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I had a change of heart at the last minute. In the end I wasn't comfortable enough with the history car, even though the inspection came back as mechanically A1. I'll have to change my handle: I decided to instead get a black VS II from Zele directly as it comes with log books etc. I can wait the couple of months it'll take to obtain it.

what you are seeing isn't what they are changing hands at. I've seen two stock & good looking v-spec IIs listed at 59k, so, less with haggling. Basically the current market price here is based off whatever the current japanese auction market is shifting them at, and that has fallen with the R35 and the aussie dollar buys more as well. this sucks for local owners trying to convert their car back to cash but shouldn't matter so much if you sell to buy another 6 year old car!

hey yet another one, and thanks in advance.. BNR34-403499 model GGJPRWYR34ZDAAAV-D

How is s-tune vs stock v-spec II? More compliant, or even less so? & and at some stage it would be awesome if you could check what your paint code is? Mine appears to be OH1-G but I can't find that anywhere - even in the japanese paint code document. It could also be QH1-G, but it is hard to read that first letter. if the paint code isn't on the list should I be concerned!! edit: never mind it is QM1, which is on the japanese paint code doc as .. white .. phew

thanks! and hey money is a factor: I think having this car is going to cost me less than a previously modified R34, or a regular R34 that I'd start changing. Anyone looked at new car prices recently? this thing costs less than a new bmw 135i, a car that will depreciate $40k in 3 years.. and less than an Evo X, that would depreciate even faster.. Maybe I'm wrong but do you think in 2010, when nissan GTRs at ($150k+ a pop) are a relatively common sight, do you think a mint R34 nur could be picked up for less than $40k? hmm, I doubt it somehow. But who knows. If petrol prices hit $3 a liter maybe everything will change.

thanks, Is a brand exhaust going to give better results than a fabricated one? & what is a good heavy-duty clutch? I've tried an exedy single plate and it had pretty progressive bite (which I prefer) but the pedal was too heavy .. nismo offers the coppermix (420 ps).. i guess I'll search for feedback on it.. so, stock injectors and fuel rail / fuel pump are good enough for power fc and free-flowing engine?

Why? I took the dealer shot, and cropped it then I put a blur on the background using gimp, took me like 5 minutes because I like pictures done that way! If you think I'm just making shit up thats ok, I don't believe the crap I read on the internetz either. But if you want to call http://www.abctyrepower.com.au and ask them what skyline they inspected this morning, be my guest .. Yeah I had seen a fabrication around a pod before, but then isn't that reinventing an airbox? Are pods under the hood mainly for the induction noise and the look?

I've been reading stuff till my eyes bleed. Say I had a r34 nur that came stock, down to the exhaust and airbox.. and say I wanted to keep it for a year or three as a weekender - perhaps some open lapping days? then (this is the important part) sell without drama if I get the shits with it. I'd keep it covered, detailed not drive in the rain, blah blah. What would you recommend? So far my plan: * leave the stock air box but put in a hi-flow filter - can you feed cold air to a pod? i doubt it. * a well designed 3" turbo back exhaust with hi-flow cat * a power FC and tune it but be conservative with boost - roller bearing turbos, not ceramic, on this car.. * put some money into the ICE I'm hoping you guys agree this, at least, is ok.. My question is then .. anything else? intercooler attention? hks cam? port and polish? how about the suspension? I am jealous of the m-spec nur suspension. R34 is hard in a bad way for street use. On half of sydney roads it is not pleasant or fast, and probably shakes the interior to bits too. Thats just my opinion. But I like the evo suspension, yet R34 is harder! no rice on this car.. I go into autostyle and see these monster skylines languishing there and realize what was a monster for a year can be an unsaleable frankenstein later. I want to be able to return it to total stock at the end without drama, and with honesty to the next buyer. No over-spec stress on the engine. Externally I want it to look exactly as it came from the factory, as it does now. Yeah so I could leave it EXACTLY stock.. but I don't think the nur has proven its status as collectible yet, in the way an old ferrari is.. maybe that will change. sorry for the long post for what is a simple advice question really.. What should I do here? I'll take a better picture soon!