{"id":95545,"date":"2026-03-28T14:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/95545\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:34:09","slug":"jdm-car-import","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/95545\/","title":{"rendered":"JDM Car Import"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/n8nhpq3drsrg1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/z3okztbdrsrg1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zdqgrpjdrsrg1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>Hi! I am an American living in Germany and am considering shipping my 2000 Nissan S15 Spec R from Japan to Germany but I am worried about passing the TUV. Does anyone here have any experience with importing JDM vehicles? <\/p>\n<p>The vehicle is mostly stock. Below are the only modifications.<\/p>\n<p>*Blitz coilovers<\/p>\n<p>*Blitz Nur Spec exhaust<\/p>\n<p>*GP SPORTS Co.,Ltd. EXAS catalytic converter, model GP-270101<\/p>\n<p>*GREDDY Intercooler<\/p>\n<p>*HPI Radiator<\/p>\n<p>*R34 GTT Brake Calipers (they are almost identical to the s15 ones)<\/p>\n<p>*R34 GTT Wheels (17&#215;7.5J+40)(I have the OEM wheels but they dont fit due to the GTT Calipers being slightly larger than the s15 ones)<\/p>\n<p>*Defi Gauges<\/p>\n<p>*Greddy Profec boost controller<\/p>\n<p>*Apexi Super Suction Kit<\/p>\n<p>*78works head-lights and tail-lights (Although I kept the OEM ones just incase)<\/p>\n<p>I have attached photos of how the car currently looks and a photo of the engine bay before I had the body work completed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --><br \/>\n<br \/>&#8212;<br \/>\nxHolySorrowsx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hi! I am an American living in Germany and am considering shipping my 2000 Nissan S15 Spec R&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[35],"class_list":{"0":"post-95545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@forums\/116307379108111697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}