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hey im guys new here, Im in the process of selling my 1200 ute and im so keen to buy a cefiro i think there are excellent cars and i need a 4 door so its seems like the perfect choice.

My question is am i better looking for a complety stock cefiro and modding it myself or looking for a mooded one.

Im pretty mechanicaly minded so i can do most stuff myself with help from friends.

Ive got a set of cusco coilovers height and camber ajustable out of a s13 im guessing these would bolt into a cefiro.

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers Luke

PS heres the link to my ute if any of you are interested

http://datnet.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3202

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I'm guessing if you're wanting to mod it for drift it's probably going to be *cheaper* to buy one modded already - lots are imported this way.

I recently picked up a low km auto (figured chance of it being flogged was lower!) and intend to start from scratch. Gonna cost me more $$ doing the conversion / getting decent LSD / coilovers etc - but I'll be able to go for all parts in good condition and hopefully it will last me longer. (And I can pay for them when the budget allows for it ;))

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i dont want to go crazy it will be a everyday driver but yeah id like to go in the odd drift comp.

i would go a very low km's one .......30000 to 60000 km ......with no to minimal mods and then do itup ur self .......u wont have to fix much in the first couple of years ...so there is more money for mods ......prob and try get a manual if u can ...save u cost on mod (maybe) u pay more original manuals though ......

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I've seen ones like that for around $5k onroad.

edit: dono what the status of the km being real or not would be.. they're 1988 cars afterall :P but on the other hand there are a few low km cars around like resin's and kursed's that look like they are real km.

Tough lookin ute.. heh scary. Welcome to sau cefiro section :)

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i wouldnt get too hung up on ks in the 60s.... ull be looking forever and if it says 60k then its more than likely done 100k.

u can pick up something half decent for around 8k landed with some nice mods...

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i say pick up something with low kms, you know what low kms are, and one that's been looked after,

i'd get a non turbo auto, and pick up a skyline front clip, reason being, the manual box they put in the cefiro / laurel isn't as strong as the skyline and they have lower ratios, and the engine's are different compression or some sh*t i heard,

that's what i'd do anyway, buying fully modded ones is a bad bad path,

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i disagree with buying modified ones being a bad path... depends on how much u have to spend... that one i had was off its tits and all it really needed was an RB25 box dropped into it.

if u do get a non turb auto u will have to replace the full running gear... brakes, diff, box, engine etc

hold out for one with an RB25DET with matching box... chuck in a nice LSD if it doesnt already have one and give the car an overhaul.. replace all fluids, belts and filters. chuck on a oil cooler and aftermarket radiator before u take it out on a track for a caining.

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or offer me a decent wad of $$.

33,000 kms (ask anyone on here whos seen the car inside and out engine, interior exterior for opinions on the originality of those kms), stock auto apart from a professional lowering job and a tad more boost with quality gauge in a pillar mount.

clean black interior with a great sound system ...

white with purple pearl paint soon to receive a new front bar to replace the current one which was cracked slightly in shipping. heaps of rego (NSW).

This car is immaculate, low kms and never thrashed - a great base for building a weapon.

don't care if this car doesn't sell as I love it, so offers would have to be sensible to even be considered.

luke

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I think you'd be spending a lot more money to buy one stock, then pile the mods into it. My laurel had been seriously modified over in Japan and unfortunately things like the intercooler, suspension and turbo were removed before it came over. The car runs great with no issues that i've discovered as of yet.

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I can back up Lukes 33,000 ceffie. The first thing I said to him was that is the "cleanest ceffie I have ever seen, Its got the original steering wheel!"

I bought mine fully modified and its had some issues, which im sure is because in japan it probably had better stuff on it which they just replaced with shitzer parts when it came out here, but in comparison to the cost of building one with the mods I have in Australia It was a great deal.

engine and gearbox conversions are F#%$ expensive so its nice when you don't have to do it

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SlideCeffy-

CEF-11E and ceffo are both selling their cefiros - moderately modified and I think you'd do well to start from that path. A few bolt ons are nice to start with imo. I've driven both and they are nice. It's a pity too cos it was really cool for 2 people you know to have cefiros! It's a pity.. I get one and they all start selling :)

If you wanted a stocker kursed's is one of the stockest nicest stock looking cefiros I've seen and it looks to be a genuine km. If it's not geniune I'd be very suprised.

Either way ya go good luck :)

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