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kompiler Newbie

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Hi everyone.

I'm new to the whole Skyline scene so please bare with me and excuse any *silly* questions.

Firstly congradulations on an excellent day last sunday. The turnout of vehicles was amazing and I applaud the organisers on how civilised and professionally handled the day was.

Well after much reading and browsing of this forum of late, I have a couple of questions that I was hoping to have answered by people who have either been in similar situations or have related experiance.

1. I'm interested in getting an R34 GT-T. I've been looking at all the import sites and the prices vary greatly. What would you expect a ballpark figure to be for one of these rated 4.5? Are these prices delivered to the end-user or just to get them into the country? ie By the time you do everything that has to be done at the end of the day, whats the total amount likely to be (rough estimates)

2. I currently drive a VX clubsport (255kw) and was wondering how the two compare on the road? On paper they look very similar but the driving experiance can be entirely different! (This is not intended to be a flaming question)

3. Is it possible to get an R34 GTR bodykit for a GT-T? They look very similar but theres just something about the looks of the GTR :D

Thanks everyone :D

HKSgtst Proficient

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1. R34 GTTs are around $30-45 depending on mileage, mods, condition, etc

2. hmm .. how can you compare a skyline with a VX ? skylines handle way better :D

3. the bonnet of the GTT and the GTR are different, if you look at where the bonnet ends

at the lights, you can clearly see the difference, the rear bar is different too .. :D

hope you'd join the skyline club. GTTs are nice. cheers !

nmcmahon83 Proficient

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1. Couldnt tell you, but i'd expect to pay up around the mid $30k-$40k for a nice R34 GT-T (although I could be way off as I'm not rich enough to buy one yet)

2. I would suggest the Skyline is a very different car to drive, being a turbo (more viscious power as u'd probably be aware) and somewhat 200-300kg lighter than a VX commmie (perhaps more!!).

3. It is possible to get the front bar, skirts, rear bar, spoiler etc... but it is more difficult to get the wider guards that the GT-R has. (Not 100% bout R34, but R33 and R32 definately have the wider guards, hence why there is something bout their looks compared to the GT(s)-T.

Hope this helps to some degree.

calvintys Experienced

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Being a previous owner of a beautifull GTT, the only advice i woukd say is, GTR is far way better as i as you can see alot of R34 GTT owner change to an R33 GTR or any GTR if we can afford it. Please try to drive both car, see the driving felling before you get urself a car.

NuGGeT Proficient

NuGGeT

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you'll find it very differnt driving the skyline to the vx. both are decent to drive however the skyline is a smaller car, handels better, faster, and depends on the person looks better.

however it doesn't have cruise control and the fancy trip computers ect.

i have driven my mates vt commodore a fair bit. and its a nice car to drive, just to big for me and i feel more comfortable driving my r33. also i find the commodore has more blind spots and not as easy to feel wats going on.

but end of the day its up to each person

paulr33 Grand Master

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1. same as what everyone else said really

2. take a vx clubby sideways, then get in an r33 and do the same, compare the difference. the skyline will come out on top. japs have the camber and handling tuned perfectly.

3. by the time you buy the guards, bonnet, front bar, rear bar its probably not worth it. youd be better off just buying a gtr, less screwing around. the main problem is the flaring of the guards. if you can do that cheap then rest isnt too bad i guess?

Snowman Grand Master

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Just on part 3 - have a look around at some of the body kits that are available for the R34 GT-T. Some are fanstastic and yet still look like a GT-T rather than trying to look like something that it isn't.

But as calvintys said - if you are thinking of buying for performance reasons make sure you drive an R33 GTR as well as an R34 GT-T as costs are very similar.

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