!!!SHARKEY THE SKYLINE!!! Picture heavy..

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Hi all and wlecome to my progress thread, I was going to wait till the car is fully finished but thought to myself since there is alo of pictures ive decided to get most of them out hte way now if i dont it will take me a day to do this hahaha.

The story goes like this. originaly the car was stock with minimal mods and at the time was owned by my brother, he then put a body kit on it, different alloys,sprayed dash steering wheel. the work on the car (bodywork wise) started to show wear,bubbling up etc etc. He then purchased a new car (s2000) the skyline was sat in the driveway for around 6 months doing naff all. some words were shared and the skyline became mine. since then alot items have been purchased and its having a transformation done to it by local based bodyshop Pauls body shop (PBS) based in Hedon.

Here is the current spec list of the car

This album consists of the recreation of my R33 Nissan skyline GTS-T.

the work you see been carried out is by Pauls Bodyshop in Hedon and its still going on as I type this to you now.
Car is confirmed to be back with me in August 2010


ive aquired a mag feature with total nissan also web mag features with openclutch.com & the ignitionpoint.com

I would also like to take this moment to thank in advance the following companies and people

Paul & Tab @ Pauls bodyshop of Hedon
Richard @ Auto Paint Solutions
Shaun & John @ Wheel Em In
Damo @ Rising sun performance
Paul @ T.A.S (Tints audio & security)
David @ Screentech
Mike @ BHP Auto Flocking
Jason,Chris & Karen @ Conceptua tuning
Mandy @ Skylineowners.com
Lesley @ Total Car magazine
Moff @ Moffshop


I will in the mean time just put up some pictures of how the skylines looking.

SPEC SHEET
ENGINE
Apexi power Induction kit
HKS dragger FMIC
HKS 1.2mil steel head gasket
HKS SSQV BOV
NGK iridium plugs (grade 7)
HKS Downpipe
HKS Turbo Elbow
Greddy oil catch can
JDM garage screamer pipe
Splite fire coil packs
Vavoline 5w40 oil
HKS Oil filter
JPerformance Aluminium racing radiator
Conceptua Hi flow fuel Filter
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
Blitz 1.3 radiator cap
Samco Coolant hoses (Blue)
Conceptua tuning engine dress up kit (Blue & Yellow)
Z32 afm (not fitted)
Stainless steel Evolution foundry Washer bottle cover
Stainless steel Evolution foundry PAS cover
Greddy Radiator cover (rare)
Stainless steel Evolution foundry Rocker cover
Rare Nismo strut brace with Brake stopper
Nismo voltage stabalizer
D1 spec grounding kit
Greddy/Trust 4 inch exhaust system from De-Cat back
japspeed turbo tubular 45mil exhaust manifold (not fitted)
Port & Polished Inlet manifold (not fitted)
Anodised Oil cap (blue)
Powder coated Cam covers (in yellow)
Powder coated Turbo pipe (in yellow)
Powder coated PAS, Carbon canister & Radiator brackets (in blue)
Engine Damper kit (not fitted)
6 litres green high performance coolant (Genuine nissan product)

INTERIOR

Fully custom leather re-trim including gaiters, door cards in black with grey piping
Kahn steering wheel (coming soon sparco blue alcantara wheel)
Raid snap off kit
Razor carbon fibre pedals
Tomie handbrake handle
Drift handbrake system
Quick shift
Nismo Tax disc holder
Greddy gear knob
Plasma speedo dials
Carbon Fibre door sills

MANAGEMENT

RSP stage 1 ecu
Apexi Safc 2
Greddy oil,boost,external & engine temp gauges
Greddy Profec B boost controller
HKS turbo timer

EXTERIOR

Full respray in one off paint (Long beach blue with extra pearl)
400R front bumper
400R arches (smoothed in)
GTR front grill (badge removed)
Vielside Carbon fibre Ganador mirrors (real carbon not fake)
Jun side skirts
Jun rear spats/aphrans
East Bear LED rear lights
Carbon fibre Skyline boot panel (rare)
Nismo Clear side indicators
Genuine 400R rear boot with Carbon fibre twin bladed spoiler
D speed Carbon fibre bonnet with vent and pins.
Metal HKS badge (for the boot)
De-locked door handles and boot
Ariel Removed & hole smoothed off.
Tinted windows and sunstrip
Anodised steel wipers (not fake ones)
Carbon fibre side skirt winglet blades (not fitted)
inner arches and under car fully undersealed with Waxoyl
JDL roof spoiler
2x Stainless steel number plate holders

WHEELS,RUBBER & BRAKES & Handling
20mil bolt on Spacers
19" Lenso Concept FIVE alloys
custom refurb by wheel em in.
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A all around
Conceptua tuning braided brake lines (yellow)
Conceptua tuning hand brake cables
Cusco Adjustable lower tie rods
Cusco Zero1 Adjustable coilovers


ICE
Kenwood parcel shelf speakers
Pioneer door speakers
JVC 7inch tilt screen
JVC KD-AVX2 dvd head unit

SECURITY & NAVIGATION
ALOT!


alot of items were removed prior to the car going into the bodyshop due to dust etc etc.

pics


pictured below of how it looked before my bro put stickers all over it. and How I liked it! well sort of, body work was not done to a pro standard as the saying goes if your a builder you dont go and try and make music. you go build a wall or a house and leave a producer to make music



Below pics of how it looked before I removed all the stickers my bro put on.


Fast N Furious y0! lol

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the 400R arches & side skirts where held on by wood screws LMAO and it seems my brother and his mate did a SHITE job of it! I dint even know that it was done this way. the amount of Filler that has been used is stupid Paul (one of the guys working on the car) said 'im a car modifier not a sculpturist' tild me to give my brother a black eye when I got home haha! they have found some rust which will be angle grinded away and will be painted with some rust protection stuff. all the arches and side skirts will be moulded on CORRECTLY. and he puta suggestion to me about delocking the door and boot whilst its at this stage.

here are some pics

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the inner arches are to be Wire brushed and then repainted aswell so even underneath there will be like new .

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moulding of door sills and side skirt


Drilling bonding under sealing and rivating (spl?) the metal protection plate onto the side skirt.


Picture of how the car is shaping up from a distance.









ignore the rust that will all be cleaned away and under sealed .

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Pics
CARCONDOM

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JDL spoiler
test fitting


Doors now off.


rear carbon fibre panel (very rare only 100 made)
test fitting


pics of the car in the rust protection spray stuff.





Engine bay bling


powder coated brackets for in the enginebay (need a wash ho lol)


pictured bellow is
conceptua braided brake hose lines
2x engine dress kit blue & yellow
6x ngk grade 7 iridium spark plugs
hand brake cables




surface of one of the arches wet block sanded (in primer)


had the coolant for a while bu thought id snap a piccy.

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since you all know my cars called SHARKEY i decided to get an emblem for it to add some class and originality.



personally i think it follows my own characteristics, cheeky smile all the time hahaha.

inner doors, light surrounds,petrol cap and door handles sprayed.
there not finished yet as they need to be flatternd down (to remove any form of dust in the laquer) and then polished up

EDIT: door handles are not yet finished as the flap bit handle itself will be sprayed white.









here are the main door shuts prepped up and ready for spray.




door shuts now sprayed up




smal bits of white are not dust they are polish




evidence all wires are masked up and every bit of the door shuts are sprayed including brackets


VIDEO ignore the music in the background I dont choose the radiostation haha

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orderd 2x number plate holder/surrounds made of high grade stainless steel..


visited the bodyshop today to find

Carbon fibre rear spoiler blade now in primer


Drivers C pillar all wet blocked and smooth ready for paint (along with the roof done to)


rear passenger side arch started to be worked on.


HKS ELBOW (not that easy to get a hold of these days for the GTS-T)
just found a website with them on 'no longer in stock' price says £287 :O.......


and here is a piccy of my actual HKS downpipe (a bit mucky but who cares lol)


also for those who are interested in using 'some' of the companies ive used here is a quick scan of there business cards.

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polished coil cover
polished bonnet pins

I used autoglym metalpolish.



Boot is now off and the inner side has been clean etched to remove grease and chemicals so its ready for polyfiller and primer.



part of engine bay now in primer





sharkey is now in the booth.

















JUST TO ADD:

doors where first masked up on the inside and also foam tping used to catch overspray in the door lines.

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cusco item ive found on my car are called Lower pillow ball arms made specificly for drifting stiffens up the front end so you get less bodyroll.

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before clear coat was added





clear coat now added


















AND SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE OF ME WALKING AROUND THE CAR LOL

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grill, roof spoiler & inner boot sprayed.

also car now undersealed wheels added and was moved next door into there storage garage.

photo of wheels fitted car look alot darker here due to its in the storage garage which has no windows (so of course no sunlight lol) only visible light showing is from the small gap I used to squize through on the sliding garage door.

Calipers il be doing at home okies lol. either Yellow or black. either way I will be then wet sanding the nissan logo down so it polishes up

















Carbon door sills


Carbon fibre winglets to be placed on rear of side skirts near the back wheels ....these will help channel the air from getting caught in the rear wheel arches and might fit to front bumper instead

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2x sheets £15.98 each


also im apart of this group buy on the skylineowners.com forum for A passenger side Light vent for cold air feed


Custom boot floor now recarpeted thanks to my brother . I had some carpet left over from my saxo project so thought id use it on something in the skyline.





Greddy Oil catch can

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very quick interior clean up. only stage one jobby as im not allowed ot use ay silicone based products in the work place.. also please note Greddy guages are not yet fitted . due to the car been in dry storage for now nearly 9 months the leather is rather dry so once I get sharkey back il be off nuts reconditioning the leather .