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What Front Bar Should I Get? R33

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get a top secret front bar they look unreal

everyone post some pics of what bars they like!!!

I want some ideas...

I like that 40th anniversary gtr front bar...

but like if you got a dodgy fibreglass or whatever one from somewhere..

i just dono if theyd be ne good .. theyd prob b flimsy as..

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So the story gets better. Me and Dad spent the afternoon pulling the front lip spoiler off the factory S2 front bar. I have never seen so much sikaflex and dodgy repair work in my life. It looks like there was some front end on Japanese driveway action and only the lip was repaired, and not very well at that. A coat of fresh paint quite nicely hid the repair work...

Is that Factory GTR bar shown above a special or custom part or can you retrofit any GTR bar to go onto the GTS cause at the moment im leaning towards that option.

P.S. Sorry to whore your thread Stevo but i reckon we are in the same boat. I dont want some dodgy piece of shit hanging off the front of my pride and joy either.

yup no wucking furries......... everyone post pics of bars we should get ;)

i would probably rather a bar like the 400 r one above keeping the series 2 lights..

as they look sick..

but the gtr bar would accomodate my intercooler better... and gtr bars without wide body guards dont do it for me... really

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if you've screwed up the bottom part of the front bar then the lip will cover it up, if you've somehow managed to hack up the entire front bar...............then I guess get GTR front bars....a lot of people like 400R front bars, but I only find the skirt and rear bar to be appealing.

JUN kits are hot as well

and um......NO VEILSIDE!!!!!!!!

sounds the goods.. hey where do you guys buy the lips from and who makes them??

quality ones!!!!

yer my bar isnt mangled its just got a deep grinder mark right near the cooler lower right hand side

its truly hardly noticable but its the little things that shit me

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How about Unique Autosports, are their kits any good? http://www.nismo.com.au/pricelists/priceli...er33styling.htm

They have some nice looking bars, but im still not sold on the fibreglass.

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Have you guys thought about the Trust bar??

Here's mine I had fitted on Friday after my GTR bar was custom modded by an old Asian guys Echo.

skyline14dh8.jpg

looks unreal that one mate...

steve i think its a toss up between the trust one or a gtr 1

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^^^^

that looks good man.

i like the smoothness of the shape.

there's a guy on here selling 'banana' bars.

do a search, i think they look pretty good.

personally i dont like the hard straight lines, and sharp corners of gtr and similar bars. 400R = blah.

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While I originally had the GTR bar it just didn't show enough of the front mount for my tastes.

Whereas the Trust bar shows enough that it looks like it might suck up children and small animals from the side of the road.

Hehe.

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looks unreal that one mate...

steve i think its a toss up between the trust one or a gtr 1

wazzup kane..

yeh... well i am gonna keep the bar i have.. but that 1st pic someone uploaded of the 40th aniversary the top one is different... and its standard the dude selling it says its an option bar and its nismo...the dude is dreaming though he wants 26gz hahaha..

i really love that bar..

i am just going to get a front lip for now ... a nismo style one or the same one as mr_crust who runs a d speed front lip from Powerplay.. think its made by eastbear. called d speed pretty fkn hot!...

and the lips will cover the part of my bar that is slightly damaged.. but its honestly barely noticable ...

front lips are cheap as and they look mad .. just gonna b a bitch with cops now .. my car i :mad: s 100 mm off teh ground.. adding a front lip will make it like 40 mm off the ground (lowest pt).

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While I originally had the GTR bar it just didn't show enough of the front mount for my tastes.

Whereas the Trust bar shows enough that it looks like it might suck up children and small animals from the side of the road.

Hehe.

LMFAO! well said

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heres a pic of mine, got this custom made down here in Melb and i got the mold so i can get a copy for around $350 top notch fit and quality. Its half of a trust bar and a Jun bar.

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quit spending money on ya front bar .. give the poor skyline a respray :stupid:

looks good though lol

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