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Is anyone here interested in buying a 1992 Hilux Surf (4Runner) SSR-X? I have one I just imported from Japan that has 85,000 kms. It is fully loaded and is a Turbo Diesel. Any offers? I bought two of them and would like to sell this one. This is a Right hand drive. I drove it from Vancouver Port to Calgary and it is very smooth and quiet. If you would like pics, just let me know! It is currently located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is Wine color with Gunmetal colored wheel flares.

 

Hey, a diesel 4Runner! I wanted a diesel engine 4Runner forever. I'd buy one.. but being in the US, I have no idea if I could even register a right hand drive, imported car. Emissions inspection could be an issue as well. Anyone has experience bringing this sort of car in the US?

 

I'm not sure yet how to import into the US. I know a fellow in Seattle who may be able to answer this one. I'll check with him and let you know.

 

Which diesel engine does it have?

 

Hi MtnToys,

It has a 2LTE 2.4L with an automatic push button 4WD.

 

Okay, so here's the scoop on how to get these things into the USA. (His opinion)

Scott says:

I have a home in Vancouver so I keep the truck registered there.

Other methods:

Salvage title - you can bring the car in without an engine and then put it back together as a salvage

Off-road only.......... meaning you simply don't register it in the USA

There is no simple way that I know.

That is one reason they are more expensive down here because someone went to some trouble to get them in the USA.

 

how much? id like to just drop in the engine into my truck

 

I need to get 10,500 USD for it. It's way too nice to part out! It has real good winter dueller tires, near perfect interior, clean bottom (no rust. All it needs is to have the hood and one fender painted as the clear coat is gone. The rest is still shiney.

 

Here is some pics of the Surf. I'll take some pics of the bottom soon. There is no rust and has never been off road. Still clean factory paint all underneath.

 

that looks alot like ours here in Belize, but ours is left hand drive and a 3.0L turbo diesel SSR-X limited fully loaded. it looks in the same shape as ours too. hope it serves you well...by the way, it should have a stock LSD in the rear...but i dont know about your package...the diesel Runners make a great amount of attention at Off Road shows.

 

is it even legal to have a right-hand drive in the US as a normal registered vehicle?

 

It is legal I think. It'll just cost alot to get it registered as a normal vehicle.

 

Right hand drive is completly legal many companies imported RHD to sell as mail vehicles. My friend has a RHD Subaru Wagon that was an ex mail carrier that he swapped a WRX motor in

 

Ive always wanted a right drive! no way I could afford it right now though.

 

US Customs has a bad habit of seizing things like this when they find out about them. There are ways to make it work but to register it in the US I'd buy it with the assumption that I had to swap everything to a US legal car and part the rest. It's an engine and tranny with as complete a swap package as you can get the way it sits. No more, no less.

If you try to register as it sits in the US you're gonna lose it, sooner or later. The process of doing it the legal way is more than it's worth. All it takes for you to lose it is one jerk to realize what he's looking at, call customs to find out how to import one, drop them your license plate number, and you're done. They don't call before they show up, and it's going to the crusher, not the impound. Not to mention the liability standpoint of operating a motor vehicle which was imported "grey market" on a US highway.

4runners with blown 3.0s are pretty cheap, and I'm pretty sure a guy could have a US legal, originally sold in the USA left hand drive diesel Hilux Surf in two or three solid weekends... with no help. I suppose a guy might have a few parts left over to sell when he was done too...

I've had a Toyota or two down to a shell and back, and it's not that hard. Swapping things within the same generation is stupid simple, and as long as you're the legal owner of both vehicles I don't see how anyone could raise a ruckus. JMHO.