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Hi all.
Recently acquired an 89 R32 GTS coupe ( RB20DE, auto ) and decided to sign up to the forum after finding a wealth of good info that has helped me with the few issues I've had to resolve.
I purchased the car mid october and while mechanically sound and reliable, the burgandy paintwork was atrocious and needed to be addressed.
I spent a week preparing the car for a respray and awaiting the ideal weather conditons to apply the paint.
Once content with my preparation ( far from perfect ) and with a warm dry day I tarped up the carport and laid on a black acrylic base-coat, followed by several clear-coats infused with a violet-metallic flake powder, at 5 grams per litre of thinner-diluted clear.
The results aren't immaculate, but I'm pretty happy with them. I still have plenty of polishing to do, and re-coated the bonnet earlier today as I just couldn't get it right the first time.

R32 GTS

The car is pretty much standard except for a pod filter ( exposed ) some interior trim, sports wheel & pedals, and the stereo.
I bought it with 224,000km on the clock but it runs fine and feels strong.

The only two issues I've encountered so far were replacing the passenger seatbelt ( from an S13 ) as the original jammed repeatedly, and replacing the power-window assembly in the drivers door.

Looking forward to contributing to the community.

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