Hey guys, I am trying to finish the R32 body conversion on my S13 convertible. The front end is on and now its time to move towards the rear of the car. I have the tail lights, and a reputable fabricator/body man thats going to do it, but he said I should try and find a couple more parts to ease the process.
I am wondering if any one has, or knows where I might be able to get my hands on the tail light BUCKETS from an R32 coupe. I do not think it matters if its a GTS or GTR, but if someone knows differently, please correct me.
Any help is greatly appreciated.-Mike
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Hi, I noticed you had some threads about the R32 conversion fenders..
Actually , the same company you bought those fenders from prototyped the fenders on my S13 at the time, I briefly owned a jdm rhd s13 with that front end conversion and 50mm rear wide body fenders with a full body kit, I had it painted dark candy metallic red. It looked awesome for about 4 days until the hood flew up because we Mickey Moused the hood latch to use the S13 latch, and of course I just thought I'd install hood pins when I'd get around to it. I never put it back together again, and sold what was left of the car because I realized there was no way to legalize that car.
BTW I make those same fenders, I was wondering if we may use your pictures, and in return I can offer you a good discount on body parts you may need for your car.
I like the way your S13 is coming along, once you get a body kit it should look perfect. I have the BN style R32 GT-S bumper coming in soon, that would look good with the vertex style sides and rear. My car had the same bomex style GT-S front bumper as you and the vertex ss and rb, it looked pretty nice.
Good luck with the SR132 (what do you call it btw?)
For the buckets I'm not sure.. I know there is a guy who used to work at M1 auto body who did an R32 conversion that looked just like a real GT-R, he even changed that line on the door to match the R32 and everything, slightly wider rear fenders, I thought it was an R32 (except for the RHD steering wheel). I wish I had his info because that was a wild conversion, it really had me fooled, he must have used the R32 trunk as well.
Actually , the same company you bought those fenders from prototyped the fenders on my S13 at the time, I briefly owned a jdm rhd s13 with that front end conversion and 50mm rear wide body fenders with a full body kit, I had it painted dark candy metallic red. It looked awesome for about 4 days until the hood flew up because we Mickey Moused the hood latch to use the S13 latch, and of course I just thought I'd install hood pins when I'd get around to it. I never put it back together again, and sold what was left of the car because I realized there was no way to legalize that car.
BTW I make those same fenders, I was wondering if we may use your pictures, and in return I can offer you a good discount on body parts you may need for your car.
I like the way your S13 is coming along, once you get a body kit it should look perfect. I have the BN style R32 GT-S bumper coming in soon, that would look good with the vertex style sides and rear. My car had the same bomex style GT-S front bumper as you and the vertex ss and rb, it looked pretty nice.
Good luck with the SR132 (what do you call it btw?)
For the buckets I'm not sure.. I know there is a guy who used to work at M1 auto body who did an R32 conversion that looked just like a real GT-R, he even changed that line on the door to match the R32 and everything, slightly wider rear fenders, I thought it was an R32 (except for the RHD steering wheel). I wish I had his info because that was a wild conversion, it really had me fooled, he must have used the R32 trunk as well.