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Ahk, previous owner did the conversion on my car and I got pinged at the pits for the crossmember not bolting up to all 4 holes. It sounds pretty picky but I'd like to fix it anyway regardless of the defect. Just learning now about all the RB crossmembers (A, B and C) and S13 crossmembers as well (also A, B and C).

I have done some research and looks like most people say an SR20 manual crossmember (labeled 'C') fits.

I think when my conversion was done the auto crossmember was used and had flat bar welded to it so all 4 bolts were used

Pretty much what I did for the 25 box conversion but the other way. Used 5mm flatbar to extend the RB20 manual Xmember to pick up all 4 bolts holes (25 box mounts are further back)

Yeah fabricating something to fit is the best bet but I can't weld and don't have any time to take it anywhere haha. I think I'm going to get an S13 one this afternoon and see if it fits.

I haven't quite got my head around it all... I'm not sure if there's A, B and C mounts for EACH car (Skyline and Silvia) or just those 3 mounts that universally are used on both chassis.

Here's a pic (all are facing the same way), seems like I need the top mount.

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Sorry to hijack the 32 thread with completely confusing and boring content.

I have the middle one but it sits too far forward. The bottom one is a custom one.

I will go out on a limb and say you have an R32 GTSt MANUAL Xmember.. I had to extend my holes with flatbar because the mounts on the 25t box are 50mm further back than the 20t box.

If it *looked* strong enough I don't see why not..

75PFC with 5mm flatbar extensions for the holes a gusset on each leg and decent welding (read: not dodgy looking) should be fine if you wanted to make one from scratch.

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