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From what I have found today, that all sounds right. I was just on Yahoo auctions searching for pic's and came across an add for a stagea auto cradle to go into a GTR or S15/s14 to make them wider. The toal opposite Why is it better to get the non hicas cradle, like a s14 r33 gts4 than the hicas one? Would still like to upgrade hubs and GTR axles while I have it all out

Just realised those 18x10 :down rears will be no good

Actually found another set for $1250 lees than Thuy. He wants $3900 for that set. Can buy new ones for less. But the ones I have found are fronts 18x9 +31, will still need to run spacer Rear 18x10 +37 probably run my 245 tyres all round I have not checked the Rays charts yet, but if I go with the new subframe I could also go to 19x9.5 in the right offsets maybe. I have found a r33 GTR subframe with hubs, axles and arms, with optional diff. But center ratio's are no good at 4.11

Don't I have to change the hubs to GTR to run the larger driveshaft splines? Plus what about the diff end. I would have to use GTR spigot shafts as the GTR uses 6x1 bolt pattern and the series 2 stagea auto is 5x1?

To add to the confussion, a R33 GTR track is 1490mm, 25mm less than the stagea. With factory wheels being 17x9 +30, an extra 84mm wider overall, minus the 25mm difference in track, the difference in the cradle width is 59mm narrower on on the R33 gtr. Anyone know the S14/s15 track and stock wheel spec?

I wonder what would be the benefit of that? Some good info there thanks What I have found so far. Rear track is 1515mm for auto and manual stagea's. Could not confirm 260RS. Somebody got factory spec's on the 260rs? Standard wheels are 16x6.5 +40 Factory manual RS4 S are 17x7 +30 260RS are rear 17x7 +20 The wheel width and offsets are important to consider to confirm the craddle width when related back to the track. When you enter the wheel spec into a wheel offset calculator with standard auto spec wheels verse the manual and 260rs you get different measurements The series manual 17x7+30 are total 32mm wider overall The 260rs 17x7+20 are total 52mm wider overall So if the track is the same for the auto and manual at 1515, the cradle must be 32mm narrower. Can not confirm the 260RS cradle difference until someone can confirm the factory rear track measurement. This might explain some of the different part numbers for the cradle across all 3 variants.

Looking into replacing the complete rear craddle in my car.The rear craddle in my car has always been rusty and needs to be changed or sand blasted and repainted. Plus I am in the process of upgrading the turbo which should it capable of seeing over 300rwkw which is another reason to upgrade the rear to bigger drive shafts etc. Plus I am looking for new wheels, most probably Rays GT-c's, so if I use the narrower GTR/260RS craddle I can fit/order bigger 9.5" or 10" rims I have spent a few hours searching, mainly Unqiue1 (Aka Brad, Stagzilla, Cruiseliner) posts, and alot of the info is useful but also not right/guess work as it is from 2005 when stagea's were relative new in OZ. Also to note, most of Brads comparsions are with R32GTR craddles and not R33/R34 GTR One think mentioned, is the stagea is said to have smaller drive shafts. Brad quoted his series 1 stagea has rear shafts with a 28mm shaft and a GTR (R32) to have 30mm. I measured my series 2 shafts last night and they are 30mm diameter. So there is a difference. I have found accross the nissan range, R32, R33, R34, S15, S13 etc pretty much share the same craddle mounting locations. The R32 is slightly different to the R33/R34 by just a few mm's, but apparently you can get offset bushes in Japan to fix this problem. Since the Stagea is around the same era as the R33 GTR, the most logical choice to start is the R33/R34 GTR rear craddle. I need someone with FAST to cross check Stagea series 1 and 2 auto with 260rs and R33 GTR and possibly R33 GTST4 to see if anything matches. Plus if the 260RS/RS4 "S" has a narrower craddle or hub to hub dimension than the auto stagea, yet the mounting points of the craddle are the same, where is the difference? In the craddle overall width or the in the suspension arm length? Any info will be a help.

TJ If you are have had that much rust up the front end have you had a good look at your rear end. I was under mine last night, removing the exhaust. The rear cradle and the underside of the wheel well are fairly rusty and need work. I started searching last night for a rear cradle replacement and found a pic of someones craddle had actually broke where one of the suspension arms fix. Scary, esp if this happens of the highway or on a tight mountain road.

I argee. Everyone that rebuilds a RB26 thinks they need to build it to handle 1000hp. Alot are built with too much overkill, hence huge rebuild costs. They forget their factory built rb26 with cast pistons etc, has lasted 20 years now and did/can handle safely 300rwkw. Just need to be realistic with your goals.

It would be even better if he had some quality moulds made. With fibreglass kits, it is only a matter of time, not maybe, before they get broken and need replacing or repair. Hate to have to wait another 10 weeks to get a genuine one.

What's in the box? Full R34 front? Full body kit?

It actually has a full Masa body kit like my car Can be bought for $21000 in the UK Packs a RB26 as well Don't you hate our compliance rules!! Stole the pic's from here http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/123281-dragon-r...d-10-495-a.html

The black car has 18x10, not sure on offset, but they are Rota wheels so probably +12 or +15 Large guard flare on the rear. I think MIKE will like this car Also some Rays GT-c's on the silver car I think I might go with GT-c's, probably in silver or gun metal thuo

Pretty good price. Make some GTR owner happy. Couple of Rays wheels for sale at the moment I am considering 19x9.5 +33 GT-c's, s/hand pair only 19x9.5 +30 and 19x8.5 +25 G-games 99B Brand new

Any pic's of car with the Rays??

I might be a tester for these in 18x9.5 +30. Will be tight on the rear The 9.5 have the deep dish. 8.5 have mid dish and 8 have low dish Pis is of 9.5 +38 deep dish If I do not like them, they will be up for sale a bit cheaper Just waiting the the exchange rate to rise a bit.

What offset are they?

I would not go the Masa kit. Too much work. I used the genuine Masa guards only and all genuine factory GTR parts for the rest. The Custom carbon kit is the way to go. Full kit with lower vspec diffuser to suit the stagea is approx $4600 AU plus headlights. No need for custom bonnet hinges, bonnet catch etc. Total bolt on. You could strip the car and have this kit on in a day ready for painting That pricing includes our Australian GST. Since you are are in Sweeden the price will be less as you do not need to pay the 10% GST. Also better quality and fit than the Masa stuff. I still had to rework the Masa guards to fit

I might give the rims a miss for a while. Searched for 3 hours last night and still could not find something The main problem I have due to needing an extra 25mm offset on the front than the rears, any 1 peice forged or cast rim will look funny on the front if I do not run spacers and try to increase the offset with the rim. I.E more concave on the fronts than the rears. Best to stick with 2/3 peice rims so that I can have the same dish front and rear. I have parked the today. Tomorrow night I will start stripping the full front. Time to paint the engine bay, fit the new turbo and tune etc. At this stage it will take me approx 5-6 weeks to complete.

I did consider that, but the fronts would have a 80mm rim and the rear 73mm. Not cool. Trail fitted a set of Rays GTS in 18's just to see what they look like on the car. These wheels are bascially new and are a great buy, but only 18x8 on ths fronts with my 25mm spacer they were still not wide enough. No dish either. Rears are 18x9 +31, I think Type B disk. What are your thoughts.

When I fitted R34 GTT brakes I put the R34 booster and master in as well Fitted fine, looked exactly the same as the series 2 stagea one but did have a different part number.

Here is a pic of the pair of face 2 GT-c's Thuy at J-imports have for sale 18x9 +25 type c 73mm rim Just need to buy a new matching front pair.

But the rears will hang out the rear guards an extra 24mm!! Call me soft, but I do not want to run heaps of negative camber and streched tyres to make them sort of fit. I just do not think that looks good and I do not want any tyre rubbing. It is suppose to be a dialy driven car. The fronts would fit OK. Tomorrow morning I am trial fitting a pair of Rays GTS in gold 18x9 +31 just to see if the GTS suits the car or not Will post pic's for comment

Thats the ones I am referring to Vspec II black $2350 pair

Here is a set of 18x10 +17 face 2 with a 73mm outer rim This is exactly what the amount of dish will look like The rims would be perfect fit on the front but hang out the on the rear too far