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Hey guys i have had my stagea for nearly a year now and im well and truely over it being auto, should i just buy a manual one or convert?

I would have to pay someone lobour because i am bad with cars so this would be a big factor but i would have yo sell my car to be able to buy a manual one.

What would be a rough price i would have to pay for parts and labour for the conversion or does anyone wanna swap cars lol.

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Budget on 1200-1500 fir parts, gearbox, clutch, flywheel, pedal box, console,etc. Plus 500-1000 to fit it all up

Your car is series 2 so I don't know how the ecu would react??

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Budget on 1200-1500 fir parts, gearbox, clutch, flywheel, pedal box, console,etc. Plus 500-1000 to fit it all up

Your car is series 2 so I don't know how the ecu would react??

I'd say a bit more than that for parts, gearbox can be anywhere from $400-$800 depending on if its R32 or R33GTR (assuming you have an awd stagea). A good clutch is going to be at least $500, most likely more. Then you get to your interior parts, factory manual stagea bits are pretty rare and as such as are expensive, it's hard to put a price on it because over the years I have seen manual consoles go for a variety of different prices, but the cheapest I have personally seen for just the manual centre console parts, with no other interior bits, is ~$600. And there are so many little costs that you dont think of initially, things like flywheel bolts, gearbox oil, etc, it all adds up

All in all, I would budget a minimum of $3000 including labour, but would expect it to cost more than that. Thats going off my personal experience, after spending almost a year collecting parts and finally getting the conversion done a few months ago

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currently doing an auto to manual conversion on a gts4 for a guy at work

32 gtr gear box 500

gay as extreme clutch 300

flywheel 300

pedals and crap 300

my labour to fit to car 500-1000 depending on time

extras, oil, bolts, clips,etc. 100??

the more you can do yourself, better off in the end

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