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also its not a luxury sedan, like say a GS300 or SC300 or an M3 or M5. its a Nissan sports car at the end of the day, and people that can afford cars in that price range aren't gonna be snooty rich folk who buy it for status, they're gonna be entusiasts, and grown ups with a childhood need for thrills. Face it, when you go for a wife swapping party, and you have to drop your keys in the hat, would you rather drop one with a mercedes or lexus keytag or a nissan one?

blue bulb, mkes a yellow light look white.

tempted to drive the 'line to adelaide... might as well destroy the front bumper before the new paint and bodykit. hell the kit's coming from Viva garage, I might even be able to put it on the car while I'm there

they come with RB25's but only non turbo. for 5G's I'd be reinforcing the engine, putting a 2530 or equivalent and making it flow freely (intake, exhaust mods), a decent tuning solution (powerFC, or some piggy back) to control boost and fuel maps. Its a bit of a stretch, but doable. That way you can concentrate on a good solid, reliable engine that you can make sing day after day, and leave the guys who drop RB25's into their R32's to chase the high numbers on a stock engine, which will eventually die from being pushed too hard.

you'd be surprised. a lot of people on here over the age of 25 should be able to factor it into their budgets, work out a loan, refinance their house, pimp the wife/gf to get the money together. if I didn't think that buying a new car off the showroom floor is the biggest waste of money I'd be all for it.

think he meant "is the video translated"

ohhhhhhh.. oh. ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh! epic lulz. had me guessing.

its called the A450 cos it came standard with 450hp, and its even rarer than the HKS Zero-R R32 GTR.

mmm I've seen it, just off Rundle st right? yeah might make a booking with them.

those guys from zeroyon tried to tell em too before the car went on the show, but they still kept it on. maybe someone told em it was funny.

yeah, you actually own a GT-L, but no one had the heart to tell those industrious little fellows they'd made a mistake.

lol was thinkin of usin the car to go to the clubs on the beach strip as I don't think public transport runs at 3am. we're comin in for the cricket double header, and unfortunately I didn't know about the clipsal otherwise I'd have applied for longer leave... I'll see if I can extend it. I was thinking of stayin in North Adelaide... probably around where adelaide uni is. short walk from the city etc. last few times I was in Adelaide I ended up at Red Room on friday nights and mainly pubs and stuff on other nights.

welcome mate... please show us pics of your car... there's a few guys on this forum with R34 faced stags or in the process of building one. I'm sure they'll be very interested to hear more about your car.

Apex Engineering already made an R32 look like an alfa in the early 90's. They called it the Apex A450.

what were you doing running around with the flash between the cars? that technique greatly intrigued me. can you explain it to me?

what's a cheap plce to rent a car in adelaide? I'll be there from the 15th of feb till the 20th and want a car to go to the beach and the vineyards. we got like rent a bomb in melb but can't seem to find anything similar in adelaide.

that's a factory option boot lip for GTR's... it was supposed to sit under the GTR wing, but a lot of guys take the wing off and run just the lip.

then don't try to buy a shitbox 15 year old GTR that's been gangbanged by a group of 16-20 year olds on a McDonalds wage. pay a little extra coin for a nice factory spec car which has been well maintained and respected for what it is and you'll get what you're asking for.

the next cock jockey that posts IBTL will be getting a warning.

actually the S13 can be roadworthied in melb, and complied too... cos its a 15yr old... but its not eligible for import any more, under the old system yes.

Pat, just bite the bullet and install an FMIC with a return pipe that uses the stock hole, don't run a pod and you'll be street legal. and rig it up so you don't have to cut into the bumper support. failing that, how about two SMIC's it'll drop your pressure a bit, but its still legal

there's three places where an import can be potentially wound back: 1. by the seller 2. by the export agent that sells the car 3. by the dealer who buys the car and keeps it on his yard in australia and i've seen hard evidence of all 3. That said, being in the import game I made sure my cars weren't wound back (and since my odo reads 150,000kms atm, if they did wind it back, they didn't do a shit hot job of it). Buying from reputable dealers in japan, and presence of log books can help you make sure that the car is true to its k's. I tend to not trust a km reading on a car that has already been bought at auction by an export agent, usually they buy em cheap when they come up, touch em up (wind the k's back, light panel work, polish, clean) then sell em onto their buyers at a higher price. Much more safer to bid on cars at auctions that are coming up, so you can see all the detals of the car before the agent has a chance to tamper with it.

Tsuchiya... I wouldn't let that old man drive shit. There's plenty of GT500 drivers who know japanese tracks better than him and can drive without delaminating the tyres.

there's S (Street?) Tune, R (Race?) Tune and finally Z Tune, which is meant to be the "ultimate tune that won't be bettered"... so it'd be in your best interest to not put out a Z Tune a month after the car's launched in a possible 5 year production run.

lol J-Spec actually started out in NZ, so if you want something from there, it should be easy to organise. all the cars in NZ came from other countries, so usually its cheaper to import directly from that country... so not really viable unless its a personal import or an ultra rare collectable. The rules of import are the same regardless of country of origin.