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Greetings everyone! 

My name's Tom

I've been registered already for a little while but i was still waiting with introducing myself since i was still waiting on my very own BNR32.

But since not too long i can finally drive and enjoy this car to the fullest! 

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Welcome Tom!

I'm sure you'll get a lot of enjoyment, and a measure of frustration from your GTR.  There's a wealth of knowledge on this forum, and very few questions that haven't been answered.  More than a few views about making a good thing even better too!

On 10/28/2018 at 4:20 AM, KiwiRS4T said:

Gidday! Great car...do you have any problems with the law regarding the steering wheel being on the wrong side?

Actually the placement of the steering wheel is not much of an issue. All you need to do is convert your headlights for lhd-traffic. Additionally here, i needed to add a rear foglight and those fugly reflectors. (Don't worry they'll be gone soon^^)

But to get started, belgium is rather strict on carmods... that means you need to find a car that's as much as possible in stock form, just for the homologation on belgian roads. If you get lucky you can get through with a lowered car... but no guarantee. 

But i'm really stoked to be able to finally drive it. It took almost 6 months from start to finish. 

20 hours ago, Dale FZ1 said:

Welcome Tom!

I'm sure you'll get a lot of enjoyment, and a measure of frustration from your GTR.  There's a wealth of knowledge on this forum, and very few questions that haven't been answered.  More than a few views about making a good thing even better too!

Thx Dale! 

I'm really glad to finally be able to post on the forum. I've taken quite a lot of looks around on the forum, it's a real treasure trove of knowledge ?

Every day i like the car more and more. Can't wait to get my hands more dirty on it. ?

Thx mate!

Real JDM- cars are indeed quite rare, but there's definately an amount of them rolling on the road or being built.  Depends when & where. Japfest in 'zandvoort' is one of the bigger jdm-meets where they like to pop up  ofcourse ^^

 

10 hours ago, PranK said:

Welcome Tom! 

Car looks great! So cool to hear from owners on the other side of the world! 

 

Thx! Likewise for me it's great to see how much the skyline platform still is loved in australia. Such a community is something you can only wish for over here.

All the knowledge you can find here and ofcourse oem parts are exceptionally hard to come by. ?

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