Sorry if this has been posted before, but is there a supplier of oem LC300 parts to convert the grill, headlights, and rear hatch lights to convert a LX to a LC?
Thanks in advance.
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You can likely source the OEM parts from partsouq, but you'd be looking at international freight and a high likelihood of damage to the body panels.
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I drove the LX600 great suv, but would love it to say Landcruiser instead of Lexus. Does anyone know the closest country they sell the 300 series I know they have them in Costa Rica.
But, you could not import it USA bound...
Parts importation to the US is not controlled by Customs as to LC 300 for the front end pieces.
You should buy one and park it for 25 years until the US allows you to import it.
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If you are serious about importing an LC300, I would contact some register importers and see if they would be willing to petition it. I say "some" because I'm sure some are better than others at petitioning. To me, the LC300 with the same engine is "substantially similar" to the LX600 as far as vehicle safety compliance.
www.nhtsa.gov
You can take a look at what other vehicles haver been petitioned. Once one person does it, the flood gates are open.
Importation and Certification FAQs | NHTSA
You can take a look at what other vehicles haver been petitioned. Once one person does it, the flood gates are open.
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This is good information might merit a call to find out more. If it is possible it would be pretty neat to have. Especially if you can get the fully locked ones over here.
Obviously Canada.
You have to satisfy DOT and EPA. Then the question is whether Toyota will actively oppose. (It has a few dollars to spend on that). Last question is whether you can get it insured.....If you are serious about importing an LC300, I would contact some register importers and see if they would be willing to petition it. I say "some" because I'm sure some are better than others at petitioning. To me, the LC300 with the same engine is "substantially similar" to the LX600 as far as vehicle safety compliance.
Importation and Certification FAQs | NHTSA
You can take a look at what other vehicles haver been petitioned. Once one person does it, the flood gates are open.
Another angle. Have a friend in Canada or Mexico. Let them buy in their name with your money and insure. Then bring to the US and drive for a year before sending back and reselling.....would that work?,
No. Canada has the same lineup as US and Mexico you can get a Hiace and Hilux but no LC300. There is another thread about someone looking at filing paperwork for petition to import them right now
Doesn't matter where you get it from, the 25 year rule means that anything coming to the US has to be officially sanctioned and it is a major undertaking to get something in that has not been certified by the DOT and EPA. In Canada, it's 15 years, in the US it's 25 years. So until a vehicle is 25 years old, it isn't getting registered and driven here unless someone goes through a bunch of stuff to do it. Thank Mercedes Benz in the 1980s and lobbyists for that as they didn't like grey marketers bringing cars over and undercutting dealers. Here is the NHTSA website for you to read about it: Importation and Certification FAQs | NHTSA - https://www.nhtsa.gov/importing-vehicle/importation-and-certification-faqs#:~:text=If%20the%20vehicle%20is%20less,determines%20it%20eligible%20for%20importation.
And here is a more colorful version of the how and why it happened: The Truth Behind the 25 Year Import Rule May Surprise You — Dirt Legal - https://www.dirtlegal.com/blog/the-truth-behind-the-25-year-import-rule-may-surprise-you
We have to hope that Toyota decides themselves to bring back the full fat LC here [and revamps the 70 and certifies it while we're at it]
Here is the ongoing thread with some new posts from a lawyer that helped bring some BB512s stateside back in the day: Importing LC300 to USA - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/importing-lc300-to-usa.1255175/
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It does matter where you get it from. If the vehicle was originally sold in Canada or Mexico, there is a better chance it complies FMVSS but it is not certain. My Canadian Spec Land Cruiser BJ70, my friends Canadian Spec Long Wheelbase Suzuki Samurai and my other friends Mexican Spec LC100 were all imported into the US when less than 10 years old.
