Jump to content
SAU Community

Factory Option R33 Front Bar Identification

Greg

By Greg,
in Exterior & Interior Styling

 Share

Recommended Posts

Greg Veteran

Greg

Posted
Posted

I saw a gunmetal grey R33 at knox today with the number plate SAM-XXX with a quite unique, and very nice looking front bar. Unfortunately I don't have a camera phone so I couldn't take photos, but I will describe it in the hope that someone knows what I'm talking about.

Distinguishing features:

- One air vent on the LHS (presumably for intercooler)

- In the space were the air vent would be on the RHS, there is no vent, just a place perfectly sized for a Japanese number plate (number plate is side mounted)

- "SKYLINE" embossed in large letters in the centre of the bar, where the number plate would usually sit

- indicators pure orange (ie not the split type that look like they have a foglight in them as well)

My current theory is that it was a NISMO option

Does anyone have any idea what I'm on about???

Rezz Grand Master

Rezz

Posted
Posted

I've researched this as best I can, even looking up old NISMO news items that date back to 1997 on the old Poweraxel site... but no luck.

Are you sure it isn't aftermarket?

Greg Veteran

Greg

Posted
  • Author
Posted
I've researched this as best I can, even looking up old NISMO news items that date back to 1997 on the old Poweraxel site... but no luck.

Are you sure it isn't aftermarket?

Thanks for putting in the effort mate

It is possible that it is aftermarket. I assumed it was genuine Nissan since SKYLINE was embossed in the perfect skyline font that we all know and love. I also figured that an aftermarket bar would not specifically cater for a side mounted intercooler over a front mount. It just had a factory look about it :geek:

But I guess it must be aftermarket. Hopefully I see the car again when I have a camera on me

The one in my avatar is the nissan factory option front bar..

however looking in nissan fast there was only the normal SII one and the one i've got from what I recall..

Have you got any larger photos of your bar?

  • 1 month later...
Greg Veteran

Greg

Posted
  • Author
Posted

I found a pic of the bar! see attached and also the ebay ad. The rear spoiler on the car is common to the car that i saw with this front bar originally, so maybe they were offered as a nismo option together

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Nissan-Skyline-93-G...1QQcmdZViewItem

post-710-1145454581.jpg

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Danowner
      Hypergear ATR45 SAT Turbo With addons (brand new - never used)

      By Danowner · Posted

      Yeah pretty impressive hey, good to see quality products not over-shooting their prices. That's what drew me to buy the hypergear turbo, just a shame I've never got the chance to see it in action
    • Julsmadrid
      RB25det

      By Julsmadrid · Posted

      Thank you GTSBoy and MBS206 I have done the compression test with the motor out of the vehicle, reason for the test was to see if I needed to remove the head and do rings etc while its out. I'm in the process of respraying the vehicle and tidying up a few things. Story behind it all is I've just purchased the skyline and it was running when I got it, never drove it on the street though as I wanted to pull it down and do it all up again before registering it. the gentleman I purchased it from told me the motor has a forged bottom end and has a decent tune through it but I was going to pull the sump off anyway to see if it is a forged bottom end. that's why I thought id do a compression test beforehand. 
    • soviet_merlin
      Hypergear ATR45 SAT Turbo With addons (brand new - never used)

      By soviet_merlin · Posted

      Man, I'm kind of amazed that the price of the turbo has not changed in 7 years. Everything else is inflating beyond reason, but not this? Good on Tao / hypergear I guess? Anyways, good luck with the sale!
    • Danowner
      Hypergear ATR45 SAT Turbo With addons (brand new - never used)

      By Danowner · Posted

      I'm selling my brand new, in the box, never used Hypergear ATR45 - and I had some additions I paid for a few yrs back when I purchased it. Never ended up having the rest of the money to add all the mods at once, so I just ended up slowly selling each part. I originally had it internally gated, with the dump pipe, however I found it was incompatible with what I was going to use it for, so I contacted (I think Ken) from Hypergear, and he and I messaged back and forth & he got me to ship the turbo back, where they modified it & made it externally gated, and gave me the 5 bolt dump pipe attachment for custom welding. (Photos below) This turbo like I said has never touched the inside of an engine bay, it's completely brand new, never used, been sitting in the same box it arrived in, covered in plastic & all. Below are the photos of it: And while the guys at Hypergear were making it in-shop, they sent me some photos of the process: I'm looking at selling this just because I'm in need of the money right now, and don't have plans on modifying the 34 anytime soon - and from reviews & peformance sheets, this turbo had amazing results back when I was researching. The turbo was purchased in 2018 for $1.9k, with the mods I got added on. Looking at the website now, for the same turbo they sell (ATR45SAT), with the current addons it adds up to $1830 for the turbo Current addons included: - Bolted dump adaptor - Ball bearing CHRA - Braided oil feeding line So I'm looking to possibly sell it for around $1800, with shipping included in that 1.8k, It cost me around $120 to ship - so yeah thought I'd throw it out there and see if anyone was interested in purchasing. Cheers!
    • Komdotkom
      R32 Gtst - Track Car

      By Komdotkom · Posted

      Great pic  
×
×
  • Create New...