[R34 25Gt Auto To Manual Conversion.]

Better off selling an buying a manual, and while your at it a different car all together .

I owned exactly what you have now a heavy, NA, automatic R34 and yes i thought about

manual conversion a lot. Im so happy i didn't put much into the car and kept it standard

as a daily. Either keep it stock as a rock and just drive it around as is, or if you cant do

that dare i say it your better off with a Honda.

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...

As above, do not do this.

I originally had a N/A Auto car, and f**k me what a nightmare I have had, by holding onto the same car and upgrading it.

Be honest. 100% of the things you can do to this car you can do to a turbo manual down the track. Only do these things, and transfer them to your newer car, if you don't do the smart thing and buy a GTR at the end.

You will regret it for about a day or so till the nostalgia wears off and you will one day realise the wisdom in the words of those who have walked this path before you.

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.

[R34 25Gt Auto To Manual Conversion.]

Im sure you will regret it down the track. Don't do it.

Oh, Stop using the tiptronic if thats whats making you want a manual! Problem fixed!

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!

[R34 25Gt Auto To Manual Conversion.]

Search for info. There's heaps of info out there.

Be budgeting a reasonable amount if cash. Heaps mire if your not doing it yourself. Was there na manual r34s? If not you will have to spend about 1500 bucks on a manual box only and it is probably thrashed.
The reason manuals are cheaper is cos a nanual conversion costs heaps more than what people think.
Get a mv automatics shift kit and get the auto working nicley. Thats my advice.

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

Yes, it would be a waste of money to do it to an NA car. You can very easily drop a couple of grand into such a conversion, and more depending on how things go. And with the real value of the car being not many times more than that, it is a dubious proposition. Much better value to sell the car and obtain a good manual (turbo) when it becomes legal to do so (assuming you're a P plater which is the only reason to buy an NA Skyline).

Now, on the question of value.....if you're an old bugger with some cash lying around, value is perhaps less important than a project. In which case, go right ahead. I dropped many thousands into an engine conversion/gearbox/rear subframe upgrade birthday for my car, which was probably equal to 50% of the value of the car at the time. But it is worth it to keep a nice car going for many more years. In your case, the money will be going into an NA car that would need about twice as much spent again, if not more, to make it a turbo. That will cost you more than double the difference in price between what you have now and what you want to have if you just sold and bought something else.

In terms of what you need.....You only need the small box (RB25DE or RB20DET rather than the big RB25DET box) but you will need a suitable tailshaft that you can modify ($$) and a clutch pedal and bracket, clutch master, different flywheel, clutch, gearbox crossmember, and ideally the wiring loom from a manual car (at least the part of the loom that plugs into the gearbox on the driver's side of the engine bay).

I would caution researching what effect it might have on your ABS and TCS systems (if present) because you may be messing with the speedo sensor stuff. This probably isn't a problem, but worth looking into. I'm not sure what's mounted on the diff and what's mounted on the gearbox with these later NA cars.

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)

[R34 25Gt Auto To Manual Conversion.]

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!

[My First Car Build / Diary [R34]]

Get a new key

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 $$$!

[My First Car Build / Diary [R34]]

a little bit of engine degrease and some elbow will have that looking immaculate! very tidy example though great stuff

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.

[My First Car Build / Diary [R34]]

Interesting build, I personally like the wing on but I like your choices with the lights etc.

Keen to see how this car turns out

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!

[My First Car Build / Diary [R34]]

you slide it over the lock from behind the panel (inside the boot) - it'll wedge between a groove on the lock and the panel..

i wouldn't even attempt to glue it, it'll last a whole of 5mins

good luck!

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

Thank you!

[R34 Gt-T Camry Killer.]

Yummy, looking nice & clean!

I should get around to removing the human slime in mine too

[My First Car Build / Diary [R34]]

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!

[My First Car Build / Diary [R34]]

Good to see your not wasting anytime mate, keep the mods coming!

Thanks for the support!

hey buddy great base to your build. i like your plans for it (being on your P's?) keeping it simple and clean.

maybe some ideas for you are:

LED tail lights

xenon headlights (if they are non xenon)

clear front/side indicators (orange ones are horrid in my opinion)

get a gtt gauge cluster 2nd from ebay/sau member and do a gauge conversion (much better looking then the flat top thing n/a have)

use some paint dr / soft cutting compound rub over the glue/residue left from the spoiler

paint the dash, its simple enough and looks much better then the peely shit thats already on it

all in all keep going mate will be keeping an eye on your progress

happy modding

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.

hey best to order yourself the clip that holds the boot lock against the bootlid... glue wont last long

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

[My First Car Build / Diary [R34]]

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.

[My First Car Build / Diary [R34]]

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!

[My First Car Build / Diary [R34]]

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!

[White R33 Stolen From Altona]

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

[My First Car And First Build, R33 Gtst]

After my friend purchased his r33 gtst we went for a little shoot haha.

shoot3.jpg

This photo is sweet!

[Timing Belt And Water Pump Replacement]

Just bought my R34 25GT at 98,**** km's and should probably replace my belt at 100,*** km's but I'm too scared to do it myself and cause more problems, lol.

I was quoted about the same price for someone else to do it.