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Hey guys, bought the mrs a new car after selling her 'Holden Astra Lemon'. Its a Black 1992 R32 Gtst Manual and its in terrible condition. pinch.gif

We bought it with around 170,000km on the clock. It has rediculars sun damage on the exterior and interior, but we only paid $4k for it rolleyes.gif

I'll be posting pics soon as i have already started the project and bought some parts.

BTW this is my first real build as i haven't done much to my R34, or worked on RB20's before, so ill be needing plenty of help with different things along the way, I look forward to your comments!

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UPDATE!!!!!

So a bit more info on the car;

Mods - GReddy Side Mount Intercooler

HKS Twin Power Ignition

GTR Wheels (Correct me if i'm wrong)

Cat Back NUR Spec exhaust

Custom dump pipe and bashed out cat

Bosch 044 Fuel Pump and surge tank in boot

Its running approx 13psi (actuator rod wound up)

Intended Mods - Widebody

Fresh lick of paint

Rota GTRd 18x10or12 - anyone know what would be better for 50mm wider? 10's are +12 offset and 12's are +20

That's all for now...

OK guys so here is a few pics of the car after we picked it up and starting to give it a clean out!

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So there you go! thumbsup.gif

After a bit of a look around for some spare parts we found an ad in the classified section that suited our needs perfectly as the seller was in townsville and had pretty much everything that we needed for the interior laugh.gif

THANKS sLyLinE.32!!!!

Here are some pics of the parts we picked up

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We also grabbed a new centre console because the original lid had shattered underneath the leather, and we got new air vents for the dash! very cheap too!

And finally some small progress on what we have done to the car so far...

BOV INSTALL!!!! banana.gif

Thanks to Simon-S14 for the heads up on how to block the oem bov! thumbsup.gif

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Yes i know the White King lid is dodgy as hell, already got a proper blanking plug on the way courtesy of STIG MICK! Thanks mate! cheers.gif

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So let us know what you all think so far!

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Looks like a good starting point mate, a bloke came into my work once about 4 months ago, he had a 32 in way way way worse condition then this, almost all the clear was worn off, interior was destroyed all he really had was a drivers seat and a steering wheel. althought he had a big 26/30 under the bonnet, man it was good fun going for a test drive :). All the best, watching with interest

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@lucaas

well im glad its not in any worse condition that it is now haha

*Small update*

Ordered a widebody yesterday, so that should get here some time next week from SA. yes.gif

Will post up 'unboxing pics' when it gets here biggrin.gif

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***UPDATE***

Hey guys so i took some pics of the other parts for the interior that we got

New cluster surround (old buttons were fried)

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And new dash vents (old vents were badly perished)

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And here is a pic of the boot set up whistling.gif................................ i know..... it doesn't need it haha

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And thanks again to stig mick for throwing me a bov plumb back blanking plug (or whatever the hell its called) Say goodbye to the good old White King lid :P

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Hey guys thanks for the replies, I'm in Melbourne at the moment so not too much is getting done as we speak, as for a small update though, the widebody has turned up and I will post pics as soon as I get back but that won't be for another 4 weeks yet.

@Robbo

Hey bro definitely up for something when u get back mate, if u want to come down to Sydney lol I'm posting out at the end of the year. Anyhow if u ever need a place to stay in Sydney I'll be like 20 mins from eastern creek :P

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