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Hey everyone,

Long time owner here, have owned my R32 Gtst for almost 20 years now. Was a daily for a long time, then garaged, then on club plates, then garaged again.

After a family trip to Japan last year and an arvo cruise in an R34 Gtr with the kids in the back, I had this penny drop moment where i realised that now my kids are a little older its now more feasible to take the Skyline on family drives, so I'm now starting to plan what I need / want to do to get the car to that point.

Have never spent a huge amount of time in forums so not sure if this is the best place to engage, or if social media like FB is preferable, happy to be guided by you all.

If anyone has any recommendations for a great garage in the south-east of Melborune, I think that might be my first stop.

Looking forward to the next part of the journey :)

Cheers

TBK

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27 minutes ago, TheBushKangaroo said:

Have never spent a huge amount of time in forums so not sure if this is the best place to engage, or if social media like FB is preferable, happy to be guided by you all.

There is likely more action on FB groups (I wouldn't know, because I wouldn't go near a Meta business if I was on fire and they were the only way to put it out), but from what I gather it is mostly flogs. The real old knowledge is here. Many hundreds of thousands of posts covering almost everything you will want to know, and if you can't find what you're looking for or if the query is too current to be covered by historic posts, then just ask.

Can't help you with Melbs workshops, but someone will be along to give some advice.

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1 minute ago, GTSBoy said:

There is likely more action on FB groups (I wouldn't know, because I wouldn't go near a Meta business if I was on fire and they were the only way to put it out), but from what I gather it is mostly flogs. The real old knowledge is here. Many hundreds of thousands of posts covering almost everything you will want to know, and if you can't find what you're looking for or if the query is too current to be covered by historic posts, then just ask.

Can't help you with Melbs workshops, but someone will be along to give some advice.

Thanks mate, appreciate the response and tend to agree! Be much happier just hanging out here with you all at this stage :)

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38 minutes ago, Ozdavroz said:

Welcome TBK, nice R32 you got there mate

My kids are now reaching the age/size where they can go without child restraints, so hoping I can also get them along for a few cruises once my Gtst is back on the road

Thanks mate, haha that's it ey, no more boosters and what not, should make for a good time :)

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9 hours ago, Milkmun said:

Welcome mate.

What type of work were you looking at getting done? Majorly of decent skyline workshops are in the SE.

Not too sure just yet, want to have a go at doing what I can myself, but to start with want someone to cast their eye over it tell me what needs doing to get it running and back on the road, so anyone with great overall knowledge would be ideal.

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On 28/05/2025 at 7:57 AM, TheBushKangaroo said:

Not too sure just yet, want to have a go at doing what I can myself, but to start with want someone to cast their eye over it tell me what needs doing to get it running and back on the road, so anyone with great overall knowledge would be ideal.

Have a chat with Ben at Moore Performance or Jesse at JS Performance.

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Welcome. 

Here's what I have noticed about forum vs FB.....

FB; seems to be wallet racing, and the same few questions asked over and over. There *may* be some groups that are closer knit, but most have changed for the worse.

SAU; unfortunately, no longer in its glory days. But....genuine people with similar interests. Not all about how much you spent and saying you dont have enough power. Sooooooo much knowledge available. Have personally seen people post up about literally topics I made myself, asking on FB like no one has done it before. Most has been done, and most of that is here.

 

If you ever feel like just general chatting theres the wasteland. 

Other interests are also generally covered in other areas of the forum.

Hope you enjoy hanging around. We would love to have you.

 

P.s. nice 32 😀 

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The problem with FB/Insta/Reddit etc comments relating to cars is simple.

You get to ask a question once, and get one round of replies.
For things that can actually be answered in a few lines of text, once, it's fine.

After 6 hours, your original question is lost to the void. There are no follow ups, additional questions, anything.

No project car is ever such a simple list of questions to ask. You need discussion.

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