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Hi Guys,

I recently got my car resprayed, bodykit re-glassed, and i also got some other little custom things done, one of these things included shaving the boot. This included; rear wing, boot brake light, Nissan badge & boot lock.

I've also had my tail lights re-wired so that all four 'rings' light up on the brake, instead of just two, as per a stock R34. Pictures attached, I hope you guys enjoy & appreciate.

(Pictures taken on camera phone, sorry for low quality).

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Looks good man, best way to do it.

How did you wire up the lights? I've got some mates who might be interested

I'll upload some pictures and so fourth on the lights tomorrow hopefully, will keep you posted.

I shaved the S off the bonnet too, only badges that are kept are the GT badges on the side.

Ganador mirrors comming soon too, and some bronze Work Emotion XD9's for my car, hopefully it suits the dark blue pearl colour of my car. :)

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looks brilliant bud, is there any issues with removing the bootlid light? im gettin a little rust around there now, and since seeing how nicely yours turned up im thinking of removing mine too when respraying the lid.

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looks brilliant bud, is there any issues with removing the bootlid light? im gettin a little rust around there now, and since seeing how nicely yours turned up im thinking of removing mine too when respraying the lid.

No issues at all, mine also had a tiny bit of rust, it's a common issue in R34's. Legally speaking I think you have to have one there, but i just passed a roadworthy with it, so who cares.

To make all four rear tail lights to light up you need to add 2 globes to each light and wire them up to the brake light, piss easy and costs f**k all to do it.

Lucky beauty is in the eye of the beholder Gathem, i love my genuine cwest kit. :nyaanyaa:

I also just added 3 autometer gauges in the triple gauge cluster, and one which is in place of the cigarette lighter, looks mint, i'll post up pictures later this week. Because the gauges were a tiny bit smaller than the gauge holder (about 1.5mm) i got a peice of aluminium, had it painted matte black and then mounted them into the centre of that, also getting rid of the glass that is in front of the stock gauges, also installed a new mongoose alarm which works in conjuction with my factory central locking key, greddy turbo timer mounted flush with the dash, just above the sunglasses holder for those who know where i'm talking about.

Next is R34 GTR seats, 10" subwoofer and an amp, all hidden so you cant see a thing. My attention to detail is stupidly insane almost, but perfection and a clean look is what i'm after, it'll all be worth it in the end. Also plan to spray the centre console and window switches in the same colour, or maybe silver, undecided yet.

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No issues at all, mine also had a tiny bit of rust, it's a common issue in R34's. Legally speaking I think you have to have one there, but i just passed a roadworthy with it, so who cares.

To make all four rear tail lights to light up you need to add 2 globes to each light and wire them up to the brake light, piss easy and costs f**k all to do it.

Lucky beauty is in the eye of the beholder Gathem, i love my genuine cwest kit. :D

I also just added 3 autometer gauges in the triple gauge cluster, and one which is in place of the cigarette lighter, looks mint, i'll post up pictures later this week. Because the gauges were a tiny bit smaller than the gauge holder (about 1.5mm) i got a peice of aluminium, had it painted matte black and then mounted them into the centre of that, also getting rid of the glass that is in front of the stock gauges, also installed a new mongoose alarm which works in conjuction with my factory central locking key, greddy turbo timer mounted flush with the dash, just above the sunglasses holder for those who know where i'm talking about.

Next is R34 GTR seats, 10" subwoofer and an amp, all hidden so you cant see a thing. My attention to detail is stupidly insane almost, but perfection and a clean look is what i'm after, it'll all be worth it in the end. Also plan to spray the centre console and window switches in the same colour, or maybe silver, undecided yet.

Sounds awesome dude, lookin forward to more pics, u say u have a greddy TT, is it the full auto timer? if so did you get a harness to go with it or just splice wires? I want the full auto timer, but am not sure which harness will go with the 34, hard to find info on it

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Sounds awesome dude, lookin forward to more pics, u say u have a greddy TT, is it the full auto timer? if so did you get a harness to go with it or just splice wires? I want the full auto timer, but am not sure which harness will go with the 34, hard to find info on it

Yeah, i've got the full auto timer, intergrated into my mongoose alarm.

I didn't get the optional harness, just slpiced, solder & tape up. It's a great turbo timer, although i highly doubt i'm going to use any other of the features like 0 - 200m times and so fourth. No need to really purchase the harness, took all of 25 minutes to install with the splice method. Good luck, and i'll upload more pictures soon. :)

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