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Finally decided to use my account I created a while back instead of lurk. Been living in Okinawa for a few months now, originally from the U.S. Just picked up a 1993 GT-R in Crystal White. Have some pics, i'll get them up later on. Still learning about the car, but love it already. Not new to cars, mostly been a Honda owner (Integra, Civic, Prelude), did have a 92 S13 for a few years, just sold it to my brother before I moved here, so it's in good hands.

Anyway, not sure what else to say. Just been reading a lot of threads on here, gaining knowledge and trying not to be the guy that asks questions that have been answered a million damn times.

Cheers! :cheers:

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hello and welcome, theres plenty of useful info on these forums, please make sure you do a search before you ask a question that may have been asked a thousands times, otherwise get some pics of your GTR up, sure would love to see it!

also list of mods/ future mods?

Whats it like owning a skyline / GTR in the states? I hear theres some funny rules about 33's and 34's?

I couldn't live without my 34!

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thanks, i'll get some pics up as soon as I get off work, haha.

current mods, just some cheap filters, no name cat back exhaust, hks coilovers, enkei rpf01 wheels, recaro seat and momo steering wheel. all I can see thus far, bought it this way from a local dealer on the island. I'm still digging into it and basically doing any and all maintenance and getting it back up to where it should be when it comes to condition. not really any major rust, little bit peeking through on the passenger side rocker and a chip on the roof that's started to surface rust. paint is in crappy condition (need a good correction with the buffer and polishes I picked up). for future mods, there aren't any at the moment. just going to keep fixing things like weather stripping, paint, seals, gaskets, timing belt/water pump... just start in an area and get it back to oem standards and once I'm happy, then i'll do major upgrades. I'm hoping within 1 year to have it to where I want it and then ferry it up to mainland and take it to Mines to have the engine refreshed and a few goddies installed and tuned. my next thing is fixing this strange gap between the door and front fender side skirts (i'll show pics of this as well).

i wish i knew what it was like to have it back in the States, but I'm stationed in Okinawa for 4 years, as much as i love it here already, i might do another 4 for total of 8. i just love it here so much, i never wanna leave unless it's to move to mainland. 33's are allowed Stateside but only for certain years as they were the only ones brought in by MotorEx to be tested by transportation/epa. you can bring them in under show/track only but it's just as hard. right now 25 years old is the easiest way to bring them in which means 89's and now some 90's are legal. of course all the importing companies are charging $22-26K U.S. for R32 GT-R's and around $10-12K U.S. for GTS-T's. that's damn near what they cost in 1989!!! i paid $9500 for my GT-R here and i'll try and bring it back with me if i go back to the States in 4 years. if i stay longer, i might get rid of it and get an R33, love the flow of them (the poor bastard stepchild of the GT-R's :( )

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