DentonR33

Hey guys, Which springs should I get for the R33... I pick it up tomorrow YAY! It has spanking new 18" rims with stock suspension, 4 W D hehehehe.. So just wanna chuck on some springs to lower it a little, not too much, dont want to have to "plan my driving" but want it to look nice King springs quoted $450 fitted with wheel alignment Pedders $610 fitted with wheel alignment Whiteline springs? $295 a set on UAS + fitting? What do you guys recommend!! And also how long do they take to fit? is it hard to do it yourself *shivers*

Is $380 a tyre a fair price? 235/40/18 for the Dunlop FM901s?

Jimbo, if you can get a pic that would be sweeeeeeeeeeeeet If I cant get them in Melb I'll make you an offer ok thanks mate

Thanks for all your help guys MUCH appreciated!

Well my car is gunmetal So anything dark grey would be good, I want orginal skyline mats.. any chance of you being able to take a pic How much would you want for them?

Ok so you think Dunlops FM901s are the go? Any other recommendations for around the 285 mark? Also if I have 18x8 should I go 235/40/18 all the way round or put 245 on the back (if thats possible)

You got pics mate? U in Melb?

And your happy with them ONARUN? Good grip in dry/wet> What kinda kms you get out of a set?

Anyone heard of hankook tyres? http://www.hankooktyre.com.au/products/pro...lay.asp?id=1015 What do you think of these? how much are dunlop FM901s? for say 235/40/18?

Hey guys, anyone know where you can buy nice dark grey mats to suit the interior of a gunmetal grey s2 r33? Or even get them made? I'm in Melbourne.

ONARUN where do u cold feed from if your running stock intercooler? I have seen a few such as whatisname's cold air feed using the whole from the factory intercooler piping which looks very effective. so what do you do for factory i/c

I'm with just cars also $2300 full comp as car is. So you tell them everything? Does the premium go up much?

So what do you do about insurance? You tell them? Don't u get defected for all those mods?

Ok that sounds wayyyy too much power I dont wanna go overboard, and there is this thing called insurance, and these other guys called police who would have a field day with all that. I was thinking, dump pipe (maybe front/high flow cat), GTR intercooler, CAI with air feed, S-AFC, Boost Controller (not sure which). But all in due time, i'm pretty sure after driving a 4lt Auto ford for the last 4 years, this is gonna keep me happy for a while as is.

So merli, speaking from all your experiences. What should I do next. I mean for sure I want to mod my car but whats the BEST and most SAFEST way (not necessarily the cheapest) to go about it. Get on icq

Hey Merli! Yes, interesting.. I noticed that to. Originally I wanted a 95 model with a GTR front. Then this one came up. It has had a minor front accident and apparently, the spec 2 headlights and bonnet where hard to come by/expensive. So they (not sure who exactly) replaced them with spec 1 headlights, bonnet, and a GTR front bar. Still, in the flesh it looks a lot better, and with 16,000k on the clock I can't really complain. Car is in immac condition, sounds and goes great! Perhaps later on I can source some spec 2 headlights/bonnet.

Haha, red devils Denton's is a 1996 R33 Spec 2 GTR front, GUNMETAL HKS Exhaust HKS Air Pod 18" 5 Spoke, 3 piece, Deep Dish (Yet to be fitted) Wheels are sitting at my house in their boxes hehe, ppl are like you bought wheels for a car you dont even have yet Steve's car is a 1995 R33 WHITE Jap kit, Poof Spoiler "as Dean put it" 17" rims Sunroof LOWERED and i mean LOWERED oh and a big fu*k off Tacho Check out the pics at r33skyline.com goto Gallery for mine and Steve for his Enjoy

Hey guys, got a few things to say. First and most importantly, minutes ago I sold my ford, this means I GET MY 1996 R33 SKYLINE YAYAYYA!! The ford was the amount I owed on the R33. So I will soon be the proud owner of my dream car, something I thought would never happen. Funny thing is, the whole existence of this forum was a big part of what started this infatuation with skylines. I mean I always loved them, but just the vibe in SDU, reading about all the mods and the entire 852 post Free Horsepower thread.. I was hooked, I had to have one! Whenever an obstacle came up, the forums would be there to solve the problem and keep me on track to driving and owning my skyline. These forums also facilitated the "right" purchase of my skyline. After reading all the past “good importer” threads and taking into consideration all your opinions and comments on them I went and visited Dean at UP Imports. After only a minute of chatting you could tell he was as enthusiastic as you about skylines. I would just like to thank Dean Windram and Chris from Ultimate Performance Imports who I purchased the car from. They have been fantastic and I can highly recommend them to anyone wanting to import a jap car at the right price. They are upfront and honest in the way they run their business, they both own skylines, and are always there to answer your questions however stupid they maybe. My friend Steven who I am sure will grace you with his presence in due time has also purchased a car from Dean which is currently on the docs in Melbourne. Our cars should be ready on almost the same day and what a memorable day that will be! We have also started a small website http://r33skyline.com (check it out) which I am sure will be filled with information when we actually GET our cars J In regard to this whole SDU SAU thing, for a newbi such as myself, the search engine on SDU became my information resource. I have spent hours reading the forums and they are an extremely valuable resource to any skyline owner/future owner with the wealth of knowledge on them. I think the idea of the two clubs being brothers/sisters is a great idea, both sites can link to each other and be strongly affiliated. Perhaps we can even share the same forum? Have a members section where only members can post, and just have moderators for the rest. After I test drove the R33, my dad, Steve and myself couldn’t remove the smiles from our faces for 3 days! Can’t wait till next week! Hurry up Dean!! Thanks Denton