Originally Posted by
hunterboy
FlyTCI......I think it does depend where the car comes from. I assume US car safety standards are equally as high as EU ones. The difficulty lies where certain car markets do not comply with EU standards.
And hence my advice to prior to shipping it ensure that it will conform with the laws of the country of destination, if not fully, at least with only some minor modifications like mine. It can be something as simple as adding a rear fog light, which in addition to the headlight washers, is not mandatory in the US but it is in Europe.
My car has coilovers and the chief inspector at the facility doing my initial annual inspection had to certify that they met the standards. Unfortunately he never entered that into the system so twice in following inspections that became an issue, which was eventually sorted when they made a permanent record in the car’s file that it was legal.