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Hey all.

I'm 23 and from Germany, September last year I bought a mildly modded 1995 GTR Vspec.
Looks great and was fun so far, but I already have a list of issues of various severity that I need to take care of, potentially growing longer the closer I look.

I just hope I'm not in over my head, I really want to keep the car and work towards it becoming great. I hope y'all will help me out in getting there, I am positive I will need help sooner rather than later to figure out how to proceed.

greetings, some pics of the car I posted to imgur.
https://imgur.com/a/StKkabz

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GTSBoy Grand Master

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Welcome Jan,

It's very likely that you are in over your head. You'll just have to learn to swim hard and fast! These old rust buckets have more ways to bankrupt us than almost any other car. But hopefully there's nothing wrong that ruins the whole show!

We can help a fair bit. There's plenty here who've been fixing these things for >25 years.

cheers

sunsetR33 Enthusiast

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Yeah rust is sadly also a bit of an issue on my car. Doubt there is many cars out there that actually have no rust in those aeas. The strut towers look fine but some of the surounding metal sheets show a bit of brown cancer peeking out from in between. I hope I can make do with external remedies and won't have to rip open the whole front end anytime soon. It looks somewhat minor compared to some shit I have seen online.

I have worked on a few cars but I expect the RB26 to be my first 'engine out' job at some point.

Murray_Calavera Mentor

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3 minutes ago, sunsetR33 said:

Yeah rust is sadly also a bit of an issue on my car

Yeah it's a thing unfortunately, almost every Skyline has some rust somewhere.  

1 hour ago, sunsetR33 said:

I just hope I'm not in over my head

Do you have another car? If the GTR isn't your only car I'd say relax, it's going to be fine. Don't let the car bankrupt you, just take it slow. Learn as you go and only spend what you can afford to.

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5 minutes ago, Murray_Calavera said:

Do you have another car? If the GTR isn't your only car I'd say relax, it's going to be fine. Don't let the car bankrupt you, just take it slow. Learn as you go and only spend what you can afford to.

God no. I would have never bought that car if it was going to be my only one and daily driver. I don't intend to go bankrupt but I don't really want to give up on it even if it ends up eating more money than expected.

The Bogan Grand Master

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Research research research, and tackle the important things first, like the rust, because as a wise old hippie and some crazy horses once said "rust never sleeps"

Nothing good comes easy and fast, and nothing that comes easy and fast is typically good

sunsetR33 Enthusiast

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10 hours ago, PranK said:

I'm always a glass half full kinda guy. This will be a great project and the finished product will be awesome.

yeah I try to be positive. Time will tell what becomes of it. Realistically my only other choice than to just deal with all the issues is to walk away and just sell it agai, at a loss.
 

 

5 hours ago, The Bogan said:

Research research research, and tackle the important things first, like the rust, because as a wise old hippie and some crazy horses once said "rust never sleeps"

Nothing good comes easy and fast, and nothing that comes easy and fast is typically good

I know a fair bit about these cars and knew before buying. I will try to deal with the rusty spots without tearing apart the metalwork for now. Sooner or later I probably will have to bite the bullet and do (or ge done) the arguably worst job an a 33/34 Skyline.

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Just now, sunsetR33 said:

yeah I try to be positive. Time will tell what becomes of it. Realistically my only other choice than to just deal with all the issues is to walk away and just sell it agai, at a loss.
 

 

I know a fair bit about these cars and knew before buying. I will try to deal with the rusty spots without tearing apart the metalwork for now. Sooner or later I probably will have to bite the bullet and do (or ge done) the arguably worst job an a 33/34 Skyline.

The rusty strut top area???

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Just now, The Bogan said:

The rusty strut top area???

yeah I have brown peeking out from in between some metal sheets close to the hood hinges. Strut towers look fine, even around the edges.
some images
https://imgur.com/a/brGt3Tu
the one that looks the worst is the panel(s) going away right near the firewall on the passenger side, from underneath. Driver side does not look that bad.

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luke gtr Grand Master

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Welcome.

That colour looks amazing on your car!

Focus on registration fails and safety items first.

Then, some of the nicer to haves.

I have(previously) used my GTR as a daily(with a dog box at one point) and it wasnt that big an issue at the time.

Keep us updated, as i would love to see progress.

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14 hours ago, luke gtr said:

Welcome.

That colour looks amazing on your car!

Focus on registration fails and safety items first.

Then, some of the nicer to haves.

I have(previously) used my GTR as a daily(with a dog box at one point) and it wasnt that big an issue at the time.

Keep us updated, as i would love to see progress.

Hey, yeah I really like the color. Only paint I'd rather have is KN6, but those are expensive.

Right now I'm trying to get the car to the point where I can get it tuned to 370hp so the whole setup can be driven legally, and pass the next inspection that is already due anyway.

Beyond that lots of rust fixing I'm afraid, winter project is most likely going to be a front end teardown and fixing the strut tower rust.

I know these can be driven daily but I don't think I will do so anytime soon. Will post a build thread soon with a list of issues and futute plans.

 

Cheers

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On 26/03/2025 at 7:34 AM, sunsetR33 said:

Hey all.

I'm 23 and from Germany, September last year I bought a mildly modded 1995 GTR Vspec.
Looks great and was fun so far, but I already have a list of issues of various severity that I need to take care of, potentially growing longer the closer I look.

I just hope I'm not in over my head, I really want to keep the car and work towards it becoming great. I hope y'all will help me out in getting there, I am positive I will need help sooner rather than later to figure out how to proceed.

greetings, some pics of the car I posted to imgur.
https://imgur.com/a/StKkabz

Nice car fren!! Love the colour. 

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