Monday, September 1, 2008

Ivan's R32

You all remember my good buddy, Ivan and his white R32. It's the one with the uncommon wide body kit on it. He had a decent amount of modifications done to it. After replacing his RB20 with an RB26 from a GT-R, it was time his car got a new coat of paint. Although many of us wanted him to keep his R32 white, he wasn't too fond of it after realizing one day that his car looked exactly like a few of the R32's around, especially a certain 'someone' running Quarter Mile a garage in Sunway.







So one day, he decided to paint his car hot pink! Yes, I know! What in the world was he thinking?!?! After trying to convince him that the R32 will not pull pink off very well, he still insisted he wanted to do it. One Thursday evening, he sent me a message saying his 'pink' car is out. I was really disappointed...

I had put off seeing his car until Sunday came and we decided to meet up for a short drink and catch up. We met at the Jaya One mamak as the usual Old Town Kopitiam was full. As I entered the parking area, I kept looking out for a bright flashy pink car. No way was I going to miss spotting it. However, after I made my way through the cars and swore to myself that I had better get my eyes checked as there was no pink car at first glance. Then this caught my eyes...



He had tricked everyone in to thinking he was really going pink. This 'Sea Blue Crystal' wasn't so bad. Looks better than I expected I must say. The color kind of reminds me of Domenic's car of Autostyle Performance Cars in Sydney. If you'd like to know more about this car, head to AutoSpeed.com and read their 'Extreme V-Spec' article.


Or this Do-Luck R34... An article of this car can be found on TurboMagazine.com at their 'Do-Luck Nissan Skyline GTR34' feature.


As well as this privately owned Do-Luck Kitted R34 in the UK. More pictures can be found on the GTROC.co.uk forums.


Anyway, back to Ivan's car... After a short drink, we headed home to snap some pictures of his new colored 'Sea Blue Crystal' R32...





Enkei RPF-1 in 18 x 10.5jj Offset +15. R32 GT-R brakes behind them.


The 'Sea Blue Crystal' paint really wraps around his D-Max wide body kit nicely doesn't it. Although right now the kit is only seen on the rears (the fronts were lost in a drifting mishap), the standard R32 GT-R will have to do for now.




His wheels need refurbishing too...






The interior. He installed a roll cage as he was previously drifting.




Oooohh, cut off switch.


Nismo gauge he got from the half-cut he bought for the RB26 transplant.


Some Defi meters hooked up to keep you aware of the important readings.


Roll cage...


Nismo R32 seats.


The engine bay. Nice RB26 sitting where the RB20 use to be. You can spot the Trust/Greddy Oil Filter relocation kit which leads to the Oil Cooler. Greddy intercooler pipes which lead to a BNR34 intercooler. There is also a lovely Sard 3 core aluminum radiator sitting in the front.


Some M's Sports pods.




The Border Carbon Fiber bonnet.


Ganador Super Side Mirrors.


Wise Square LED Tail Lights.








Apex'i Exhaust.




Here are two short clips of Ivan's car.

Starting up...


Ivan heading home... burning some rubber along the way *laughs*.


If you're interested in looking for Ivan regarding work on your car, he can be reached at;

Ivan Tan - 012-6690525

Monster Pit (TM Motors Sdn Bhd)
Lot 402, 5 3/4 Miles,
Old Klang Road 58000,
Kuala Lumpur.

6 comments ¨¨¨¨¨:

Da Devil said...

sweeeet....literally...dunno that blue....kinda remind me of a blue colour cotton candy....nice car...

:: Nicole.F :: said...

=.=" that ivan.. i got his sms too saying that his 'pink' car is out.. he tricked everyone.. hahaha

nicwan8 said...

Hi there,

The R34 you have there belongs to an owner of a mechanical garage down in Sydney, New South Wales. His car his quite "famous", made it into a few magazines and DVD called IgnitionDVD.

If I am not mistaken he has two of the exact same car. One for track and another for daily.

Anyway, I'm Nic and have been a long time reader of your blog thanks for RUSS and EJ.

Leonard Foong said...

da devil,
Yeah, it actually does. =)

:: Nicole ::,
Exactly! He tricked all of us. Cheeky fella.

nicwan8,
Yes, I know. If you read my blog entry carefully, you will see that I've already mentioned it with the picture.
"The color kind of reminds me of Domenic's car of Autostyle Performance Cars in Sydney. If you'd like to know more about this car, head to AutoSpeed.com and read their 'Extreme V-Spec' article."
Hello Nic, cheers for checking out my blog.

admin@cora-links.com said...

wow, ivan painted his car Sea Blue Crystal?? Im sure it looks pretty good in real life, during the day.. but wouldnt it look white at night?

Hows the car going Leo? Any more upcoming mods?? ;)

Leonard Foong said...

Hey Russ,
After sitting in your car, Wern Shen's car and Bryan's car, I think I need more power *laughs*. There will be some small changes in my plans for the car. I've decided and bought a pair of turbines just so I can keep up with you people. =P

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