Stealth Mods to an R31

[Mex Bro]

Hey team, 

In lieu of recent restrictions re: COVID lockdowns, I and a lot of others will be unable to travel down to Tasmania from Townsville to work on/drive my R31 as often as I have wanted to be able to. I am considering bringing the Skyline up to Townsville with me so I can actually enjoy the car. That being said the car is not engineered for any mods on the car. This has not been an issue in Tasmania even when getting pulled over in the car as they are very relaxed provided you are being sensible. I have heard that HWP here are far more strict with anything regarding modified cars (My stock SS doesn't draw any attention). I have been quoted $2200 to transport it up here. It would be a waste to spend the money getting it up here and be defected 5 minutes into my first drive. 

As far as 31's go I think it is a pretty tidy example. So far since buying it back I have had a mate in Tassie replace the silly mr drifta deep dish wheel with a 32 GTST wheel (crazy how expensive these were since the last time I looked, yes I have the horn piece), move the number plate back to the center of the bar. I plan to keep the shift knob, put a radio back in the thing and get rid of the aluminium plate I made for it and put the gauges in a single din pod above the head unit. I am thinking about getting a defi display in the panel to the left of the gauge cluster where all of the fancy Ti electronics used to work many years ago. obviously also replace the missing trim pieces around the ignition

The car mechanically I plan to plumb up the screamer pipe and get a muffler for the straight pipe. I also plan to get a dual caliper brake setup (hidden by the steelies) as the stock handbrake did basically nothing before I removed it. 

I would love to hear some recommendations on mods/things I should do to the car to make it more "stealth". I would also like your imput if it is worth bringing this sort of a car into QLD at all. The last Townsville meet I was at there was modified cars but it was fairly minor stuff that could be easily reverted back to stock (I assume for RWC), I don't have the patience and money to go around finding stock everything for this car in the case I do get defected. 

Thanks for taking the time to give this a read!

 

[GTSBoy]

If you can conceivably keep it quiet and drive it sensibly around in normal traffic, that should pass totally under the radar as is.

[robbo_rb180]

That is in better condition than 90% of modified cars in Townsville ?

Plumb screamer, quietish exhaust, working hand brake, sensible ride height and normal working roady stuff and would be fine. Staying away from bunnings car park meets, Mt Stuart and industrial estates helps too. 

[Mex Bro]

20 hours ago, robbo_rb180 said:

That is in better condition than 90% of modified cars in Townsville ?

Plumb screamer, quietish exhaust, working hand brake, sensible ride height and normal working roady stuff and would be fine. Staying away from bunnings car park meets, Mt Stuart and industrial estates helps too. 

hahah thanks! plan to address all that. I was at the IGA underground meet on Saturday and was surprised there was no police attention with all things considered. Yeah I have no reason to be drifting/doing skids so I don't really have a reason to be up that way. 

Was thinking about it today and noticed a fair few cars that I know wouldn't pass a roady, always BA falcons... people want to make them look like their towing invisible caravans. 
Also going to probably get an immobilizer and AC lol. 

Have you had much issue with your cars? 

[robbo_rb180]

Never had any major issues as only been pulled up at rbt's and car has always been fine but I haven't really driven my more modified cars around for a few years now. But everything that can be mod plated is done and not too low or loud.

Yeah seems to be mid 00s falcadores with cut springs and steelies. 

Ac is a must up here for summer. 

My new car flys under the radar as it's more of an old man's car.