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This looks fantastic! I'm looking forward to the updates.

This is nuts! A full, bare metal, 6-12 month, restoration for old GTRs performed by Nissan! The price is a bit nuts too. http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/nismo-restored-car-program-nissan-skyline-gtr-r32/

Thanks for the info. I'll have a look at it.

Well done! Car is gorgeous!

What happens when you try to attach pics? There should be no issues.

To be clear, the seats would only be for the track and I'd be swapping them out for the street. That said, I'm not interested in doing anything to compromise my safety. Initially I was looking at seats from other cars to use for the reason that they are OEM and strong. I wasn't aware that the rails are not ADR approved even if the knock-off seats were. I did look at M3/M4 seats but holy smokes, they're worth as much as the car almost. Maybe once I fix the body roll I'll have less reason for seats.

The Just Jap Brides look pretty good. I love that the rails cost more than the seats!

Yeah I agree. I can't really understand why the Gov feels it needs to get involved. Why do there need to be rules about whether you can negotiate on a price or not?

Honda and Mercedes keen to use a fixed price model to remove dealer negotiations. Interesting points in the article about dealers no longer needing to carry so much stock but I'm not sure it's going to be good for the dealers in the long run. https://www.caradvice.com.au/903067/canberra-debates-honda-and-mercedes-plan-to-fix-new-car-prices/

Yes! I love her! How good are those front seats!? She needs a name.

Need more pics. Love an R31.

Yeah I wont be going as far as a cage. This is still a daily and I regularly have my kids in the back. The Velo seats look good though and well priced!

Ok, so now that I have some decent tyres to use at Wakefield I need to work on keeping myself secure. I was flopping around all over the place. I love my seats but they do nothing to help me stay in place. Back in the day you could get WRX seats pretty cheap but I don't remember them being very supportive and I'm a fairly large guy and in need of some support. Is a fixed back seat good to use on the day? Could swap the seats. Last fixed seat I tried (a Bride in my GTR) was super tight. Once I have a seat I can look at reducing my body roll and then I can start lapping Wakefield in under a minute. And a half.

Unlike the lads above I think the price is ok. Looking at carsales the first manual non turbo is $25k with 150,000 k's on it. Though its likely to be a factory manual, it does give some food for thought. The auto R34 GT's start at 13k. So, for me, 20 is ok, but 17 - 18 would be better. For reference, the first GTT is $30k but an auto.

Hi Luke and welcome to ! How does it drive? Any noises? Any oil leaks? Hows the suspension and tyres? Have you checked if it's straight? Bodykits sometimes mean hidden damage. Interesting that somebody would do the manual conversion on a non turbo also. Is it the original engine? Any pics?

Damn, car looks fantastic! Welcome to I definitely look forward to more updates on this.

Looks great, good score!

Yeah totally agree. Had a blast and the car held up well. I'm not all that keen to go faster, at least not yet. I'm more interested in my corner speed and stability.

I'm definitely under no illusions. I'm not great by any means and the little 330i was by far the slowest car in the paddock. I have massive amounts of body roll also. I'm hoping that by adding some sway bars before my next trip out the car will be much flatter around the corners. She's still my daily though so I need to make sure I keep it commutable.

Not great, but a start - 1:18.9 was my best. Sucked too as my car started missing on that lap (last of the day) and I cruised the straight. Could have gotten lower 1:18 if I could have stayed on the throttle. My brother in law with his 130i (same car minus 100kg) managed a 1:16 so its definitely my driving.

Had a chat to the owner of this GTR yesterday. What an amazing car, it was so quick across the back of the track I couldn't believe how late the breaking was. Unfortunately he was leaving when I finally said g'day so I didn't get much info but no doubt somebody on here knows more about it.

Well, what can I say? I wish I'd done tyres to my old cars rather than other stuff first. I couldn't believe how well the car performed on the RS4's. They just kept holding up all day, I think I did 6 sessions and each session was just so good. In the old days my car would give up after 2 or 3 sessions and even before giving up it wasn't great. The 330 just kept going and holding and not over/under steering (unless I was in too hot). Can't get over how good they are. If R compound tyres are even better then by the time I learn how to drive again I'll have to upgrade. Was so good to be able to trust the tyres and brakes 100%. Neither let go. Awesome. Thanks guys. Looks like I'll be trying to do more track days in the future with the old girl.

I understand this. Wheels need to be perfect!

Love that wheel!