Guy in Vancouver builds an R34 out of an R32

[bigpower]

this is linked from revscene:

http://www.revscene.net/forums/my-new-car-t572512.html

http://www.revscene.net/forums/my-new-car-t572512p2.html

I have to hand it to him, 18 months of building it. gotta be happy its done.

:thumbsup:

[eglove]

i remember a thread about this on revscene ages and ages ago. pretty cool he actually went through with it and it's almost done!

[chkolny541]

wow, impressive conversion, looks like a ton of work involved

[jdmSiR]

oh wow!

[nismodrifter]

LAWLZ at this gif posted in the thread:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/stickydiljoe/The%20Chronicles/fakestickerrotas.gif

[max_boost]

OMG

That is awesome.

How much would it cost to do something like that?

[mowglee]

Originally posted by max_boost
OMG

That is awesome.

+1

[berbatov]

explain to us non ricers, what is a 32 and a 34? I'M lost, what did he actually do ? :dunno:

[mark4091]

Originally posted by berbatov
explain to us non ricers, what is a 32 and a 34? I'M lost, what did he actually do ? :dunno:


He made a 90ish skyline into a 2000-2002 skyline.


Not sure if those are the exact years.

[ZorroAMG]

Really Berbatov?

Older gen R32....newer gen R34....

[berbatov]

Into a 2002 look alike ... impressive work then

if those are the years, what would be the resell value increase mark ?

[Shlade]

oh god......
What an amazing job done on it, the guy should be very proud of himself

[R154]

r32/33/34 refers to the generation.. and what he did is anything but rice. it was done perfectly. Very clean specimen.

[eglove]

Originally posted by berbatov
Into a 2002 look alike ... impressive work then

if those are the years, what would be the resell value increase mark ?
probably nothing :p

[eglove]

Originally posted by R154
r32/33/34 refers to the generation.. and what he did is anything but rice. it was done perfectly. Very clean specimen.


i wouldn't call it rice, it's still fast.

it's not like it was an ef > ek honda conversion :p

[berbatov]

What kind of power do you see on the 32s ? Are they single turbo or dual setup ?

I see many from japan driven by arab kids and then trying to unload the bagged pos on here as mint :)

[R154]

It depends, it has a gtr motor in it (rb26det) But there are alot of kits availble, on stock block they hold 500+ HP.

[ClearBluewater]

Originally posted by nismodrifter
LAWLZ at this gif posted in the thread:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/stickydiljoe/The%20Chronicles/fakestickerrotas.gif

This.

[mr2mike]

Not a Skyline guy but they must make a body kit to do this no?

I mean it's no more difficult than throwing a widebody kit onto your car except for a few light changes and maybe trunk/hood change.

Or am I missing something here?

[bigpower]

Originally posted by berbatov
Into a 2002 look alike ... impressive work then

if those are the years, what would be the resell value increase mark ?

It is a 89-94 look like a 99-02

There is a real R34 for sale (repost) in Vancouver. they are asking 180,000 at the weissach dealership.

http://www.weissach.com/auto-details.asp?autoID=847


As not being real, but damn close, I'd say he could sell it for 35-45,000. Must look flawless thou for that price.

[ZorroAMG]

Originally posted by bigpower

As not being real, but damn close, I'd say he could sell it for 35-45,000. Must look flawless thou for that price.


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:facepalm:

You could never get that much money for an R32. It IS an R32 with a body kit, essentially.

Dreamers...

[bigpower]

Originally posted by ZorroAMG



:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:facepalm:

You could never get that much money for an R32. It IS an R32 with a body kit, essentially.

Dreamers...

Hey dont look at me! If that was my car I would never want to sell it, well until the real r34's car allowed to enter the country.

Id buy that car as it sits.

[tentacles]

he could sell it for 35-45,000.

Yes. People would pay $45,000 for a 16 year old Nissan with all the body panels ripped off and replaced with panels from a 10 year old Nissan.

[msommers]

Some of you guys laugh but it wouldn't surprise me if that thing went for $30,000.

Clean conversation!

[Redlyne_jr]

he should have made it LHD:eek: :eek:

[KoukiS14]

i want those Nismo LMGT4's in black :drool:

[pf0sh0]

Originally posted by ~Porsche~
he should have made it LHD:eek: :eek:


Then it wouldn't have the JDM goodness to it

[dj_honda]

Originally posted by nismodrifter
LAWLZ at this gif posted in the thread:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/stickydiljoe/The%20Chronicles/fakestickerrotas.gif

:rofl: that was awesome

[ercchry]

Originally posted by mr2mike
Not a Skyline guy but they must make a body kit to do this no?

I mean it's no more difficult than throwing a widebody kit onto your car except for a few light changes and maybe trunk/hood change.

Or am I missing something here?
yup, Bee*R makes a r324 kit

[black13]

Wonder how much it'll cost to take apart a real R34 in Japan and ship all the parts in a container here and put it together.

[buh_buh]

too bad he's still driving a R32.

[94boosted]

That's a beautiful conversion very nice attention to detail.

He better sell it before 2014 when the real R34's start arriving though :rofl:

[drewb]

Originally posted by ercchry

yup, Bee*R makes a r324 kit

Only the front end.


I've been following this build for a while, there are a few major diffrences though still like the roofline so it's not identical but still very cool.

[superboss]

Wow and I thought I spend a lot of time on my ride

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by buh_buh

too bad he's still driving a R32.



This...

[Trini]

that gif :rofl:

nice work on the build though.

[em2ab]

Originally posted by mark4091
He made a 90ish skyline into a 2000-2002 skyline.
1998-2002

Originally posted by bigpower
It is a 89-94
1989-1992

Originally posted by bigpower
look like a 99-02
1998-2002

Originally posted by 94boosted
He better sell it before 2014 when the real R34's start arriving though :rofl:
2012

[01RedDX]

.

[tentacles]

1989-1992

The R32 GTR went to 94 so he was right.



I could see if it was made to look like a Ferrari or something.

I don't want to see this.

[em2ab]

Originally posted by tentacles
The R32 GTR went to 94 so he was right.
You might be mixing up the GT-R releases with the Skyline releases. In the timeline of the GT-R, the R32 ended its run late 1994 when the R33 GT-R was released. But I believe production on the R32 stopped in 1993 when the first R33 (though non GT-R) was released. The R33 GT-R wasn't released until 1995.

I could be wrong here but I've done a lot of research and this seems to be what happened. Wikipedia supports my theory.

[tentacles]

They guy started with a R32 GTR. The last R32 GTR model year was 1994. So he's converted (sort of) a 89-94 car to a 98-02 car.

[bigpower]

Originally posted by em2ab
You might be mixing up the GT-R releases with the Skyline releases. In the timeline of the GT-R, the R32 ended its run late 1994 when the R33 GT-R was released. But I believe production on the R32 stopped in 1993 when the first R33 (though non GT-R) was released. The R33 GT-R wasn't released until 1995.

I could be wrong here but I've done a lot of research and this seems to be what happened. Wikipedia supports my theory.


Wiki isnt the best place for accuracy.

I got my info from Nissan FAST.

R32 GTR was 08/89-12/94
R33 GTR was 01/95-12/98
R34 GTR was 01/99+

others are R33 GTS which was 08/93 or the Newer R34 GTT in 98



Originally posted by tentacles
They guy started with a R32 GTR. The last R32 GTR model year was 1994. So he's converted (sort of) a 89-94 car to a 98-02 car.
Yes 94 was a R32 GTR, they made alot of V-spec models that year.
And the R34 GTR started in January 99.



And 15 year old car from 1999 is 2014. not 2012, that would allow a 1997 car to enter.

[em2ab]

Originally posted by bigpower
Wiki isnt the best place for accuracy.

I got my info from Nissan FAST.

R32 GTR was 08/89-12/94
R33 GTR was 01/95-12/98
R34 GTR was 01/99+

others are R33 GTS which was 08/93 or the Newer R34 GTT in 98

You specified only GTR models, I still think the non GTR R32 stopped production in 1993 so that the R33 could be made in its place. Maybe it was NISMO that made the V-SPEC models until 1994, not sure. They did that with 2002 bodies and sold them as new 2004 models after overhaulnig the engines.

We might both be right, who knows. :dunno:

[bigpower]

Yeah, but I did post right above saying the R33 GTS started in 08/93.

Yes the R32 GTS ended in 07/93(july) and the R33 GTS started in 08/93(august)


But all im trying to say is the conversion car was a R32 GTR made to look like a R34 GTR.. so all the GTS or GTT dates are not important in this case.


And Nismo rebought Used customers cars, and rebuilt them into 20 R34 Ztunes. in 2005.

[Hakkola]

Originally posted by 01RedDX
Wow, good work but I have to ask, wtf is the point really? It's still R32 chassis. When the real R34's start hitting the streets I would imagine this thing being worthless.

Word, I'm kind of doing this :facepalm: because instead I would do this


Originally posted by black13
Wonder how much it'll cost to take apart a real R34 in Japan and ship all the parts in a container here and put it together.

It would take far less than 18 months, it would still be legal, and it would actually be an R34.

[R154]

^ you are so full of shit matt. If that were the case many more GTR's would be kit car'd.

Besides, you could never drive a bonifide r34 on the streets here, the insurance would be crazy. You would have to insure it as a kit car. Not to mention that to buy an r34 in japan would still cost you upwards of 70 grand for a clean specimen (usd) and then add another 30grand in order to get a shop to strip it there, send it in thousands of peices and then reassemble it here. How many techs can do this? Not a whole lot considering that we never had the car in NA and almost all the documentation is written in japanese.

There is a real gtr that made it into canada that exact way and all in it cost him 150 grand+ He hired an austrailian nissan mechanic + his brother to go to strip it in australia, fly across the globe and reassemble it here. All in it took him 2 years. and it still doesnt look the same as it did when it was in australia. Not to mention it has become a trailer queen.

GTR's (r34's) will be mad expensive like 60+ even to import when they are availble and will ALWAYS be that way because of the cult like following and the insane resale value.

It would be far cheaper to kit a car from australia then from japan anyways because they have a higher abundance of already junked or imported r34's (sorta like our JDM cars here) then anywhere else on the globe.


What the guy did was for looks and he also has an r34 motor/drivetrain. It has Hicas, and the awd system that makes r34's so desirable.

OP you should have known better then to post this on a forum where 90% of the users get manicures sipping on 8$ coffee's waiting for someone to change the oil in their mercedes at minute lube.

[Hakkola]

Why would insurance be crazy, kit car insurance isn't all that expensive, where are you getting your numbers from? I just saw R34's onsale online in the mid 20g range from Australia. Where did I say anything about buying a pristine model from Japan?

30 grand to strip it, really?

There's a thread on beyond from a few years back where a guy stripped and rebuilt a 2000+ MR2 and I'm pretty sure he did it in under a year.

I don't get my oil changed at Minute Lube. ;)

[bigpower]

Originally posted by R154

OP you should have known better then to post this on a forum where 90% of the users get manicures sipping on 8$ coffee's waiting for someone to change the oil in their mercedes at minute lube.

I lived in your City (calgary) back in 2004 so thats how I remember this forum, from friends of the car scene.


I have never owned a Skyline, but if one day he plans to sell it, or if I can wait 4.5 years to buy a real one I would gladly pay the going rate.

Im sure that most of you would love to own a car like this. Nothing on the road like it.

anyone know his email?

[R154]

I am sorry you took me personally. I was making a poke at isaiah, and then 89coupe. You also drive a bimmer, so... ?

http://www.uniquecarsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!unique_content.enquiry?current_rec=6&page_number=1&vehicle_id=6367574&total_rec=693&sort_type=1&make_id=5&model_id=73


Say whaaaat? where can you find an r34 GTR, NOT a GTT for under 50 USD. How much is that Canadian please?

They sell for almost 35-40K EURO in europe. For 14 year old cars! thats like what in Cnd?

Do you know much in labour it would cost bro? at the very least 150 hours... After all that isnt just an arbitrary number. That is about what the guy in vancouver said it took to do his! which is 15000 if you could find a shop/person to do it for 100$ an hour CND. and then do it again to put it back together.

Yes, and how long did warren take to put together his spyder? with the help of another member it still took them a year. It was imported from the states, and not japan, or australia, it also IS registerable in the states, so safety testing was done for it. It made it registerable as a track car, and a collector car. Not a kit car. He had all of his parts. But then again they did a full motor build before the car got here, aswell as they are both very talented mechanics.

You remember motorEX? they were a company that imported r34's for a few years by doing vin swaping with r32's they got pinched before they could afford to get a gtr crash tested to make it legal to import, and the loop hole was closed. Hence the reason why it is so hard to build/get a GTR here. On top of that, GTR's are difficult to get parts for. So if you need an oil pump, prepare to wait. need a waterpump? wait. ..ect. And in a build that complex the chance that everything would go smooth? next to none.

[Hakkola]

Originally posted by R154
I am sorry you took me personally. I was making a poke at isaiah, and then 89coupe. You also drive a bimmer, so... ?



Fair enough, I don't really take anything personally though!

I wasn't looking at GTR prices, true, but this guy's car isn't a GTR either.

For the most part I just hate it when cars have so much work put into them to make them look like an entirely different car. Not much difference between this and those lambo kit fiero's to me.

[R154]

That I can agree with. But his car isnt all show. He really did swap over the motor, getrag 6speed, and the AWD system aswell as various other bits and pieces.

I can appreciate the fact that it isnt like that civic with the r34 front end, and tails bumping shakira around the ne. It is clean!

[ercchry]

here are a few cars i found in a quick search in japan

2002 gt-r v spec II nur- $62,000CAD FOB

1999 gt-r - $31,000CAD FOB

1999 gt-r v spec- $46,000CAD FOB

all have under 70k km and there are more then one example of each around that price

[R154]

You got me. How much to canada? Oh you cant directly import them? You cant even bring them in the country? Oh noes how does one go about doing it then?

enter the kit car. Any way you slice it, 100 grand and atleast a year if not more. Even if you manage to get it here rebuilt and insured how does that compare to a guy who built one using an r32 chassis (for the vin)? well half the cost for one, half the wait and half the headache. is it REALLY half the car? No, 3/4's but that is the trade off he made.

This really isnt even a comparison. an r34 is a different animal altogether then an r32. The tranny for one, the motor's head for two, the awd drive system for 3, the computer control traction controls for 4, and then general clout of an r34 for 5. You really cant recreate it the same. You have to pay to play, this guy just did the next best thing.

What ever turns your crank.

Errchry I would Like to see that site bro. or was that auction source?

[ercchry]

yeah umm the way i would go about it would be WAY different then this kit car, and the fact that there a a bunch of rules on kit cars i think you would be walking a fine line of legality with doing it that way

r154 if you want to know the site or my process of thought shoot me a pm

[pinoyhero]

Damn that actually looks really nice

[R154]

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/92729-r34-vspec-ii-nur.html

Keep in mind this is the best of the best, but thats the kind of car someone with the money to spend would find. he is asking 45K (in sterling) that is already 110K.

[ercchry]

Originally posted by R154
http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/92729-r34-vspec-ii-nur.html

Keep in mind this is the best of the best, but thats the kind of car someone with the money to spend would find. he is asking 45K (in sterling) that is already 110K.

yeah issue #1 it is in the uk... everything in the uk is about twice the price

hell i was at the airport in london and just though hey lets take a look in the lacosse store, looked at their regular polo T's and guess what? 100 pounds! yeah sure it is an airport but since i got the same shirt here for about $80... haha yeah can not compare that to a car here, v spec nur II in japan is around the 5mill yen range

[R154]

thats my point. Anyone who has the money and taste to bring an r34 over since it is, and will always be a hassle would buy a GTR v-spec or a II. and it will cost lots of money. How much is 5 million yen in cnd?

[ercchry]

about $62k... so really it follows the everything is double in the uk haha... even main land Europe is much less for the same goods

[bigpower]

Originally posted by Hakkola

I wasn't looking at GTR prices, true, but this guy's car isn't a GTR either.

The Vancouver Guy started out as a GTR, an R32 GTR.

[DayGlow]

Originally posted by bigpower


It is a 89-94 look like a 99-02

There is a real R34 for sale (repost) in Vancouver. they are asking 180,000 at the weissach dealership.

http://www.weissach.com/auto-details.asp?autoID=847


As not being real, but damn close, I'd say he could sell it for 35-45,000. Must look flawless thou for that price.

Good luck since you can get a current GTR for around 100 grand

[bigpower]

just thought I would give this thread a bump, he posted he will be uploading more pics/videos soon on the other thread.:thumbsup:

[zipdoa]

Originally posted by berbatov
Into a 2002 look alike ... impressive work then

if those are the years, what would be the resell value increase mark ?

:rofl: :rofl:

looking at your avatar and reading your posts... I honestly can't tell if you're trolling or being serious

[bignerd]

Saw two of these while in Nikko. Was surprised, all around Tokyo there are nice cars, Mercedes, BMW's etc... however we go to this little mountain town (Nikko) and see two R34's, a TVR Tuscan, a Ferrari of somesort (430?) and two Murcielago's. I guess after seeing the road up to the lake at the top of the mountain I understand why... no less than 43? switchbacks?

[Gibson]

Oh, that road in Nikko is the Irohazaka...the one-way one, right?

Edit: Image

http://detointernational.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/irohazaka.jpg

[bignerd]

It is one way up and one way down although I think the road down was more extreme(we were on a bus :( ) so we had to go pretty slow but not sure how much faster you would want to go as the price of making a mistake was pretty extreme....

[bigpower]

looks like he is done

http://www.revscene.net/forums/showpost.php?p=6485691&postcount=95

[Ntense_SpecV]

It's a nice car from some angles - but from the side view the back end proportions look weird. The thing that really bugs me is the massive gap between the hood and the top of the bumper. I still give him props as he did basically build his own R34...but in a few years it won't matter as they will start showing up.

[BokCh0y]

holy shit!!! nice work!!!

[nykz]

The work put into this is amazing, a lot of time and effort. Looks good, other then the gap between hood and bumper like stated above. :thumbsup:

[jsn]

^^ that's an actual gap? I thought his hood was just open because he's at a car meet? Seems weird how so much attention to detail was put into this car, and he'd leave something as glaringly obvious as that. But next to that, the car looks amazing. Seems like a waste of time/money though because, as stated before, the real R34 will be available in a few years and this car will be worth no more than any other r32.

[bigpower]

he said in another forum the car is 98% complete and the upper bumper support was zapstrapped on, and too tight but wanted to attend the meet.

the gap isnt perfect on r34's anyways since there is a black rubber seal between them both. and looks like a black void.

look at real r34s
http://aycu06.webshots.com/image/43565/2003244234627943251_rs.jpg
http://www.shinkaze.com/images/posts/skyline/R34TE37A.jpg
http://aycu06.webshots.com/image/50005/2000499627140479683_rs.jpg
http://chrisnz.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/grey-r34-gtr-nur-ztune-kit.jpg

and his car:
http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu26/MWR34/differencebetween32and34.jpg
http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu26/MWR34/IMG_3164.jpg




I still give him :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[jsn]

I never really noticed that gap on the real r34s before. I guess everyone's alot more sensitive to imperfections when it's a conversion. Either way, it's the best conversion I've seen.

[soloracer]

Originally posted by DayGlow


Good luck since you can get a current GTR for around 100 grand

Do any of these 30 cars suit your requirements?

http://motors.shop.ebay.com/items/Cars-Trucks_?_dmpt=US_Cars_Trucks&_flso=0&_mak=Nissan&_mod=GT-R&_sacat=6001&_sop=7&_rdc=1

If not there are another bunch here:

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/searchresults.jsp?doors=&systime=&position=top&model=GT-R&search_lang=en&style_flag=1&start_year=2006&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=&search_type=both&highlightFirstMakeModel=&distance=0&min_price=&rdm=1246592255886&drive=&marketZipError=false&advanced=&fuel=&keywords_display=&end_year=2010&showZipError=y&make2=&certified=&engine=&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&body_code=0&transmission=&default_sort=priceDESC&max_mileage=&address=90210&color=&max_price=&awsp=false&make=NISSAN&seller_type=b&num_records=25&sort_type=priceASC

Even after exhange, duties and taxes you should be able to stay under the $100k mark. Based on the performance capability an R35 would be a much better use of the money than converting an R32 into an R34 or buying a real R34.

[zieg]

Originally posted by soloracer


Do any of these 30 cars suit your requirements?

http://motors.shop.ebay.com/items/Cars-Trucks_?_dmpt=US_Cars_Trucks&_flso=0&_mak=Nissan&_mod=GT-R&_sacat=6001&_sop=7&_rdc=1

If not there are another bunch here:

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/searchresults.jsp?doors=&systime=&position=top&model=GT-R&search_lang=en&style_flag=1&start_year=2006&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=&search_type=both&highlightFirstMakeModel=&distance=0&min_price=&rdm=1246592255886&drive=&marketZipError=false&advanced=&fuel=&keywords_display=&end_year=2010&showZipError=y&make2=&certified=&engine=&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&body_code=0&transmission=&default_sort=priceDESC&max_mileage=&address=90210&color=&max_price=&awsp=false&make=NISSAN&seller_type=b&num_records=25&sort_type=priceASC

Even after exhange, duties and taxes you should be able to stay under the $100k mark. Based on the performance capability an R35 would be a much better use of the money than converting an R32 into an R34 or buying a real R34.



You are forgetting one detail: the 35 sucks. ;)

[soloracer]

Since it turbocharged it would be better to say it blows. ;)

I'm actually warming up to the car. It's still not as pretty as my NSX but there is no denying the performance. With some subtle mods it can be made to look less awkward.

http://4wheelsnews.com/images/2008/october/branew/nissan-gt-r/nissan-gt-r-by-branew-8.jpg

[soloracer]

And guys are working on getting it to sound better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt01w68GevY&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDUZLOqitXo

[slinkie]

rice mobile

[Drsuce]

The doors look very out of place on the 32/34 conversion car. They just dont follow the lines of the fender and quarter panel. That being said, if anyone of us were to see it drive by im sure anyone of us wouldnt think "oh its just a kit car" :)

[Trini]

Originally posted by slinkie
rice mobile

do you even understand the concept of a ricer:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

props to the guy for what he's done.

[slinkie]

z

[Nissan_Fanboy]

Did anyone talk about the rear windows being straight when the r34 rear window is curved?