I have offically joined the GTR club!

[unwritten law]

mate if it was me, i would be on the docks ripping the exhaust off myself, just after the car rolls off the ship heh...

[Nexus9]

Why would they make you destroy something that you have paid for?

Just because it needs to be complied as stock, doesn't give them the right to destroy your legal property, I would imagine.

Sounds moore like dodgy compliance yards trying to keep an exhaust system for free to me.

My 2cents

[Anquetil]

Oh lucky bugger!

P.S. Be careful what you say about the exhaust and complinacers.

[Guest darrinspencer]

Why would they make you destroy something that you have paid for?

Just because it needs to be complied as stock, doesn't give them the right to destroy your legal property, I would imagine.

Sounds moore like dodgy compliance yards trying to keep an exhaust system for free to me.

My 2cents

Under the new rules cars or to go straight from the docks to compliance in a standard stock form

If they are fitted with aftermarket parts of any form they are to be removed destroyed and proof shown that has been done and stock parts refitted.

That's why you are better buying a stock car and not having that new HKS2835 pro S turbo get removed and destroyed. that would really suck.

[Guest darrinspencer]

sorry jlnewton

Might have opened a can of worms

Will leave it at that.

Good luck with your GTR.

[Nexus9]

I stand corrected.

Wow that isn't very fair.

Lucky JL Newton has found a decent complier.

Hmmm makes me think a bit more seriously about what I will buy when I import a GTR later on, next year.

[jlnewton]

Yeah, you cannot bring in anything modified anymore, but try and find a GTR in Japan that doesn't have a cat-back exhaust, almost impossible, especially considering age would be starting to catch up with factory exhaust systems. And who would replace it with a standard exhaust. Another part of the compliance is brakes have to be completely rebuilt using factory Nissan gear which comes in at around $2k, I could have used that money for slotted rotters and endless pads, and it would stop a hell of a lot better than standard Nissan stuff. Anyways, thats the rules!

[BelGarion]

jl congrats man, should be a beast

now about those clear indicators you have on the side of ur car........

jk mate

[jlnewton]

jl congrats man, should be a beast

now about those clear indicators you have on the side of ur car........

jk mate

Let the scavenging begin! lol!

[BelGarion]

hasnt steve already picked your poor gtst over for all the good parts?

[jlnewton]

Yeah, I just don't want to remove too much stuff, it seems hard enough to get interest in the GTST as it is, let alone with all the good stuff taken off. Luckily for the me the camber kits are are the same between the GTST and GTR, just need the adj. caster rod and sway bars, and I already have a nice set of fully adj, Apexi T-max coilovers sitting in my lounge room floor. Suspension is done!

[boostimports]

congrats - sounds like a nice car - wats ur old r33 goin for?

[Zoix]

cant you import it without brakes, and get it complied witht eh better brakes here?

[jlnewton]

congrats - sounds like a nice car - wats ur old r33 goin for?

Thanks mate, not really sure what $s to put on the GTST yet, there is such a wide range of prices out their??? It won't be up for sale until probably late Feb, I am thinking somewhere between $16k and $19k. If it goes as low as $16k I will be taking all the good bits off and selling them. There are a few guys here interested in some bits for their track exploits. (Cusco F & R strut braces, DBA slotted clubspec rotors, Cusco radius rod, bilstein shocks, O2 Rush pod and UAS Cold Air Box, etc)

[jlnewton]

cant you import it without brakes, and get it complied witht eh better brakes here?

Nah, has to be complied here with genuine new nissan bits for the brakes, amongst other things, they are very tough now. The new rules basically try and get the cars as close to new/showroom condition as possible considering age. Everything must be stock, and I mean everything. Can't be all bad I suppose.

Still, I am sure the original Brembo/Nissan combination can't be that bad!

[ph1]

Still, I am sure the original Brembo/Nissan combination can't be that bad!

They aren't all that good either

[GTRman1992]

If all it has is an aftermarket exhaust and that has to be destroyed, its a small price for a good clean car at that price. Looks really nice. Enjoy !

[Mud]

Looks nice,

whatta ya gonna do with your GTS-T??

Any go fast bits you wanna donate/sell??

[predator]

its crappy about the stock as a rock thing.. but they know full-well the parts would just go back on, or onto the market if they did.

Nice car.. don't think i have seen a white 33 GTR up here yet, then again i have only been here about 3 weeks

[jlnewton]

I am trying to talk Jill into getting rid of her lancer and keeping the GTST at the moment, his and hers skylines, sounds good to me!

Mine would be the GTR of course.