Thinking of getting a X and have a few questions.

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Mar 6, 2016 | 04:49 PM

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TurboTJ

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Originally Posted by DeeezNuuuts83

Since it's not an unreasonable assumption to think that you have a decent amount in liquid funds, I've been asking people what the feasibility is of getting a Canadian Evo X FE and bringing it here, which may not be too huge of a physical hurdle with you being in Wisconsin (and much closer to the Canadian border than most other people on the forums). Are you familiar with what types of paperwork is needed to get a car from there to here? (I'm not.) You'd have a fairly unique Evo that has stock Recaros and BBSs in the FE color that the Enkeis come in while being new. Just a thought.

Brilliant! I would definitely look into this. A teacher way back in HS used to do this because of the exchange rate (or something). It might be a bit harder with a new car, but I would definitely try this out. I swapped my Recaros and BBS's over to my FE, but the stitching doesn't match.

As for kmh, I bet the speedo also has MPH on it. If not, you can swap that part.

Let us know what you end up doing.

Mar 6, 2016 | 04:55 PM

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DeeezNuuuts83

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But then the odometer is in km too.

Mar 6, 2016 | 10:08 PM

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LB_Reddy

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Fe,gsr is all good.If u like automatic get the Mr.

Mar 7, 2016 | 07:15 AM

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I was also going to look into bringing a car down from Canada, but honestly didn't have the money for that, so didn't even bother. I would be very interested as well to know what you find out if you do some research on the import tax and all that though!

Mar 8, 2016 | 12:27 PM

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ddawg1130

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Fe,gsr is all good.If u like automatic get the Mr.

But let's not undersell. I love my GSR, but if I were buying now I'd buy an MR no hesitation. The TC-SST is amazing and a better transmission for almost anything.

Mar 8, 2016 | 02:59 PM

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CheMixed

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I would say swapping Recaros into a US Final Edition would be less of a headache. I mean while they're out of the car you could have them restitched for cheaper than you could import one from Canada...although that would be a lot cooler of a story lol.

Mar 9, 2016 | 05:28 AM

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bdean531

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I've talked to people about re-stitching, and full reupholstering, and neither is particularly cheap (especially reupholstering). The thing with having them re-stitched is that they will never be able to use the same holes, so you could end up with some visible holes from the factory stitching. Not a huge deal I suppose, and definitely more noticeable if you have leather Recaros.

Reupholstering is well over $1k per seat, and I've seen people quoted up to around $4700 for the front + back to make them look like the Canadian FE Recaros!