Fake GTRs?

[Shrub32]

Any one seen GTS with a GTSt badge haha

[taynewguy]

Shit guys don't get too emotional about it....let the kids have their fun.

Having said that, I would hate to think there are heaps of idiots driving around thinking they have beaten a genuine GTR. So maybe it's a fair call.

[THE OAK]

hey guys,

Just a quick comment for all you gtst with GTR badge haters....

Its nice to see alot of you guys have 400R bodykits and are all these cars REAL 400R's....?

hmmm a few hypocrits here...

Just my 2 cents

[JimX]

Didn't we already establish that most people here don't mind the kits but hate the badges?

[2fardown]

So let me get this straight.....If lancers throw an EVO kit on they are riced up pieces of sh!t. BUT If a GTST throws a GTR kit on that's OK, ONLY if they don't put on the GTR badge.....Yeah nice logic there guys, good conclusion.

[JimX]

The thing is, a GL Lancer IS a riced up piece of shit! If they at least turbo it and shove some bigger brakes (including discs on rear) on then it would be at least semi-respectable (I have seen some like this), but it still has crappy FWD.

[Ant97GTR]

I agree with most on this thread......kit & guards are okay but don't badge it unless it is the real thing!!!

To throw a complete spanner in the works does anyone know about the purple 'Gracer' R33 GTR (not sure which tuning company uses it but is used in a few ads)?? Apparently it started life as a R33 Gtst and the ower completely stripped it and rebuilt it as a GTR using all the original gear - guards/kit/engine/interior etc etc. Who is going to deny the owner the right to call it a GTR after all that work??!!!!

[pentae]

Nicely spotted there 2fardown!

I think GTR bodykits on GTST's looks great, but I always think its incredibly try hard, and disrespectful to real GTR's.. it also drags down the opinion, looks and 'rarity' of the real gtr's roaming the roads.

Every second GTST has a GTR kit.. If I had a GTST and was not happy with how it looks, I'd get a unique kit, not a GTR copy so I could look like every other skyline on the road.

When I see a skyline drive past heres my opinion..

GTST with no kit, but big fmic, performance mods etc.. cool.

GTR kits on GTST - a bit lame

GTR kits with GTR badging on GTST - super lame! throw a brick..

GTR.. omfg that is teh shit

[IOWNU]

I think that the body kits, and 'look' features are ok. Makes the car look better. But badges are just going too far. But otherwise, who cares?

[dan_the_man]

I had a VL Commodore when i was 17. I slapped 5 litre badges on it when it was only a 3L nissan..... Please dont judge me

[JimX]

Dan, that's ok, there's no harm in putting badges off a car that's slower than the one you're driving

When the V8 badges off my Commodore were taken, I immediately bought replacements. But then thought "what's the point? who cares if it's a V8 or not and they'll probably just get stolen again anyway" so I never put them back on.

On a totally unrelated note, I now have a V8 PC

[dan_the_man]

hahaha ok!

[Duncan]

mmm, gracer....its owned by Advan performance in silverwater.

And I can assure you that all those guards, badges and running gear don't make much difference, my car was over 2 sec quicker when we were down at Wakefield Park.

[Ant97GTR]

Duncan,

Fair nuf......but wasn't commenting on performance just the whole real/fake GTR thing. Gotta admire the dedication though.......although why they didn't just buy a GTR in the first place who knows???

[Timmy G]

dan the man: don't worry, we were all young and dumb

[pentae]

.. and full of ***

[dan_the_man]

[ericherm1]

I used to have a 1990 GTS-t Type M, and I also did the GTR front clip swap it due to the T's front clip being very unsightly. It looked sweet but I did leave the rear badge saying GTS-t. It was a GTS-t and thier was no reason to put the badge of a GTR on it. Besides it only had the RB20DET in it.

Now if I did the 26 swap which alot of people here in Japan do, then .... hmmm... naw I would still leave the GTS-t badge on it...hehe!

Now I have a real GTR .....with many problems of course!!!

[japwpn]

ive bought a nice r32 gts-t yellow with gt-r front bar and rear wing and the guy at the car yard try to tell me to put on a gt-r badge say it would look sik so i turn around and say ur kiddin right !! anyway i think that gt-r badges should only be on real gt-rs as i got a few mate who are lucky enough to own them and seein the money they pour into them would just be a sin as for the kit on my car i got it like that and i think it looks nice but for me NO GT-R badge will ever touch the body of my car as long as i own it and im the 1st to admit its not a gt-r when asked if it is

[MattyB]

i wouldnt mind changing all the rear and side panels to the gtr type, simply so i can get the wider tyres in there. but like hell i would ever put the gtr badges on it.