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Hi everyone, I'm a new member and Skyline owner!

So I purchased my first car on Feb 6th of 2014. It was a (basically) complete stock R34 25-GT Skyline from a mature owner not far from my house. The only modification done to the car was a headunit put in from the owner in Japan and some weird DVD player hooked up, too. The car is semi-automatic 4SPD and I have been thinking of perhaps a transmission swap, but for now it will stay!

A few pictures of when I first got her;

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Since owning the car I have made a few mods (this is my first time modding a car);

- Headunit with sub / amp

- HID lights at footwells on both driver and passenger side

- Temporary plasticdip rims until proper ones will be bought

- Removal of spoiler

Future plans for the car;

- Rims

- Coils and lowering (heard the stock springs are awful?)

- HID lights above rear number plate

- Center console and dash makeover

- Tidy up & touch up of body work

- Maybe a transmission swap (Auto --> Manual)

At the moment the car looks like this!

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Apologies for the crappy iPhone pictures. I'll grab a proper camera soon. Would also love some ideas for any mods to do!

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So my first mod for the car was taking off the spoiler. Grabbed a friend with some tools and we eventually managed to squeeze the middle clips off the spoiler and take it off.

Although taking off the spoiler resulted in a mark which I've yet to try get rid of, and a very amateur filling job for the time being.

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And now it looks like this from the rear. Far better in my opinion!

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While taking off the spoiler I realised that the damn boot keyhole barrel has come off a little bit. Probably best I actually glue the rim lightly and stick it back on!

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Edited by simonl

Next up was installing the new headunit and sub for the car! When I bought the car, it came with 2 headunits. The top one was from the previous owner (outdated too) and the bottom one was a Japanese headunit which didn't work at all! So before the replacement it looked like this;

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Here's the new and updated headunit!

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After a fiddly installation this is what it looks like now!

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Still need to find a head unit filler for the bottom so it hides all the awful and untidy wiring, lol.

hey buddy great base to your build. i like your plans for it (being on your P's?) keeping it simple and clean.

maybe some ideas for you are:
LED tail lights
xenon headlights (if they are non xenon)
clear front/side indicators (orange ones are horrid in my opinion)
get a gtt gauge cluster 2nd from ebay/sau member and do a gauge conversion (much better looking then the flat top thing n/a have)
use some paint dr / soft cutting compound rub over the glue/residue left from the spoiler
paint the dash, its simple enough and looks much better then the peely shit thats already on it

all in all keep going mate will be keeping an eye on your progress :)
happy modding

Good to see your not wasting anytime mate, keep the mods coming!

Thanks for the support!

hey buddy great base to your build. i like your plans for it (being on your P's?) keeping it simple and clean.

maybe some ideas for you are:

LED tail lights

xenon headlights (if they are non xenon)

clear front/side indicators (orange ones are horrid in my opinion)

get a gtt gauge cluster 2nd from ebay/sau member and do a gauge conversion (much better looking then the flat top thing n/a have)

use some paint dr / soft cutting compound rub over the glue/residue left from the spoiler

paint the dash, its simple enough and looks much better then the peely shit thats already on it

all in all keep going mate will be keeping an eye on your progress :)

happy modding

Oh yeah, nice additions to the list there! The clear indicators is something I should invest in, I too don't like the orange, haha.

hey best to order yourself the clip that holds the boot lock against the bootlid... glue wont last long

I have the clip but honestly have no idea how to put it back on because it just fell off when I took my boot lining off :(

I have the clip but honestly have no idea how to put it back on because it just fell off when I took my boot lining off :(

you slide it over the lock from behind the panel (inside the boot) - it'll wedge between a groove on the lock and the panel..

i wouldn't even attempt to glue it, it'll last a whole of 5mins

good luck!

you slide it over the lock from behind the panel (inside the boot) - it'll wedge between a groove on the lock and the panel..

i wouldn't even attempt to glue it, it'll last a whole of 5mins

good luck!

I see. I'll give it a go tomorrow when it's not pissing down with rain, haha.

Thank you!

Interesting build, I personally like the wing on but I like your choices with the lights etc.

Keen to see how this car turns out :)

Thanks! I actually put the wing back on today and personally like it more now that I plasitcdipped the rims!:

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Today I managed to fix that damn loose boot barrel lock that was driving me insane:

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Clipped in pretty easily, after I realised it was meant to be clicked in horizontal and not vertical, haha.

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Nothing major but I wrapped my sub wire with a basic heat casing:

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EDIT: If anyone was curious as to how the engine bay looks, here's a few pictures. It's really clean for how old the car is!

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Edited by simonl

a little bit of engine degrease and some elbow will have that looking immaculate! very tidy example though :) great stuff

I'll have to make sure to grab some and give it a good 'ol clean!

Btw, anyone know where I could get some replacement rubber buttons for my central locking key? Doing some D.I.Y fixing atm, but I don't think it will last long, lol.

Get a new key

I probably should but I can't be bothered so I decided to unleash my inner D.I.Y skills!

the 'drawing board':

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What it looked like before:

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What it looks like now:

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So it took me hours to actually think of a way to apply enough pressure to make the small receivers click. I bought 2 rubber discs from Clark Rubber which would act as the buttons. I took out the original rubber frame and tossed it. Underneath the 2 buttons I glued 2 ends of a toothpick, lol. It sounds stupid but I had to find something small and sharp so that when I press down on the rubber discs, something will click the receivers. It's a tad hard to explain but it ended up working pretty well and saved me some $$$!

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