Need advice/info on importing car from Canada

[tewkes28]

I'm sure this has been covered before but I couldn't find anything on the search.
I remember guys bringing fox bodies from Canada on here before.
I'm looking to import a Ford focus from Canada.
I'm hoping it's not super difficult because it's a common car that should be the same in Canada.
Does anyone know the process?
I'm debating just using a third party to handle it all, depending on the fees.
I called the Michigan secretary of state and they said they would need 3 different forms.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

[4Gas$]

I'm sure this has been covered before but I couldn't find anything on the search.
I remember guys bringing fox bodies from Canada on here before.
I'm looking to import a Ford focus from Canada.
I'm hoping it's not super difficult because it's a common car that should be the same in Canada.
Does anyone know the process?
I'm debating just using a third party to handle it all, depending on the fees.
I called the Michigan secretary of state and they said they would need 3 different forms.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

The odometer and speedometer are metric, in kilometers, not miles.

It has been many years since I brought a car over the Canadian border,
but when I did, I had all my purchase papers & went right through customs
in a matter of minutes with no problems.

I would call the customs office at the border & ask what is currently needed.

[89-LX]

The odometer and speedometer are metric, in kilometers, not miles.

It has been many years since I brought a car over the Canadian border,
but when I did, I had all my purchase papers & went right through customs
in a matter of minutes with no problems.

I would call the customs office at the border & ask what is currently needed.

Not exactly true. My Explorer was sold in Canada originally, and I can't use the vehicle health report feature because it was a Canadian vehicle, but the speedometer and odometer are both in miles.

[mustangjoe87]

Like it was mentioned call the boarder office and ask. They also have forms on their website, I looked into this a while back on a boat but never went through with the deal. Also i have seen Canadian vehicles that have had speedo swaps to mph, they then have a sticker and paperwork supporting when the odo was replaced.

[4Gas$]

Not exactly true. My Explorer was sold in Canada originally, and I can't use the vehicle health report feature because it was a Canadian vehicle, but the speedometer and odometer are both in miles.

Obviously yours was not, but the overwhelmingly majority are.

[CruisnCobra]

On some of the newer stuff, would it be possible to reflash an all digital cluster from metric to standard units?

[tewkes28]

Thanks guys! I did call the secretary of state and they told me what they need. I also called an import company and they emailed me some forms. If they only charge a few hundo I might just have them broker the deal. It seems like there are at least 4-5 forms.
The car is nothing fancy but it's impossible to find a rust free focus zx3 in this area. For some reason this guy in Canada garage kept this car and didn't drive it in the winter.

[NBFRC]

Its relatively simple..biggest step is getting the vehicle paperwork entered in ACE (customs electronic document system). You have to do this before you can bring the vehicle across. I paid a customs broker $250 to enter the vehicle into ACE, thrn i drove thr vehicle into the US. Once cleared through customs, I received the customs declaration a week later and took that with the canadian ownership (their version of registration) to sos and applied for my title.

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[moneypit]

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simple southern car guarnteed to be clean as hell