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R30 Front Suspension Parts And 1/4 Panels Wanted

JimR30

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JimR30

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Hey guys,

I recently crashed my R30 sedan and messed up the front right suspension pretty bad

Snapped the tension rod, and severly bent the transverse link and the stabilizer bar.

The 2 front guards are a bit buckled too

What are my options for replacement? I'm in Tas where it's going to be near impossible to find r30 parts locally, willing to pay freight

What r31/s13 parts can be fitted? I'm not looking to spend a great deal on the car just yet but if it's an easy job to do then i might look at changing the whole assembly

Cheers

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Where in Tas are you located? Im grow up Hobart area, moved to mainland about 8 years ago

Member on here 'chinna' is up Launceston way, Im pretty sure he MAY be able to help you

Can you provide pics of damage?

By far the cheapest option is to find a wreck and buy that for spare parts.

Otherwise, actual individual parts like guards are getting very hard to find.

Stock parts for replacement will be easiest and no experimenting or dodgying up required!

If you have smished up your front headlights, I will send you a set and all you pay is postage. (from Canberra 2600 to your loc.)

R31 Swaybar will fit, need to fiddle with the x-member mounts a bit and you'll be fine. There are a few dattos (liek 1600, and Stanza etc) that have very similar front end geometry, so you may be able to get a tension rod/castor bar from one of them.... bit of messing about finding it though!

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JimR30

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Thanks for the help dude, and the offer!

Headlights are fine though.

I'm in Hobart but a drive anywhere in the state isn't really an issue.

How much modification is involved with fitting S13 suspension?

It's going to be a bitch just to find another r30 in the near future

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JimR30 Apprentice

JimR30

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spewing, i got castor arms, lcas and a couiple of gaurds, swy bar braket i got sumwhere.

but im in sydney happy to post

Cheers dude. I'll take all that if i can't find it locally within a month or so!

wouldn't cost more than $50 to post in the one box would it?

a whiteline sway bar is on ebay at the moment for $250 posted. Worth it? Probably not

Factory 5 Mentor

Factory 5

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$250 for the whiteline is crap.... get a R31 item, its already a few mm biger than the stock R30 swaybar. Normally can be had from wreckers for $20 or so.

I had a big plastic tub of parts sent from Bris to Canb, cost $48, was about 19kg too.

e-go freight or something.....

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ydr030

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sweet man, i carnt c postage being more than $25.00. (not including guards)

$250 4 whitleline sway bar is a rip! i got both mine front and rear 4 that much!

they doo come with new sway bar brackets and bushs thou...

btw if u want stewart wilkins does sweeet adj castor arms if u wanna head down that route

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chinna

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hey mate i live in lonnie

i have and old front cut sitting around no panels but alll the suspension stuff u need

let me know if ur coming up we can sort some thing out. I am not asking top dollar just tell me what u wanna pay and we can go from there

cheers

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i will send you some pics as it has been sitting for a while make sure u happy with the con

price is make me an offer as its been sitting for a while and its just a spare parts car

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