Skyline For Sale - $15,000

[Baconer]

Well I've been talking about it for a while but no more half-arsed selling, car has to go before i change my mind. I can't look at it in the mornings without regretting the decision...

Make: Nissan

Model: Skyline

Milage: 98,5**km

Transmission: Manual

Colour: White (QM1 - Cloud White)

Location: Canberra

Complied: Yes

RWC supplied: Yes

Currently registered? Yes (will sell with an extra 3 months of rego on top if sold before July 2008)

Price: $15,000

Contact: Please contact me on these forums if you are interested and i can send you my Mobile number

I am the first Australian owner of this car after buying this from a Private Importer in Melbourne (story is detailed on the forums, compressed version: bought over eBay(no different to an add on allclassifieds/ carsales etc) from a private importer, went to Melbourne to inspect, loved it and drove it home). I bought the car in September of 2006 as a Stock Standard R33 GTST with 76,000km on the clock. Thats only 22,000kms driven in the near 2 years of ownership with the majority being highway kilometers. During my ownership the car has had no problems, bar the few common minor problems involving sensors passing their used by date, all of which have been replaced before January of this year and nothing has resurfaced since. The only reason i am selling this car is that I cannot, as hard as i might try, justify owning 2 cars at this point in my life. It is nothing to do with petrol as the skyline is surprisingly more fuel efficient then the celica, it is the registration and general upkeep of two cars with the added temptation of wanting to modify the skyline that is too much for my wallet to handle.

Modification wise the car is predominantly still in stock condition (still running stock boost), the only change has been a larger turbo back exhaust system fitted (3" HKS Silent Hi-Power with BATMBL split dump/front and high flow cat). It is not overly loud (exhaust is designed to be quieter then most 3" systems, id place it a bit above the Trust PEII but well below the other HKS systems) though it would most likely not pass the RTA dB limits so the buyer of this car will also receive the stock R33 GTST exhaust system (unfitted).

Under my ownership the car has been serviced every 5,000km with Mobil1 10W30, new oil filter and new air filter. While every 10,000km sees the car on the hoist to receive a more in depth check over. The car has also recently (4/5/08, less than 100km travelled since) had a major service completed including:

-New Excedy Clutch (and spigot/thrust bearing)

-100,000km Service - including timing belt, water pump, idle tensioner, cam seals etc.

-All brake rotors machined

-New rear brake pads

-Coolant flush

-New brake and clutch fluid

-Oil, oil filter, air filter replaced

-Throttle body cleaned

Car will also be sold with 4 brand new Federal tyres. I will honestly be surprised if this car does not pass RWC first attempt, I have been spending far too much time and money on bringing this car up to a much higher standard just so that the sale will be easier but the more i spend the more i try justify keeping it. This genuinely is a reluctant sale...

The Cosmetic modifications on the car are also very minor and include:

-R34GTT Rims

-Greddy A-Pillar pod mount with HKS boost gauge (readings in Bar)

-Painted center console (white) (pictures below)

-Nismo Leather Gear knob

-Nismo Clear Indicators

-Door trims (not the best quality but the previous Japanese owner was either a smoker or a clumsy pyromaniac and there were small burns on the fabric areas, I was planning on getting new door trims but decided to re-trim for a bit of practice before eventually replacing them) (pictures below)

-Gear and Handbrake boots (leather surrounds) re-made in Italy (fancy pants name dropping )with genuine leather in white and black (pictures below)

-Main dash gauges replaced with 300km/h and in white (AMEC supplied kit) and dash lights replaced with blue LEDs

-Genuine GTR (Vspec I, more fancy pants name dropping) bootlid and spoiler already painted in QM1 (i spent A LOT of time searching for this, probably my biggest regret in selling the car) Plastic OEM item, not fibreglass and has working brake light

-Light up Rear 'SKYLINE' Garnish

-Apexi pen-style turbo timer

Car also comes with professionally installed C.A.M alarm system with immobiliser, window smash sensors, inbuilt and dedicated alarm battery, black wiring (no distinguishable wiring) and adjustable sensitivity

(note, the small reader on the steering column in the pictures is not a boost controller, it is a digital rev/speedometer, the car has never been run on boost above the factory 7psi)

Pictures:

(datsun and XF ute not for sale )

(first skyline event back in Dec 2006, disregard the p-plates. As a few people may know I had a crash in my previous car and learnt all the valuable driving lessons in that car (unfairly enough i found i was not invincible) . To be honest it was by far the best experience for me to go through, 2 years on and incident free)

(the 1am photoshoot)

(interior shot)

(complete interior shot)

So thats my car up for sale...hopefully i don't chicken out of selling it... If you have any friends or family who are looking for a well looked after and recently serviced to unnecessarily high standards then PM me over the forums and i can send you my Mobile number to organise an inspection.

To sum it all up in one sentence: My 1996 SII R33 in near factory stock condition, with recent 100,000km major service, new Excedy clutch and 4 brand new federal tyres is selling for $15,000

Also, I am aware that the price is a bit above the current trend of $11,000 R33s but as a general rule of thumb, you get what you pay for.

Thanks

Alex

Edited May 19, 2008 by Baconer

[GeeTR]

Clean looking Line man, love white.

GL with sale.

[INVRTD]

you paint the internal panels yourself, ??

[Baconer]

yep, main dash surround, gear and ash tray surround and the arm rest with power window controls on it. Was pretty impressed with the results actually. Went to bunnings and bought white primer, white spray and clear coat. Sanded it back with low grade sand paper then higher grade to smooth it out, 3 or 4 layers of primer half hour apart, 4 or 5 layers of white half hour apart, 3 layers of clear coat for protection and left to dry for a day. $50 max in materials and sprayed in between another job.

If you take your time it turns out really well, theres a thread on the forums with pics of other people who have done it in different colours.

[Baconer]

Tyres now fitted on the car. Very pretty

Test drives welcome by appointment (send me a pm and ill send you my mobile). Sunday will be the earliest and last opportunity until June 1st

Edited May 23, 2008 by Baconer

[Baconer]

!!SOLD!! To a new guy to Canberra who will hopefully (so i can keep tabs on the car haha) join up to the website.

Never really understood when people talked about their car being driven away after being sold but i stood their in the rain watching the lights disappear over the hill and instantly regretted it... And still do now, and probably will tomorrow... At the same time, having money fills the void quite nicely.

I'll keep hanging around the website (unlike the other traitors haha) and continue waving, so if you get waved at from a blue fastback celica, don't look down your nose at me, wave back you snobs

Edited June 10, 2008 by Baconer

[a20089]

Congrats

[INVRTD]

congrads mate

[R33_ACT]

well done Alex

[slaughter]

that bums me out, i was looking forward to meeting you mate, oh well best of luck! I'll wave if i see you

[Baconer]

cheers, ill still see you all at Shannons or Marques, from the other side of the oval

[S T A R 3 3]

Awww.. i feel sad.. but will see u invovled with the toyota

[Baconer]

haha true, do you go to any of the Beer O Clocks with the CCG guys?