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Front on; There will be a bit of work go into the guards and bonnet They sent out the wrong sized splitter;

Body kit is partially on; A few issues that I will get into later, but here is a little bit of an initial fitting pic;

Thanks Leigh, Pretty hard to find the Volks in 20's. Looks like the Enkei's might have to do!

Well here it is! The first unexpected problem The sump where it joins up with the front diff is cracked. Darren thinks it was a factory repair that created a weak spot, as the original Nissan silastic was still on the sump. I did remember the Beer Baron had a 34 sump with a diff fitted, but from chatting with him on Friday, he has disappeared since. So if anyone out there has a R34 sump with the original diff fitted, I am interested to buy!! My diff is in good shape, but the cost of fitting and a sump is more than we can get the whole unit second hand. Currently waiting on three people to get back to me from around Australia and the world, so please anyone else, get in touch? Would like to put this to bed within a week.

It was complied in Victoria too. But generally good to know it has been in Oz for all of that time, makes an estimation of the actual km's traveled a lot easier. I saw an article of a White R34 GTR v's a GTS Monaro, that was way back when they first came out, always had a sneaky suspicion it was this one Would be interesting to know for sure.

Me too, Anyone know there I can get an R34 GTR front diff and sump assembly?

Hopefully well on the friendly side of 30k, but will see how I go.

I have painted cars in carports before, all good as long as weather is right and u use acrylic, two pack you def need a booth.

Hi all, can't find much on here about it, but I had a look at Enkei's fitment guide and they are saying a 19x10 +35 is best fit for an R34 GTR, I was looking to stuff a 20x10+35 in there, with a 275/30/R20. Can anyone see a problem with this? The rolling diameter of my stocks with 265/35R18's RE01's will be just over 3%, so no real matter philosophically there for me, I think the std ratios are a little short anyway. will have copy z-tune guards and lowered adjustable suspension and bushes to reduce cambers and help keep more tyre on the road. these are the ones I am looking at;

well I am a little bored, I pulled apart the spray gun I was going to use and gave it a good clean, ended up getting a good fan from it, but the spray is interrupted every 8-9 seconds though, maybe running too much pressure, today will see me service the hoist jack, can't wait . But there aint much to do until the body parts arrive i have been told that is tuesday.

Hi all, can't find much on here about it, but I had a look at Enkei's fitment guide and they are saying a 19x10 +35 is best fit for an R34 GTR, I was looking to stuff a 20x10+35 in there, with a 275/30/R20. Can anyone see a problem with this? The rolling diameter of my stocks with 265/35R18's RE01's will be just over 3%, so no real matter philosophically there for me, I think the std ratios are a little short anyway. will have copy z-tune guards and lowered adjustable suspension and bushes to reduce cambers and help keep more tyre on the road. these are the ones I am looking at;

Re bonnet pins, it is a tough one, at the end of the day you have a little fun in 4th and you are over 200km, a bonnet coming loose at that speed could kill you and do a lot of damage for the sake of some $70 pins. I have ordered a carbon set.

Hi Nur and Hostile, It will be interesting to see how they go on. Bit worried about the inner and outer guards marrying up to the wider guard, especially seeing as I am looking to put some 20" Enkei's with 275 30 R20's in there. Not too worried about the state of finish though, Lamboghini carbon parts come out of their factory pinholed. So I will post some pics next week, it should be here by then. Either of you know where I can get a torque sheet for an R34?

Ok, getting close to starting the body leg of this journey. My parts are near ready to ship, I have opted for the solid z-tune style splitter as I can't use canards on the z-tune bar. Expecting these pieces to be full of pinholes, so hopefully I can start trial fittings and prep work for next weekend Managed to get the internally vented guards, so they will do more than just look pretty; The rest; ]

Thanks Base, will check em out!

Me three, I wouldn't mind getting some new seats or just bases.

Looks like I picked up the worlds cheapest compressor and HVLP top feed gun, $90 for both, neither are leaders in their field, but will be fine for priming and filling, the compressor can hold itself for 30 seconds solid on 38psi, given you will never have the gun on for more than 10 sec at a time it should be ok. If it can spray and remain wet enough, I may even look at doing an acrylic top coat and possibly even going over the whole car, instead of just the front end. Then put it in the shop for a two pack clear coat, given the heat and humidity here over the last few months this may take some time before it can be done. Looks like my Z-tune front end is close to being ready, just missing the carbon bonnet and z-tune solid splitter. Hopefully these get shipped prior to the end of the week.

Hi, anyone know of anyone that will do a cash job and a good job spay painting in Perth? Or any decent panel shops?

Like your grey GTR too, nice looking car!

Thanks, I hope it is that easy! Will be using new studs everywhere in the engine too, not replacing the turbos though, would like to the -7's are pretty small, but should still be pretty punchy.

Beautiful car!! Love the chrome engine and the body looks straight as.

Well I managed to hit one of what will hopefully not be too many hiccups, I snapped a stud off the turbo exhaust inlet flange : As you can see I can't back up two nuts on it unless I thread it, so if anyone has any thoughts on a fix it would be great??

Well I managed to hit one of what will hopefully not be too many hiccups, I snapped a stud off the turbo exhaust inlet flange : As you can see I can't back up two nuts on it unless I thread it, so if anyone has any thoughts on a fix it would be great??

Well I managed to hit one of what will hopefully not be too many hiccups, I snapped a stud off the turbo exhaust inlet flange As you can see I can't back up two nuts on it unless I thread it, so if anyone has any thoughts on a fix it would be great??

Yes it is quite a mission, but after getting the engine pallet to TNT yesterday at least I am half way to getting her running again. The goal with the car is just to renew it as best I can, it had about 389WHP before it went in, I am hoping to get that much closer to 500WHP, but essentially the car is a daily drive, my business car, which at least makes what I am doing tax deductible. But I do plan on tracking it a few times a year. The goal is just to have a super responsive little beast to get around in. I will mothball it for a weekender after a year or so of that and get a more sensible daily drive. Every time I work on the car I try to bring that particular part or section back to new condition, replacing clips and fasteners, re padding, you know how harsh these cars are on the road, years of that help to create a lot of squeaks and rattles, two things I can't stand in cars. I bought some of the powdered guide coat, so if Mu-Secret take too much longer I will get into the body. If the guide coat is non abrasive and won't harm the paint, I will apply that to the doors and quarters and 'wipe' the car with a speed file to check for dimples and dents. I have a paint budget of about 2.5-4.5K, so I am tossing up as to whether I do a full respray or just prep and paint the z-tune front end I have on order. This is my idea of what I want my girl to look like well the bottom one anyway; But I am putting the Z-Tune bits on for functionality, I want the bonnet to help keep the air pulling through the FMIC and radiator, with the guards pulling heat from the bay.