The interior of the later models are also different, the later models comes in black trim while the earlier ones such as 1999 comes in grey trim. When i was looking at gtr's months ago, most of them are grey trim and second hand dealers swear its 2002 model even when the database clearly states its 1999. I guess the easy way out is to check the colour of the trim. I have tried checking for the seltbelt sash too but most of them are ripped off already.Oh, and I forgot to mention...
russwestwood mentioned
This is true. Alot of second hand car dealers (I shall not point fingers) pass their cars off as newer cars simply because they can sell it at better prices. Usually you can check the cars manufacturing year from the tags on the safety belts but many are cutting them off now. So, here are a few things that might give you clues to whether or not what you're getting is genuine.
First of all, look at the color of the stitching on the seats, steering wheel and arm rest. Earlier models have red stitching.
Back light of A/C display is greenish not white-ish and the color of the writing on the fuse box is yellow on the later models. I guess these little changes took place from the production of V-Spec II model onwards.
russwestwood, maybe some day... *laughs*
Forgot to mention a couple more things so the two posts above are edited.
kol m 53100,
I'm not sure if that is right. I've never read anything that mentions the suspension have been revised on the Nur's. As far as I know, only the M-Spec Nur's leather seats, seat foam, had been altered to give a better ride in conjunction with the Ripple Control dampers.
Yup, Liner is right. Only V-Spec II's and later came with the black interior.
If you're wondering why the R34 GTR market has been steadily on the decline, this is the reason why. It's because of these dodgy used car sales dealers that tamper with the market value of the car, selling something when it's clearly not.
Isnt 91 octane abit too low? Maybe he would get better results with 98 octane. Most normal GTR's in aussie are making 250-270rwkw with basic mods such as ebc and pfc which is about 360rwhp. Would u say the N1 goodies they have in NUR is more towards reliability ? ie can withstand more hp and power with stronger internals.Some one in Japan dyno'ed a bone stock Nur at 340ps at the wheels on 100 octane fuel which is available in Japan.
In USA, California, a bloke dyno'ed his Nur at 279.5bhp at the wheels but this is on a low boost of 0.6kPa as he was using 91 octane U.S. premium pump gas. His car detonated on stock boost of 0.9.
After he fitted an Apexi PowerFC+commander+boost control kit, M's twin K&N intake and NGK Iridium spark plugs, on 1.0 bar of boost with 91 octane U.S. pump gas (Ron+Mon/2), he managed 359 HP @ 7300 rpm, 306 lb-ft @ 4300 rpm on all 4 wheels.
I've fitted downpipes, de-cat and catback exhaust, intake hard pipe kit with air filters (intercooler and intake pipings) and a boost controller and I got 360hp on wheels on a stock boost of 0.9.
Appreciate it but Wikipedia is sometimes not 100% accurate. That is why there is a 'The factual accuracy of this article or section is disputed.' on the page.