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    Kat's R33. An Epic Journey!

    in RB Series - R31, R32, R33, R34 (1986-2002)

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    Well I'm looking at brand new but a cheap standard one to get me by while I save for a much better one. There is a lot of skylines here and one of our wreckers carries a lot of r33 parts. I also have the up that I used to work at nissan here so I get a very good price there and other places that I used to deal with through work.

    There is nothing worse than fixing up previous owners shonky jobs.

    Kat's R33. An Epic Journey!

    in RB Series - R31, R32, R33, R34 (1986-2002)

    Posted

    Haha terry well there was just lots of little thing a wrong with it nothing huge but my ex and I sold a few of our cars to get a hsv grange which he kept in the breakup so it's good to finally get another one. The previous skyline also had been in a pretty serious accident and been fixed up badly so better to just get rid of it and start again.

    Oh and I'm fully aware I have gotten what I paid for with this one but as a project it's a very good starting car

    Kat's R33. An Epic Journey!

    in RB Series - R31, R32, R33, R34 (1986-2002)

    Posted

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    Hi everyone.

    So..... I got myself an R33. This is my second skyline. My first one was not worth keeping as it had way too much wrong with it and I sold it to make way for a HSV Grange. I have since seen the error of my ways and last week got my series 1 R33 up to townsville from the Gold Coast. I purchased the car sight unseen. Big gamble but for $2700 I didn't feel too bad about it.

    Since arriving I have come across a lot of things that need work. So far I have established that it needs:

    A new turbo,

    Ex man gaskets,

    All heater hoses,

    Sun visors,

    Boot lock,

    Drivers seat belt buckle,

    A/c parts (condenser is there),

    Emissions stuff (no canister etc),

    A full set of wheels and tyres,

    All new vacuum lines,

    Power steering hoses,

    Possibly new rotors and pads (haven't actually looked properly yet),

    Head unit installed (which I have),

    Wiring tidied up big time under the steering column and behind the head unit,

    Passenger window switch or motor (haven't investigated it yet)

    Exhaust fixed,

    New cat,

    Appropriate gaskets for turbo back,

    Afm (but I have one from my old skyline luckily)

    And I'm sure there is more that I haven't found yet but still not too bad for a $2700 car.

    The paintwork isn't too bad. It's not going to ultimately stay this colour so as long as it's ok it will do for now.

    I'm most likely staying with pretty standard things for now apart from putting a front mount on it. The idiot who owned the car before me has bastardised everything he possibly could so this is going to take a lot of TLC. I spent today ripping out all his fake carbon fibre contact that had been attached to everything inside with contact adhesive so that was fun. The turps and I got to be great friends today lol.

    Anyways, I've started this thread to not only share my journey, get advice if I need it but to also have it all in one spot for me at a later date if I need to recount what I've done to it.

    Thanks for reading. I will upload more pics tomorrow :)

    There is nothing worse than fixing up previous owners shonky jobs.

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    Hello From Townsville Qld

    in Newbie Introductions

    Posted

    Thanks Loach. Yeah well I believe I have to put the carbon canister in for the roadworthy and as far as a/c is concerned I may as well do that at the same time as it's all in that area. I took the top radiator hose off tonight and it is so rusted up top of the manifold. Good news is though is that it appears to be a fairly new radiator on it so I won't have to replace that for a while.

    I have also discovered a spaghetti mess of wiring under the steering column and where the head unit hoes so that might also be a next weekend job to tidy that up. I spent most of today removing the carbon fibre contact that was held on by contact adhesive :/ it was all over the interior. Gah!

    Hello From Townsville Qld

    in Newbie Introductions

    Posted

    Hi guys, I've done it again. Gone and bought myself a skyline. My old r33 was sold a few years back to make way for a hsv grange but since then I've come to realise the error of my ways and have just bought a series 1 R33. For quite a good price I might add. This car has been bastardised ALOT! It has bits missing off it (like the emissions section and the a/c) and needs a lot of things replaced but the body is straight with very minimal rust which is a great sign. First on the list is a new turbo, Inter cooler and heater hoses as well as exhaust manifold gaskets.

    One other annoying part to this car is that the boot lock is missing and the cable isn't connected properly so that's a job for next weekend..... Maybe I might be small enough to fit through the gap? Maybe lol

    Anyways, looking forward to chatting with everyone.

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