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Also last week, picked up a HICAS lock bar to lock out the rear steering rack, which I think is giving me some problems at higher speed with vibration in the car. Details will come when I get around to installing it in a couple of weekends time.

A proper GTR bonnet latch is also on it’s way so I can get a proper close with the bonnet and move it towards a proper GTR front. The GTS-T one I modified slightly to get to fit, but it’s not ideal.

Oh, and I’m buying a set of R34 GTT rims to replace the V35 ones  which I should be picking up sometime this week After that I’ll be getting some proper semi-slicks for the rear to help get the grip down on the ground.
So a few things in the pipeline!

Well, paid of the R32, and decided I was bored of the Pulsar I was driving a lot of the time.. Bought a 1991 Lexus LS400 to drive daily, and sold the Pulsar for $1600 The Lexus is very comfortable to drive, and makes a good complement to the Skyline, which stays for when I want to have fun.

The LS400 is a v8 with around 190kw, so drives fairly nicely. It’s quite heavy so it’s no big performance machine, but no slouch either. It needs a few minor things attended to, but overall – it definitely feels like the best car I’ve driven. At a price of around $AUD120,000 new (worth about 1/10 of that now), you’d hope so too

Just picked up a genuine GTR front bar at a good price.. As opposed to the unevenly cut stock bar (which never really was designed to fit a FMIC), this one is from an R32 GTR and will fit a lot better. It’s also plastic which is stronger and more flexible to last many years, and can be wrapped around to fit a GTS-T. At some point, I’ll get it all painted and fitted.

This should complete the GTR look for the front end, and once the sideskirts are fitted, and everything painted, should give a very different look to the car.