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Bringing a GTT back to glory

Hey guys, this is a current work in progress

let me flood you with the details 

 

Pictured, how i bought this car 2 years ago, paints f**ked, gt wing, crystal tailights.

my reason for even looking at this car was of how early it was imported.

having a compliance date in 2002 and being a 1998 model i knew rust would be minimal, after inspection i was right, not a spec anywhere!

chassis rails unmarked aswell, factory manual turbo, 

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Those f**king tailights, (shudders)

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Since the motor was healthy besides a stuffed IACV, i fixed that and got straight to the cosmetics.

new oem lights sorted,

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Some Miesters 18x9 +30 and 18x10 +30

i had ready for the car and an east bear front lip i scored from a wrecker who was unaware what it was!

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At least now it was starting to look less like it was ready to go the tip.

From what i could tell, the car was never polished or cleaned, after days on days of Clay bar, buffing and waxing 

majority of the car came up great

- Mirrors had to be painted

- drivers rear skirt has to be painted

- front and rear bumper needed resprays 

- boot lid had been warped from the gt wing

- driver door has a big bend from being opened against a pole

 

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All pic's after paint repairs and detailing

from here i moved onto some interior bits 

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led light conversion to white, also have done air con controls to match, and im assuming the original cabin filter. has been replaced straight away 

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old butchered wiring, then my fitted pioneer double din, From here i moved onto my custom flush gauge install

 

factory gauges, with then without factory cover, then seperated

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then the aftermarket Shadow gauges, Split the lense and bezels

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the aftermarket gauges basically pressure fit in to the factory housing, i really dig the look without the bezel

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After the gauges were mounted, i tapped into power, acc and earth from the original harness, ordered a brand new clear face from nissan

and here you have the finished result! Also, had the gauge surround, air con and vent painted satin black. very easy to keep clean!

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Back to the outside, trying to find a body kit that doesn't look cheap or ruin the car was quite hard, eventually i decided on the east bear rear bumper

all i can say is east bear is worth the money, 100% perfect fit, no modding needed and very strong fibreglass, so happy with the purchase

This is factory

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East bear fitted without pods, also note late model nissan badge!

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with rear pods

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thats all for my first post, more updates very soon :)

 

 

 

 

 

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11 hours ago, stump_69 said:

factory gauges, with then without factory cover, then seperated

20151127_171404.jpg20151127_171415.jpg

20151127_171441.jpg

then the aftermarket Shadow gauges, Split the lense and bezels

20151127_171505.jpg20151127_171515.jpg20151127_171532.jpg

the aftermarket gauges basically pressure fit in to the factory housing, i really dig the look without the bezel

20151127_171627.jpg20151127_171643.jpg20151127_173356.jpg

After the gauges were mounted, i tapped into power, acc and earth from the original harness, ordered a brand new clear face from nissan

and here you have the finished result! Also, had the gauge surround, air con and vent painted satin black. very easy to keep clean!

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I actually really like what you've done here. Such a nice stealthy factory look.

Looking forward for more updates. Certainly looks like you have a nice 34 in your hands.

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On 1/27/2017 at 6:51 AM, Brett Musolino said:

I'm currently in the process of changing my gauges, looks like I'll have to do all three at once

Definitely would do all three together!

12 hours ago, GH05T said:

good work.

how did the paint hold to the plastic. that r34 soft plastic shit is a nightmare once it starts to go bad.

sacrifice some rags and use thinners, comes off very easily.

then primed and painted off the gun, so easy to take care off now

8 hours ago, Jordy32 said:

Looks great, did you get the rear bumper from japan?

 Yeah all the east bear products i have, besides the front lip have been from Rhd japan

not cheap, takes ages to get here. but absolutely perfect fit and finish

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Next up!

More GTR influence, got a factory foglight from nissan, wired into tidy hidden switch


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Wired up some Leds to work like gtr valet lights

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Some color coded v spec extensions, screwed straight to factory skirts

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A gtr rep wing was next, i sourced a factory blade, but im still not happy with the finish

will be getting a genuine one in the future

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All painted!

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Cosmetics coming along nicely :)

still more to come!

And some nice interior finishers

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Gtr Gauge Bezel, was annoyed i couldnt make a gtr cluster work :(

Brand new center trims, leather boot and cig lighter from jesse streeter, hes the way to go for new nissan items!

And a brand new oem gear knob

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More to come!

 

Edited by stump_69
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Next up!
More GTR influence, got a factory foglight from nissan, wired into tidy hidden switch

20160309_190802 - Copy.jpg
20160304_174900 - Copy.jpg
Wired up some Leds to work like gtr valet lights
20160604_223634 - Copy.jpg
Some color coded v spec extensions, screwed straight to factory skirts
20160311_190824 - Copy.jpg
A gtr rep wing was next, i sourced a factory blade, but im still not happy with the finish
will be getting a genuine one in the future
20160401_154609 - Copy.jpg
20160401_160808 - Copy.jpg
All painted!
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20160501_164232 - Copy.jpg
Cosmetics coming along nicely [emoji4]
still more to come!
And some nice interior finishers
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Gtr Gauge Bezel, was annoyed i couldnt make a gtr cluster work [emoji20]
Brand new center trims, leather boot and cig lighter from jesse streeter, hes the way to go for new nissan items!
And a brand new oem gear knob
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More to come!
 

Hey mate awsome car looking really really nice good on ya. Keep the updates comming.
47 minutes ago, Brett Musolino said:

Loving this thread! The lip you put on your stock front bar, is it just from eBay? And was there much adjusting to do to make it fit?

Its from rhd japan

Its a east bear front lip

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