SVA - is there a way around it???

[ferruh]

Just bought a 1999 Type R from Japan for a mate.
 
Worried that it wont pass the SVA as the FD is heavily modified.
 
Does anyone know if the car can be registered without the SVA and by just getting a MOT?? Maybe getting it registered as something else kit car maybe??
 
I heard people registering 1998 EVO5\'s, 1998 Skylines etc without SVA. How is this possible.
 
Any info would be much appreciated...
Thanks
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[sadgoth]

the SVA isn\'t your problem, it\'s the model report. There isn\'t one currently for the late model RX7s so unless you can find a way round it the car wouldn\'t be road legal for 2 years (in 2009 it would be 10 years old and then you\'d be fine). Skylines have a model report as the R33 & R34 were sold here in small numbers. Not sure on the Evo V though

[Freddy]

You will not be able to register the car here in the UK as there is no model report which is a definite requirement for the single vehicle approval (sva).

[Ricco_04]

The only way I can think of would be to undo every nut and bolt and then put everything back together then and then you will be able to register as a self built kit car - mean\'s it technicially wont be an RX-7 then though!

[MikeLMR]

SVA does not require a model report as the name suggests (Single Vehicle approval) you can make a one off car and have it checked and registered. My understanding is that imports now require ESVA which needs a model report and is designed to check that the none EU spec car meets all the E spec requirements

[Ricco_04]

Is that not the same thing but with EC approval.

Think is, as Mike says, you will need a model report - if there was a way round it then i\'m sure you would see more later cars such as the Spirit as others would use a loophole if there was one?

[prince_of_tokyo]

you know there was a loophole where if you could fit a sink in the car you could get it through as a caravan lol (no joke), not sure ull wanna do that though

good luck m8

[Ricco_04]

you know there was a loophole where if you could fit a sink in the car you could get it through as a caravan lol (no joke), not sure ull wanna do that though

good luck m8

Lmao, I have seen some dodgy thing\'s in FD\'s but never a sink :rollin  class!

[Freddy]

you know there was a loophole where if you could fit a sink in the car you could get it through as a caravan lol (no joke), not sure ull wanna do that though

good luck m8

Long gone those days. I have heard of some other ways of being able to register but need to do a bit more research.

[GeckoGareth]

Those rear storage bins would be ideal for his and hers matching sinks that seem to be all the fashion at the minute

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[ferruh]

I guess I will be waiting a loooooong time before we can get the car registered. Well if this loophole really exists then how come noone knows about it??
 
This guy I know got his Evo5 which had some serious mods to the engine and a full massive enormous ... Veilside bodykit, I was told that it was a demo car, registered on R plates so what I understand is that this evo must have model report and then if any car has a model report like this, then you can get it registered no matter how heavily modified it is. am I right?
 
...If i cant find that loophole then I am in serious SH*** as I told the customer that I can get the car registered when I was buying the car for him from Japan Auction/Dealer.....
 
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[GeckoGareth]

Considering the number of people looking to do this I think if it could be done someone would have done it before now.

Serious **** maybe but if it\'s heavily modded and it\'s quality bits on it then chances are the car will be worth more in pieces to the vultures on this site than it is in one piece. There\'s always a silver lining

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[Freddy]

This loophole has ended.

There have been allsorts from camper vans to registering the car as a hearse.

Even having a model report present does not mean it will be OK if the car is heavily modded.

[nextleveluk]

i have imported loads of cars in my time, but i stick to the ones 10 years old. I heard something about by-passing an sva, but no sure....here goes...
take it to ireland first, register it there, and then bring it over as an irish car and re-register it here! my end up costing as im nit sure what irish tax\'s are like, but that could be a possibility?

p.s i thought sva looks only at performance mods as opposed to asthetic ones???

my 2p worth

[prince_of_tokyo]

i have imported loads of cars in my time, but i stick to the ones 10 years old.

JUST LIKE ME, BEST WAY I SAY...LEAST HAIR LOSS