R32 Gts4 - Restoration/rebuild

[Mohsen]

chris, i love you and this thread <3

[Chris Rogers]

certainly did - NEW ones. 4 figure sum for both but yes I can certainly buy them.

need to pin you down at some point to discuss this car of yours and the parts needed for it.

[Chris Rogers]

chris, i love you and this thread <3

plenty of stuff available for the car. it just takes time (and lately a lot of money ) keep watching. once I get a bit of money ahead I am going to do the interior.

[Chris Rogers]

had a bit of spare time today so I started on the Nismo 32 dash (v2)

V1 that I paid money for

the start of V2.

that is a 3mm piece of acrylic cut into the stock hole. keep watching.

quick hit with a dremel to get the basic shape. the hole was marked with the steel overlay that was on the LCD panel I am using. there is a small amount of error there so its not visible in the final version.

back shot

now with qbond holding it in place. it doesn't move. I actually broke it in the top corner (speedo side) so there is qbond on that at well.

back shot.

just add bog. this is actually a finishing bog so its fine and quite easy to sand off.

first sand - this is hit with 400 wet/dry. light is horrible but it doesnt look that bad.

Once this is highfilled , 45 deg chamfer on the gauge holes ( they are stepped at the moment.)and painted black it will look like it belongs there. I called it a day at that point. will do some more on it when I get more time.

[burnoutnut]

i like this dash mod.... need much rewiring to go it to work?

[Chris Rogers]

nah. all of it is external to the cluster. I am considering mimicing the odo reset button as a mode switch for the navi input. currently its on one of the radio buttons on top of the dash. there is a custom module for that.

[burnoutnut]

what kinda dash unit is it? is it a rev counter or just a bunch of stuff like oil temp water temp? im looking for one similar for my motorbike and i would like to buy something like this.

[Chris Rogers]

HKS CAMP 2 . toss that into google.

[Chris Rogers]

finally have a shed to store this in again. more work coming up !

[Chris Rogers]

hope to have this on a skewer in a few weeks so I can do a few more things to it and get it ready for panel work. lack of a proper shed for the last few months has hindered progress.

still working on it though. nismo 32 cluster is done.

[whizzn]

Great to see you have shed for it again, progress should pick up quite nicely from here

[Chris Rogers]

yep it should. will be spending a bit more time in gympie now working on it. july should see more images of it being torn down and packed into boxes again.

[Boss-zilla]

yay, something happened (sort of).

hahaha

[Chris Rogers]

off we go.

thats on the way to where it is going. car is now totally back to a bare shell for prep works before the panel guys get it.

[Boss-zilla]

ooooo,ahhhhh

still excited to see this finished

[Chris Rogers]

going to take a while. will be doing harnesses (engine and rear body) over the next few weeks. then more parts ordering..

[Chris Rogers]

harnesses - one sorted. still need to do the engine harness and put it back it std spec.

car is also fully stripped and on skewers - I am giving it a VERY good thinners bath.

[Chris Rogers]

ordered a few small parts for it yesterday. mainly inside trim stuff.

door panels (GTR) are approx $450 each. once the small trim stuff arrived I am going to order one panel.

[Luke_ENR34]

I dunno if you get good prices at your local Nissan but have you tried getting parts from Nissan Japan?

With all the parts your buying you might be able to save a heap over time.

Well done tho.

[Chris Rogers]

only things I buy local are glass and BIG panels. the rest is done out of japan. (okinawa actually) . I buy a fair bit off them and get decent prices because of it.