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Guys,

I'm biting the bullet and trading up my GTS25T for a GT-8. This should happen in the next few weeks. Basically, I'm doing a lot of commuting now and am after an easy car to drive with better economy and hopefully some retained fun factor. I know I'll alway love and miss my R33 turbo. But cars get old and things need to change from time to time!

Standby for full report then.

I'm interested in getting the WALD bodykit for it.

Check it out....

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That looks great Tooly :D

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Guys,

I'm biting the bullet and trading up my GTS25T for a GT-8. This should happen in the next few weeks. Basically, I'm doing a lot of commuting now and am after an easy car to drive with better economy and hopefully some retained fun factor. I know I'll alway love and miss my R33 turbo. But cars get old and things need to change from time to time!

Standby for full report then.

I'm interested in getting the WALD bodykit for it.

Check it out....

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post-517-1160121860.jpg

T'

that kit looks very nice on the 4 door. I especially like the way it transforms the front end. not bad. :)

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See, that's what I was talking about! The Gialla kit looks crap in silver on the four-door, especially with that rear spoiler and those shocker wheels. It looks too high and narrow, which is a problem all the four-door V35's suffer from, in my eyes.

That second silver four-door with the WALD kit looks awesome though, and would work with or without the Gialla front grill... The wheels suit it perfectly, and the tiny lip spoiler don't mess up the lines of the car. Nice choice, Tooly!

Looking at the kit on the coupe, in black with black wheels and no rear spoiler, and it looks HOT! It looks low, wide and aggressive.

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See, that's what I was talking about! The Gialla kit looks crap in silver on the four-door, especially with that rear spoiler and those shocker wheels. It looks too high and narrow, which is a problem all the four-door V35's suffer from, in my eyes.

That second silver four-door with the WALD kit looks awesome though, and would work with or without the Gialla front grill... The wheels suit it perfectly, and the tiny lip spoiler don't mess up the lines of the car. Nice choice, Tooly!

Looking at the kit on the coupe, in black with black wheels and no rear spoiler, and it looks HOT! It looks low, wide and aggressive.

Hey does anyone know what kind of money we are talking about to actually have one fully compiled and registrated? I have seen a few around the mid $20k but for the 2.5 or the 3litre. I also know justjap is sydney is selling one for about $36k but i dont want to pay more then $30k for a stock one.

Does the sat nav system run on oz maps?? And what kind of money is it going to cost to get that running over here. Thanks for all help. :wave:

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Hey does anyone know what kind of money we are talking about to actually have one fully compiled and registrated? I have seen a few around the mid $20k but for the 2.5 or the 3litre. I also know justjap is sydney is selling one for about $36k but i dont want to pay more then $30k for a stock one.

Does the sat nav system run on oz maps?? And what kind of money is it going to cost to get that running over here. Thanks for all help. :wave:

Best bet is to either surf an importer's website to see what cars they have coming up for auction, or have recently sold, or sign up to their mailing lists.

http://www.j-spec.com.au or

http://www.prestigemotorsport.com.au

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you need four door?

Yeah need a four door kids on the way. Been looking on the prestige website saw one for $26k but you have to add alot of extra's didnt go to into it. Spoke to a gentlemn today from Nagota Motors in sutherland shire way he said got one i can have for $30k drive away. Is that a good deal?? The interior of these v35 350gt is a bit sad too.Very plain i feel.

Also anyone know of the kind of performance (0-100m) 1/4 mile times stock. Whats the fuel comsuption like i.e litres/per 100km's. Does anyone have one with the cvt-8 speed is it quicker then a r34 gtt? I saw on the prestige motorsport they quoted around 6secs for 0-100 now is that low 6's like 6.1secs or high 6's?

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Try Ben at Northshore prestige. I'm getting mine from there. I also got my R33 from him and it was a good car.

The quality of his cars has always been top notch.

http://www.northshoreprestige.com.au/

OK, the yanks reckon they have squeezed 5.9 sec 0-60mph. And i read one post quoting an auto magazine that managed to get 5.2! I can't vouch 100% for that. However, they don't have the 8speed tx, so it may not be comparing apples with apple.

In any case, I have G-tech and will be conducting my own private experiments with respect to my R33. Should be very intersting! :(

http://g35driver.com/home/

THe real selling point for me was the smoothness of this V6 drivetrain... R33 feels 'rough' in comparison

I rang an auto electrician who knows about converting the japan sat nav.. he did say to expect around $3200 to get a fully working converted satnav in the V35 (ouch). He was also trying to fine tune his TV/DVD combo for best reception. I didn't get a price and details for that (he was a bit hard to understand) but woulld expect it to be cheaper than the fully working satnav.

Fuel consumption on the brochure was quoted as 9L/100klms. PM me for more info.

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Found the thread on performance.

http://forums.freshalloy.com/showthread.php?t=155291

"Quoted: Hey car and driver tested a sweet red g35 at 5.2 secs 0-60 mph. They also made a comment that said "Why in the world would you want a lexus is350 ,when you can have the g35" CLASSIC!!!!"

Could it be true or slightly exaggerated?

http://forums.freshalloy.com/showthread.ph...;highlight=GT-8

I reckon $30K is about right if you get the chance to test drive and look the car over before buying...

GZilla. Can't agree more, the Gialla kit looks just wrong

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Try Ben at Northshore prestige. I'm getting mine from there. I also got my R33 from him and it was a good car.

The quality of his cars has always been top notch.

http://www.northshoreprestige.com.au/

I got my R34 from them. They are very good and helpful.

Drew.

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As far as the TV/DVD player is concerned, Alpine have just put out a range of new products under the title of "Vehicle Hub" which basically allows you to keep the factory unit and adapt new items to it.

Not sure if they cover the V35 (or any imports, for that matter), but it might be worth a try... Otherwise, there are always new ideas and products coming up.

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I read on the website that they can do 0-100 in 6secs. If its true that they can do it in the 5's what a joy ride its going to be. I wonder if the america's are testing the coupe and not the sedan. I have been doing heaps of looking around and i have a bad feeling about the rear look of the car . I want the four door sedan with the round tail lights and the word SKYLINE across the rear. I have only found at this stage the square looking lights and a weird looking square shape with nissan skyline. Does anyone know if you can get the circle tail lights in the sedan or does it only come in the coupe.

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Try Ben at Northshore prestige. I'm getting mine from there. I also got my R33 from him and it was a good car.

The quality of his cars has always been top notch.

http://www.northshoreprestige.com.au/

OK, the yanks reckon they have squeezed 5.9 sec 0-60mph. And i read one post quoting an auto magazine that managed to get 5.2! I can't vouch 100% for that. However, they don't have the 8speed tx, so it may not be comparing apples with apple.

In any case, I have G-tech and will be conducting my own private experiments with respect to my R33. Should be very intersting! :P

http://g35driver.com/home/

THe real selling point for me was the smoothness of this V6 drivetrain... R33 feels 'rough' in comparison

I rang an auto electrician who knows about converting the japan sat nav.. he did say to expect around $3200 to get a fully working converted satnav in the V35 (ouch). He was also trying to fine tune his TV/DVD combo for best reception. I didn't get a price and details for that (he was a bit hard to understand) but woulld expect it to be cheaper than the fully working satnav.

Fuel consumption on the brochure was quoted as 9L/100klms. PM me for more info.

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I got my R34 from them. They are very good and helpful.

Drew.

Yeah I 3rd that, bought my R34 from him as well. Good quality cars, good prices, very helpfull, and NO hard sales presuure.

Also did me a great deal on some wheels and a turbo timer AFTER the sale. :(

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That's very nice Will. I must come and have a look when I get home to Brisbane. I'm hoping to score wheels, bodykit and maybe some exhaust and other trick bits when it comes. Of course it's just for the wife :( since she can't really drive the GTR.

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Geoff,

You've already ordered it, and it's on the way is it? ;)

You'll have to let me know what you think once it arrives.

On another note, hows your back going? any further improvement? :)

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Not ordered yet. I need to rid myself of about 3 cars first, starting with the auto 33 which is just back from getting painted, then the lengthy process of finding the right combination.

Slow improvement with the back, still a lot of nerve damage but I have the right after surgery care so things have turned a corner. Will still take a year or so before I can work, but that's life. They pay me for a few years after disability reetirement and then kick in retraining if the old type of work is unachievable.

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