The Black Pearl - My R33 S1 Build

[GTofuS-T]

Enjoying it too!

I agree with not using GT-R wing, but I personally prefer the S1. If the boot was flush I'd have no wing at all.

Love the gear knob! I'm on my second style now and still dsnt feel right.

I'm lucky mine came with no rear wiper and is solid glass, not sure how but looks nice.

Interested in tail Light, I had someone pull up next to me and tell mine weren't working (in daylight) but when I checked they werw... just so faint.

Keep up the good work!

[MC-WOSHY]

After this, I decided the last few pieces I needed to fix the cosmetics were coilovers (Will be buying soon) and a new kit as the S1 just wasn't aggressive enough!

I didn't want to go to ricer and was going to keep The Black Pearl looking clean

So I found the M-Spec kit from the 95 S1.5 rather appealing

After months of searching I managed to score the M-Spec Front Bar for about $150 & the Sideskirts and Rear Pods for $60 #Winning

The kit did need some work, but that was ok, here's what it looked like

[MC-WOSHY]

I'm glad you are enjoying it! I'll keep it coming

Although I am almost up to the current date haha.

Yeah, I don't like dressing up my car to be something it's not, otherwise I'd buy a GTR!

Yeah, some of them came without the rear wiper and just solid glass, mine wasn't that one sadly.

Yeah, the tail lights were super cool! + I was sick of the condensation in the indicator part when I washed them -.-

Enjoying it too!

I agree with not using GT-R wing, but I personally prefer the S1. If the boot was flush I'd have no wing at all.

Love the gear knob! I'm on my second style now and still dsnt feel right.

I'm lucky mine came with no rear wiper and is solid glass, not sure how but looks nice.

Interested in tail Light, I had someone pull up next to me and tell mine weren't working (in daylight) but when I checked they werw... just so faint.

Keep up the good work!

[MC-WOSHY]

So after letting my front bar collect dust, I decided to get it fixed up and cut!

I put it in the hand's of a panel beater called "John" and boy did he do a great job, not only did he cut the middle part out for me, he even went the extra mile and fibre-glassed the cut bits up so it looks like the hole is actually meant to be there and not just cut out! If you looked at it you really wouldn't be able to tell it was cut, which was great!

Then it was all off to be painted, it made my day when I received this picture message from my painter

[MC-WOSHY]

So after I received the message I was super keen to go put the kit on!

Unfortunately we only got as far as lining the front bar up as it started to rain -.-

So we did the front bar and left it for the day.

We finally got to putting the rest of the kit on and here's how she stands now

Finally I was happy with the way she looked! Sorta

Ps, instead of drilling into my new bumper I bought 4 "Earth" Magnets, which are super strong industrial magnets, and attached two to my license plate and two behind the bumper and it works a treat! Been on the freeway etc and it hasn't even budged, it's been 3 months too. Will be buying a license plate relocate kit though as I don't want my custom plates stolen.

[MC-WOSHY]

After this I decided to get some tint applied to help keep cool and also to make it look a bit better

So I went with darkest legal all round

Was done by a mobile tinter called "Platinum Window Tinting", if you are in WA, I would highly recommend him!

As for the tint, it's the same deal as the tail lights, looks way better in person

Top: Is Before

Bottom: Is After

[75coupe]

The tail lights are qest brand yeah...

Look good, been wanting for a while...

Good stuff is expensive

[MC-WOSHY]

Yeah QEST, the whole setup is QEST now.

Tail-Lights

Side Indicators

Front Indicators

Expensive but the results speak for themselves

The tail lights are qest brand yeah...
Look good, been wanting for a while...

Good stuff is expensive

[MC-WOSHY]

So after some thought I decided to replace my front seats

Partly because the drivers side had a hole in it, as do all S1 GTST seats -.-

So as I didn't want to go After-Market just yet I went for the direct replacement, S2 seats

So out with the old and in with the new!

[MC-WOSHY]

After this my car decided that in the 3 years of ownership it finally wanted to cause me some grief!

When I bought this car it was mechanically A1 and never had any issues up until now, which is good I guess

Anyways, about 2 weeks ago my car started missfiring.. It was only on idle and not under any boost though, so I figured it wasn't anything serious!

So as one of my best friends is a mechanic, we checked the car over. We checked:

TPS (Throttle Position Sensor)

CAS (Crank Angle Sensor)

Swapped out my coil packs for a whole new set of others

Changed all my spark plugs for new ones

and changed AFM

It was still missing!

So I took it to a place called EFI, which was a fuel and injection specialist and $170 later they had said all the tests the had done indicated the AFM was out of calibration

So I thought maybe the other AFM I bought was bust.. I then replaced it again but it was still slightly missing

So I said f**k it, $280 later (Discounts ftw ) I bought a brand new Z32 AFM from Bosch

So now I await my tune date with PZP on the 15th of May

[MC-WOSHY]

Before the tune date, I think I am going to take my car into Evolution R to get a compression test carried out just in case

Wish me luck!

[MC-WOSHY]

So this brings us to today, this build thread is now up to date!

I hope you have all enjoyed the read thus far. I will still be constantly updating as things happen

This might be a bit late, but I realized I never really gave you the specs of the car initially. So here they are:

The car is a 1994 Nissan Skyline S1 R33 (Duh )

When I first bought it, it had only 138xxx on the clock (Great for a 94 car!) and now it has 161,000 (Exactly ) on it, which is still pretty good IMHO considering I have had this car for 3 years and used it on my L's, Red P's, Green P's and Full License and not to mention it has been my daily driver!

It is factory Turbo and Manual

It is an imported Skyline, not Aus delivered and I am the 3rd owner in Australia

In the next post I will discuss where I am going next and my overall goal for the car

[MC-WOSHY]

So, the reason I bought this car is a bit cliche.. Ever since I saw Paul Walker's 34 I vowed that I must have a Skyline! and so I did. At the time I was at the video shop and 3 years ago 34's were a lot more expensive and so I saw the beauty in this R33 (Not everyone can) and the potential it had being stock!

So I decided I would buy this R33 and make it one of the cleanest 33's in Perth, as a lot of people do ruin them these days, Apart from making this one of the cleanest 33's, my goal is to make it the full package!

I'm talking engine-wise, exterior, interior, suspension etc.. Once I'm done this car will be complete in every aspect!

Next on the list is (In order):

Maintenance - New Diff Gasket + Diff Oil Change, New Drive Belts Installed, New Lower Control Arms + Nolathane Bushes, then Tune

Looks - Roof Spoiler, R33 S2 Rear Seats (To Match The Front) & Hydro-Dip Dash

Suspension - STD (Standard) Coilovers (Finally!), Front and Rear SRI Strut Bars (From JustJap) & Front and Rear Whiteline Sway Bars + Links

Thanks for reading this far guys and girls, I hope you have enjoyed it

Edited April 11, 2015 by MC-WOSHY

[MC-WOSHY]

Oh, i forgot something!

I have always wanted gauges in my car also, but never wanted it to look tacky or too illegal as cops are pretty strict here in WA. Lucky I have done the right thing and have permits for everything on my car and it's all legal

After a lot of research and searching I found out about a dash gauge holder that was moulded specifically for the R33. But the information I was reading was from a site a couple years ago and these things were now discontinued

But I was determined, so after 3 days of constant searching and looking up info I managed to find it! I found it on a website called perfectrun.jp and the gauge holder was made by a company called "Border".

So here it is, I'm happy with the way if fits and now just have to buy some 60mm Defi gauges to go in them (Thinking of going the "Racer Series")

[MathewZ]

awesome build man just finished reading it all. i to am one fo the R33 lovers. tis funny how heaps of peopel hate them for the boaty ness and shape. but i love them. when done right. but like you say. so many people Rice them out and look shiteee. but yours is very nice. always liked the Mspec kits.

i used to have a GTST S2. love them. good choice with the intercooler. check out my builds. the engine bay can still look very nice with the return flow intercooler pipework ect..

[MC-WOSHY]

Oooh, another reader!

Cheers man, good to see people are reading it

Yeah, they aren't to everyone's taste but I really like them and can see potential in them if done right!

That's mainly why I took it on as well, to show people what a nice clean example can look like, instead of being riced out!

Haha, cheers man I appreciate that, A lot of work has gone into this car and I'm glad you like it

Oh wicked! I have been thinking about a S2 front light conversion but eh idk.

Oh cool, do you have a link?

awesome build man just finished reading it all. i to am one fo the R33 lovers. tis funny how heaps of peopel hate them for the boaty ness and shape. but i love them. when done right. but like you say. so many people Rice them out and look shiteee. but yours is very nice. always liked the Mspec kits.

i used to have a GTST S2. love them. good choice with the intercooler. check out my builds. the engine bay can still look very nice with the return flow intercooler pipework ect..

[MathewZ]

nah man keep the M spec i love the M spec look. S2 is over done. everyone with S1 does the S2 conversion...

if you look at my comment below it has 1997 gtr build in blue you can click that . also my gtst build is linked below aswell

[Dylan454]

Looking good, I really like those tail lights.

Edited April 11, 2015 by Dylan454

[MC-WOSHY]

Haha yeah, I think I will keep the S1 headlights, just those damn cloudy lenses!

Yeah, I figured that haha, I have read them both since then, good stuff!

nah man keep the M spec i love the M spec look. S2 is over done. everyone with S1 does the S2 conversion...

if you look at my comment below it has 1997 gtr build in blue you can click that . also my gtst build is linked below aswell

[MC-WOSHY]

Cheers man, I hope so haha. They weren't cheap at all!

Looking good, I really like those tail lights.