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Still have the GTR Bonnet??

Better Pic of Interior LEDS. Once I get my speedo working I might be able to enjoy them outside of my garage!!

In some other good news.. I got the R33 GTR rims cleaned up and resprayed. A place in Maroochydore did them for me called Sunshine Wheel Repairs Could not be happier with the job they did! Came out looking amazing and all the marks and colour that I could not remove has all gone. I was scrubbing these bad boys like crazy and could not remove the blemishes. Super happy with the colour too, not too dark but still looks super sinister!! Just need to get new tyres for the front now... Before pics After Pics

Ok.... Where do I start. Since that slideday the car has just been sitting in the garage. Nothing is really wrong with it, its just I keep on fixing stuff that is not broken and its like 2 steps forward 1 step backwards.. So after that day I drove out to Gayndah which about 4 hours west of Bundaberg in the skyline.. This was a bit of a nervous trip as I left late in the afternoon and my mates from out that way said that there are kangaroos everwhere. But the car made it no problems until I got to my mates house and broke the front bar on his driveway.. Never liked that bar anyway so maybe this will get me to fix up the other one I bought. On the drive out there I noticed that the lights on the climate control were super dim so I decided to replace them and bought some from Dashled I bought both the climate control and dash cluster ones. Was not that hard to replace but I ended up breaking one of the bulbs for the climate control and every time I fitted it and turned on the lights I blew the dash light fuse. So I bought one more fitted it up and it was all good. I also fitted up some new steering rack boots as both of mine were split from the last owner.. Another thing I have no idea passed the roadworthy, but I would say that the car never saw the hoist at the roadworthy if you know what I mean After fitting them up the car really needed a steering alignment so I took it down to Jax tyres in Maroochydore and on the way there I noticed that the godamn speedo was not working!!!! I swore very loudly and after the alignment I removed the dash cluster and found this... So after a bit of searching on skylinesaustralia I realised the speedo cable had broken, must of been when I took it out when replacing the globes.. Just ordered one from Kudos and hopefully get it all sorted this week as I would really like to drive the fuc%in thing!!!!!

For sure dude!! Are you going to any of the upcoming Slidewize days? After that slide day I drove all the way out to Gayndah for work (3.5 hours north west) in the Skyline!! Was all sweet and no dramas until I got to my mates house and bottomed out on his driveway and smashed the front bar! Since then the car has had a few issues and has been in the garage. read the update below!

Guess I will start by introducing myself. Name is Rudi I leave on the Sunshine Coast QLD and work in web and graphic design. I have been into cars since I first got my licence in 1997, always been into Jap turbo cars and you could say that over the past 17 years it has been an obsession of mine. I have owned many cars from a TX3 Laser to a 20 valve A86, 180sx, Integra the list goes on... For years I kind of got over it and travelled for years then went back to Uni but during that time there was an itch to get back into a Japanese import. I really started to follow drifting and went to a few Friday night drifts at QLD Raceways and the urge got bigger. I was constantly on CarSales and Gumtree looking at s13's, Chasers and Skylines and dreaming of one day owning one and getting back into the modifying game... Then one day a car popped up at the right price and seemed ok from the description. It was a 1989 R32 Skyline, white with sunroof and not a huge list of mods. I went to take a look and compared to a lot of the other ones at the time it seemed pretty clean. Good Things: Straight panels R33 GTR Rims Clean Interior Big Stereo (This will come out asap though and I can sell for more parts Strut Braces Tien Coilovers Front Mount cooler Exhaust Bad Things: Body kit... Way over the top for me Oil Leaks The car had starting issues, when I test drove it there was no problems but the seller was honest and said there may be a starter motor problem. So overall the price was right and the car was clean and did not look like it had been too thrashed, still had its factory airbox so I thought that an added bonus. A few days later I picked it up after the owner got a Road worthy (He must of known a dodgy mechanic as I will never know how he did as it had several issues that no legitimate garage would pass..) I planned to drive it home that night from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast which is just over an hour drive. I remember talking to the car just saying you can explode, break anything you want just as long as we get home... It made it the whole way home until I drove down my street when suddenly it just died..... the lights dimmed and the engine stopped. When I tried to start it all I got was a loud Reeeeaaghghhhghgh!!!! Well I was just glad I made it home, I pushed it to the kerb outside my house and left it for another day. A few days later I replaced the starter and that fixed that problem, I drove around in it for about a week until a few more problems started to arise. The car would stall at traffic lights and whenever it came to idle, this turned out to be the Idle control valve. I replaced the gasket and gave it a clean and after that it was all good. I started to realise that who ever the last owners were they seemed to cut a few corners and things were done a little dodgy... It had a cheapo front mount cooler and who ever fitted it did a less that ordinary job. Front bar was held in with 2 bolts, both headlights were held in with no bolts!! Only wires were keeping them in. Indicators were held in with zip ties. I fixed all these things over a weekend and bought new indicators. However the piping is seriously rubbing against the cut hole underneath the battery so I just put some rubber there to stop it getting worse. I plan on getting a Plazmaman setup in the future so this will have to do for now... The car also was running a straight pipe... I guess cause the car sat so low with the kit I never realised plus I cant believe how quiet it was with no muffler?? I got a new cat converter and muffler fitted by Nambour Exhaust and towbars who did an awesome job of keeping the 2 outlet pipes out the back. Then the car begun to not start again, plus I was getting really weird volts on the turbo timer. I took the car to 2 different auto electricians who tested the battery and told me it was fine..... Turned out to be the battery so I replaced it with an Oddysey PC1200 which sorted all the electrical gremlins. I also moved the battery to the boot as I just want easier access to the engine and better weight distribution. After doing all this the car now seemed to be much more reliable and I could now focus on having fun with it!! A crew called Slidewize do skidpan days up at Gympie and I had been meaning to check it out for ages. It is a great place to test the car and really see the results of any modifications in a safe environment. Not only did they do skid pan but also driving events. The first time there I was skidding and spinning out all over the place. We also did a couple of races and I lined up against some pretty damn quick cars. Car surprised me with its midrange pull and I kept up with some much faster cars. This video is actually from the second time I went, this time around I got a much better feeling for kicking the car out to oversteer and holding it there for longer. I was able to control my steering a whole lot more and not go to crazy with the gas peddle, really enjoying the learning process of this car and how it drives. It still needs a whole lot more sorting out suspension wise, it has Tien coils but who knows if they are set up correctly, the car can get real bad understeer so if anyone has advice on how to control this I would love to hear it Goal for the car is just to get to a reliable standard and enjoy driving it. I want to enter as many skidpan days as I can and maybe... go to a drift day at Qld Raceway. In no way do I want to turn it into a drift pig as I want it to be legal and still be useful and easy to live with on the roads. When I bought it I promised myself not to fall in love with it but Im afraid Im past that point, just so rad to have another import I can work on during the weekends. List of mods I want to complete in the next few months: New front mount cooler Delete Hicas and all lines Water, Oil temp, oil pressure gauges Get wheels cleaned up All new brakes with R33 front calipers Get Coilovers sorted (Find out if they are ok and setup correctly) KKR Package from Option1 garage.. Still unsure on this, if anyone out there has any feedback on this I would love to hear it! Enjoy...

After a R32 Skyline bonnet, also if you have the latch mechanism that would be an added bonus

Sorry to stir up an old thread but I am putting r33 gtst brakes on my r32 gtst and want to know what rotors will fit? Do I now have to get r33 rotors?

Tried searching but found nothing. I know there was group buy but not sure if its still on?? Really chasing these as my hood support seems to be real loose and anything knocking the bonnet when its up causes it to drop slightly and me to shat my pants when my head is under there... I found these on ebay link But am wondering if they will hold the weight of a gtst bonnet? Any tips or help is greatly appreciated..

You legend!! These are exactly what I am after. And if you say they fit then I will trust you..

Hey guys, I want to get some new wheel nuts for my R33 GTR rims that are on a r32 gtst. I have emailed multiple different companies on what they offer and they all have said they have nothing to fit R33 GTR Rims?? I am aware they are 12x1.25mm but... Do the wheels fit nuts that have a 90 degree taper? I was looking at these Ebay link Or even these work ones Will any of them fit? All I really want is steel black nuts that are longer (lol) Thanks!!

Do you have a part number? Or where do you buy it from?

Or does the D34 have auxiliary posts? I see some holes in the pictures but not even the Optima site has any info this??

With the D34 I am unsure that the terminals are the correct way around? Mine is the same as this one with the negative at the right and the positive at the left and both at the back of the battery.

Hello.. I am shopping for a new battery and want to get something a little better than what SuperCheap offer. I am looking at the Optima Yellow Top D51R CCA - 450 38AH, 38 AMP HOUR TERMINAL/POST TYPE JIS / SMALL POST RESERVE CAPACITY 66Mins VOLTAGE 12VOLT SIZE - 237mm (long)x 129mm (wide) x 227mm (to the top of the terminals) WEIGHT - 11.8 kg http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/OPTIMA-YELLOW-D51R-SMALL-TERMINAL-AGM-BATTERY-SKYLINE-WRX-STI-DEEP-CYCLE-/321230022588?_trksid=p2054897.l4275 My friend thinks I need a battery with at least 680CCA but I would think that is overkill. Any advice? Thanks legends!!

Would it be worthwhile to replace all the wiring from the starter to the battery? Also I have been told to replace the starter.. again. Could it be a problem with the starter?

Hello! My R32 seems to of caught some electrical gremlins.. A month ago the starter started to make really bad grinding noises and would not start so I bought a second hand starter and bolted it on. Car was fine for awhile but every now and again I try and start it and it will just do a "click" when I turn the key, like it has a flat battery. I turn everything off and take the key out then try again and it will kick over fine. But today it got worse. I started the car and drove it about 4 meters into my garage and installed new indicators. I turned the cars power on a few times to check that the indicators were working. When I tried to start it again I got a bad grinding noise... ok.. tried again and it just did the same "grieeeggghhh" every key turn I tried it so many times I thought I killed the battery so I jumped started it with leads and then BANG it kicked over easy??? I drove it around and it started every key turn except once where it did the "click" "click" again. I am so lost to what it may be?? Is it my battery? Is it a bad earth?? Kinda scared to drive it anywhere far away from home at the moment

Do you have any amber driver side indicators?

Anyone in the Brisbane, Sunshine Coast area have a set of stock r32 wheels? Also after the Dash vents, passenger and centre for r32. Also need a left side number plate light. PM me on here or email [email protected] Thanks!