The Glamour of Midnight Purple 3

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Midnight purple has always been known for being the best colour in any Skyline. But nothing beats the Hue and rarity Midnight Purple 3 under the right lights. Something i discovered with my own car in a muti story car park. Enjoy

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Edited by goldywaggon on Friday 21st April 14:09

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Dave Hedgehog said:

stunning car shot in terrible light conditions on a potato camera

The original image are 14MP had to dumb the quality right down to enable me to upload the images, I only had my phone with me, not bad considering

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turbobungle said:

I've always thought Bayside Blue with gold Volk TE37's for an R34 GTR, but you are right, MP3 looks stunning in those pics!

This Combo is also stunning but is so overused they built 2879 Bayside Blue R34 GTR and I think 2000 of them you have seen have Gold TE37's lol

Being that only 198 factory Midnight Purple 3 cars were ever produced back in 2000 its a very rare colour indeed. Of that, only 66 of them were Non-v-spec cars which mine is one.

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OpulentBob said:

Lovely. Looks almost unreal, I love it.

But YPLAC

I park like a Boss! ;-)

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Otispunkmeyer said:

Awesome.

Someone who passes me on the country lanes going to work (passes in opposite direction) has a white R34. It sounds friggin apocalyptic! So good.

Nothing beats the sound of an RB26 especially with a Tomei titanium exhaust...

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Podie said:

What's the spec / mods?

Details, we need details....

Not too exciting tbh. I want to keep the car as original as i can bar some bolt on mods. It has a few things bar the cosmetic stuff you can see ( wheels,nismo aero kit carbon spoiler blade,lowered)
Has Tomei titanium exhaust, Hks filters and thats it. Oh and also a lovley 180KMH speed restrictor in place. Im waiting on my titanium downpipe then ill get it mapped.
The car does sound the berrys though....

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AshBurrows said:

Are they the OG Nismo wheels? Where's the stickers gone?!

Not nismo wheels they go for daft money
They are Rota P45R 19x10 Et20

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AshBurrows said:

Awh man that's a shame. Car would be absolutely perfect with something original in the arches. Love the rest of it though! Can't believe you don't like TEs!

I do like te37 they would be my 2nd choice had that style on my R33 GTR

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Sheetmaself said:

Any chance your the chap who has about seven of these and was featured in EVO magazine last month??

I wish

However the guy you talk of is on the GTR forum im on.

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Bdevo3 said:

absolutely beautiful car. it deserves a proper jdm set of wheels. I had those rotas on the wifes lexus and their made of chocolate. all four cracked. although I presume your a more capable driver and don't aim for potholes

Never had that problem with any of the Rota wheels iv had. Plus these wheels suit the car to a tee as they exact replicas of the Nismo wheels.

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Bdevo3 said:

perhaps it's the ste irish roads the last two cars I've had them on they have cracked.both were on 235/40 rubber I agree the rotas look the part I just think a car of that caliber deserves more than replica wheels.

Maybe, but i couldnt justify paying double the price for effectivly the same wheel but Nismo stamped on them. The Rotas are still just as light and look just as good. It meant with the change i saved i bought a titanium exhaust :-)

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Some pictures of how it looks in the daylight

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MNP3 is very exspensive paint. Around £350 per liter just for the paint.

Your car is/was just normal MNP1 MNP2 is a pearl like MNP3 but is darker and has a green tinge to it

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liner33 said:

It was MNP2 when I bought it LOL

There are many shades of MNP1 you might have been confused with one of the shades avalible. But deff MNP1

MNP2 and 3 both have a special tinter which goes in the top coat which gives it the flip to bronze and green or bronze and blue

Yours just looks too much purple mettalic but id need to see it from a diffrent angle. Still a lovley looking 33 though.

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Also the paint comes up lovley when its freshly buffed.
Shows how much bronze is in the paint.

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Thank you for all the kind words and praise, it puts a smile on my face every time I jump in it, its been my dream car since I was a teenage boy.

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C7 JFW said:

Tremendous colour for a spectacular car. Please keep sharing your ownership experience.

Iv submitted a "car pool" application so you may just get too!

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ambuletz said:

how many litres does it typically take to paint a car?

Depending on car size but 3.5 liters to paint a skyline. But thats of each coat, primer,base coat and pearl top coat. However its the base and top coat which is the expensive bit.