General Question

[R3sp3ct]

Hey guys,

Could someone tell me what the silver 100,000kms sticker means at the front of the engine? Does it mean it has had the 100k service or needs it??

Cheers

Edited October 9, 2007 by R3sp3ct

[R32_Matt]

it means that it has had the service

[Tarmac-]

Those stickers usually indicate when the timing belt should be replaced, just like the lube sticker on the windscreen.

[R3sp3ct]

So the 100k sticker should be removed once that service is done???

[Shell]

As R33Driftr said, it's to tell you when the timing belt needs changing.

[R32_Matt]

my sticker has the kms when the belt was changed written on it, not when it is going to need to be changed

[Bullet32]

Just pull it off and replace the belt, then you know for sure...

[R3sp3ct]

Thanks a lot for your responses

I have another question now.... When the time comes I will buy another R33, but the other day I was brousing the J-SPEC Imports website and came across some really nice cheapish r32 GTR's with around 60,000kms. Do you guys have any reasons why you would choose one over the other given the chance?? 32 is older but it's a GTR and I really like 33's so not sure.....

Cheers

[Baconer]

haha i still have no idea what that sticker is, half the people i ask say its when you should and the other half say its when its done.

As for 32 gtr or 33 i'd say 33 just for the fact that despite the sheer sex of a 32 gtr, they are old cars. Get a 33 GTR, best of both worlds and then some

[Shell]

my sticker has the kms when the belt was changed written on it, not when it is going to need to be changed

the silver sticker is like a proper printed factory sticker with a line of Jap then underneath it has 100,000kms and more Jap...

are you saying yours has like 96,842kms or something like that instead? Or do you mean there's a different handwritten sticker there?

[R32_Matt]

the kms bit is blank and you write what kms the car had when the change was done

[Sauce]

I know mine has a km figure on it in pen, it's slightly over 100k from memory... I'd check exactly what it is, but it's 11:30-something and I wouldnt be able to read it out in the dark

[leech_]

the sticker is simply there so to be written on when the car has had it's timing belt changed/100,000km service. I would not be buying a car that has no sticker on there as why would you remove it unless it has done >100,000km's/had it's timing belt already replaced...

[R3sp3ct]

Would the GTR require more maintenance because there are two turbos? I know any turbo car is going to need more attention then an N/A but how does the GTR compare to the GTST in that reqard?

[Bullet32]

Steve,

If you get a bad example of an R32 GTR it will cost you large amounts of money for repairs... GTR's are always going to be more expensive to modify, repair and maintain than GTST's as they have more to go wrong eg: 2 turbo's, 2 diffs, 4 axles, transfer case... etc.

GTST's arent as good as a race / drag car though for obvious reasons, also they are a lot more common than GTR's.

Bottom line... GTR is a better all round car, but its easy to get in way over your head money wise if you get a bad one.

GTST is cheaper, more common but still a great car for the price you pay.

Edited October 10, 2007 by Bullet32

[Bluprint]

GTST's arent as good as a race / drag car though for obvious reasons, also they are a lot more common than GTR's.

Of all the R32's I see getting around I reckon it's 90% GT-R versus 10% everything else R32.

[a20089]

Of all the R32's I see getting around I reckon it's 90% GT-R versus 10% everything else R32.

Not as I've seen. There a lot of look a like GTR's.

[R338OY]

Owning a GTR is like being part of history.

Nuf sed

[tridentt150v]

Ooohhh you mean like dinosaurs???

Or Julius Caesar????

Aren't they extinct????