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Hey everyone,

Okay here is the story I have put a deposit on the skyline below, it got into Brisbane on Monday 29th June, the dealer selling it didn't know much about the car when it was in Japan, he told me it was a stock car (he deals with import trucks not sports cars). Below is what was advertised.

Nissan - Skyline R32 GTS-t

Fuel type: Petrol

Engine: 6 cylinder - 2.0L

Transmission: Manual

Intercooler Turbo

Year: 1990

Kms: 38,000

Condition: Immaculate

Colour: Black Metallic

Price: $16,990

Special: $14,990 Plus On Road Costs

Immaculate conditioned R32 Skyline coupe with all the trimmings.

VEHICLE FEATURES

Air Conditioning, Power Steering, Central locking, Electric Mirrors, Power Windows, Alloy Wheels.

We made a deal at $13,500 including ORC (12 month rego, new re-spray, service, compliance and new wheels). It has also had a RACQ Mechanical check a couple of days ago.

When he got it into Brisbane it had a few modifications:

- Adjustable Wastegate

- Exhaust

- Suspension

- Boost controller (under stereo)

- Air Filter

- Strut brace (don’t know what that is???)

What do you think??? Is it worth it???

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ask the dealer for the compliance or auction certificate. Cause it sounds too cheap for what it is and has. Sometimes they weld two cars together front cut and back cut after somebody has just about written them off. But the auction certificate will tell whats happened to the car and if he says he doesnt have it or wasnt givin it then maybe they could be hiding something just be careful. Other than that you might have found a beaut car for a great price.

yeh.. 38 thou.. does seem very low for a 1990...

i bought mine with 69xxx - complete with log books and history and all the papers, paid a bit more but its all genuine.

interior seems to have little wear and tear (easily upholstered)

agree with r32skyline_89: ask him for all the papers/certificates and the history of the car, log books if available, etc

i'm with Beau - the volks look pretty good...

btw, strut brace is a metal (brace :mad:) which usually goes over the top of the engine bay from strut to strut, stiffens the chassis, can get rear ones too.

also looks like a GTST-M spec R32.. from thefront bar.. wonder if the re-spray would be a good one or a cheapie .. id dig into it to find out more sounds too cheap ! plus u got a electronic boost controller worth 400 bucks 2nd hand exhust around 700 2nd hand strut braces make a great handling improvement . worth around 100 2nd hand .. etc.. clearly you did score a bargin

nice car, but yeah the K's are definitely dodgy

38000K's over 15 years is only 2500k's per year which is just not feasible, especially a car that has been modified a little.

When you have a look tomorrow, look at the odometer and if the numbers do not line up EXACTLY then you can be sure that it has been wound back.

Doesn't mean it's a bad car though, I would however get a 100 thousand K service done it as soon as you get it.

gavin woods autotech know what they are on about.

one thing to remember is in japan a lot of cars arnt used as daily drivers, however what gordon said is correct, take the car and have a 100 tho service as soon as you get it, that way you know everything is up to date (ie timing belt, water pump ect) this kinda service isnt cheap, but its cheaper in the long run.

also get whatever mechanic to perform a compression test and a leakdown test on the engine, these 2 will tell you if there is anything majorly wrong with the engine iirc.

gavin woods autotech know what they are on about.

one thing to remember is in japan a lot of cars arnt used as daily drivers, however what gordon said is correct, take the car and have a 100 tho service as soon as you get it, that way you know everything is up to date (ie timing belt, water pump ect)  this kinda service isnt cheap, but its cheaper in the long run.

also get whatever mechanic to perform a compression test and a leakdown test on the engine, these 2 will tell you if there is anything majorly wrong with the engine iirc.

Thanks. Do you know of any good (doesn't really matter about the $$$) Mechanic on the GC, I have been ringing the Nissan Mech’s but they don’t really do the Imports so… If anyone has a Mechanic they would like to recommend that would be a big help.

one thing to remember is in japan a lot of cars arnt used as daily drivers, however what gordon said is correct

:D I didn't say that, chris did.. but I do agree with that too :(

I am sure gavin wood would give the car a good check over and thumbs up or down.. he has probably seeen more skylines than trees.

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