R33 gtst 400R style body kit

[Publicmouse4]

Hey guys, I’m looking into buying a r33 gtst series 1 and want to know if anyone knows what is required to get and install a full 400R style body kit, or atleast front bumper, side skirts and wing. Are there any major medications that have to be done to the car?, and for those who ask I want to get a series 1 as I don’t want to have to hassle with nsw steering wheel airbag laws.

[ossy]

You'll need 400R style reps of the rear bumper, skirts and arches which are easily available for GTSTs but the front bumper will be the tricky bit. You'll also need a GTR spoiler which is not exactly the same but close enough.

The replica front bumpers that most people get have a different bottom lip and look kinda ugly if you ask me. The center section is raised up and is missing the center vents.

There are reps that look like the real thing but very rare to come by, expensive and usually for a GTR. To fit one of them, you'll need GTR front wings and headlight spacers. Aftermarket wider wings will work but you'll lose some of the 400R look obviously. Other option I can think of is you buy a 400R lip, and mould it on the GTST rep, which may need cutting and shortening slightly.

[Publicmouse4]

1 hour ago, ossy said:

You'll need 400R style reps of the rear bumper, skirts and arches which are easily available for GTSTs but the front bumper will be the tricky bit. You'll also need a GTR spoiler which is not exactly the same but close enough.

The replica front bumpers that most people get have a different bottom lip and look kinda ugly if you ask me. The center section is raised up and is missing the center vents.

There are reps that look like the real thing but very rare to come by, expensive and usually for a GTR. To fit one of them, you'll need GTR front wings and headlight spacers. Aftermarket wider wings will work but you'll lose some of the 400R look obviously. Other option I can think of is you buy a 400R lip, and mould it on the GTST rep, which may need cutting and shortening slightly.

I’m looking at getting these as they are made specifically for the series 1 gtst and should fit without too much hassle  

frontbar http://www.uniqueautosports.com.au/Parts-Shop/400r-style-front-bar-with-grill-r33-gts-t-series-1-862.aspx

rear bar 

http://www.uniqueautosports.com.au/Parts-Shop/400r-style-rear-bar-for-skyline-r33-gts-t-880.aspx
 

side skirtshttp://www.uniqueautosports.com.au/Parts-Shop/400r-style-side-skirts-for-skyline-r33-gts-t-870.aspx

i personally think the look of wheel arches on most cars look ugly unless it’s a full wide body or half wide body kit but I wouldn’t be able to install one of those myself so I’m just going to go for a nine wide body 400r I guess?

[ossy]

Yeah, these should be good and that front bumper looks alright to be honest.

The bottom lip is still a bit different to the real thing though. Just needs the center section fiberglassing/building up so it's flush with the rest to look like the real thing but if you like it, all's good.

[WR33KD]

The 400r bumper didn’t have a solid lip piece in the middle.

I have a 400r bumper on my r33

We cut the centre piece out and glasses over the little join marks to make it all one. If you do end up getting one look for indicators that for the little hole now as it took me sometime to find the right size. As for the wheel flares I’m wasn’t a huge fan of them as then did look silly when there put on a gts maybe on a gtr with wider guards it wouldn’t look bad

[ossy]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding but that's still not right either? Does like nice though.

 

The real lip looks like this.

 

On most reps, that center bit where I've drawn the red line on the first pic either goes in abit or is missing the center two vents entirely. The picture above is what the real thing looks like. The 400R bumpers also use same front indicators as a GTR. 

[WR33KD]

cant get a new 400r bumper any where in the world, mine is as is a rep to, I cut the centre piece out as it looks dumb and added my own front lip. No the indicators as way different. Normal GTRs have that little duct insert with the indicator on it where the 400 has to sucken in holes where there indicator is mounted