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Pretty tough trying to find a "non-western" gift in the UK!!!

Try west... Kansai - Osaka to be exact.

AFAIK Dave went post-January...? Wierd...

Heh heh... better pick up a couple just in case...

20mm wider FRP front fenders Anyone had them foul on the front struts? Just wondering if the +30 offset with the 9" rim on the front will foul...

I haven't seen any R32s in AU with R33 GT-R wheels on... anyone have these rims on or seen them on another R32? An R32 parked I saw parked in Osaka had them on the back only, just wondering if R33 GT-R rims foul on the front struts or anything?

The "drift cat" used to be sold by URAS...

Don't you dare...

R32 GT-R rims are 16"x8" R32 GTS-T Type M rims are 16"x6.5"... same design, different width.

Damn... thats what I forgot to pick up from SuperAutobacs on Sunday...

Actually, you pay a fee, and you can choose your number... it's that simple. Of course alot of the single digit numbers are "reserved" for Yakuza, or so it seems.My number plate is "61-16"... totally chosen at random, I must have been lucky.

Your folks are into Jap schoolgirls?

Eeeeerm, I can help (as in order, pack and send you *small* things), but I'm already obligated to the Nismo GT-R model car crew... I've ordered from Impul, Uras, Kazama, East Bear etc before, and although I ordered in Japanese, those guys weren't put off by sending internationally...? Send them an e-mail (try Impul first) and if the order can be sent via UPS, I don't see why you can't sort it out without help from your relatives.

Are u back in AU? I can't believe you came all the way to Osaka and didn't meet up with us!!!

Believe it or not Jason, I still keep an eye out on Yahoo Auctions Japan for your hotplate rear tail lights... nothing yet, and I really don't want you to get your hopes up, those C210/11 hotplates are rare, even for here!

Yeah, just reading through those sites you posted, and the C210 was dubbed "Japan" because it was the first massed produced sports sedan/coupe to be sold simultaneously throughout Japan back in '77. Much the same as the "Ken Meri" KPGC110, I think the advertising at the time for the C210 "Japan" had alot to do with emotional themes, trying to stike up some 'o that old flower power free love '60s bizzo. ... hence "my Japan"... it's kinda emotional type reference.

Yeah, more or less the main V35 GT-R concept "photochops" have been posted up on SAU over the last couple of years... no new ones really.Speculations good and all, but I notice that the prototype running around Cosworth is just a "wide-track" V35 Coupe with an R34 wing mounted high. Theres no real leads as to body work etc as far as I know. The last mention of aerodynamic work was posted up here on SAU about a year ago, outlining that the GT-R was at 1/5th scale clay model stage, and they hadn't finalized anything yet... If anyone ( Japan residents) has any, or comes across any leaked prototype sketches or rendered concept drawings of a fully kitted 35 GT-R (a la R34 GT-R prototype sketches) let us know eh?

Sounds like he's been reading my posts...

Got me stumped man, I tried doing the same thing as you, but I just get the usual "Japan weblog" and tourist type websites... That said, I don't think anyone refers to their car as "my Japan", must be some kind of re-occuring phrase in the search results?

Sorry guys... theres still no word on when the Nismo GT-Rs availability, will let you know as soon as they are.

Guys, guys... theres a whole "quality improvement" era happening in Japan now (has done for the last 4 - 5 years) and the european style cars being produced in Japan at the moment are what the Japanese think is "logical progression". European styling = quality. All Japanese car makers were somewhat caught up in over-spending and bad business decision making during the Bubble economy years, and what we're seeing now is the end result: cars that are build to world standards, that cost less (parts sharing across the entire range) and cheaper... unfortunately for us, that means that Japanese styling has immitated European styling to an extent, as a means of showing the *Japanese Public* (forget about overseas markets for a moment) that the cars being produced now are a step away from old, tired, bubble economy-type cars. No, the 350Z, Skyline, Accord Euro, Mark II etc are very much styled along European lines to separate the "new era" of Japanese cars from the old. This way the Japanese car makers want the public in Japan see "immitation" as a form of respect for a superior product, while also... and this is the most important part... protecting their local industry!!! Why buy that C-Class Mercedes when you can buy a Toyota Brevis that looks almost exactly the same?

Yeah Luke, I got your PM... as per usual it was buried beneath the 300 other ones... Mate, if you've got a contact in Japan already, wouldn't it be cheaper/easier for them to source the plenum? The whole K's Garage thing is strictly part-time now, and even then only small things like Funky says.

Whys that Nick? Not enough time?

Geez topi, have a good time for all of us! You lucky bugger... If I were you, I'd buy some very "localized gifts" from your particular area, not the bog standard English breakfast tea bags or Union jack socks... more like something the old guy could use... drink coasters with (insert your town here) pics on them or an ashtray if he smokes, tea towels for the lady of the house, picture frames... you know, things they can use. I'm sure the other guys have better ideas.

SmItleR, Paragon... you didn't answer his question. The Greddy (Goo-red-ee ) intake plenum is a fairly popular conversion in Japan. I wouldn't say that *everyone* considers it, for example, a 400ps ECR33 has the Greddy plenum, yet a 450ps HCR32 doesn't (stock intake)... go figure. I guess it boils down to what the person wants to do with the car. The ECR33 has a better chance of 550+hp with the RB25DET, therefore you're more likely to see the Greddy plenum on RB25DET equiped cars. Well, lets just say 50% of the medium-hard tuned RB25DETs have the Greddy plenum (or similar), and less than that for the RB20DET in Japan. Going out on a limb there, but you get the idea...