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Your commitment is unbelievable but why a gtst?. With all due respect wouldn't a rough 32r as a base have been more worth the sweat and cussing that a project like this involves? A rough 32r starter like this would have been fairly well priced? Please don't take the wrong way I just don't see the logic. Regardless thumbs up for a thorough build.

I'm digging the audio selection-

Stock looking- but hiding some nice gear.

yep! and if I decide to do anything decent in there that deck will still stay there. in all honesty that deck will do fine for what I want. hell my van has the stock radio in it and I have no intention of changing it.

Nice brake selection, i am also looking at those for my 32 build

ta! blame 'roy' for it.

ive got a burgandy gtr bootlid + spoiler, want to swap for your black one :P /too bad not in Vic!

Ive heard rumours that the gtr bootlid doesnt sit flush on GTST? Can you confirm. How is the fitment?

fits fine on the left side and flush on hte rear edge. can't comment on the right side for obvoius reasons.

Your commitment is unbelievable but why a gtst?. With all due respect wouldn't a rough 32r as a base have been more worth the sweat and cussing that a project like this involves? A rough 32r starter like this would have been fairly well priced? Please don't take the wrong way I just don't see the logic. Regardless thumbs up for a thorough build.

no offence taken :) I am doing this car simply because I didnt want a GTR. but if you look at it from a money POV I'm not out to make a profit on this car. I have had plenty of customers cars over the years that have spent $15-20K on the engine alone. I haven't. build for this car will probably be $15-19k overall. most of the 32's I see have been bent in some way and that includes the GTRs. a decent GTR roller still goes for silly money and I still have the rust issue to deal with in rear of the car. one of the toowoomba guys bought a runner for $25k + and still had to fix the rear of the car. in my case I will know that there is no rust in the car at all.

I build cars because I enjoy it basically :)

one of the toowoomba guys bought a runner for $25k + and still had to fix the rear of the car. in my case I will know that there is no rust in the car at all.

I build cars because I enjoy it basically :)

Is that my GTR your talking about by any chance Chris?nyaanyaa.gif

Oh I got a set of quater glass trims off Nissan at the end of last week. Got mine for $135 a side but that was my bosses buying price seeing as he buys well over 30k worth of parts off them each year

price for qtr glass - I show it as a full assembly so glass/rubber trim and 8mm bolt. are we talking the same piece?

Don't think so. I am talking about the inner trims around the quarter glass that peels

nah already got those. roughly the same price locally in brissy. I am like your boss . I spend a fair bit with metro at windsor. I thought you were talking about the glass. those are $600 or so each..

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new boot panel sitting in place - easier to store it on the car that way it does not get bent.

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putting it back in also allows me to store the tail lights again.

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another shot . looks ok from the back with the GTR stuff in place.

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new roof panel. this has been test fitted already. fits perfectly where I cut the other one off. I'll keep it stored in the box as it was NOT cheap.

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roof part number - sunroof version

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front bumper. GTR version. I had this stored for a while. decided to take a shot of it whilst I was taking other photos. it also stays in the box.

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part number for those playing at home.

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rust removal - phosphate converter used here to reseal the area. it still needs a cleanup

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this is part of a repair job on the drivers side. a fair bit of this area has crap in it. all the sanded area has been rust treated and resealed. the lower sill area I cleaned out so I could find the seams. (this will make sense later when I remove the sills.)

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rust removal - phosphate converter used here to reseal the area. it still needs a cleanup and a 2nd/3rd hit.

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test fit of the roof. perfect. I need to trim a bit more away on the corners. when I cut the old one off I left 10 mm of error there. the original factory seams line up perfectly. that means the roof will drop into place one the trim is done on the body.

there are a couple of areas on the left side drip rail that I was too enthusiastic with and they will need to be re molded into place. the roof panel was lightly bent onthe right rear corner and left front corner. I would call it shipping damage myself. given it was a ex japan piece I'm not overly worried.

a BIG thanks to DUH19 for letting me take 'useless' photos of his car. (white GTR)

I was having issues with the rear inner fuel tank bracket location and the actual bracket shape (FAST listed two different ones.) but it turns out that the bracket IS the same as the one I have here and it simply slides to the left one hole. his car helped me work that out :)

about to do a compression test on the engine - hopefully 150PSI + across all 6.

No problem champion - thanks for fixing the light issue!

ok just found (via a contra deal) GTR fuel tank with straps,GTR BOV setup, turbo inlet/return piping , rear wiper motor with decent threads (mine works but I trashed the threads getting it off.) and a host of other bits and pieces. now to remove it all off this wreck.

pete,

working on it..

did a bit of quick fiddling before I left the shop tonight: the BOV setup all lines up. no holes in a few spots BUT the punch marks are there in the new panels and its a case if drilling them out.

I will spend tomorrow (after I get a car done/out of the shop) pulling all of the wreck apart and looking over things. the subframes are still there and the front one is straight. not sure if thats up for grabs or not.

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