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Hmm yeah, after some thought I think I'll only do minor mods and keep it pretty much stock. Haha not a huge fan of Honda, I've been thinking about silvia's though... Yeah maybe the triptonic will have to do for now. i'll just save for a mad turbo manual when I have my full license and just do minor mods to the car and have fun. Thanks everyone for the help.

Yeah I might, because I'll probably want something else when I can drive turbo's, lol. Hahaha impossible, I'm already hooked on it!

Yeah I'm aware the cost is going to be heeeeaps. There was a few but they were definitely thrashed and had over 150*** KM's. I picked mine up for 97***KM's. The triptonic works really well but it just makes me hungry for manual Yeah I mean, I could just keep the maintenance high and try my best to keep the value of the car high and then sell it when I am on my full license. I am in Vic so that means no turbo thanks to our laws. I'm almost 20 however I am on apprenticeship wages so money is somewhat a problem. I'm still deciding if I will do it but as I said before, the triptonic just makes me so damn hungry for manual, I could just imagine the car being far more fun to drive! I do plan on keeping my car until I a have my full license so roughly 4 years or so? If I get the conversion within the first year of owning the car, I wouldn't see it being a huge waste of time. However I am aware that the conversion would cost about 1/3 or maybe half of what I bought the car for, lol. ($9,700)

Hey everyone, I'm new to Skyline's and I own a semi-automatic R34 25GT. I've owned it for a little while now and after mucking around with the triptonic feature I am completely persuaded to look at a conversion. I was originally looking at manual but the deal with the car was solid so I settled for automatic. I know that it's not a cheap thing but I do plan on keeping the car for years to come. (On my red P's at the moment) Can someone please help me out with advice about doing this? Thanks!

I probably should but I can't be bothered so I decided to unleash my inner D.I.Y skills! the 'drawing board': What it looked like before: What it looks like now: So it took me hours to actually think of a way to apply enough pressure to make the small receivers click. I bought 2 rubber discs from Clark Rubber which would act as the buttons. I took out the original rubber frame and tossed it. Underneath the 2 buttons I glued 2 ends of a toothpick, lol. It sounds stupid but I had to find something small and sharp so that when I press down on the rubber discs, something will click the receivers. It's a tad hard to explain but it ended up working pretty well and saved me some $$$!

I'll have to make sure to grab some and give it a good 'ol clean! Btw, anyone know where I could get some replacement rubber buttons for my central locking key? Doing some D.I.Y fixing atm, but I don't think it will last long, lol.

Thanks! I actually put the wing back on today and personally like it more now that I plasitcdipped the rims!: Today I managed to fix that damn loose boot barrel lock that was driving me insane: Clipped in pretty easily, after I realised it was meant to be clicked in horizontal and not vertical, haha. Nothing major but I wrapped my sub wire with a basic heat casing: EDIT: If anyone was curious as to how the engine bay looks, here's a few pictures. It's really clean for how old the car is!

I see. I'll give it a go tomorrow when it's not pissing down with rain, haha. Thank you!

Yummy, looking nice & clean! I should get around to removing the human slime in mine too

So I put some nice lights at the footwells of both passenger and driver's side! Looks really nice in the dark when it's obviously showing Passenger side: Driver's side: Looks nice in my opinion!

Thanks for the support! Oh yeah, nice additions to the list there! The clear indicators is something I should invest in, I too don't like the orange, haha. I have the clip but honestly have no idea how to put it back on because it just fell off when I took my boot lining off

Next up was installing the new headunit and sub for the car! When I bought the car, it came with 2 headunits. The top one was from the previous owner (outdated too) and the bottom one was a Japanese headunit which didn't work at all! So before the replacement it looked like this; Here's the new and updated headunit! After a fiddly installation this is what it looks like now! Still need to find a head unit filler for the bottom so it hides all the awful and untidy wiring, lol.

So my first mod for the car was taking off the spoiler. Grabbed a friend with some tools and we eventually managed to squeeze the middle clips off the spoiler and take it off. Although taking off the spoiler resulted in a mark which I've yet to try get rid of, and a very amateur filling job for the time being. And now it looks like this from the rear. Far better in my opinion! While taking off the spoiler I realised that the damn boot keyhole barrel has come off a little bit. Probably best I actually glue the rim lightly and stick it back on!

Hi everyone, I'm a new member and Skyline owner! So I purchased my first car on Feb 6th of 2014. It was a (basically) complete stock R34 25-GT Skyline from a mature owner not far from my house. The only modification done to the car was a headunit put in from the owner in Japan and some weird DVD player hooked up, too. The car is semi-automatic 4SPD and I have been thinking of perhaps a transmission swap, but for now it will stay! A few pictures of when I first got her; Since owning the car I have made a few mods (this is my first time modding a car); - Headunit with sub / amp - HID lights at footwells on both driver and passenger side - Temporary plasticdip rims until proper ones will be bought - Removal of spoiler Future plans for the car; - Rims - Coils and lowering (heard the stock springs are awful?) - HID lights above rear number plate - Center console and dash makeover - Tidy up & touch up of body work - Maybe a transmission swap (Auto --> Manual) At the moment the car looks like this! Apologies for the crappy iPhone pictures. I'll grab a proper camera soon. Would also love some ideas for any mods to do!

I'm somewhat near that area, I'll keep a lookout too.