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What Front Bar Should I Get? R33

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hey guys,

I have just put a front mount in my 1997 r33 Series 2 m spec below:

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I want to do a gtr front...

wondering what I need to do and where is best place to buy kits and fit them...

I can get stuff from carmate.com.au cost price but i have heard rumours that they are a bit of a dodgy fit..

cmon guys help me pimp maa ride!

haha

reason for wanting to put a gtr front bar on is because i had to modify my gts - t bar to fit the cooler, in the process some dumb fark dropped the grinder which decided to jump and hit my precious front bar!

took a chuck out near the cooler lower right hand corner of inner grill

lets see what you guys reccomend!

I intend to finish my bodykit ie . skirts / rear bar and whatever else i need to do. for got what those things are on the gtr between rear bar and the skirts :-P...

I also like wings so I am putting a gtr wing on my car... so i guess i should just do the full package...

what do you all reccomend now you know what i like and want... considering i need something to make my cooler look absolutely SHMICK!

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how about this?

obviously in black :-P

i like these 400R front bars.... the gtr kits on carmate dont look as good as the real deal for some reason...

what you guys reccon?

siddr20 Grand Master

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Nah i have seen one in flesh.. Doesnt look as nice as i thought it would.

Stick to the stock s2 front bar!! Loooks much nicer i reckon!!

But if you really wanna change it, then go for the gtr front look.. Just like the 40th anniversary s2s

But i reckon for yours.

400r skirts, Gtr wing, stock s2 front, and lots and lots of lowering for that ideal pimp look!! hahah

Need more pics of s2s, go to my thread

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stick with the stock bar and put a aftermarket lip on it...looks so much better.....I think the series 2 front bar is one of the best looking stock bars EVER created and I don't think I'll want to get rid of something this sexy

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stick with the stock bar and put a aftermarket lip on it...looks so much better.....I think the series 2 front bar is one of the best looking stock bars EVER created and I don't think I'll want to get rid of something this sexy

yeh but I want every part of my 33 to be perfect and I have done quite a hack job to my front bar to get the cooler to fit properly.. it looks good from far.. but far from good up close.

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Nah i have seen one in flesh.. Doesnt look as nice as i thought it would.

Stick to the stock s2 front bar!! Loooks much nicer i reckon!!

But if you really wanna change it, then go for the gtr front look.. Just like the 40th anniversary s2s

But i reckon for yours.

400r skirts, Gtr wing, stock s2 front, and lots and lots of lowering for that ideal pimp look!! hahah

Need more pics of s2s, go to my thread

cheers for the ideas.... well my front bar is mangled now! i love my bar.. but just thinking where i could get a brand new stock one and chuck a lip on the front of it... and who could fabricate it and custom fit it around my cooler so it remains looking as clean as it was before i had tha cooler.!

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yeh but I want every part of my 33 to be perfect and I have done quite a hack job to my front bar to get the cooler to fit properly.. it looks good from far.. but far from good up close.

if you've screwed up the bottom part of the front bar then the lip will cover it up, if you've somehow managed to hack up the entire front bar...............then I guess get GTR front bars....a lot of people like 400R front bars, but I only find the skirt and rear bar to be appealing.

JUN kits are hot as well

and um......NO VEILSIDE!!!!!!!!

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I am in the same position. Girlfriend borrowed teh car and gave it back with a mangled front bar (car park entry). Lip is destroyed. I dont know if I want to stick with the S2 front bar or go after market. Either way te bars gotta get resprayed.

Where is a good place to go for body kits in Syd? I want to try and get the car to showroom condition and all I can seem to find are dodgy fibreglass rip offs...

Cheers,

Christian.

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I am in the same position. Girlfriend borrowed teh car and gave it back with a mangled front bar (car park entry). Lip is destroyed. I dont know if I want to stick with the S2 front bar or go after market. Either way te bars gotta get resprayed.

Where is a good place to go for body kits in Syd? I want to try and get the car to showroom condition and all I can seem to find are dodgy fibreglass rip offs...

Cheers,

Christian.

I am in your boat brothaaa :mellow:

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I'd have one of these if i could find one. It's the 40th anniversary front bar.

That was only a option on the 40th aniversary models, it didnt come standard, also the rear gtr spolier was another 40th aniversary option.

In my opnion i would keep the stock front bar, but if you really want to change it would chose the gtr front bar, here it is:

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That was only a option on the 40th aniversary models, it didnt come standard, also the rear gtr spolier was another 40th aniversary option.

In my opnion i would keep the stock front bar, but if you really want to change it would chose the gtr front bar, here it is:

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thats hot! where the fudge do i get 1 of these...

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So the story gets better. Me and Dad spent the afternoon pulling the front lip spoiler off the factory S2 front bar. I have never seen so much sikaflex and dodgy repair work in my life. It looks like there was some front end on Japanese driveway action and only the lip was repaired, and not very well at that. A coat of fresh paint quite nicely hid the repair work...

Is that Factory GTR bar shown above a special or custom part or can you retrofit any GTR bar to go onto the GTS cause at the moment im leaning towards that option.

P.S. Sorry to whore your thread Stevo but i reckon we are in the same boat. I dont want some dodgy piece of shit hanging off the front of my pride and joy either.

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we're all there dudes... the kit on mine is the explosive one mentioned earlier and it's pretty good but i decided against the front bar cause it's too low and too brittle... it'd just snap off at the first driveway showdown... the GTR one is ok... but....

also after some ideas here.

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So it seems that we are all stuck with our mangled stock front bars. I have a plastic welder lined up to repair the damage to my bar and re spray it but come on, An OEM GTR bar would look so hot - there has to be a way to do it, there are even pics of an S2 GTS with the bar above...

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