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hey lads

basically what i want to do is buy a cheap skyline/silvia/???? for around $3000 and spend between $2k-$3k on transforming it into a nice little daily. nothing fancy, im not after a street beast or track demon, just a good looking little daily driver. it doesnt even have to be turbo to be quite honnest, but a nice base car is the plan.

the mods i plan on doing will vary depending on the car, but what i really want to do is-

-full respray on the car myself

-new rubbers and seals

-buy some nice rims in shit condition and recondition them my self

-get to roadworthy condition

-very basic engine and exhaust mods (filters, fuel pump, plugs, seals etc)

-get the suspension up to scratch, maybe some lowered springs

-window tint

-tidy up the interior

obviously im not going to tint the windows if its already done, or put an exhaust on if it has a decent system already. you may notice that i am focusing most of my efforts on aesthetics. i have done plenty in the past with the mechanical side of nissan imports, but like a lot of us on here, as soon as any body work needs doing, we pay others to do it. im really interested in having a go at this side of vehicle modification, and most importantly by myself and on a very strict budget.

now for the hardest part of it all..... WHAT CAR TO CHOOSE?

it must be a jap import

id REALLY like it to be a nissan

im leaning towards a S13 preferably manual, turbo would be a bonus, but not essential. or a R32 in need of a bit of TLC

so lads, what do you think?

cheers adam

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S13 silvia.

cheap as chips, trusty old SR, light, nimble, quick and fun!

+1

3k for any kind of R32 or R33 is well an truly pushing it even if your willing to do heaps of work yourself. The S13 is the way to go its cheap and with a few mods like exhaust, air filter and ECU can be made even quicker for not too much money and if the engine dies another one can be had for a couple of hundred dollars.

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The r32 looks about 300x better than an s13 but like said you would be pushing it to get a r32 for 3k. You will probably end up with a ca18 silvia for that price too

from what ive seen $3k would get either ca18 or sr20, mostly non turbo, and just about all auto.

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i was looking thru carsales and have seen a few r31's. yes, they are old. yes they are worn out. yes they would love to be painted bayside blue and have some LM-GT1 rims..in nismo white, of course..

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