R34 Gtt With Gtrs Body Kit

[Potato]

Hey,

I'm just new with cars and currently asking around people so I'm warning some dedicated r34 owners to give me some slack even though my questions are too stupid. Im being honest, i dont know much about cars.

Anyhow, when I first saw the GTT with a GTRS body kit, I was amazed on how it looked! First time in my life I wanted a car instead of a bike!

I have a lot of question going through my mind and ill list them for any of you.

1. The GTRS kit im looking at is the East Bear made from japan. I posted in whirlpool about this and got bashed that it cost way too much to buy one. I saw a website that sells a genuine complete front set of it the GTRS body kit. I saw my pictures and etc and decided that If i get my GTT, ill just but the front set as it makes it more aggressive. However some person told me that its way too expensive. From my calculation it was around 2.5k with shipping from rhdjapan. Is there any other cost am I missing? Will this get taxed and etc? If so how much?

2. I don't know how to fit nor paint my own body kit so I'll probably ask a person to do it for me. Im well aware that if you buy a body kit, it doesnt have paint and is ready to be painted on (correct me if im wrong). Is it hard to fit your own kit? I just thought its just follow the instruction and youre done like making a computer. So how much does it cost in total (generally) to ask them to paint (normal paint - probably black) and fit it to my car?

3. My biggest concern is if i buy a body kit, of course i need to match it with the color of my car. How do i do it? I saw some people say that if i have the paint code, i can just make another badge and ask a professional do it for me. If so, how does one find the paint code of your car?

4. How do i know what second hand car to buy? I know that the lower the kms the better. So what is the max kms i should watch out for? I heard people telling me that a car should does 10,000km or below when it got driven is good. e.g. 1999 GTT r34, has a 14 life span and has done 100,000km.... 100,000/14 =7142.85 km/year. Is this a good indication? Please teach me. Im new to this.

Please be patient with me, I really admire this car.

Thanks in advance. Sorry for having too much questions

[75coupe]

There are a heap of threads around that pretty much answer all your questions. Have you done much/any research?

Fitting a bodykit if your as unexperienced as it sounds will not be a task you could do, especially if you are going to the expense of getting a decent brand for a good finish.

How to choose a car, thats car buying 101, its a ganble whatever you do tbh, get a mechanic who knows imports to check it first.

You may be new to cars but surely you know how to learn by your own research?

[darksky34]

1, 2, 3. you will need to pay tax on top of that because the price is over 1000$AU. Add onto that the cost of paint, painting, fitting, possible modifications needed (though if genuine east bear kit, should fit straight on) - you're looking at well....definitely over 3000$ in total, probably more, if you're getting someone to do things for you. Not to mention if you buy a car its paint will be, let's say, 13 years old already and even if you get the paint code (there's a thread for this, look for it) and get some paint made up for you, when you put it on it won't look exactly the same - hence unmatched - so if you wanted to match everything 100% then go for a full respray which by the way is in the thousands of $$$.

4. there is a buying guide here, look for it! Any more SPECIFIC, unanswered questions, feel free to ask people will be glad to help

[enka]

1. just be careful, you'll get picked up more often by police with that kit, cwest/eastbear/bomexes are very catchy to popo eyes, after i used it myself, i won't recommend it to other people if you're using yours as daily often, >1k aud u will get taxed, if u can ask the seller to lower the value, that will be good, but u will get less value on ur insurance shipping

2. it's easy but u wud need a mate to do so, if you're doing it by urself its gonna takes long time, unless ur pros, paint cost 100-150 on budget sprayer or 300-500 on more elite sprayer (per bumper)

3.take it to auto paint shop, tell them the code or try to match it, then grab ur self the paint bucket, air spraygun buff polishes and sanding papers, and/or anything related

4. i personally dont care bout the kms but i check for its health, compression, etc etc...

cmiiw

Edited June 14, 2013 by enka