New members

Where's all these new members coming from 

Seems to be a lot lately surely there can't be that many new cars arriving lol

Possibly people looking for GTI-Rs too? maybe its because of the facebook page, alot of people linking the forum etc and people sign up

A few have been on the search for a pulsar .... seems like somebodys buying them all up

There has been a lot of people looking for an R lately. I remember when there was normally in excess of 10 for sale in Aus, now there is only a couple.

There is a feature now in jap performance about what top 3 cars can beat a Subaru Impreza, and a Gti-r is one of them.
Also the new 25 year import rule has brought the Gtir back into the importing limelight. A repeat of the early 2000's in popularity would be great, but with so few left I can't see it happening.

On another note, welcome to all you new members 

Have you seen the amount of front clips for sale in the usa
I did a search on ebay japan and the guys cutting them in half were advertising on there all of them look pretty much standard too

Front clips ????

Front clip is where they chop a car just behind the dash /bulkhead and sell the front end only. .
It's a way of buying engine gearbox , suspension , wiring all in one go. Also get the wings, etc .. basically everything from gearstick forwards ...
Some of the ones on ebay America look mint and all of them have uncut front bumpers

Stu wrote:Have you seen the amount of front clips for sale in the usa
I did a search on ebay japan and the guys cutting them in half were advertising on there all of them look pretty much standard too

Tow eye covers too, scary, wonder why they are killing them?

Probably flood damaged or rear ended  or more likely worth more like that .  
How many clips could you fit  in 1 container as opposed to how many full cars will fit in a container

No, it was sold as front clips, mainly to the states, becuase of the import law before where you could not import the whole car, so alot of them where buying front clips and converting them on their fwd Nissan Sentra's, Nissan NX's etc. But hopefully the 25 year import law has been lifted the whole car in 1 piece can now be imported.

that would be my ideal desk for my office

that means theres another grim reaper on the other side of the pond

is a shame now though with so few of them left especially good condition stock cars

Andy Sunny Gti wrote:There is a feature now in jap performance about what top 3 cars can beat a Subaru Impreza, and a Gti-r is one of them.
Also the new 25 year import rule has brought the Gtir back into the importing limelight. A repeat of the early 2000's in popularity would be great, but with so few left I can't see it happening.

On another note, welcome to all you new members 

I saw this, good read and awesome to see the R in there

Any links to this feature?

Its off to WH Smiths then!

It's red readings (Danny's car), but bobs words lol, and a link to this site, hence influx of new members.

Andy Sunny Gti wrote:It's red readings (Danny's car), but bobs words lol, and a link to this site, hence influx of new members.

haha fantastic
obviously my write up worked wonders got a link?


warm welcome all the genuine new members

Andy Sunny Gti wrote:
... the new 25 year import rule has brought the Gtir back into the importing limelight. A repeat of the early 2000's in popularity would be great, but with so few left I can't see it happening.

This 25 year rule will cause a demand for the GTI-R like never before, and with demand you have to have supply, which we all know is not going to happen.

For many years GTI-Rs have been getting "front cut" or "front clip" with the majority going to the US for implants into the Sentra, I even remember some years agos seeing a DL2 RB (Winter Green) that looked in excellent contdition and under 70k kms on the clocks, chopped up for parts.

GTI-Rs are going to be harder to get, due in part to the demand that will come out of the US, so if you have one, hang onto it, or sell it to the Yanks for a profit.

It's great that the demand for gtirs is going to increase and with that comes more exposure, I'd love to see more gtirs in other parts of the world. Unfortuately that does mean parts will be in higher demand than they already are, which means prices will end up reflecting that for the rest of us

PartyPete wrote:Any links to this feature?

So the 3 contenders to beat the STI were Mazda MPS, Civic Type R and the GTIR which won.

Thanks for posting it up mate .... not sure i agree with the intercooler comment though ....

Any body know if this car still exists? Is it still in the uk? Looks a right weapon! Would like to know more about it.....

nomad wrote:Thanks for posting it  up mate .... not sure i agree with the intercooler comment though ....

In regards to the top mount being a weak point? I wouldn't say it's a weak point, especially if you modding it on a budget.

I was thinking the same thing, where is this car from? Nice words of wisdom in the article aswell

Thanks for the articke woody, u been repped