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Hey Guys,

I'm a long time reader, first time poster and felt it was time I introduced myself.

After the long wait to turn 21 and finally be rid of those dam P-Plates I decided to enter into the world of Skylines. I chose to import one myself as I had read a lot about it and thought it would be an interesting experience. After getting in contact with Mark Hocking I decided on a nice clean R33 GTR with a couple of tasty modifications.

Everything went smoothly up until it hit the compliance workshop where they blatantly said they had no parts and I'd have to find them all myself or pay them a small fortune to find them for me (would have been nice to tell me this before getting import approval through them). Anyway I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to track down some parts; this however has been rather unsuccessful as none of my mates are into skylines and therefore I have no contacts.

I was wondering if anyone had some spare parts lying around or had contacts of where I'd be able to borrow some. I'm prepared to reimburse the lender, I just want to get the car complied ASAP. The parts I need are:

-Front pipe

-Cat back

-Air box

-wheels

-Steering wheel (it's a series 1)

Any help with this would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Mark

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Hi Mark, welcome to SAU. You've got a nice clean GTR there!!! SO JEALOUS!!!! :wave:

Anyway, with regards to your compliance workshop. How much are you paying them for compliance? Normally they are paid to source out the parts for you. If you are the one doing the sourcing out, you should make a stand and demand for a discount on compliance service fees.

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Very Nice stuff there mate, always a fan of a clean white gtr.

Most of the stuff you should be able to find on here or borrow from someone if they are kind enough.

Just need a full stock exhaust, airbox which will be easy to find

Wheels may be a bit harder and steering wheel but im sure you will find something, hopefully you get it out before xmas!

Best of luck

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