Hi from the US; childhood dream car bought!

[SGT Grumbles]

Hey, finally registering since I just bought my childhood dream car. It's a 1993 R32 GT-R in BL0. Just about stock aside from an HKS oil cooler, some audio stuff, HID kit and an alarm. Has a few odds and ends that need fixing but overall in pretty good shape. Already have an HKS Super Turbo catback in the mail. I'm in the Detroit, MI area so it stands out a bit in the sea of american muscle here. Some pictures of it are below, as well as the car I sold to buy it (I'm sure ya'll are familiar with it. It was one of the few in the US with a stick). Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

Edited August 7, 2020 by SGT Grumbles

[Cones]

Nice car!  

[Matty George]

Welcome to the rb26 world. It starts with an exhaust and the $$$$$ just vanishes. If it’s a labour of love it’s worth it. Congratulations man. I have a white 93 exactly the same as yours.?

[BlueThirtyFour]

Welcome Mate!  

[True Slide]

Nice color??

[niZmO_Man]

Excellent colour. I highly recommend you do a HID projector retrofit (and throw in headlight relay harness).

[SGT Grumbles]

On 8/21/2020 at 10:31 PM, niZmO_Man said:

Excellent colour. I highly recommend you do a HID projector retrofit (and throw in headlight relay harness).

So it has an HID kit in there, but I think it's too hot for the housing (internal chrome is peeling up). I was thinking of taking it back to stock to stop the heat fully wrecking the housing.

[niZmO_Man]

Yeah cheap HID (i.e. H1/H3) would have burnt the reflector bowl. They're not designed for that kind of UV (cheap bulbs don't usually have UV cut glass because that costs money).

Also the 1980's projectors are shit. Your best bet is to replace it, even if you put a halogen bulb in there.

Have a read through here:

 

[SGT Grumbles]

7 hours ago, niZmO_Man said:

Yeah cheap HID (i.e. H1/H3) would have burnt the reflector bowl. They're not designed for that kind of UV (cheap bulbs don't usually have UV cut glass because that costs money).

Also the 1980's projectors are shit. Your best bet is to replace it, even if you put a halogen bulb in there.

Have a read through here

 

oh that looks like a great winter project. Thanks for the link. Yeah, the kit is definitely some cheap japanese H1/H3 adapter kit, meant to go in anything.

I attached what me current light looks like, so I think I'll need a whole new housing to fix that.