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Hey guys, thought i might post up my new car! Its a 1997 GTR V-spec. I've had it for just over a month now. Bought it off another forum member in Sydney.

I've always loved skylines and wanted one for the last 10 years (a long long wait, been reading this forum/site since 2005). I originally looked at getting a R33 series 1 (many years ago), time passed then i thought a R33 S2, then i went overseas for 2 years came back and I thought R34 GT-T, so I started to look around and by accident I ended up test driving a R33 GTR. From then on I thought I have to get a GTR. It felt so much better in everyway. Power delivery, handling etc etc, and it felt special.

So anyway I finally found exactly what i wanted, a R33 S3 GTR in black with all the mods i wanted to do. So it has 18 inch GTCs, Garrett -5s, Power FC, Nismo - injectors, fuel pump, oil pump, water pump, fuel pressure regulator and sport clutch, apexi pods, exhaust, Greddy Boost controller and plenty of preventative maintanence work done, got dyno'd at 290rwkw by the previous owner. I'll probably keep it this way for a while, maybe take it to Racepace and see what they think. I know the -5s turbos can be wound up more than what they are on atm (0.9 bar low & 1.2 bar high) but the bottom end is stock so that is maybe the next thing i'll do. For now i'm more than happy with it and very happy to be finally driving around in a skyline!

Cheers.

Oh yeah sorry about the pic quality, iphone is no DSLR.

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Thanks guys for all you comments! Yes one of the first things I thought when I saw the car was it needs to be lowered. The stock suspension sits pretty high. Might source out some king springs for the moment till I get the some funds for the coil overs. Another mod I'm thinking to do would be to make the exhaust from turbo back. At the moment it's only cat back and the stock exhaust rattles a bit at low revs, gets kinda annoying plus performace might benefit a bit. I haven't seen how a 6000k hid package looks. Might have to do a search for some pics.

There seemed to be a bit of interest with the car when it was up for sale, which is one of the reasons why I snapped it up soon after looking at it. Figured no point loosing the exact car I wanted by haggling over a grand or two. I'll post a few more pics up after I've cleaned it today.

Cheers.

Yep get a set of 6000k HID's off of Dave. One of the best mods i've ever done, makes night time driving fantastic and havn't ever had any dramas with them.

The picture doesn't do them justice (my old camera), but you get the idea.

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congrats mate,

would have snapped this up instantly even though im qld, but i already have a r33 gtr hehe, i wish this was for sale back when i was in the market for mine ;)

keep it in once peice mate :) , and dont bother with springs, keep stock suspension until you have the money for coilovers, just live with the height for a while like i did :)

honestly springs on a GTR ruin it, coilovers or nothing :thumbsup:

Yep get a set of 6000k HID's off of Dave. One of the best mods i've ever done, makes night time driving fantastic and havn't ever had any dramas with them.

The picture doesn't do them justice (my old camera), but you get the idea.

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Why would he bother with a HID kit when the car has factory Xenon's??

They are much brighter (and whiter) than the standard headlights fitted to GTST's and earlier model R33 GTR's.

I say don't waste the money and go for some lowered springs instead.

Oh, by the way, NICE CAR!!! :thumbsup:

Hey guys, here are some more photos I took this afternoon after a scrub and some other random ones i have taken since I've had it.

Yeap its already got factory Xenons, thought some of you were suggesting to change the Xenons to a different colour. I'll definately leave it i'm happy with it as is, might consider changing the high beam but i'm not too fussed for now. Suspension and turbo back exhaust & Racepace retune are the main priorities for now :thumbsup:

Anyway, thanks everyone for all the positive feedback!

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Why would he bother with a HID kit when the car has factory Xenon's??

They are much brighter (and whiter) than the standard headlights fitted to GTST's and earlier model R33 GTR's.

I say don't waste the money and go for some lowered springs instead.

Oh, by the way, NICE CAR!!! :ermm:

I know they have factory HID's, but from the first pic it did still look pretty yellow. Judging from the new above pics it doesn't look that bad so maybe it was just the way the first pic turned out. What kelvin are the factory ones?

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