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The Plan

JDM Importer aims to provide Japanese auction access to the masses. You pick the car and we do the rest. Full service from auction to driveway. We charge a low, flat fee so you can avoid all the retail premiums.

About Us

JDMImporter.com is the service side of Fed Legal Imports, while FedLegalImports.com is the product side of the company. Fed Legal Imports purchased its first cars at Japanese auction in 2015. Since then the company has imported hundreds of cars to be sold via retail channels in the United States. Now it’s time for you to become the JDM Importer (with our help of course).

Payment Methods

We accept payment via the following methods:

ACH debit from your bank account via Quickbooks
Apple Pay
Cash App
Facebook Pay
Paypal as personal only
Venmo
Wire Transfer
Zelle

Why do we not take Paypal sent as payment? Two reasons. First, Paypal now keeps the fees even if we issue a full refund. Example: You send $1000 deposit, we get charged roughly $30, you request your deposit back before we find a car for you, you get your money back and we still get charged the $30. Why should we have to pay that fee?

Second, these vehicles are being sourced for you, not inventory, we have to prevent chargebacks by any means so we do not get stuck with cars that we wouldn’t have bought otherwise.

Why you should/should not import a car via our service

SHOULD: If you want to save some money

SHOULD NOT: If you are ok paying retail prices

SHOULD: If you are okay taking a risk buying a car 7000 miles away

SHOULD NOT: If you want to see, smell, taste, drive and sit in a car before you buy it

SHOULD: If you do not have: access to Japanese auctions, someone in Japan to deregister the car you bought, transport it to port, arrange for shipping to America, a customs bond, a US customs broker, experience filling out customs documents, access to a network of truckers to deliver your car to you, or experience titling an imported car

SHOULD NOT: If you know how to do it yourself.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO IMPORT A CAR ON YOUR OWN JUST REMEMBER THE SELLERS IN JAPAN SELL THE CARS CIF FOB WHICH STANDS FOR COST, INSURANCE, FREIGHT FREE ON BOARD. YOU PAY THEM FOR THE CAR AND SHIPPING AND FOR THEM TO BRING THE CAR TO PORT IN JAPAN. THAT IS ALL. WITH US YOU GET THE CAR AT THE PORT OF YOUR CHOICE OR YOUR DRIVEWAY, WITH TITLE IN HAND READY TO REGISTER IN YOUR STATE, AND YOU CAN DRIVE IT THE DAY YOU GET IT ON A 30 DAY TEMP TAG WE PROVIDE.

Sign Up

This is where you start the journey to importing your JDM dream car. Sign up for an account and send us a deposit which is refundable until we purchase a vehicle for you. Required deposit is $1500 or 10% of your total budget, whichever is greater.

Search Auctions

After you are signed up we encourage you to search the auctions daily. Once you find the cars you are interested in buying you will be able to place prelimnary bids while you wait for auction sheet translations.

Place Bids

Our team in Japan will translate the condition reports for each car you have placed a bid on. If the condition is acceptable, you will then confirm your bids.

Fund

If your bid is successful, we will send you notice that you have won. Within 24-36 hours we will you send an invoice for the car, auction fees, transport to port, washing and shipping. That invoice must be funded within 36-48 hours. If it is not funded you will forfeit your original deposit and our transaction will be over.

Transit

If the vehicle is immediately eligible for import into the US, we will reserve a space on the next avaialble ship. Typically the cars will leave Japan within 3-4 weeks. Shipping to the east coast of the US takes roughly 6-7 weeks from the day of depature.

If the vehicle is not eligible for import just yet, we will place it into storage until it is eligible.

Landing

When the boat carrying your car lands we will import the vehicle under our import bond. We will handle all customs filing and clearence for you. At the same time we will also submit application for title so that your car will be ready to register as soon as possible. A final invoice will be issued. Once that invoice is satisfied we will release the car to you at the port. We can also arrange transport anywhere in the US if you do not want to come to port.

You pick the car and we do the rest. From Auction to Driveway.