To Sell Or To Mod My Crashed Gtr

[B34ST_GTR]

Hey Guys,

i copped some bad news the other day....

I bought my GTR from Melb in February, cheap with suspicions of a bingle as i only paid 52k for a Black 99 GTR with 37,000kms?? (seven months ago this was cheap, my how quickly times change)

Anyhow......

The front driver side wheel has had a hit (sits in guard an inch further forward) causing the wishbone to slightly bend a degree and a very minor kink in the chassis rail (2 degrees).

To all those who know the 34 gtr, there isnt an ounce of movement or adjustment in the front suspension at all for this prob.

It may cost me $2000 to get it on a chassis straightner but im still not guarenteed it will fix the slight 'pull to the left' under load and braking.

Not to mention i just cant look at her again in the same light knowing her previous owner hit her.

My question is, i have a C-West bodykit on order, Nismo Z-tune carbon fibre bonnet and other huge plans for this car but now i question whether this should be the car to receive such an expensive makeover or wether to sell and start fresh on another? so far i have only done the power fc d-jetro.

Oh yeah.... and my missus is preganent, i have a fear that if a sell this one she wont allow me to buy another, but she has given up trying to make me sell this one.

Is a broken one better than no one?

[axe s]

i say keep it.... it's not that bad really (by the sounds of it)

good excuse to spend money on it and improve suspension etc...

plus if u go to a good shop they should be able to straighten it like new...

[R DIRTY 3]

Are you sure its chassis damage?

I have seen several crashed Skylines (GTS-GTR-GTS4) and quite often its other parts that are bent out of shape. Normally i would first look at lower arm, castor rod and castor rod bracket (box section). It may well be fixable, even by using alignment aids like camber bushes, cator bushes etc. Always hard to say with out looking at it though...which id be happy to do if you like.

Just an option.

Cheers

Brad

[B34ST_GTR]

Are you sure its chassis damage?

I have seen several crashed Skylines (GTS-GTR-GTS4) and quite often its other parts that are bent out of shape. Normally i would first look at lower arm, castor rod and castor rod bracket (box section). It may well be fixable, even by using alignment aids like camber bushes, cator bushes etc. Always hard to say with out looking at it though...which id be happy to do if you like.

Just an option.

Cheers

Brad

Hey Brad, your opinion would be much apreciated! i am going to attend the country cruise on the 30th,

if you are there i wouldnt mind you driving it to see what you think.

the panel beater said leave it..... but i think the 'pulling to the left' sometimes dangerously takes over when giving it a real hard time.

If you not coming to cruise im local to you.

thx

[R DIRTY 3]

Hey Brad, your opinion would be much apreciated! i am going to attend the country cruise on the 30th,

if you are there i wouldnt mind you driving it to see what you think.

the panel beater said leave it..... but i think the 'pulling to the left' sometimes dangerously takes over when giving it a real hard time.

If you not coming to cruise im local to you.

thx

I will be at the cruise and will be happy to take a look, and if need be give it a drive to see how bad it is. It may be as serious as needing chassis repair but if we can work with it and get around it and get the car back to an acceptable level with out spending every dollar you have on it, then i think we need to have a go at it! Its an awesome looking car and would be a shame if you sold it (especially if your wife may not let you have another )

Ill be driving a Silver R33 GTST (Rare car i know) youll know my car when you see it

See you there!

[GT51R]

Becareful what you get yourself in to...

Edited October 9, 2007 by GT51R

[B34ST_GTR]

Sorry to hear about that........

I notice something suspicious about the car everytime i inspect it.

-bad front end paint work( REALLY BAD) like who resprays a $60,000 car in there backyard!

[ashneel]

keep it.

you would be lucky to find another GTR34 at that good price.

its hard to know a proper history for imports so we can never now 100% how the car was treated.

keep it and fix her up.

once its fixed i dont think it will be pulling tot he left. what did u hit if you dont mind me asking???

with my previous car i was pushed of the road and hit a curb at 80ks which snaped my 18" rims, oput a nice kink on my strut and and very nick kink on my control arm. now allw as fixed apart from the control arm and that caused the car to behave different and pull to the left (where the accident happened) after getting that check and replaced problem was solved

so when you get yours fixed check everything possiable. whishbone, tie rods, struts, upper and lower control arm. whatever is holding the suspension togather just go over it making sure all is well.

its only a little thing so dont get to stressed about ti

you have a black GTR34

dont sell it

if you want i will happily trade my R33 GTST for your GTR and fix it lol

do the make over and fix her up

[B34ST_GTR]

I didnt hit her ashneel. her ex hit her.

I had the car M.O.T. inspected in Melb whilst i was in Perth. The police inspection found 'NO ACCIDENT DAMAGE' so i paid the dude a hefty deposit.

When i saw the car for the first time it was TRUE LOVE i was at a strange train station in taralgon? and it was like what i think HEROIN would be like...I was heading for Victoria at 150kph before i started noticing things(coming down).

dumb i know.....but the skyline made me do it.

[perthiscool]

i imported a r32 with imports101 my r32 sedan hit a pole in japan,i dont blame them. and chassis rail was bent and front left wheel sits further back didn realise until my 18s rubbed on 1 side but not the other. but turns out when i got under their i noticed they used an s13 control arm to make it drive straight. maybe you could look in something like that mate.and it did pass compliance and pits haha

[ahh 33 s2]

my mate hit a couple of curbs whilst drifting on the street on both sides of his 32. this made the wheels sit back alot really really noticble.. what we did was by second hand caster rods and lower control arms and fixed her oursleves in about 2 hours or so... for both sides. as he did both side on different occasions.. stopped th pull and we had the work checked over by a suspension guy later on and said all looked fine.. so it might be an easy fix like that

[CMS Drifter]

I'd say keep her. A slight pull to one side is fixable.

If you want to offload her, then i have a home ready and waiting.. Could even swap for my big girl.. (She's just in for cam tuning and re-tune with more boost.. Hehehehe)

[DiNoBoNeS]

I know i only drive a Skyline R34 25 GT but my friend Brad DOES AWSOME WORK!!!!!!

fixed my girl up thanks again brad man!

[B34ST_GTR]

Brad had a look 4 me and he is gonna fit Poly nylathane castor bushes which should help the cause.

The wheel that sits forward in the guards has a genuine gtr arm.

The other side (thats evenly spaced in the guards) is aftermarket? wierd.

Replacing the control arm is out of the question coz they are alloy and big $$. the 34R arms arnt straight like 32/33 so you cant tell if they are bent anyway.

have to see how it goes.

[SKYRYAN]

Thats cool Brad found GTR bushes in my non turbo skyline bahahah.. people puttin all kinds of shit in these days.

[R DIRTY 3]

I forgot about that one Ryan LOL

That seems like forever ago

[WA_R32]

i had a prang in my 32 a year ago front passenger side (stupid woman in an x-trail pulled out in front of me) and now my front left wheel sits forward a little also pulls to the left under braking any ideas on what to do to fix that?

[R DIRTY 3]

i had a prang in my 32 a year ago front passenger side (stupid woman in an x-trail pulled out in front of me) and now my front left wheel sits forward a little also pulls to the left under braking any ideas on what to do to fix that?

Without seeing it, i will have a guess and say that your lower arm may be bent, or the box section where the castor rod is bolted to has been damaged.

I am a little confused how the damage has made the wheel move forward though? That doesnt really make a great deal of sense to me. As for pulling left under brakes, my guess is there may be something like a sterering rack end bent or something similar causing a bumpsteer type of effect.

Edited October 3, 2007 by R DIRTY 3

[WA_R32]

Without seeing it, i will have a guess and say that your lower arm may be bent, or the box section where the castor rod is bolted to has been damaged.

I am a little confused how the damage has made the wheel move forward though? That doesnt really make a great deal of sense to me. As for pulling left under brakes, my guess is there may be something like a sterering rack end bent or something similar causing a bumpsteer type of effect.

yeah i got a new lower control arm when i got it fixed and also got the wheels aligned but still pulls a bit not sure why i totaly replaced all of the suspension on that side so maybe its the steering rack didnt check that

[Topaz]

My front wheels are offset differently on each side. The drivers side wheel sits a little bit further out than the left, its probably only about 8-10mm but I noticed it one day. I have a wierd lean in my car, most time I have to pull to the right to get it to go straight other times its left and sometimes I don't need to correct it at all. Brad had checked my alignment twice and he thinks its the tyres, I still rekon its something that a jig needs to fix, but thats costly and I want new rims damnit

I have to get it on a jig sometime to see if it can be straightened.