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hi guys. i have finally had enough of repairing and re spraying my front fibreglass bar on my r33 gts-t. i have finally decided that i want to try and fit an original GTR front bar on my gts-t r33. i am pretty sure that to make it all fit right i'll have to fit the GTR guards, bonnet, headlights, grill etc to make it all work. i've never seen a car with standard gts-t rear guards and the wider front GTR guards?? does this look silly at all and is all this possible?? e.g. will the harness in my gts still plug into the GTR headlights etc...??

if this topic is already on here somewhere please advise where and i thankyou for all your help i advance.

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Its an expensive conversion i say just to stop you from fixing your front bar all the time. maybe try and be abit more carefull with it?? How are you damaging it in the first place? I'd say it would look quite strange with pumped fronts and normal rears. for the amonut of money spent on the conversion it would be cheaper to pay good money for an "original" not a copy of an original aftermarket bodykit thats made from that flexi-fibreglass compound. Will fit better and have the give when you bump something once in a while.

my 2 cents.

i get what your saying. where would i find one of these "non fibreglass" front bars though to fit a standard gts? not a standard bar though... something nicer?

i would be doing all the labour myself for the front end and i am a painter/panel beater as well so the paint isn't an issue.

as for the damage on my current bar.... well living in sydney is just difficult if you ever actually want to drive up a driveway. i dotn think i've found one that i can drive striaght up on and while most of the time i can drive up at an angle the odd times when there is some stupid car in the way or whatever just cracks the bar where it mounts on the guard and scrapes the underneath......

check those online stores like greenline, takakaira, nengun. they usually deal with originals, some brands offer that flexi compound some dont so you have to doubel check. From what you described i think your still gonna have scraping issues with the roads and driveways you use cause alot of the aftermarket bars are a heck of a lot lower than a stock gtr one. Your on the money though with the gtr one as it has a botom lip that can be taken off for repairs.

If you can source all parts for a decent price it maybe worth a shot, might have to flare the rear guards out abit...then you may need new rims to sit flush with the wheel archs? will your sideskirts fit the gtr pannels? alot to think about, would be a good project non the less. those gtr headlights with projectors look hot.

Yes it does look strange, and no the GT-R lights do not just plug in.

However, I'm pretty sure you dont need to change your headlights, bonnet or grill to fit the front bar, and I know the 32 GTR front bar fits perfectly to GTS fenders

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