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Surely the person who created it was in a drunken state... Why buy a GTT and put GTR guts into it? I'd like to see if this is right, and to see how much he must have spent.
Dont do it, for an extra 6 or 7 grand you'd get a R34 GTR, or as just said before, £19k will get you a serious bit of kit in the form of an R33!
Dont do it, for an extra 6 or 7 grand you'd get a R34 GTR, or as just said before, £19k will get you a serious bit of kit in the form of an R33!
An R34 GTT with GTR running gear sounds like a pretty pointless excercise to me. Unless whoever did the conversion got the parts for next to nothing....ditto labour.
Either way, Keighley Trade have an interesting reputation - definitely do some research on them.
Have a look at the classifieds on the GTROC, most of the cars on there are known to other enthusiasts and will have decent traceable history.
Newera Imports have a couple of nice R33's on their stocklist at the moment. Do a search on Newera, and compare that to your findings of Keighley
ETA: If you haven't already done so, get over to GTROC and post the same question - what those guys don't know about Skylines ain't worth knowing and no mistake
Either way, Keighley Trade have an interesting reputation - definitely do some research on them.
Have a look at the classifieds on the GTROC, most of the cars on there are known to other enthusiasts and will have decent traceable history.
Newera Imports have a couple of nice R33's on their stocklist at the moment. Do a search on Newera, and compare that to your findings of Keighley
ETA: If you haven't already done so, get over to GTROC and post the same question - what those guys don't know about Skylines ain't worth knowing and no mistake
Edited by ApexJimi on Tuesday 16th October 13:11
Tis a bit odd... GTT with GTR bits. I wonder... a brand new GTR was £50k. A GTT was about £25k. If you had access to a crashed GTR, how much would it cost to put the engine and running gear in the GTT, esp if you were looking to tune it? It'd make a bit more sense if it was being tuned; I understand a GTT can only handle up to 400bhp, while the GTR's bits are more robust?
As a secondhand car, I am not so sure. It would be a pain to get insurance compared to getting a quote for a bog standard GTR. (Speaking from experience of trying to insure a highly tuned Skyline.)
As a secondhand car, I am not so sure. It would be a pain to get insurance compared to getting a quote for a bog standard GTR. (Speaking from experience of trying to insure a highly tuned Skyline.)
Edited by shadowninja on Tuesday 16th October 15:08
I've heard a few iffy things about newera myself, but then again I've heard a lot of very bad things about keighley!
I wouldn't entertain a 34 GTT with GTR running gear for 19k, if it was my money I'd by the mintest, low mileage, well maintained R32 (Yes, the old one, 33's are horrid) GTR I could find and spend the change on go faster bits
I wouldn't entertain a 34 GTT with GTR running gear for 19k, if it was my money I'd by the mintest, low mileage, well maintained R32 (Yes, the old one, 33's are horrid) GTR I could find and spend the change on go faster bits
Newera arent that bad from my experience. There are far far worse.
£19k on a R33 is sill money, they just dont command that sort of money no matter what the state of tune.
Take this for example... http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/65506-my-car-sal...
It has to be one of the most complete cars up for sale at the mo and its up at £15/16k...
£19k on a R33 is sill money, they just dont command that sort of money no matter what the state of tune.
Take this for example... http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/65506-my-car-sal...
It has to be one of the most complete cars up for sale at the mo and its up at £15/16k...
I ordered parts from them in the past, which included a very good condition second hand front bumper. Not only did they folded either end of the bumper in order to save shipping cost(had to spend a small fortune to have it rectified by the body shop), worse still, it wasnt even the same f**king bumper they sent me the pics of, the bumper was in such condition i can only describe it as a scrap yard junk.
Their answer to this was:
you are the one said you wanna save money on shipping, which is a lie, i paid every ££ of the amount they ask for.
the bumper can be fixed with a simple 10 mins heat gun job, your body shop is ripping you off, not our fault. another lie, the body was well recommended to me by a lot of people famous for their fair charge and honesty. It took them one whole day just to make the bumper back to as close to original shape and condition as they could. why exactly does it need fixing in the first place since it was supposedly in very good condition?
regarding the question of why i was sent a complete different bumper to the one they sent me pics of(it wasnt even the same colour for f**k sake, did they really think i was that stupid?), well...... they never answer me that.
Basically, the whole thing is my fault. Its my fault i did not receive the goods they promised me of. it was my fault they they mess up the packaging.
Enough said really…….
Their answer to this was:
you are the one said you wanna save money on shipping, which is a lie, i paid every ££ of the amount they ask for.
the bumper can be fixed with a simple 10 mins heat gun job, your body shop is ripping you off, not our fault. another lie, the body was well recommended to me by a lot of people famous for their fair charge and honesty. It took them one whole day just to make the bumper back to as close to original shape and condition as they could. why exactly does it need fixing in the first place since it was supposedly in very good condition?
regarding the question of why i was sent a complete different bumper to the one they sent me pics of(it wasnt even the same colour for f**k sake, did they really think i was that stupid?), well...... they never answer me that.
Basically, the whole thing is my fault. Its my fault i did not receive the goods they promised me of. it was my fault they they mess up the packaging.
Enough said really…….
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