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Great work on further weigh reduction.

I have a question for you...

How do you wash it without destroying the hard work Allison has put into the 'art'?

Only asking cos I don't think you've taken photos when the car's dirty.

Great work on further weigh reduction.

I have a question for you...

How do you wash it without destroying the hard work Allison has put into the 'art'?

Only asking cos I don't think you've taken photos when the car's dirty.

pretty sure he sprayed clear coat over the artwork.

With headlights, if you want em to come out crystal clean, you can sand em back with 800 grit sand paper (wet and dry), then 1000, then 1500 then 2000. Make sure you spend a while on each grit and get an even surface finish. Then either spray clear coat over em, or polish them up with some plastic polish or metal polish. They come up brand new :)

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Great work on further weigh reduction.

I have a question for you...

How do you wash it without destroying the hard work Allison has put into the 'art'?

It's clearcoated courtesy of the Lost Birds Paint Shop... aka me. haha.

pretty sure he sprayed clear coat over the artwork.

With headlights, if you want em to come out crystal clean, you can sand em back with 800 grit sand paper (wet and dry), then 1000, then 1500 then 2000. Make sure you spend a while on each grit and get an even surface finish. Then either spray clear coat over em, or polish them up with some plastic polish or metal polish. They come up brand new :)

How powerful of a buffer would I need? The one I have now is a $30 on/off thing. Doesn't spin up that fast, so I'm wondering if it would do the trick.

Spend every day on Yahoo auctions and try and get some S3 Xenon lights for a good price, it really needs them now!

I can't find them for anything I'm willing to pay. lol. We have UPGarage here in japan, or "U"sed "P'arts Garage and they always have some for sale. It's a ntionwide network of stores that will ship to your local store. the last set they had was brand new in the box still for about 1750 AUD. no thanks! you can use the search box to look for whatever. just type R32 R33 or R34 and see what they have. or type RB26DETT :D

UPGarage

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How powerful of a buffer would I need? The one I have now is a $30 on/off thing. Doesn't spin up that fast, so I'm wondering if it would do the trick.

I did mine by hand, sanded and polished... ill try get you some pics.

My female friend thought shed touch up my old matte black front bar and got over spray all over the headlights, so we grabbed some thinners to wipe it off and it completely frosted em up. I used the technique mentioned above and they came up almost brand new!

It's clearcoated courtesy of the Lost Birds Paint Shop... aka me. haha.

Ah, I thought you haven't clear coated the car yet.

I can't find them for anything I'm willing to pay. lol. We have UPGarage here in japan, or "U"sed "P'arts Garage and they always have some for sale. It's a ntionwide network of stores that will ship to your local store. the last set they had was brand new in the box still for about 1750 AUD. no thanks! you can use the search box to look for whatever. just type R32 R33 or R34 and see what they have. or type RB26DETT :D

UPGarage

This price is pretty cheap for brand new I remember someone in Oz asking $3k AUD for ok condition pair... I'd grab them if I were you and I think Just Jap in Sydney is asking at least $3k for new pair.

next chance i get I will be all over it!

Weight update...

Removed rear seat and rear seat safety belts for 31 pound/14.1kg reduction.

Stock Trunk Carpeting - 11.5lbs/5.2kg

Stock Floor Mats - 13.0lbs/5.9kg!!

Stock Jack/Tire Iron - 4.5lbs/2.05kg

Stock Spare Tire - 34.4LBSSSS/15.6kg

Nissan Air Purifier,sound deadening behind back seat, car jack - 9 lbs/4.1kg

metal plate behind the back seat - 6.4 pounds/2.9kg

Stock suspension 57.8lbs/26.3kg and HKS Hipermax 47.0/32.3kg - 10.8lbs/6kg net loss

door panels 14lbs/6.35kg

carpet and various pieces of plastic 16.2/7.3kg

Center console 7.6lbs/3.5kg

passenger seat 34lbs/15.4kg (with rail attached)

Difference in test pipe/cat 6lbs/2.7kg

new seat/rail vs old seat/rail 5lbs/2.3kg

dash stripped to shell - 3lbs/1.36kg

difference in exhausts 24.2lbs/11kg

all sound deadening 12lbs/5.5kg

radiator and fan 15lbs/6.8kgs

AC/Heater stuff behind dashboard 21lbs/9.5kg

=

270.4 pounds/126.6kgs

Stock R33 GT-R 3388lbs/1540kg

Lost Birds R33 3109.4lbs/1413.4kgs.

Just gonna keep it updated so that I have a record somewhere of it. should be below 1400kg before the end of the week as the compressor and AC lines are still attached, along with some other stuff coming out. also did some work on the seat and it's back another 8cm and down another 2cm. I'm 1.91m tall and my eyes are now level with the top of the dashboard, which by the way makes the car incredibly difficult to park.

Edited by istdercollen
  • 1 month later...
not sure if this has been posted but it looks like its catching on.

Linky

yes i've seen that, ive gotta say i like the skyline better. the lambo's graphics look a bit mindless to me and a bit cluttered. the r33's got some form and elegance to it. if it makes sense.

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  • 4 months later...

very good read.. awesome work by Allison mate.. huge dedication there

UPDATE: Went to Mine's today. New engine going in this week, as long as I can find the headers and outlet pipes I want in time, otherwise next week. MINE'S POWERRRRRRR!

Well, the short story is, a connecting rod bearing said goodbye to me. The other short story is, I didn't know the ECU installed in my car has no Rev Limiter. 8600 RPMs sounds awesome, but I guess it didn't help keep my engine alive. Mine's are really good people. They gave me a tour of the whole shop. They have 15 RB26s sitting on pallets ready to go. He said it would take 3 days to turn it around once I drop the car off. I have to go find some bigger turbos myself though, as they pretty much only deal R35 parts these days (as far as GT-Rs go). Pics etc. will come!

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