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Hi guys

New to this forum.

Bought a 1996 R33 GT-R last year in pieces as a project for my father and I to get stuck into.

Its been a long few months gathering parts for the motor etc whilst fiddling with my other car. All the funds were getting put in to the other car. Now its time to sort out the Skyline :D

The R33 GTR has always been the JDM car Ive wanted, sadly they were out of my price range at the time of finding a clean one and then the rx7 came along.

Fast forward nearly 2 years and I saw an unfinished R33 project for sale. Phoned the guy and turns out it is a mate of mine from Primary School's car. In other words got a serious family discount.

Interior has recently been re-done in leather with white stitching
Car has been resprayed Pearl White
Brand new Top Secret bodykit

Also got the following with the car:

1x stock bonnet
1x brand new carbon vented bonnet
a set of brand new Wedssport 19's with brand new falken 255/40/19 tyres
1x stock bumper
1x Top Secret Bumper
1x Half cage
Brand new Tein Coilovers

Bit of a bargain I think 8)

When collecting the car

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Car was kept at Sportech

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Home safe and sound

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Then placed an order at Nengun in japan for some parts

Tomei oversized Oil Pump
Tomei oil Gallery orifice
Tomei head gasket
Splitfire coilpacks

Got the Pistons locally
GTR rear badge bought from Nissan japan

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Sold the Rota wheels to another guy Sean with a Silver R33 GT-R now as I have found another set of wheels which are the correct offset for the GTR wide fenders

need to take the rear bumper off as well as the rear spats as everything on this car is moulded on. Ive taken one of the side skirts off must take the other off as Im swapping them for stock skirts

Pic of the rear

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Side after a wash yesterday

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I want the stock look on the car in a nice candy white with clear and some nice wheels nice and low

garage of JDM goodness

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Still need to buy a boat load of stuff for the car

Standalone ECU
ATI crank pulley
Fit xenon projectors in Headlights
Nismo Clear flickers for bumper
Turbo
Wastegate
Fuel system
Tomei oil baffle plate - sourced one locally

Id like some aftermarket cams too.

This is how I want my GTR to look when done minus black wheels

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Got stock rear lights and the LED ones

Want to spray the wheels bronze or maybe this midnight purple

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Or this colour

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Not too sure yet will see when the car is nearly done

Today was a good day

I bought a smashed midnight purple R33 gtr for spares today

I needed window rubbers, and safety betls and other odds and ends so made sense to buy the smashed car use the spares I need and sell the rest.

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Came without motor, box, fenders, brakes, bonnet and clocks but still got alot of stuff with the car

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Also got myself these with the deal today

Some TE37 reps 10j rear and 9j front

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Cant wait to start working on the car and getting it done

Thats how they came hey

But will look for a square set to run with ET15 in future

There are many claims that staggered wheels can cause issues for ATTESA. I'm not convinced having run staggered on a GTR and a Stagea before but there will be a lot of others who might have had issues. Up to you if its worth the risk.

There are many claims that staggered wheels can cause issues for ATTESA. I'm not convinced having run staggered on a GTR and a Stagea before but there will be a lot of others who might have had issues. Up to you if its worth the risk.

Well still gonna be a while before car is mobile so will prob get a square set for the car. Need to strip whole car respray it and then assemble everything again. Going to be dropping both subframes and cleaning everything up

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Hi guys

Buys building a rotisserie to put the car on to inspect under the car and fix up the sills on the car. Will be removing subframes and doors. Need new windscreen rubbers front and back too.

Getting my ATI damper soon as well as the ARP bolts then the motor will go in for clearances and assembling.

Got a friend building me a nice holset turbo as well. Might sell my rx7 which will free up funds to finish off this car quickly

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Hi guys

 

been a while. Sold the narrow and wide gold wheels. Bought a set of OEM R34 gtr wheels with brand new Michelin rubber. Not much work done on the car of late.

We stripped the subframes out the car and then sent it in for sandblasting. Rear subframe looked a bit tired so will be swapping in the vspec rear end from the smashed R33 I bought a while back. Rotisserie is nearly done then we can sort out the underneath and the side sills of the car. 

Need to get some ARP bolts now and get my sump extended so I can then build the motor. I got a nice Single turbo twinscroll manifold for the car now as well. Next on the list will be a mafless ECU to purchase.

My father will be in AUS from 20 February he is flying Guns n Roses on their tour so will be there a few days and wants to check out some JDm places and and workshops.

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