tvmax Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 It is legal to change the body on a car? Example is take a VW bug and put on a porsch speedster fiberglass body. There are companies that make many different bodies that go on a VW platform. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Head Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 It is legal to change the body on a car? Example is take a VW bug and put on a porsch speedster fiberglass body. There are companies that make many different bodies that go on a VW platform. Thanks In fact I am doing a speedster for myself right now, and I know of a guy in BKK that rebodies a Merc Yes it can be done, but to make it 100% legal you need to have the new body approved by an Engineer, (which is not a big deal) and pay the excise tax on the new body. Register the body change in the book Having said that, there are lots of buggy style cars running about that has not gone the legal route - TIT. Importing the kit is a problem however as the authorities are against importing the parts to build a complete car. You can import a body, but the duty on a body is 80% plus 7% VAT on the CIF value. The easy way is to get the body locally, local cloned kit parts, local suppliers for the Beetle bits, leaving only bespoke parts to be imported. I can make you a flared style RHD speedster body in Chiangmai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvmax Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 You have a contact number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Head Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 You have a contact number? rgstraghan AT yahoo.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igme Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 i am curious about this project - how much are the cost estimates? i.e. how much for the whole custom body, labor, etc.? thanks =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 My own expirience: I midifized a Suzuku Carribean, year 1989. T toke off the roof and made a soft top, cut the chassis and made the car 30cm shorter, put in a 1.6 liter Vitara engine and fit a lot of extras. Replaced Engine need import documents. When i sold the car and changed the name to the new owner, i have to go and weight the car, payd about 8k and got now the correct bock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvmax Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 So if you have a car and do a rebody, How much can you modify the chassie? Can do anything including custom frame and upgraded brakes? Just has to pass an engineers inspection? Can you totally redo the frame? Are these engineers at the motor vehicle registry? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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