KenLAB keeping it sideways

So I am moving back to Japan and I wanted to write a guide and general cost of shipping a car into Japan.I really cant find a guide online so here we go.First you need to find a broker.I am using ship your car now.Then you pick roro(roll on roll off) or a connex 20ft.I picked the container.Next off paper work.You need the title if you are the owner.In my case I dont own my car soo you need a notorized copy of your title and a notorized copy of lean holder autizoration.Then coordinate a date with the shipping company.To ship my car the cost is $3100.00s.Today the guys came and picked my car up.I reverted everything back to stock.The shippin company will make me send the nortarized title by fedex.so when my car gets to cali 7 days accordin to the driver

my car will get a number and prepped for shippin.It will go in a container and I will be able to track it.Soo my car wont get to japn until oct???

Update soo customs in America pulled my container for examination!!! They didnt find anything probaly wanted to steal something.Well when customs pulls ur stuff you have to pay.I payed 1,850 dollars.Thought I would pay like 500 jeez and to top it off u gotta pay the ships fee.(customs is going to pull your container no matter what!! If your not a republe shipper.The company that ships for you is going to make you send the car under your name.)

Ok another update: I got the bill of lauding which is used for customs.My car arrives on the 19th more updates and price updates later.Since the car is near here I will go into detail about what comes next in Japan: Bill of debt recived 35,000 yen.This is paid for the ship unloading fee and you need to pay this asap.Then you need to have a parking spot at your house or pay for a spot.Usally 8,000 yen a month for a plot of land owned by someone and 3,000 at your place.Next you need to apply for a sticker at the police station saying you have parking.This cost 3,000 yen plus you gotta fill out paper work(Do this after noise and emmisions test and when you make your title)Before you ship your car make sure you get the brake sheet and the emissions sheet from the dealer or your gonna pay japan 320,000 in yen about $2,900 in usa money with the current exchange rate).You have to do this even if there is the same car in Japan.

Another update:Soo Since my car is in a container I need to hire a broker to call a company with a truck and bond yard to pick my container up and take my vehicle out. When the vehicle is out I can fill out the customs declaration.Make sure when you ship you have a broker on the other end ><.Note about customs: Make sure you fill out ur customs declaration form.You need to put your car on there at Narita airport so you dont pay any tarifs since you are moving to japan it will say do you have articles not with you coming to Japan within six months.I forgot to do this sooo I have to take my jyumi shou to customs proving that I am living here so I dont get taxed on my car.They also want the sticker price of my car.(If you are coming to jpn for anything other than moving you will pay a tarif of 8%)

For the customs paperwork you need to come here if you do this by yourself.This customs office is inYokohama and the building name is called the yokohama customs clearance section.

Ok sooo customs needs to xray my car.Now I need a trailer to load my car and run it thru the xray then drop off my car back to the yard.(Total cost thru broker 32,000 yen for tow truck and 30,000 yen for the bond yard)

Its Thur yay so my car is at customs waiting to be x-rayed.My car was dirty as idk what!!Customs made me take out any personal effects from my vehicle and laid then out.Do not put any articles in your vehicle even if the shipper says its ok.

Annd I got my clearance stamp!This is the fun part. You need to go to the Yokohama city office and pay 750 yen for a stamp and apply for a kari numba plate( temp plate)

Well My wife printed out the JATA paper work and I went on a trip to find out how to deal with my rear plate.(If you call Jata they will guide you on hiw to fill out the annoying paper work also you will need a emissions and noise test)So in Japan they put a seal over your left screw so your plate cannot be stolen.American cars dont have screws weleded into the trunk nor do the holes match up.I found a shop thats going to rivet a bracket for me.

There are two types as you can see

Soo I have my emissions test on the 5/6 and the guy will install my plate bracket on the 6th.Talk about money rape 320,000 yen!!! My noise test is on the 11th.I should pass I found another Fr-S blog and they said everything was fine just paperwork blows.Before we went to jata we had my car weighed it was 1250kg with the spare and a full tank of gas.I also went to pre shaken to check my horizinal on my lights and they were good!Well today my car went to Jata but I couldn't watch them test my car.They have tested my car b4(other fr-s's) and said they pass if they are not modded.Soo I get to go tomorrow and see if my car passed the emissions test cold and warm start.No noise test until next week though on the 11th so I cannot actually do shaken yet -_- this holds up alot because after this is done I go to the lto for more paper work ie recycle fee-_- and proof of parking from the police station.After Jata we went to the LTO to pick up some paper work that blows! The paper work has you fill out every detail about your car!Your gonna need the full specs sheet.Also you need to use the date your car was manufactured on this is on your door(ie my fr-s is a 2014 model but was built on 08/2013 I need to use the 2013 date)

My car passed the emissions test.Now for the noise test on the 11th.I also got the rear plate adapter.

I have something for the front as well my perrin plate adapter but I need another bracket for it no biggie.

Two new probs and its with lites other guy that I follow just updated his blog.So on monday Il be taking my car to my friends shop so they can make my fr-s's side markers blink when I use my turn signals.Keep this in mind b4 u send ur vehicle here u need side markers on the fenders that blink on the fender or on the back of your mirrors.As for the parking lights its a no no in jpn and usa lights are duel filament so just go to the local store here and buy some lights.They will be single filament.Frs uses 7444 stock and eu and jpn use 7440 so a easy fix for me.

Japanese lights do not fix with out knocking the notches off.Also the Japanese lights are 12/21w and the us lights are 12v/28/8 due to running lights.Probally going to go to leds next ne ways.Good news is my side markers blink now woot so I should be good on shaken now.

Passed the noise test at 76 db.I found out from a importer that when you do the paper work its for importing ten cars .Soo I could import 9 more 2014 fr-s's this explains why the test is soo high-_-.Seems like they need to change the system for people privatly importing a vehicle.

So today on Nov 16th we braved our way to the police station for the stupid parking sticker only to be treated with come back after four days for your sticker -\-.I am sooo tired of the waiting games.Recycle fee and now parking sticker -_- bah I just want shaken to finish so I can stop going to the city office for temp plates and drive my car freely.I rekon I wont finish till the last week of Nov or the first week of Dec. Well my shaken is done.I wint go into detail because its explanitory when u get to the Lan office.Thebonly thing u need to make sure u have is the recycle fee sticker.After all of the test headlight and break test u gotta pay for weight and road tax.Weight tax I paid 30,000 yen and for road tax I paid40,000.