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Kayyliot

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So long story short a few weeks ago my parents forked out 9k and bought me an R33 GTS-T for my 17th. Great condition car, ect, ect.

It's paintjob has caused me to scratch my head over the last few weeks, though. Let me just throw it out there, it's magenta with blue pearl. Yep, so pretty much hot pink.

I wasn't too keen on it when I first saw photos, but when I saw it in person I just couldn't get over it. Definitely a head-turner, a real attention seeker. (Sadly though, I bet it will catch the police's attention.)

Anyway, enough about my explanation into why a guy bought a pink car.

I'm going to be carrying out minor styling mods like instrument cluster LEDS, interior lights, parking lights and gauges because I can't stand the old factory look.

First question: In your honest opinion, do you think it would be too far to change these lights to match the colour of my car?? Thinking about it I'd like to, but of course I'm cautious of what people might think. I can't change them to blue - that's too different, it wouldn't suit. Can't go white either, IMO that's too plain.

Second: What is the legality behind mounting aftermarket gauges? Where am I allowed to and not allowed to mount them?

Thanks heaps, fellas.

Look forward to becoming a part of the community and all that.

Kai

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i'd be going with white led's personally or maybe red? totally up to you. with regards to gauges i've only got an aftermarket boost gauge and its position has never been questioned by police. to be honest they're not really interested in the interior unless you've got a billion gauges all over the dash, aftermarket steering wheel etc. i've attached a pic of where mine is mounted. Not sure on the legality though but meh.

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i'd be going with white led's personally or maybe red? totally up to you. with regards to gauges i've only got an aftermarket boost gauge and its position has never been questioned by police. to be honest they're not really interested in the interior unless you've got a billion gauges all over the dash, aftermarket steering wheel etc. i've attached a pic of where mine is mounted. Not sure on the legality though but meh.

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Yeah, I'm not too interested in putting a hundred gauges all over the place.

For the colour, I'd totally go with red, but I HATE clashing colours. Kinda OCD about it. Everything has to be nice and matching. Then again, it's going to be hell difficult to hook myself up with a pink boost gauge if I decide to go down that path. Red/white gauges would be easy, though.

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Why did your parents buy you a pink R33? I just can't wrap my head around it. Did they know what a Skyline was before they bought it?:laugh:

I'm just kidding mate. I think red is definitely where you want to go with the interior though mate. White parkers will make the color stand out more, so that's totally up to you. It's a nice paintjob, regardless of color, so I'd say show it off.

Gauges... can't confirm, as I only have the standard ones, but AFAIK, anything in the view of the driver is out of the question, as is anything that will interfere in a crash. So nothing on the dash in front of you, nothing on the A-Pillar.

AFAIK.

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17 with a skyline ? isnt there rules for the young ones driving turbo cars these days? haha

crazy color , your definitly going to be getting unwanted attention .

as far as leds , go with the red or white , most after market gauges are usually red / white interface. im the same i like things to match

good luck

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Why did your parents buy you a pink R33? I just can't wrap my head around it. Did they know what a Skyline was before they bought it?:laugh:

I'm just kidding mate. I think red is definitely where you want to go with the interior though mate. White parkers will make the color stand out more, so that's totally up to you. It's a nice paintjob, regardless of color, so I'd say show it off.

Gauges... can't confirm, as I only have the standard ones, but AFAIK, anything in the view of the driver is out of the question, as is anything that will interfere in a crash. So nothing on the dash in front of you, nothing on the A-Pillar.

AFAIK.

Yeah, I ended up finding a document saying that it just can't disrupt your view. I think you're right, a red interior with white parkers would work out well.

Cheers

17 with a skyline ? isnt there rules for the young ones driving turbo cars these days? haha

crazy color , your definitly going to be getting unwanted attention .

as far as leds , go with the red or white , most after market gauges are usually red / white interface. im the same i like things to match

good luck

There sure are. I'm just going to try for an exemption (which I'm 99% not going to get). If I don't, screw it, I'll just unbolt my engine, sell it, and buy a NEO RB25 (non-turbo).

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Yeah, I ended up finding a document saying that it just can't disrupt your view. I think you're right, a red interior with white parkers would work out well.

Cheers

There sure are. I'm just going to try for an exemption (which I'm 99% not going to get). If I don't, screw it, I'll just unbolt my engine, sell it, and buy a NEO RB25 (non-turbo).

As above, i'd go with the red, no colour is going to 'match' with the colour of your paint, although you may be able to get pink LED's to suit.

I'm sure im not the first to think this, but why would you remove the turbo engine from your only to replace it with a non-turbo one?

It would be worlds cheaper for you to simply sell this car and buy a non-turbo one. Add to that less hassle in making it all come together smoothly... time spent... etc...

It's almost as bad as saying you'd remove the turbo until you were able to drive a turbo'd car and then just put it on later...?!

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If I don't, screw it, I'll just unbolt my engine, sell it, and buy a NEO RB25 (non-turbo).

As above, i'd go with the red, no colour is going to 'match' with the colour of your paint, although you may be able to get pink LED's to suit.

I'm sure im not the first to think this, but why would you remove the turbo engine from your only to replace it with a non-turbo one?

It would be worlds cheaper for you to simply sell this car and buy a non-turbo one. Add to that less hassle in making it all come together smoothly... time spent... etc...

It's almost as bad as saying you'd remove the turbo until you were able to drive a turbo'd car and then just put it on later...?!

I said I'm doing that. Grabbing one out of an R34 (obviously a non-turbo, as I said). It'll be way cheaper than getting it removed.

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