS workshop to do the application for an import permit for you
before you can ship it. without import permit you can not get it into Australia.
A RAWS workshop has to be licensed to get compliance for the conversion and
no workshop would do it unless they have compliance for that model and have
done it before .. I am just going through that with my truck coming from the US ..
there are different categories under which you can import and it depends on the
age of the vehicle and the owner status but it is hard for just any vehicle unless
it has been done before... he is better off bringing an old T-bird or so ..
then there is luxury tax on sedans as well as duty and GST ... there is no duty and
luxury tax on trucks (4WD or 2WD) only GST...
One has to find a workshop willing to do the conversion and apply for import permit.

Hard to say if its worth it.. For the conversion its also the windshield, or side windows when tinted in US and a few other things .. my truck is going to be close to 30K A$ for the conversion and minor modification plus all the extras I put in to bring it to the level I want it, which are not included in the conversion cost.

I'd say a two door is not worth it unless its 15 years or older.. then it's reasonably easy.

good luck
gmd

if he is migrating then contact australian customs as they deal with this sort of thing daily............but if he really wants to do something nice then he could dump the explorer and get a 1971 camaro rs and import that and then sell it to me and he doesn't even need to convert it to rhd and i will even come over to sydney and pick it up and drive it back to the west. rgds

We imported a Landrover when we moved from NZ in 2003. The vehicle was 2 years old and by the time we paid freight, insurance, stamp duty, etc, etc it cost us around $13,000 to get it on the road here.

Then you have to suss out the one or two insurance companies in Australia that will insure it because it is an import.

Then when you come to sell it, most people run a mile when they find that it is an import including most dealers. We were told finance companies will not look at them plus the insurnace hassle.

We sold ours a few weeks ago and got a pittance for a perfectly good vehicle - around 2/3rd's of what we would have got for it if it was new in Australia.

All this hassle for a vehicle that was identical to those first sold in Australia - was it wiorth it, definetly not in hindsight.

Stevesub

Goto OL and ask Sierrajim.. he does it for a business.

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