Orange R33 Skyline

[islade]

1993 Skyline R33 GTS-T

122,000km. $12,500

Hey,

I've owned (and loved!) this car for the last 5 years.

After repainting the car in January, the turbo died. Rather than replacing the stock turbo, I had a much bigger one installed. In hindsight, that was a bad idea, as I've now lost all my license points as the car accelerates so easily. To ensure that I don't lose my license because I need it for work, I've bought a Hyundai excel.

SERVICING

The car has 122,000km's on it. I had a major service done at 100,000km's which included a new heavy duty radiator, spitfire coilpacks, air con regassing, as well as the usual timing belts, spark plugs, etc. I have it serviced every 5,000km's by Gavin Wood AUTOTECH. Rebuilt and Re-shimmed diff.

INTERIOR

The interior looked a bit dated and old, so I've replaced everything I could to make it more comfortable and modern looking. This includes a Series II Instrument Cluster, Genuine R33 GTR Seats, Leather Steering Wheel, new leather hand brake boot, gear boot and centre console cover, GTR gearknob, and custom-made R33 floormats. If you have ever been in a normal GTS-T, you will see and feel how much nicer this is.

The stereo consists of an Alpine head unit (iPOD and USB input), and front and rear 6.5" splits running from a boot mounted amplifier.

EXTERIOR

Series I R33's aren't very attractive, so I performed a full Series II conversion including Series II headlights and grill, LED taillights, Trial front bodykit, and Series II rear spoiler. The car has 18" Wheels with Federal 595 Tyres. The car was originally dark gray, but was resprayed in Electric Orange in January, which has yellow in it when viewed in the sun. The car is lowered on TEIN suspension, with rolled front and rear guards.

ENGINE

All engine work has been done by Gavin Wood AUTOTECH.

Genuine Garrett GT3076 (0.82 exh housing) with 50mm External Wastegate.

PowerFC (Z32 AFM and 480cc Nissan S15 injectors)

Full 3" metal intake and exhaust. Front Mount Intercooler and Turbosmart BOV.

250kw with Dyno Sheets on conservative street tune.

PROBLEMS

All the usual R33 problems that happen at this age have been addressed. I've had the drivers power window relay fixed (R33 drivers power window often stops working after 15 years), air con buttons fixed (they occasionally break). The clutch "friction point" is very close to the floor. I had the master and slave cylinder's rebuilt, which didn't help. My mechanic said it's not worth fixing until I am replacing the clutch, which I haven't done yet as it's still very grippy.

I've owned this car for 5 years and really don't want to let her go, but it's either that or 1 more speeding fine causing a loss of license (and my job!).

Please, no test pilots!

Call or SMS Isaac anytime on 0421 517 163

My workplace has bad phone reception so between 8-4 I can be reached on (07) 5573 8572

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PRICE DROP TO $11,000

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PRICE DROP TO $10,000

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Bump

[AngryRB]

gees, looks like a real good buy, everything done already... good luck with the sale.. thats too cheap to sell, worth alot more than that..

[islade]

Thanks, SilverS2. Glad somebody appreciates all the work that has gone into it

It's heartbreaking, but i've seen R34's asking for twice as much but end up selling for not much more, obviously nowhere near as much work done to them, just the way the market is

[AngryRB]

Thanks, SilverS2. Glad somebody appreciates all the work that has gone into it

It's heartbreaking, but i've seen R34's asking for twice as much but end up selling for not much more, obviously nowhere near as much work done to them, just the way the market is

I woul'dnt let some tight ass buy it for 10k, thats rediculus

have you thought bout selling the good bits separate?? alot of goodies on it , seems to be what people do..not that im trying to get stuff off it..

such a shame..

[TTT]

lol..

how is someone a tightarse for buying a skyline for $10K?

You are right, it has lots of good bits on it.

and if 18 year olds could buy turbo cars, this would be priced closer to $15K

but they can't.

and trying to find someone that wants to buy a bright orange skyline is going to be hard.

And even though the whole car has been given the series 2 treatment, it is a 1993 R33 series 1.

Honestly, I would want to get it real cheap so I could get it sprayed a regular colour and still come out under $9K

you probably are better off selling all your good bolt ons and getting it back to standard and selling it for like $6K or something..

but it's just a pain in the arse to undo all the good work.

What does a complete colour change respray cost these days?

[lilcrash]

Respray cost - paint plus some alcohol normally. If you can't find someone to do it for less then $1000 including paint your not looking hard enough.

Edited July 21, 2011 by lilcrash

[TTT]

sorry.. I wasn't referring to a ipswich special where the cost of everything is calculated in "packs of winnie blues"

I meant from a body shop, where someone who does car sprays for a living, but doesn't charge like Queen Street Smash repairs.

I doubt it is going to cost $1K to get rid of the orange AND still be a decent paint job in 6 weeks time.

Edited July 21, 2011 by GTST

[lilcrash]

That $1000 was factoring in booth rental and a trade qualified painter, only down side is you will need to sand it yourself.

Good luck with the sale

Edited to save time arguing with a keyboard warrior.

Edited July 21, 2011 by lilcrash

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I don't know if these pictures are relevant to the thread any more, but here goes

[AngryRB]

gees theres some tossers on here!! noting wrong with the paint job, why would you want to go back to a stock colour???

nice paint job and is unique beast!! man up tossers!!

[TTT]

right ok..

as a person looking to buy a car at the moment, I say I don't want an orange car and that it will be harder to sell than a stock colour and I'm a tosser?

cool..

I'll move aside and let all the other buyers that are lined up have a look.

[AngryRB]

right ok..

as a person looking to buy a car at the moment, I say I don't want an orange car and that it will be harder to sell than a stock colour and I'm a tosser?

cool..

I'll move aside and let all the other buyers that are lined up have a look.

dont buy it then, its got a gt30 so its worth 10k+

[RicsR33]

10k thats cheap, very tidy car mate.

[islade]

Car has been sold

[TTT]

congrats mate.

do you want to disclose what it sold for?