Another R31 Skyline build from Australia

seventhskyline · 04-23-2010, 12:06 AM

Well seeing Goonbag had migrated over here, I thought I'd chuck up my whitegoods.

Started here, back in '2004. This was just after driving it home, from literally the other end of the country; 2100kms in 23 hours including fuel, rest and food stops.

The car was bought from Bundaberg, Queensland, and had originally been imported from Japan in 1996.

Basically stock. For some reason it had stock-sized ugly Aussie wheels, and was missing the aero element of its electronic front spoiler.

Fast forward almost two years, and it had received 17x8" +18, 17x9" +35 Lehrmeister Stich rims in my first yahoo auctions experience, and a fresh(er) motor....

Then 25mm spacers in the rear and a pair of rear coilovers...

Lower front springs, bottom end rattle and 25mm spacers all round...

Mid 2007, RB20DET number 2 soon to expire...

R.I.P. Engine number two. Sitting at home with the replacements (TE72 corolla hack obscured by Stagea).

Bought these (18x9" +-0 work efors), sold them, made money. Have since sold 3 times and each owner has made a few hundred bucks, old VIP rims off yahoo are a total scam lol!

Trial fitted them but it was gross...didn't suit the car at all. Didn't matter, because it was all a hustle for cash. Engineless at the time.

17x8" 17x9" +10 Wiser Mesh were much nicer, but I sold them on too.

Aha! A new challenger appears.

So, fitment sorted.Work Meister S1 2P 17x9" +16, 17x10" +4. 5mm spacer on front for caliper clearance (4 piston R33 GTS-T brakes).

Got some rubber onto the rears.

ISC N1 Coilovers installed all round, 10kg/10kg. New engine literally about to be dropped in (thats it in the foreground).

Not yet running, posing in my yard with my mate's HR31 (thats those Wiser Mesh from before). Jade's car is about 100x tidier than mine, fresh imported with GTS-R aero, old HKS turbo kit, period modded, very neat thing.

Rubbish quality pics, mid '09, still bolting bits on, not quite mobile at this stage but rolling.

Aborted Trust intercooler install. Decided to go with an R34 GT-T factory item as its massively thick and didn't obstruct the electronic spoiler like a front mount would.

IMO the heart of the project, the turning point for me. 80s legit electronic spoiler. these cars feel incomplete without one of these. Steel frame, FRP outer, genuine Nissan option.
Lowers itself at 70kmh or on command at when at standstill.

So, late 2009, after 18 months in hell its finally back on the road with fresh front panels, fresh motor, new coilovers, brakes, intercooler, ecu, injectors, turbo, exhaust...etc

And yeah, thats where we're at today.

Average_Jerk · 04-23-2010, 12:08 AM

i love it because ive never seen it done

welcome

kramerbuccs24 · 04-23-2010, 12:11 AM

I love detailed start-to-finish threads like this one!!!

seventhskyline · 04-23-2010, 12:15 AM

I'm not brave enough to ever say its finished....but start to somewhere, haha.

Oxer · 04-23-2010, 03:15 AM

Love it dude! Cant say Ive EVER seen you around, I would have taken notice haha... Melb reppin'

Oxer · 04-23-2010, 03:16 AM

Just realised why... You're in tas haha.. my bad..

hinrichs · 04-23-2010, 07:48 AM

damn looks good, any pics with the spoiler in its down position?

daioni · 04-23-2010, 09:50 PM

Ha, try the noob thread?

Love the pics here. Great job!

seventhskyline · 04-23-2010, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hinrichs

damn looks good, any pics with the spoiler in its down position?

Ey? The bottom 10 or so pics should all have the autospoiler in the lowered position.

M.Burroughs · 04-23-2010, 11:32 PM

I don't like the front lip. I think it'd look a lot cleaner without it, and the car sitting lower.

daioni · 04-24-2010, 06:35 AM

I think the spoiler goes well on it. Fattens it and it's trick.

CSBolger · 04-24-2010, 03:07 PM

So if you're low enough, that spoiler will basically rip itself off at 70kph, right?

Pics of it lowered!

shane_lxi · 04-24-2010, 03:48 PM

I like the lip personally, but I think it would look alot better if it were lower, so I don't know how the whole lip thing would work out if you are 2" lower, lol.

seventhskyline · 04-24-2010, 09:19 PM

I can go a bit lower, but without serious rear end surgery it really becomes quite useless, even if it looks cooler. I know I shouldn't invoke practicality, but it just doesn't spend a lot of time cruising urban boulevards when we have some amazing mountain roads here. Its really quite crap to drive when the rear end (particularly) is much lower than this, geometry is all f#cked and without sectioning the floor to lift the subframe theres little I can do about that.

I will wind it down some more for a future shoot...Few jobs to do before then though (paint rear quarters, paint sills body colour, ecu retune).

daioni · 04-24-2010, 10:56 PM

You still wan to be able to drive it - so leave it as is. Is it a poser or a driver?

seventhskyline · 04-24-2010, 10:56 PM

Driver.

Oxer · 04-25-2010, 03:09 AM

I cant wait to come to tas to tear up some of your roads... I love it as it is.

seventhskyline · 04-25-2010, 11:49 PM

Well...I got the C-spanners out this morning. This is as low as I can go with body adjust on my coilovers, its around 20mm lower than in any of the earlier pics. Bit of a letdown by Yank standards I guess.

Oxer · 04-26-2010, 12:47 AM

Doesnt get much better then that in aus dude

daioni · 04-26-2010, 02:59 AM

It still looks good, but not much different.
I LOL at yank standards.
Is the spoiler much of an obstacle over bumps?

seventhskyline · 04-26-2010, 03:05 AM

Nah it retracts as soon as you start rolling. It still hangs a little below the front bumper line and does scrape on some stuff like driveways while retracted though...put a big gouge in it today but it will touch up fine.

ff_drift_lol · 04-26-2010, 10:20 AM

so jealous of aus and their easily obtainable classic jdm!
you've really captured the classic look of this car with a touch of modern stance. it's one of those things i'd sit and drool over at a car show. love the front lip especially.