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hey dudes, i am a bit of a lurker around here, so i thought i better put up my own car. i apologise in advance for some of the photo's. some are good. some not so much.

i am coming up on 2 years off ownership next month. when i first got it :

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i just fiddle for the first months and loved the shit out of driving it

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then i did a drift day :

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loved it. car was awesome and i didnt break anything.

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then i put a roll cage and bride in. and did another drift day

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by this point, i'd put 14/12kg springs and lowered it and all that jazzz, i had a fun day but the car sorta lost that feel that it had. oh yeah i also did this

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spun on the entry, and as you can see went backwards in the wall. its kinda hard to explain the damage, but basically the wheel caught on the wall snapping the lca and doing a number on the front corner.

fast forward a long long long 12 months and it got a new turbo and 25 box and some other basics

521976_10200547355740049_43734131_n.jpgjust in time for the same day/track as i had the bingle the year before.

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had the best time, wasnt without issue though, broke a drive shaft on the drive to the start line in the morning missing the whole morning session waiting for a mate to bring out a replacement. but after that it was on

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i dont have any photos of the this, but basically the night before i decided i want to have a crack! changed nothing at all, so still not front sway bar and mismatched 2ndhandies on the back. i had a fair bit of fun and ended up with a 67 flat around there. we didnt get a whole lot of laps which was a bit shit in the end.

around this time i changed the vskf's for a all time favourite wheel of mine

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advan oni's! this turned out to be a love hate this but i rate muchly! at the same time this got new coilovers, drop knuckles and a proper tune resulting in 243rwkw!!! fun fun fun.

some where around here i test fitted my dmax kit

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annnddddddd painted it sparkly pink!

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which brings us to the specs list i guess

ENGINE:

RB20

TD06 l2 20g

stainless manifold

tial 44mm mvs

3' straight thru exhaust

GTR injectors

Z32 afm

GTR intercooler

random bitsa intercooler pipes

relocated fuse box

semi rewired

Suspension

front

GP sport G master 8kg

20mm longer lca

tein tie rods

tein tie rod ends

pbm rack spacers

s14 rack

eccentric solid rack bushes

GKTECH knuckles

PBM castor arms

r32 5 stud and brakes

rear

Gp sport G master 6 kg

cazman toe arms

china camber arms

PBM knuckles

GTR sway bar

Nismo 2 way

Driveline

exedy clutch

rb25 box

Interior

Bride zeta 3

keys racing wheel

ASD hydro

6 point cage

stripped sound deadening

sparco harness

Exterior

Club s lip

vanquish roof lip

dmax boot lip

4" twin pipes

wheels

work VSKF

17x9 +18

17x9.5 0

18x9.5 + 19

VS-SD

17x9 +22

Advan oni

16x8 - 1

17x9 +25

Volk GTC

17x9 - 6

Nismo LMGT2

17x9 +23

this brings us to the end of a long winded post i guess. right now the car is all good to go bar a small few things and i am just waiting on my hand to heal (work accident) so i can drive.

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