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After owning my 1999 R34 GTT for almost 6 years, I thought I'd start a build thread. Since my car will most likely never be for sale, I wanted to share my journey of my pride and joy - the good, bad and the ugly. (Disclaimer: The car isn't or isn't going to be a 1000hp monster, but it's just a worthy street car that sometimes sees the track) Like many other cars and projects out there, this wasn't a smooth sailing journey, it had lots of ups and downs, lot's of blood, sweat and swears. I've been on SAU since 2007, started my Skyline career with a 1996 R33 Series 2 GTS, imported from Japan via J-Spec Imports, when I was 18 years old. It wasn't long until I had a 'little' accident in it, literally 2 days after it was complied and registered: Since then, I learned to respect the power and RWDness of the car, even though it's N/A. After having the R33 for 2 years, I felt the need for something quicker and better, soon after, the R33 was up for sale and this is her when she was sold: Now the story begins... About 1 week or so after the fund from the sale was cleared, I started looking at a new car, and I always knew I wanted another Skyline. At first, I was just going to put the fund into a Series 2 R33 GTST, but I thought it was going to be way too similar to my N/A, in terms of the look and feel. So I dug into my piggy bank and decided to get a R34 GTT. I wanted a silver R34 with an Altia kit all along, but at the point in time, they were going for around $20,000. And I was just earning $12 an hour at Safeway, so there was no way that I could afford that. One Friday night, I jumped onto Carsales hoping some new cars would have popped up and lucky that I did, a new 1999 R34 GTT in yellow has been added 3 hours earlier, for $15,500 (in 2009). So I quickly gave the owner a call and arranged to see it the next morning (Saturday). When I rocked up at the apartment complex in Southbank, inside the dark secured car park, there she was... Sitting in a corner by herself, just glowing... I started her up for the first time, for a test drive. Sitting in the driver's seat in awe of the more modernised interior compared to my R33, that's when I fell in love with her. Took her out into the empty streets, slightly blipping the throttle to feel what she was capable and wow, it felt incredible, the sensation of being on boost for the first time in my life lol... As soon as I got back to the carpark, I immediately arranged a deal with the seller subject to RWC. On the Wednesday the following week, the R34 was mine, I always loved yellow cars in Grand Turismo on Playstation, but I never once thought I'd actually own or drive one. The R34 was fairly stock, it came with: - 18" Buddyclub's, 18x8+35, 18x9+35. - Teins Type Flex coilovers - Blitz PowerSUS pod filter - Blitz return flow intercooler - Nismo front pipe and catback with muffler (very quiet on idle) - 3" dump