![]() All the best R35 Stagea conversions will also include widening the rear of the car to match the new width of the GTR fenders. What I'm going to be doing to make mine different is actually a result of both laziness and stubbornness. I'd also like to quickly thank the user s15-newbie who is also doing one of these conversions for helping me out with a bunch of questions I've had on the process and some measurements that I was after. I'm starting to feel like an adult now, moving from 80's and 90's Japanese shitboxes up to late 00's ones. This car is probably the nicest vehicle I've ever owned. The previous owner had done a few mods that I'm happy to not have to worry about like upgraded 350z brakes and Tein coilover suspension. This is a 2007 Nissan M35 Stagea Autech Axis model with the 3.5L VQ35DE motor and slightly annoyingly a 5 speed tiptronic gearbox instead of the manual that these models were offered in. Fast forward 3 years and I'm trying to store all these damn mx5s in my garage but there's a pile of GTR parts in the way that have been steadily deforming and accumulating dust so I figured screw it, I'll buy a new chassis and actually get these parts out of the way. Well some projects ended up getting out of hand and that Stagea took a back seat until eventually I just didn't care enough to even touch it anymore. ![]() Some of you who follow my other builds probably saw that thing sitting in the back behind the shed for a few years. So back in 2018 or something I picked up a Stagea body for $500 nzd and then spent the next few months browsing Yahoo Japan to find all the parts I would need to make my own version of the R35 GTR face swapped M35 Stagea. ![]()
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