Tomi's '99 JDM S15 Silvia

[SR2O]

Hi All,

My name is Tomi, I’m from Melbourne, Victoria, thought it was about time I posted. Mid last year, after a few years of saving up, I was finally able to afford my dream car - a JDM S15 Silvia. Over the years I'd extensively researched the car and knew exactly what I wanted, so I decided my best option was to import an example.

The car was located in a Narita dealer after many long hours of searching by Ben from J-Spec Imports through auctions, dealers, classifieds etc.. It was in the condition I wanted, had all the options I had specified (along with a few extra's) and was reasonable in terms of price. The car arrived in Australia a few months later, and I had it complied and registered in Victoria by November '06.

Since that time I've been slowly modifying it to suit my tastes, the current modifications include:

Engine Bay & Driveline:

Garrett GT2871R 0.64 rear
6Boost Steampipe Exhaust Manifold
CES Front/Dump Pipe
3" MetalCat Catalytic Converter
3" CES Catback with CES Twin Tip muffler
HKS EVC 6 Boost Controller
Nistune Type 4 board
Greddy M-Spec FMIC & Piping
Greddy Short-Runner Intake Plenum
Tomei N15 Throttle Body
Tomei Poncams
Tomei Rocker Arm Stopper Kit
Nismo 740cc Injectors
Z32 AFM
Splitfire Coilpacks
Tomei Coilpack Cover
Rebuilt 6-Speed Gearbox
C's Short Shifter
Nismo Coppermix Clutch
Nismo Lightened Flywheel
Gruppe-M Carbon Fibre Intake with K&N Pod Filter
Garage Defend Carbon Fibre Cooling Panel
Nismo Radiator Cap
Nismo Oil Cap
Nismo Sock
Koyo Type-R 53mm radiator
Nismo Thermostat
Black Powder Coating of parts through-out the engine bay

Handling & Suspension:

Nismo Front Strut Brace
Nismo Power Brace II
Cusco Carbon Fibre Rear Strut Brace
Cusco Zero 2E Coilovers (F:8 R:6)
Cusco E-Con (Electronic Damper Control)
Cusco Sway Bars (Front and Rear)
Cusco Adjustable Pillow Tension Rods
Cusco Tension Rod Bar
Cusco Adjustable Rear Upper Arms
Cusco Adjustable Toe Control Rod

Brakes & Wheels:

R33 V-Spec Brembo's Calipers Front and Rear
R33 Drum Handbrake Conversion
DBA 4000 Slotted Rotors, Front 324mm
DBA 4000 Slotted Rotors, Rear 297mm
R33 V-Spec BMC
Cusco BMC stopper
Ferodo DS2500 Front Pads
DB192 C2's (Race Brakes) Rear Pads
R34 GT-R rims (18x9.0, +30 offset) wrapped in Falken Ziex ZE912 235/40/R18 Tyres
Not yet fitted are a set of black Work Miester S1's (2P) w/Polished Lip:

- Fronts are 19x9 -10 offset (114mm dish, Rdisk) wrapped in Dunlop SP9000 245/40/R19 Tyres.
- Rears are 19x10 -15 (133mm dish, O disk) wrapped in Dunlop SP9000 285/40/R19 Tyres.

Interior:

Optional Pop-Up Screen
Optional Sunroof
Optional Tweeters
Genuine Floormats
Nismo GT500 Titanium Gearknob
Defi Boost Guage and Link Unit
Nismo Gauge Cluster
Nismo Pedals & Foot Rest
R34 GT-T Tiptronic Buttons (for later use on something)
Defi DIN Cluster (Water Temp, Oil Temp, Oil Pressure) along with the necessary sensors/adaptors. Faces are black, illuminates red
Pioneer AVH-P6350BT single DIN touchscreen headunit
Modified Digital Climate Control to illuminate with red LED's

Exterior:

Optional Foglights
HID's
Nismo Smoked Side Indicators
Genuine Wind Deflectors
Wingless Spec-S Bootlid
Custom Number Plates
Not yet fitted is a Vertex Ridge widebody kit.

Japan 2006 a couple pictures taken (out of 200+) from a pre-purchase inspection I had done:

Australia 2006 when it was landed, complied and registered:

Video of the JDM S15 Popup Screen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alC715OCv1A

As it stands in 2010, still a little bit more to go before I consider it finished:

So that's about it for the moment. Future mods include fiiting my Vertex Ride widebody kit, Work Meister's, updating some interior aspects and some engine work when it decides to pop . Comments welcome.

Tomi

 

[Yakozan]

Welcome :wave:

Sat-nav and sunroof
You must been searching like crazy. Sat-nav is very rare, sun-roof is very rare. Getting both on the same car, super mega rare.

Very nice car. Looks very clean

 

[SR2O]

Welcome :wave:

Sat-nav and sunroof
You must been searching like crazy. Sat-nav is very rare, sun-roof is very rare. Getting both on the same car, super mega rare.

Very nice car. Looks very clean

Thanks, my importer almost went crazy looking for this car - I'm REALLY picky lol.

 

[kimi]

welcome Tomi :wave:

 

[Yakozan]

Welcome :wave:

Sat-nav and sunroof
You must been searching like crazy. Sat-nav is very rare, sun-roof is very rare. Getting both on the same car, super mega rare.

Very nice car. Looks very clean

Thanks, my importer almost went crazy looking for this car - I'm REALLY picky lol.

Well, glad you had the patience to wait it out

what are your plans for it?
You should atleast consider changing the rims and lower it.

 

[SR2O]

Welcome :wave:

Sat-nav and sunroof
You must been searching like crazy. Sat-nav is very rare, sun-roof is very rare. Getting both on the same car, super mega rare.

Very nice car. Looks very clean

Thanks, my importer almost went crazy looking for this car - I'm REALLY picky lol.

Well, glad you had the patience to wait it out

what are your plans for it?
You should atleast consider changing the rims and lower it.

Looking at putting a Vertex Ridge (Widebody) kit on it, Works Meister S1 (Gunmetal) rims, then the usual modification path - handling, suspension, engine work etc. So I better start working for more $$$

 

[elizium]

Nice car and welcome to the forum!!!

I have the SAT Nav in mine too.. but never seen it working as I can't work out what the buttons do... Plus I think that it won't do me a whole lot of good here in Moscow All I can get from it is the menu screen which isn't too exciting... if you ever work out how to make it do something useful - let me know....

 

[SR2O]

Nice car and welcome to the forum!!!

I have the SAT Nav in mine too.. but never seen it working as I can't work out what the buttons do... Plus I think that it won't do me a whole lot of good here in Moscow All I can get from it is the menu screen which isn't too exciting... if you ever work out how to make it do something useful - let me know....

Hey,

I knew the sat nav wouldn't work here in Australia. I'm pretty sure you can't modify the stock system to work in different countries. That didn't worry me as I intend to install a carPC to take care of GPS, DVD, MP3 etc so I'll kill a couple of birds with one stone. I'll do a writeup on it when I do it.

 

[Yakozan]

Mmmm Widebody :smitten:

 

[SR2O]

Mmmm Widebody :smitten:

I don't mind the C-West widebody kit, but I like the sleek lines of the Vertex Ridge kit more

 

[elizium]

Hey,

I knew the sat nav wouldn't work here in Australia. I'm pretty sure you can't modify the stock system to work in different countries. That didn't worry me as I intend to install a carPC to take care of GPS, DVD, MP3 etc so I'll kill a couple of birds with one stone. I'll do a writeup on it when I do it.

Let me know when you do the write up... I will be very interested...

Does anyone know where the GPS antenna is in the car?

 

[SR2O]

Hey,

I knew the sat nav wouldn't work here in Australia. I'm pretty sure you can't modify the stock system to work in different countries. That didn't worry me as I intend to install a carPC to take care of GPS, DVD, MP3 etc so I'll kill a couple of birds with one stone. I'll do a writeup on it when I do it.

Let me know when you do the write up... I will be very interested...

Does anyone know where the GPS antenna is in the car?

Will do. If you follow the wires back from the sat nav unit you'll find it eventually.

 

[Nicely]

Welcome :wave:

 

[Topper]

Hello and welcome, looks a very clean car :thumbs:

 

[sushiming]

welcome another white one ehhe :wave:
and sunroof and sat nav aswell wicked good pick :thumbs:

 

[S15R]

welcome mate, looks like its a top model S15

 

[SR2O]

*UPDATE* Got my Import Approval documentation this morning, so should be shipped out this week with some luck

 

[llama_au]

And when it gets here he can stop talking about it :wave: hehe

 

[Topper]

You have went about it the right way, dont buy the jap hand-me-downs at the auctions, buy one from a jap dealer :thumbs:

 

[SR2O]

Been a while since I updated this thread, couple of additions - GruppeM CF Intake, Garage Defend GT Cooling Panel and Trust/GReddy M Spec Intercooler. Pics taken at Mt Donna Buang (Read Sweet Drive)