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Went over to Japan in January for a belated honeymoon, which we planned around dates for Tokyo Auto Salon. Here's a selection of GT-R related highlights

Wise Square demo car for their replacement headlight lenses. They were very excited to see pictures of their lenses on my car!

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My car on the customer photo wall at Up Garage (top row)

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On 4/7/2019 at 8:34 PM, JGTC said:

Sry just found the post saying rhdjapan, all good, awesome pics, been a dream of mine to get out there for TAS.

Yep, RHDJapan https://www.rhdjapan.com/behrman-headlight-repair-lens-kit-r34.html

Highly recommended, such an improvement to the look of the car ?

February - Stripped down the intake side for a little bit of a tidy up. Removed some hoses/vacuum lines that were no longer being used, repainted the intake manifold, and cleaned up the tired looking wiring at the front of the engine. Put it back together with some HKS metal gaskets

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On ‎4‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 1:36 PM, jimnastic said:

February - Stripped down the intake side for a little bit of a tidy up. Removed some hoses/vacuum lines that were no longer being used, repainted the intake manifold, and cleaned up the tired looking wiring at the front of the engine. Put it back together with some HKS metal gaskets

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Looking good mate. Keep the updates coming :-)

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I wasted no time tearing into the Evo. Removed the terribly installed aftermarket alarm and the Mitsubishi Diamond Track system. Installed a new immobiliser, a set of Defi BF gauges, Sony XAV-AX5000 stereo, all neatly integrated into the factory wiring harness (this is a not so neat work in progress photo). Also replaced the worn out gear knob for a Tomei duracon knob

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And a couple of small updates for the GTR

A pair of definitely not genuine Tein bonnet struts, but they were $70 and they do the job perfectly well. Only required a tiny bit of modification as they are made to fit an R34

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Also got a HKS Racing Chamber kit, which seems to have completely fixed my turbo shuffle issues

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I recently got a powder coating gun so I've been playing around with that. Pretty happy with the results, and much more durable that normal paint. So far I've done the wiper arms, radiator brackets, and the new HKS intake

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On 6/12/2019 at 9:38 PM, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

that's awesome!

You need on a cashie and powder coating stuff for my shit box R33?

Sure, if parts for your shit box find their way into my garage ?

 

On 6/13/2019 at 8:31 PM, jmknights93 said:

Is that the HKS twin turbo pipe?

The Y piece and straight pipe on top are HKS, rear is the standard turbo outlet

Intake side stripped down again to replace the stock oil/water heat exchanger with a Ross oil distribution block and Greddy oil filter relocation, all hooked up with black AN hose and fittings. Also powder coated the collector while it was out, and fitted a new engine cover badge

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And some new shoes for the Evo - Enkei PF05 18x9.5

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23 hours ago, jimnastic said:

Sure, if parts for your shit box find their way into my garage ?

 

Mad, will PM when the time comes.

Was being a mad tight arse and sprayed everything in high temp engine enamel just the other week because you didn't reply in time :( lol

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