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  • 4 weeks later...

Not much happening with the car lately...
I did order new gear stick and handbrake boots. They were $27 shipped through Ebay and actually fitted perfect. i am slowly fixing up all the interior pieces that are worn or broken. it is seriously getting harder finding parts for R32s now though, and when I do find the parts I am after people want a fortune for them.
I guess they are slowly becoming classics as they get rarer.

This weekend I will be changing Engine Oil, Oil Filter and Gearbox Oil.
I bought a 13mm Male Square drive for the gearbox drain plug and cant wait to use it :)

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  • 4 months later...

Been a while since any updates but perfectly good reason... I am now living in Norway.
My missus is finishing her master degree over here so I got dragged along, chances are i will be here for 2 years. Not sure how I feel about it? Thankfully there is a huge drift and car scene over here that can keep me amused.

As for the skyline... well its hidden away in a location I will keep top secret. My Dad goes and starts it every fortnight and lets it run and takes it for a spin around the block every so often. I just paid the rego on it and not sure if I will pay the next one. depends on how long I end up here for? I really don't want to have to get a roady for it and I might be back for a few months July 2016 so by then I will be killing to drive it!

Here is some pictures of it before I left.

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This was a HUGE scare. I sold my daily and had to drive the Skyline for the last few weeks. I had the car at work and a huge thunderstorm rolled through Brisbane. The water almost got up to the bottom of the door before I moved into a garage.

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Back on the stock wheels driving through my home town of Mooloolaba. These are the things I will miss most :(
(I took the photo my sister is driving)

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Got the interior looking very clean before I left. I had replaced all the broken bits and faded bits... Still the trademark dash bubble though..
Also notice the note I left on the handbrake to remind my Dad when putting it back into storage to not use it. Unsure of how 2 years of storage will affect the car but I feel I did everything possible to make sure its ok... Time will tell I guess. I could not bring myself to sell it, these cars are just a classic shape and they are getting very rare to find in this condition. I regret selling my old AE86 and 180SX and I dont want to feel the same about this car, I have put so much time and effort into and I am proud on all the work I did myself.

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Hey Rudi thanks for the plug man! This is Alex aka dashled. Your car is looking mint :)

To thank you and the SAU guys I've introduced a 20% discount code! Enter 'ledline' when placing an order to take advantage of this - http://dashled.bigcartel.com;)

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Hey Rudi thanks for the plug man! This is Alex aka dashled. Your car is looking mint :)

To thank you and the SAU guys I've introduced a 20% discount code! Enter 'ledline' when placing an order to take advantage of this - http://dashled.bigcartel.com ;)

ah i wish i could have gotten this discount before when i ordered my LED's from you! haha. Good product though been working mint with no "hot/cold" spots for over a year now :cheers:

  • 5 months later...

IM BACK!! :woot:

After 15 months living in Norway I am back in Australia and loving it! Really wondering why I ever left! Plenty of adventures over in the freezing cold of Norway including buying an old Opel and doing ice drifting, to buying Norway's only registered Cefiro!! I will start a new thread on that car in the next few days..

Unfortunately I am only back for 3 weeks :down: But plenty of time to blow the cobwebs out of the Skyline!! What you think I sold it? Never!!!

So got back late on Thursday night after travelling for 28 hours and the next day I went straight to Supercheap and bought new oil and an oil filter then went to the garage to inspect what 15 months does to a Skyline whilst parked in a wet damp garage...
The car has been started by my Dad but only maybe 3 times and he drove it once. I was hoping he would get it out more but I don't think he really likes driving it, understandable as it does get a lot of attention and the diff when cold can be a little overwhelming.

Anyway after crawling underneath it to drain the oil I noticed that there was a family of spiders that now called the RB20 home and I quickly grabbed a broom to get rid of them.. The oil that came out looked perfect as it had only done 1000kms but I did not want to take chances.

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After that I took the car cover off and looked inside... The wet garage had taken its toll and there was mould all over the door trims, steering wheel and dash.
This was something I thought of but there was not much I could do to stop it. I had cracked the windows open to let it breath but it did not do much.

After I changed the oil and filter I started it up and.... she was back!



Started first shot and idled smoothly and oil pressure was spot on. I took it for a quick drive and it all seemed good. Only thing was it had been sitting on some stock R32 GTST wheels with old tires and I think they have developed flat spots.
The next day I cleaned the interior for maybe 3 hours scrubbing all the dash and getting rid of every last bit of mould, the car has got a bit of a smell now so I bought some interior polish and odour repellent that worked sweet. I also put back on the R33 GTR rims!

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Very wet weather here on the Sunshine coast the past few days but that has not stopped me taking it for a cruise! Edited by slipn

Hey Rudi thanks for the plug man! This is Alex aka dashled. Your car is looking mint :)

To thank you and the SAU guys I've introduced a 20% discount code! Enter 'ledline' when placing an order to take advantage of this - http://dashled.bigcartel.com ;)

No problems dude!

I actually need some for my Norwegian Cefiro I bought! I will send you an email.

BTW so many guys when they sit in my car comment on how good all the dash lights look!

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