budget skyline

mysticfire6602 · Post by **mysticfire6602** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:25 pm

donk_316 · Post by **donk_316** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:32 pm

You seriously think that it would be less than 20k for them to build that?

The Dark Side of Will · Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:49 pm

Are they welding on a hacked off Skyline clip, or transplanting the Skyline parts into an S13/14?

I can't see a Skyline clip going for less than $10K, and grafting it onto another chassis and getting it right is a hell of a lot of work.

product1620 · Post by **product1620** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:48 pm

It seems like it would be easier to have a buddy in canada, ship one down in "pieces", and you have it reg'd as a Kit car.

crzyone · Post by **crzyone** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:07 pm

Would be easier to buy an EVO or STI. I know Skylines are desirable, but that is going a bit overboard just to own one.

donk_316 · Post by **donk_316** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:07 pm

PS/

Next time, gay posts like this will be wiped off the face of the earth if you dont start the discussion. My pet peave is people who post a link and nothing else.

Learn to cut and paste with your links and give your OWN opinion too.

mysticfire6602 · Post by **mysticfire6602** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:19 pm

donk_316 wrote:PS/

Next time, gay posts like this will be wiped off the face of the earth if you dont start the discussion. My pet peave is people who post a link and nothing else.

Learn to cut and paste with your links and give your OWN opinion too.

:salute: yes, ma'am

Kohburn · Post by **Kohburn** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:40 am

would make for a left hand drive skyline wouldn't it?

mysticfire6602 · Post by **mysticfire6602** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:47 pm

yup

and its nothing for them to drop 20k and make it into a "skyline" here in the US, since its illegal to import most of them and if you do manage to import one it would cost more than that to buy it, import it, and make it DOT legal.

donk_316 · Post by **donk_316** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:15 pm

See i dont undertsand any of the US laws... I know people with r33s and a guy with an r34 in the USA... but no R32s...

BUT everyone says they are illegal in the USA... Hell one of the biggest Skyline race car builders is in California RB Motoring.

The Dark Side of Will · Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:28 pm

They're illegal for use on public roads.

Motorex used to import them, but they had to do a LOT of stuff to one to make it legal... change all the glass, for instance. And they had one crash tested. I think their problem was that they tried to pull a fast one on NHTSA and only tested R32's, while importing R33's and R34's as well.

So with the proper mods, an R32 can be legal, but, to my knowledge, the appropriate testing has not been done to allow R33's & R34's to be made US legal.

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:14 pm

The Dark Side of Will wrote:Are they welding on a hacked off Skyline clip, or transplanting the Skyline parts into an S13/14?

I can't see a Skyline clip going for less than $10K, and grafting it onto another chassis and getting it right is a hell of a lot of work.

I get it that they are putting the Skyline parts in the SX. I still don't see how I could be legal in Callifornia, though.