KingDinasaur he mentions the brakes suck and fluid is 25 years old and there’s construction cones and slow cars, but yeah he went super slow I was hoping for some turbo noises
I love your car Matt and i'm glad you'll be keeping it stock! R32 prices are so inflated in the USA vs. up here in Canada that a LOT of people are now buying up and importing R33+R34 Skylines up here and sitting on them until they become legal in the US. It's a legitimate investment opportunity. So yes, my American friends, please continue to pay inflated prices for Skylines! You can buy an R34 Skyline GTS-T for $10-20k in Canada and a decent R32 GTS-T can be bought for $5-10k.
Digg it!! If i could afford to by a GT-R32,I'd be a werry happy man!! :D But...here in Norway.. We hawe some STUPID rules/laws, when it comes to rigth hand driven cars and import's! :( It's difficult to get them road legal and innsured! **It cost's a fucking fortune** (The system/law's,is shitt'y and corupt'ed) But,inough sayd about that subjekt! MAN,it's sooo cool 2 see a R32 With some RUBBER on the rims!!
"I'm going to leave the car stock"...I" powder coated the wheels" "I'm going to upgrade the brakes" ...."I might go with a 17" wheel" ..." I deleted the hicas" ..."took out the restrictor to up the boost"
+Drjve Delivering real JDM Vehicles Well he is just replacing the rotors and fluid, which it needs. He powder coated the wheels to look like they do stock yet new.
I saw this car in person 3 days ago during the One Take filming of my NSX. Looks absolutely stunning with the refinished wheels, meaty tires, and gun metal paint.
+Chris Cahill Yes, but the fox body and this car were produced around the same time. I've owned both, both of which were highly modified. The fox body, even with the entire Maximum Motorsports catalog thrown at feels like driving a horse and buggy next to an R32 GTR.
I really love when you review your own cars. I can sympathize with your desire to not come off as douchey, but honestly, it doesn't come off as such to anyone with any semblance of a brain. In fact, these one takes are my favorite because you show real knowledge and passion for the car. From what I've seen, as long as you focus on the intangibles, how the car feels to drive, and don't just read a list of mods and brag about how fast it is, it really comes off as humble passion, and not attention seeking narcism. This is, IMO, the best production quality of any One Take you've made thus far (though I'm sure that's do more to time constraints when filming fan's cars). Keep it up, man!
+Caleb Marshall Amen. It's the sharing of the intangibles and the best use cases of cars that make for the most interesting reviews. Glad that Matt is still on his A-game on these despite being restricted to one-take videos these days.
+TheSmokingTire Matt first off great example of an R32. Loved the video.. Just 2 things: 1.). Handbrake light means your brake pads are worn OR brake fluid is low. (Or both) 2.) consider the oil pump collar mod for your RB26. Early motors were notorious for stripping them and losing all oil pressure. High revving a lot or a mechanical over rev from a miss shift can cause it. Just something to think about. Keep the videos coming. And I hope you see this post
I remember looking at this car in video games from the early 2000s, but seeing this car in a review video like this brings back memories. You don't see hydraulic powered cars like this anymore.
Ah dang matt you should get a job as a mailman now! You already have the right hand drive car! Think of all the complaints about how slow the USPS is... you have a chance to fix this! Almost like your destiny, a mailman with a 1990 Nissan Skyline GTR would be the most epic bruh.
+douwebaekelandt Well, 10 years of additional development will lead to a faster car, obviously. Using your logic though the R35 is superior to the R34, but the reality is that each car needs to be taken within it's historical context and appreciated for its unique aspects and the driving experience it delivers. The R32 was the first and original Godzilla. The thing was released in the 80's and dominated everything upon release. The R34 was dominant too, but in the 90s.
I bought my early '89 from Sean Morris and the International Importers Team in late 2014. Great guys to deal with. I am currently awaiting my brake upgrade from a NSW company in Sydney, Aesthetic Life Motorsports. Mine stopped like crap also. The R32 GTR is the Fox Body for Australians and that is where I have been sourcing most of my parts, there and Canada.
Low brake fluid = Parking Brake Light. The AC controller can simply be a loose connection for the controller. Mine started acting up and it was just half way disconnected.
+doctorlobsteroctopus My last 2 944's had that too, 85.5+ 944s all had the antenna glass. It sucks when you need a new windshield as they are a lot more expensive.
+GzillaR34 Ceramic turbos have a lighter mass and spin up notably faster. For stock boost- Theyre _amazing_. But you can *not* go past 1 bar (14-15 psi, depending on elevation) on them- They simply shatter, damn near like _clockwork_, once you exceed this. The steel turbos however, wont.
+SidewaysGts so basically the ceramic turbos spool up quicker but over 14-15 psi it will shatter correct ? The steel turbos are the opposite . And obviously weight a little more ?
+SidewaysGts wow never really looked into that and I know he said it in the video. One thing I always focused on the R32 was its ATTESA AWD system that you can hit a switch to make a burn out. But other then that that's interesting .
I like seeing Matt drive his own cars :) He says we might not be impressed if we're not from the US where they were only recently able to be imported, but honestly - because we didn't have the import ban in Australia and R32s are a dime a dozen (sort of) it's actually really rare to see a clean R32 GTR. There's any number of base model Skylines dolled up as GTRs, and numerous GTRs that have been ruined by tasteless idiots and people with no mechanical sympathy, so it's relatively rare to see a nice R32 GTR.
That's a really cool car. I think out of the 32, 33, and 34's I like the look of the 33's the best. That being said, the bronze wheels and the paint job looks really good together.
I checked out the importers he referred us to.. yes, they have a couple of really clean cars.. but they are asking RIDICULOUS amounts of money for them. NSX's going for 10k-15k higher than US prices. R32 GT-R's selling for 10-40k above prices if you were to buy it from joe blow that already imported it
Matt, for the parking brake warning light I recommend you top up the brake fluid. I think that when the fluid sloshes around it can momentarily read as low. It gave me the parking brake light in my Toyota for that reason so it could be the same on your car.
love the car, I got my R32 GTR a couple of months ago and couldn't be happier. car is completely stock besides a HKS EVC boost controller and run about 1 bar and is perfect early how it is. definitely one of the best GT cars for the money!
Brake warning light coming on usually indicates brake pads worn down close to the metal. This sucks the brake fluid up into the system more than normal, thus the sensors detect low fluid and put the light on. Common Nissan thing, does this on all models from Micra to GTR, and everything inbetween.
appreciate this Matt! not showing off at all, you're sharing. don't get me wrong, I'm jealous but you're humble and have worked hard for what you have. would love an update for this or a road trip video in it!
nicest looking R32 i have seen in a very long time, and I'm in Australia where they're relatively common. Congrats, agreed stock is the way to go now, the stock cars are, as you say like Unicorns, and will only appreciate if looked after. Modified examples with 400-500 hp or more are a dime a dozen now. And as a former 180SX owner (with 310 wheel hp) its easy to turn a nice friendly street car like a stock skyline into a police attracting, noisy, compromised car.
+TheSmokingTire The dash bubble is really easy to fix. Go get "marine vinyl conditioner" and rub it on your dash. Do it a few times and it will go away. Dividing the "twin turbo" pipe will make the power delivery much more linear.
I had no idea these also had the "free boost mod!" If you do this to '91-93 3000GT VR-4/Stealth TTs, you go from 10 to 12 psi (300 to 320hp). Anyone know of others cars with this too?
Im from Australia and I love Skylines and seeing that you got a 32 is just awesome! You need to come to Aus to check out the car scene, drive some other Skylines, I have a friend with a rare HR31 GTSX coupe and multiple friends with the normal 4 door R31 Skyline (including myself), you gotta come here soon to check it all out!
Kilobits Well I just recently picked up a '15 pro4x since they are extinct now :( it was so hard to find one!! But yes I have a lot planned including off road bumper, a winch setup, mild lift, etc.
fill your brake fluid up, the handbrake light will start to come on when it's a bit empty. You may as well flush the whole system out if its been sitting around for a long time.
Wait. You don't go through drive throughs? so what are you eating? - From a guy that's your size, while doing no exercise, and eating way too fucking much fast food.
You realize that it's possible to eat unhealthily while at the same time not eating fast food, correct? About 2-3 years ago, I topped out at about 250 lbs. (I'm 6'2" and now weigh 165). Never ever ate fast food, just a crapload of chips, ice cream, and general junk foods in insanely oversized portions. Not to mention as little physical exertion as possible.
I had no idea you had one of these, Matt! I thought you were all Mustang and Corvette Gung-Ho, but this truly signifies your exceptionally bad-fucking-ass taste in all cars! Thank you so much for sharing or else a lot of people would have never known!
As any E30 owner can surely tell you, you have to get 17s for a good tire selection. No Pilot Super Sports. No P Zeros. No a lot of tires. 17s are perfect on a Skyline IMHO. 18s are starting to look cartoonish, 16s look a bit small.
On the Skyline (specifically the 97 R33 GTR V Spec) being the best car in the first Gran Turismo game, it was certainly great, but the Mitsubishi GTO (called the 3000GT in the U.S.) raced it all the way to the title of being the best car in the game and to me, the GTO (specifically the 95 MR), just shaded it to the title :) .
If I were Matt, I would do whatever mods I wanted to do to it, keep the stock components, and when it's time to resale, put the stock components back on. That way you have a funner car to drive, and also you don't put the mileage on the stock components :)
I was speaking in regards to keeping it stock for the sake of resale value. If you were to put it at auction down the line as a stock car you cant advertise it that way just because you put the stock parts back on
What an amazingly clean example of an R32. What a find! Congrats Matt, you definitely found a gem. Do you think there's any chance you might do basic bolt-ons? Plumbing, exhaust (nothing extreme), things of that nature? Obviously while storing the stock parts in safe, clean spot to revert to stock in case resale ever comes into mind. Minor touches like that, can really make these come alive, without sacrificing any of the refinement or reliability.
+presteronetj +1 for this. Not too sure a lot of Americans know what a Pulsar GTi-R is, though, or can appreciate it for what it was. A proper niche Nissan unicorn if there ever was one
+presteronetj You want to lightweight homologation special GTi-RA. Came in creme only. The problem is though, they are quite nose heavy and aren't the most tail happy. It was seen as the king of the turbo Jap hatches, and you can make them quick as, but personally I would rather have a Mazda GT-R AE
tavi921 You can get a Skyline like this all day long here in Canada for roughly 10-15k Cdn. www.kijiji.ca/b-autos-camions/grand-montreal/skyline/k0c174l80002
Nice job on the in video advertising. It was relevant to the video and an appropriate length for the video. I hope you made some money off it and the web page gets some hits. I will check it out. Love the GTR too.
The best thing about that car is that if this whole TV/internet car presenter thing doesn't work out for you, you can always just take up delivering newspapers. Also, did anyone else notice the face on the giant rock in the road at around the 4:04 mark? Hilarious.
+Bender Rodriquez other than the skyline and mustang he has a 900000+ mile Lexus ls400, delorean, Aston Martin (vanquish I believe), C5 corvette, and Chevy volt
+TheSmokingTire I had the same parking brake light issue in my J-Spec Nissan Pulsar GTi-R. It would come on during hard cornering. The limit switch that sensed when the parking brake lever was down, that was out of limit. All I did was tape a piece of rubber on the limit switch so that when the lever was down, it fully pressed the limit switch to turn the light off. Might want to try that before doing anything too invasive. To test this, you could also take a hold of the brake lever and shake it side to side to see if the light comes on or goes out.
Congrats Matt. I was really looking forward to this video. Your decision to leave it as stock as possible is a good one IMO. I know you take a lot of crap from chat and others sometimes, but personally I like your videos. Been here since Garage 419 and your "simplistic" no bullshit content is enjoyable.
in the case of classical and the history that it has, the R32 is the best also the R31 is awsome, but to rare and expensive. and in MY opinion the R32 is the best looking car. there is one for sale in my country, a R32 for 12.000 € :D
