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Hi all,

Im new to the forum. Looking forward to spending some time digging through the threads, seems to be alot of good information here!

I am currently an owner of an older V8 falcon and have enjoyed modifying it and although I am happy with the car I have always wanted a turbo skyline to experiment with. I like the idea of a torqy, light weight car that handles!

I dont have a huge amount of money to spend as I am paying off other debt that is more important sadly.

I like the look of the R32 GTS-Ts and the GTRs (unfortunately these are out of my price range)

I was hoping that over the next few months while I look that I might come accross a tidy GTS-T with a GTR body kit.

My question is how much should I expect to spend on one and what are the common things that go wrong with them? ie what am I up for in the future and what should I look for when shopping around?

I am not a hard driver of cars but enjoy performance.

are these cars durable? it seems that you dont see many around with more than the 180,000 mark? is this because they become too troublesome afterwards?

i also heard the 5spds are problematic is this true? what else is known for being problematic?

please feel free to dispel any myths, I am very keen to get one but want to make the right choice or be told dont bother get a newer R33?

Cheers and I look forward to any input

Regards

Jason

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Welcome!

Quite a few questions you have there. Here are some responses:

Skylines are obviously Japanese for a start, so I would say they would be more durable than anything built in Australia. Nissan's generally are very well built... our family had a bluebird that did over 500,000km despite not being very well looked after for the second half of its life!

The reason you don't see many with over 180,000km's is two fold. In Japan cars generally do not do the same mileage as in Australia, also MANY have their odometers wound back before import.

I am not familiar with the gearbox's in gts-t's being a problem unless you start putting too much power through them, but that is not really a surprise.

A GTR 'bodykit' would mean the owner would have to have purchased, fitted and sprayed the following:

GTR front fenders (aluminum)

GTR front bar

GTR grill

GTR bonnet (aluminum)

GTR rear fenders

GTR spoiler

As you might appreciate these parts are not cheap, so I would not hold my breath... At any rate, please do not put a GTR badge on your gts-t unless you want instant looser status.

Hope that helps, and goodluck in your search.

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I have previously purchased, fitted and sprayed the following to my R32GTst:

GTR front fenders (aluminium)

GTR front bar & reo

GTR grill

GTR bonnet & latch (aluminium)

GTR spoiler

GTR33 Seats

Was not an easy task collecting everything.

The rears are just insane pricewise and the badge is stupid!!!!!

Look up member 2GU_UP he went all out and turned a GTs into a GTR Killer!!!

eeiko321 Experienced

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I have previously purchased, fitted and sprayed the following to my R32GTst:

GTR front fenders (aluminium)

GTR front bar & reo

GTR grill

GTR bonnet & latch (aluminium)

GTR spoiler

GTR33 Seats

Was not an easy task collecting everything.

The rears are just insane pricewise and the badge is stupid!!!!!

Look up member 2GU_UP he went all out and turned a GTs into a GTR Killer!!!

Hectic Cuuzz! :D

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Silvia GTR

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I can tell you now that the engine that comes in the r32 gtst is f**king bullet proof I have had one near 350ks and it still ran like a dream. It had a hard life before me to and I didnt go easy on her either..

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thanks for the responses guys.

good to hear they are such a durable car

are they known for any common faults, things to look for when buying?

what would i expect to pay for a really tidy stock one with 100-150 thousand on it (gts-t manual)

am i much better off spending the extra on an R33 GTS-T?

comming from a V8 Fairlane i like the idea of a light car that handles, hence the R32

r32line Mentor

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R33 is not really any extra unless you were looking at maybe a series II. To find a clean R33/32 you are looking at similar money.

To be honest a clean example is not easy to find and will be over $10k just for the car. When budgeting for a car though you need to factor in stamp duty, insurance, rego, servicing etc so you will need fair bit on top.

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