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But considering Australians have to do all the hard work of importing Japanese parts/cars themselves (without "corporate" help) and a weaker Aussie dollar, it's just freakin awesome seeing cars like at MAS...

If only the Japanese Car-mod companies would forget about the USA for a moment and concentrate on opening Oz regional offices... not a good business move I know, but???

Wow. I've been to so many car shows in Japan in the last 3 1/2 years, and although the standard is still higher here, I gotta say: Quite a few cars @ MAS could compete Tokyo! Very well done, especially the Gull-wing S15. I was waiting a long time for this, and I knew Aussies could do it... Just don't be shy and get that Carbon Aero bonnet and Weds Sport rims!!! Keep it up! Well done Melbourne, very impressed:D. /Rezz

Whats your source Sonic? I'm suprised that I couldn't find anything on it... It's not out of Jun Thailand is it?

Series 2... series II, whats the difference? They don't even call 'em that in Japan. Nobody said "V-Spec II";)

Just what I was thinking... Sonic, can you provide a link?

I think theres a rear fog lamp on the series II... and UV-reducing glass which is kind of greeny(?) colour.

That does sound a little off... It sounds like the car was pretty modified at one stage, but in oder to get it past "shaken" (Japanese vehicle inspection rip-off), the owner had to remove all the parts that were gonna defect the vehicle. Hence the WTF GT-R rear guards and high fuel consumption. Theres no real way to tell EXACTLY what happened, but this mixed-up car looks like: It had a powerful turbo motor at one stage, which was sold sperately. It had a serious wheel and tyre combo, explaining the rear guards. It was probably used for street racing/some "yanki's" (car freak) weekend thrasher. It was probably for sale here for a long time, but no sale, so the owner sold off all the good parts, then flogged the car. As for the fuel consumption, thats a mystery. I would think that, if there was a powerful turbo'd motor in there and he sold it, he would've sold the computer too... but I really don't know. Get it to a Skyline specialist?

I love how the engine is almost entirely behind front struts. Almost like an S2000... I'm gonna do it.

Your right... I fully retract that comment, no offence predator666. I jumped the gun there! Thanks for bringing it to my attention Shell! /Rezz

Just got your PM laBBy! It's all good...

:DOf course mate... just PM me and I'll rice you up from there;)

Woah, woah, guys!!! I'm getting requests flung at me at a furious rate. Please people, could you PM or e-mail me your request, and I'll take it from there. If you post requests on the thread, there's a good chance that I'll miss it. Thanks.

Listen you lot, stick your heads under a '89 and a '92 Type M and see for yourselves... I didn't say the stabilizers add 40kgs... you did. I pointed out the difference in weight between the two. And there is a difference, if you'd be so kind as to weigh them for us. If you guys are scratching your heads so much as to why there is a weight descrepancy, THINK ABOUT THE SIDE-INTRUSION BARS IN THE '92 MODEL... THINK ABOUT THE STANDARD AIR-CON IN THE '92 MODEL... Think about all the miriad little things that go into making an 80's car compliant in the 90's... I'm not gonna sit here and divulge all those little things so you lot can just shrug it off and say "he could be talking out his arse". And another thing, they call 'em stabilizers here, so thats what I meant. I didn't mean "swaybar". I wanna hotlink Car Sensors Type M page here to prove the stabilizer thing but I can't, it's all protected. Besides it's in Japanese...

Is it white smoke? Isn't that condensation within the exhaust?

As far as my records show, the '89 GT-R (as you call it - the specification didn't change from 08/89 to 02/93 actually), and the '93-'94 GT-R (not V-Spec/V-Spec II) only differ in that the '93-'94's had an air-bag as an option, along with the White and Greyish Blue Metallic colour option for the '93, and '94, except the '94 dropped the Greyish Blue. Now, your just talking about the plain-old;) GT-R aren't you? Not the V-Specs right? As for the GTS-T Type M: The 05/89 - 07/91's offered just the basic colour line up from the Skyline range, your reds, your blues, your silvers, your blacks (most popular) your dark greens, and your whites. It weighed 1260kg MT, 1280kg AT. Sunroof's were an option, as was air-con, so it's a mixed bag on what you'll get. Now, the big one: THE '89 - '91 Type M CAME WITH FRONT AND REAR STABILIZERS AS STANDARD. The 08/91 - 10/92, and the 11/92 - 07/93 Type M don't differ too greatly except for some stupid colour differences that I cant be bothered pointing out, but the main things are: these cars are heavier than the '89, 1320kg MT and 1340kg AT, and that these cars didn't have front and rear stabilizers as standard. So, to answer your question, No, there aren't any big differences between the model years, except for the '89 - '91 Type M with the stabilizers (thats why I got an '89 over a '90). But, obviously the GT-R's and the V-Specs are different, as is the GTS-T to the Type M.

About the Arcade game... Do you guys get a little credit card sized card, that you have to insert in the machine everytime you play, and it keep track of all the mods for the car you get when you win races? So that the next time you play, you can start where you left off?

Yeah... I get a bit carried away sometimes... forget the exchange rate bizzo.

S**t dude, how does C-West, Signal auto, J's Racing and Trial sound?

The off-set is +40 Front and Rear. /Rezz

Lets hook up! I'll be there man, no matter what. That invitation is to anybody from this forum who's coming to Kansai. Drop me a PM and we'll see what happens...

I wonder if those rumours stem from the US branch of Apex? My wife called the Osaka Head Office of Apex and they assured (in Japan at least) us that doing business with them, or any one of they're re-sellers would be sound. To answer your question though, the regional offices (US and Korea) will close before anything happens in Japan. But thats unlikely. For now.... Your all right though, the economy here is worrying to say the least, but the best part about it all is that maybe, juuuuust maybe, the Aussie dollar will hit 80yen to the dollar, then we can all have Weds Sport SA-90 rims on our cars... Btw, the name is registered here as "Apex" (pronounced A-pe-ku-su) with no "i". I know the "i" is meant to mean "integration", but thats US only.

Was that this years Messe, or last (or one before that)? Mate, I saw a couple of Aussies (I can tell a countryman in a crowd of Japs no problem! ) there, I wonder if it was you? Anyways, I love the conversion too, ESPECIALLY after Nismo retired the RB26 in the '02 JGTC in favour of the VG30DETT, for better weight distribution amongst other things...

That was a joke fatz, I didn't think you were gonna answer it...

I don't know about a "Nismo" GTS-R limited build, but there was an Autech version released in '88 in small numbers. I've only seen 1 on the road in 3 1/2 years in Japan. There was a Nismo GTS released about the same time ('86-'87), but there are quite a few GTS's "posing" as Nismo's, to the point where people get pissed with you if you ask 'em if it's genuine... The build plate I don't know. I'll check it out, but if your looking for a HSV style "Build 23 of 800" plate... mmm, maybe not. Anybody else got a genuine GTS-R?