R34 GTR Front End Conversion V1
I’ve always liked the R34 front end over the R33. I had gone through factory, GTR and 400R front ends and none of them really satisfied me in the looks department. So I decided to convert the front end to R34 GTR. I used a Carbon Fibre bonnet and factory plastic R34 GTR front bar. All mounting components were purchased new from Nissan and Japan. The conversion fenders are fibreglass to make the conversion a little easier initially. The front radiator support needed to be drilled and cut out and the r34 rad support needed to be welded in its place. This allows for easy install of the new headlights. I resprayed the components in a booth and even the carbon bonnet. I only sprayed the top though to keep more of a low profile with police in Australia.
Intercooler Piping
Custom Front Mount Intercooler Piping for the R33 Skyline in Stainless Steel. Using as direct route as possible for shortest length of piping possible with the setup. Easily removable. Has ports for the BOV to recirculate facing directly back into the turbo as well as idle control support and IAT sensor.
R34 GTR Front End Conversion V2 (in progress)
The fibreglass fitments for the fenders was horrible. There was bad door gaps and the bonnet gaps were atrocious. These were always going to be temporary however. After I found some second hand r34 steel fenders I got to work on hacking them up and making new conversion fenders. At first I though about just using a section of the r33 fenders at the door and using the rest of the fender from the r34 however the wheel arch didn’t match up. So instead I used most of the r33 fender and cutout the r34 headlight section up to almost the middle of the wheel arch. This gave a good section to weld onto the the outside and the inner of the fender as well as kept the r33 bodyline up tp the wheel arch. After welding and smoothing it looks like a single piece fender with factory fitments all around and simple factory bolt holes so no adjustment and bending was necessary. This allows for easy removal and install which is exactly what I wanted for the final product.
Widebody
R33 Custom Steel WideBody with Shaved Antenna and Boot Lock. I didn’t want to use fibreglass panels to make the widebody as they can easily crack and spider web. I wasn’t going to put al this time and effort in to only need to do it again in the future and respray the car again. There was rust in the arches so this was a win, win. I used cardboard to create a template for the steel then cut it out, bent it to shape then welded it to the car. Cut off excess steel from the body so the new body isn’t just adding a tonne of extra weight. I kept the factory bodyline the whole length of the car. This gives it a more factory look while still being agressively wider.
