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I have just recieved my '93 R33 (supposedly a Type-M) but it does not have the more aggressive looking front spoiler that I see on most skylines getting around.

Instead it has the fairly sedate looking front spoiler.

My question is, what defines a Type-M? I dont believe this car is based on the front spoiler but am I wrong?

Does the more aggressive style spoiler fit straight on? I picked one up the other day (thanks Yazid) and havent yet tried to see if it will actually fit (I am concerned about the mounting points at the bottom of the skirt as the current spoiler not lining up.

I am also still trying to find out if the paint on the rest of the car can be sorted - there appears to be some crazing of the paint on the bonnect and roof that I dont think it going to polish out :D

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M-spec R33 GTS-t...this is a good question...

As far as I know, the front bumper is called the M-Spec front bar, so the bumper is part of the package. I "think" M-Spec also got ABS Brakes (maybe the rumour was about this and not bigger brakes)

One thing I'd like to know is if M-Spec class r33's where treated to side skirts ?

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Yups its rite,

Type M/M Spec R32 had a GTR bonnet,

As for the "Type M/M Spec" in R33, it means all turbos, so GTS't are all "Type M/M Spec" regardless of the body work. As like i said b4 Type M/M Spec means turbo.

Mine has ABS dual airbags and is a series 1. i don't have side skirts or a "Type M/M Spec" front bar.

So yeh, essentially "Type M/M Spec" means turbo R33.

:D

RUX Explorer

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I think it basically comes down to the fact that the R33 had a big options list when they were new - thats why you see skylines fitted with all sorts of options

For instance mine is almost identical to the "Type M" shown on the Skylines downunder link with side skirts, front bar, and red S badge, and an extra rear spoiler lip underneath the normal series 1 spoiler.

I seriously doubt that there is an upper specced R33 Type M like the R32 apart from the normal turbo model

whatsisname Grand Master

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Use the "search" option for this kind of info'.

I've posted info on both SDU & here about the "Type M" designation a fair few times.

100% CONFIRMED WITHOUT DOUBT - THE R33 "TYPE M" DESIGNATION MEANS ITS THE TURBO MODEL!!!! (not including the GT-R).

There is no such thing as an "M Spec" R33 GTS25t/GTS etc... M Spec has come about from people confusing Type M for M spec.

An R33 GTS25t is a Type M fullstop!

There's no such thing as a non Type M R33 GTS25t!

It may have ALL the options fitted (bodykit etc..), or it could have NONE (standard front spoiler etc..). It depends on what the original, or subsiquent, owners wanted.

I'm not plucking this info out of my arse, it's straight out of the original Nissan Japan sales books sitting in my bookshelf @ home :)

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JimX Grand Master

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Originally posted by surreal

As for the question of a 'less aggressive' front bar, you are prolly looking at a series one bar.  The series two front bar was much less docile in comparsion - it had more square/aggressive little air dam things and was less 'rounded' generally.

There are 2 types of series 1 bar, the bigger one is often referred to as the "Type M" bar, or merely the "front spoiler" bar. It was a factory option.

Type M just means "GTS-t" for the R33. It is confusing because it didn't mean the same thing for the R32, and then there were spanners thrown into the works with the likes of the Nismo Type M linked above.

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