Rezz

V6 (M35) and V8 (M45) export versions of the Nissan Fuga... No it's not, the Fuga is one body size up from the Skyline. The 'Next Skyline' in that link you posted just looks a little like the Fuga... which looks a little like a V35... which looks a little like a Murano... which looks a little like a Tiida...

"Seller will not ship internationally"

Was it part of a bodykit that Zenitani had for sale? Or on one of their demo cars?

You still need help on this? Theres nothing there that says you have to use a 'correct' accel cable... I assuming that the instructions are for the installation of the GReddy manifold with the stock RB25 throttle body (and GReddy adapter). As far as installing it with a Q45 throttle body, I'm sure someone in the tech section could help you easily.

What flares are you refering to? Heres their website: http://www6.ocn.ne.jp/~zenitani/ ... but I bet your bottom dollar they either don't know or (more likely) don't respond to your mail. Best just post up a pic of the car you saw these flares on and we'll (I'll???) try and find some info.

^^^ compulsory show-attendee-groping-models pic what show report would be complete without a few? Can't wait for the pics franks!!!!!!!!

I think someones confused you mate... The 'Nismo GTR Vspec' kit or whatever you called it *is* the 400R kit. The trouble with all the low-quality fiberglass copies being made by companies in Australia is that they all have their own pet names for the kit they produce, even if one kit is a copy of another kit that was copied off the original 400R kit...

^^^ I guess they're 'Chubby' seats now... In all seriousness though that is shocking. Surely the trimmer who did it must've had second thoughts about his handywork along the way?

Before they become a permanent resident? I don't think that is a limitation... A friend of mine from Perth is a JET teacher in Kobe and he ritualisticly has been exporting one car a year for the last 4 years to AU. He owns them for a year then imports them into AU as Personal imports. They don't need compliancing per se other than the basic roadworthy stuff and it can be any car and any year at all (modified or one already sold in AU). But, you have to prove that you owned the car for a year over their with insurance, parking space, rego papers etc. Thats more difficult than it sounds as it's all extra paperwork to keep track of. Can't remember exactly which taxes you are exempt from with personal importing, but I'm sure someone else can post about that. It's definately worthwhile to do if you want say a V35 Skyline 350GT or a recent model like that. Even thought they can be complied in AU, you'd be saving $$$$ by doing it personal import. On the other hand if you wanted a car that can't be complied in AU for whatever reason (eg: Evo 9) it would be worthwile doing aswell. The only downside(?) is that you have to sacrifice a year of your life in Japan...

Nissan and Cosworth have had an on-off relationship going right back to the late-80's. One well known engine developed by Cosworth on behalf of Nissan was the RNN14 Nissan Pulsar GTi-R SR20DET. As for not using Renault's assistance, I guess it's a matter of 'going with what you know' and have Cosworth on board, rather than risk building what would be - in essence - the first French engineered GT-R.

After about 45 minutes of looking at all-Japanese sites, I give up. But... your wheels look *almost* exactly the same as Work Giallo's, but the Giallos don't have a removable center cap: You wouldn't be lying if you said they were Giallos, but you wouldn't be 100% correct either.

Having not seen a VE yet funkey I wouldn't agree nor disagree with you... but going by past Commo's and the penchant for 'sportiness' the Fuga kinda just sort of seems like the right competitor. The Cima probably tops the Caprice for class though.

Yes but freight... nobody wants to pay for freight, even if Santa personally sent that Hard Gay Kurohige Kiki Ippatsu direct to their door from the north pole... Or are you suggesting Razor Ramon works the counters at 'J-Fanboy Warehouse' Sydney City store?

Do you reckon those two birds behind the blue Sagaris are discussing the cars at the show? Why aren't they lying over the cars and adding extra value to the shot? Back to work bisshes

But after the GT-Rs release, watch most of the foreign press support Porsche over the GT-R no matter what... even if it really is better, which would make the GT-R the 'best car in the world' then

I've edited my first post... mcnamg: I'll post pics of the R32 up maybe end of next week. Yeah my younger brother Trent own TKO Tinting, and my other brother owns SunGuard Superstore in Myaree.

Having never been to Hokkaido I can't say for sure, but if you want to find car parts places the best place to look is along the main roads usually, away from train stations.

Car Sensor has production dates, but not numbers. As for production numbers, theres a site called www.jama.or.jp but they only show numbers of vehicles manufactured by each car maker in total by month/year (starting from 1993 onwards), not for individual models. I don't think theres a site that has numbers produced for every model of car from every Japanese manufacturer, that'd be one hell of a database... I'd be charging people to see it if they weren't industry officials.

Try a '04 V35 Skyline 350GT v the '04 WRX...

That Connaught looks really interesting. Whats the go with the 260K Bristol? Did the Queen wet herself in it?

From that list Wink posted, only the Skyline 350GT and the Toyota Mark X would be a good comparison because they're the only RWDs... actually no. The Skyline and Mark X are one bodysize smaller than the VE. A totally fair comparison would be the Nissan Fuga (V8 version is the Infiniti M45) and the Toyota Crown Majesta V8. But those cars are almost semi-limosines and would probably be a better comparison to the Holden Statesman. But even then the Nissan and Toyota are 3 years old already. So at the end of the day, the VE and Falcon are on their own. Nothing out of Japan can really be compared to them because they are big ass V8 sedans but with a performance slant. Most (Japanese) car makers have the large V8 sedan as the top luxury model., or as in BMWs case, a V10 and an astronomical price tag. Skyline vs Commodore? Only at Bathurst...

Richard and Nick won't be the enthusiastic nutters anymore that basically shot off into the distance the moment we arrived at the entrance in '04 ... hahaha they're oldskool now. Well I'll head the 'veterans group' for any of those who want to take it easy (rather than run) and down a few beers while discussing the finer points of the few proper performance cars that are there. /sarcasm

The last two characters are 'Keiro' or 'Route' in English... probably makes no difference to the outcome though!

All we need are some people who... eeeerrr... want to meet up? Whats the drama? Well I'll be at that JR Makuhari Station east(?) exit from about 9am to 9:30am... if you want to hook up, just yell out REZZ!!!!!! when you get there and then I can make a positive ID ... lol.