TriniGT's Project R32 GT-R

[TriniGT]

Carpet refitted,

Dashboard Refitted,

Old Burnt Headlight connector removed,

Replacement Harnesses from a donor vehicle,

Swapped over,

[TriniGT]

Oh my, look at those rotted rear wheels wells,




Now all repaired ,


Chassis Rails as well,


Also got replacement ABS and Brake Hardlines,



Got my rear subframe bracketed since I have now removed my HICAS setup, so no more flexing subframe ,

Sent the frames to be sandblasted and painted somewhat,



Bracketing of the subframe,

[TriniGT]

Okay Time for Goodies,
Fuel Setup,

Intake Manifold Silicone hoses,

HKS Cam Gears,

Tomei Metal Gaskets, no Headgasket not being used,

Titanium Exhaust,

Bride Material,

Works Lug Nuts,

Sard and Nismo Regulators,


Nismo Slave Cylinder,

Previously purchased Greddy Radiator,

Replacement Door/trunklid/bonnet rubber grommets

Replacement Harnesses,


Distribution Block, I may downsize it or sell as a bit big,

ARC Air Removal tank and overflow setup with Custom Koyo Radiator ,



Miscellaneous Rubber trim for door glasses etc., also some items for the engine as well to replace the old rotted items,


R34 GT-R front seats,

[TriniGT]

Engine pics will follow along with brakes and suspension.

[ColinR33]

Kudos sir! Amazing work.

[TriniGT]

Thanks, so much to do still though. After having local mechanics waste my time I have turn to a DIY approach. Here are some of my cars that I have rebuilt from the ground up, a lot have been sold off.
My Nissan Primera UK GT


My Nismo Spec R S15 Silvia,


My R34 GTT,

My S14.5, yes not an S15, I did a full S15 conversion on it, might be because I sold my Spec R above and missed her so much,





My Legacy Spec B,

My Daily Driver Forester Cross Sport resurrected from the dead,
Before,

After,



I currently only have the R32, Forester, S14.5 and the legacy. Sad times when I sold the GTT and more so the Spec R .

[zac3ne2nr]

Jay , good to see you sharing the love /loot around. Holidays are over now shake off the sorrel and ham and get back to work so you can finish this car. Thought about lookin you up when I was down but chrsitmas week is rough for everyone.

cheers
z

[TriniGT]

Yeah I know how it is and I was down nursing an injury trying to help my bro make his manual windows automatic and he dropped a door on my foot, thanks a lot bro!!! Hopefully now I can have more updates both on the local and international forums.

Happy New Year all btw, where are my manners

[S13Jordie]

That Color is amazing. Nice parts list as well, keep it up.

[TriniGT]

Okay had some time to do some work on the car, holidays. Pics are not the best but you get the idea, did some test fitting as well to raise my spirits.
Trust 100mm trial fitting,


Test Fitting,

Intercooler seems to be shifted, i think car may have been in a little fender bender in it's life,


Fitted some interior back,

Somehow this clip is fried on most R32s, will be repinned with another connector,


Stripped front A-Member, will be wirebrushed and if money permits blasted and powdercoated or maybe treated and painted,

Rear subframe dropped,


More room to work,

Got the support bar straightened a little and got things better aligned,

Trimmed support bar,





Looking somewhat like a GT-R,
N1 vents,

N1 vent Trimmed and fitted, bumper needs to be repainted,

N1 vent still needs trimming

Headlights are scratched to f@$k, may get replacements

[TriniGT]

Bumper needs some adjusting

N1 Vents trimmed and fitted,



Getting there,

But so much to do,

Well received my rear inner windscreen molding, so now I just have to get the front windscreen next month and have both front and rear removed and replaced with the new trimming. Next things coming in are Trust oil cooler and oil filter relocator, braided brakelines, cusco brake cylinder stopper and Nismo floor mats.
Some inspiration to keep me going,

In other news I modded the old R32 lighter setup for a newer S15 one that I have somethign in store for, the R32 one literally fell apart in my hands. The lighter in the R32 are if a different length to the S15 so you need the entire cartridge swapped.

[TriniGT]

Okay visited Tg Motorsports to see some progress, all looked fine, chassis rails fixed and patching done, but inside was a bit frightening at first, but after he explained then I kind of relaxed. So the idea is that the chassis rail is the strengthening in the car so he didn't want to remove and straighten it so he decided to cut the flooring at the top to tackle the chassis, rail so imagine my face when he showed me the inside busted, I was like wtf. But then he explained that between the chassis rails and the seat rails everything is safe. So the plan now is to plate the inside flooring and weld it off entirely and then all that is left to do is fix the under panel behind the driver side front fender. When the car comes back I can then treat proper and spray the inner metal areas to stop future rusting and then paint and underseal.




Rusted areas cut out and plated and welded in,


Straightened rails ,



Car should be home tomorrow, so the work commences soon. Got one package in, so far I have, Ganador mirrors, replacement headlights, custom grill and cooling panel (not sure if I like it too much but we'll see), Nizmo lighter and ATi damper, pics later on.

[TriniGT]

Okay got the car back a couple of days ago with most everything in good order, the interior buttoned up and the underneath in decent order with all rust areas fixed, will get some thorough pics soon.

You can see where it was patched at the lower driverside sill area and under the front fender as well.


Interior welded shut, now just to lube the inside to help with future rusting,

[TriniGT]

Alright not much of an update, lots of parts have come in but I have been so busy at work and reaching home at an average of between 7 and 8 that I ain't getting time to make a note. Just some pics of what was done,
Diff cleaned and painted,


Work that was done under the car, wish I had spotted another poor patch job,



Started scraping off the underseal to use the cup brush to strip the surface rust and begin priming with redoxide and then prepping to apply sealant and underseal again


Redoxide applied after using the cup brush and then cleaning,



After a couple of days I decided to tackle the underneath again with the balance of the 3M underseal and when that ran out I went Bhagwansingh and picked up a tin of the Flexseal to use on the creases and areas where I didn't want water to get in, the inner chassis rails and hidden areas I will be using some lithium spray so that it will deter rust from forming,
Rear Wheel well areas


Flexseal just applied and drying, by now it is almost done and the coating is pretty good, may apply more tomorrow,


3M Underseal all in the tunnelling as well ,




The shiznitt!!!,

The **** patchwork that needs to be cut and brought to metal and new pieces added and treat and painted proper, can't believe the guy did this, I am going to do over both sides when the car is up and running before I take it back to touchup,

On further prying , this would have started to spread even more and then I woulda kill someone.

[MarusGTR]

You are one dedicated dude, keep up the good work!