"The Barack" is in...my new ride

Just bought my new car, I hope to learn a bit from this site and get involved...seems like a place that would welcome...
 
A 1992 Nissan President Sovereign...
 
That's right folks, my new car even has a name already; totally by coincidence, in the same week, the USA get a new President, who's black...hence my car, "The Barack", if you follow me...
 
I'm REALLY happy with it...I've been into VIP cars for a while now, actually since I saw my first Skyline. I really like the slammed, super cambered look, but I'm gonna keep this one a little more road worthy.
 
The car needs a few things off the bat, I'm trying to sort out some suspension woes; the Actsus has been ripped out and it's been swapped with GTR suspension. I'll be upgrading to better coilovers soon. I'm also ditching the wheels and putting on some different ones; not as elaborate as many of the rides on here, a little more subdued and sporty. We'll have to see when they're actually on how they look...
But right now, I'll be replacing the OEM TV in the back with a new one, a touchscreen double-din stereo (none right now!), alarm of course...and some cosmetic interior bits.
 
Specs on the President:
4.5L V8 VH45DE 280hp engine, shared with the North American Infiniti Q45
Sovereign model 22" longer than the normal version!
FULL Junction Produce body kit, with rare over-fenders
Rear TV, reclinable heated rear seats, rear climate control, rear air purifier...
Power EVERYTHING
 
I'm really falling in love with this thing! The wheels are FS by the way, ad soon to come :)
Here are some pics I stole from the importer's site, and my own, next to my buddy's Civic, which some may recognize from my photoshoot a few months back:
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Here it is next to the Civic...to gauge the size of my car, both rear bumpers are in line!!!
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Thanks for looking! And please don't flame/shun me!!!
My GTR can be seen here:
[URL]http://www.revscene.net/forums/gt-r-owner-t559184.html[/URL]

great car! i wish i had one. who was the importer? terra 2?

Thanks!
They're called NK Auto Importers in Richmond BC. 
I test drove the white one for sale in the classifieds. Another really beautiful car!

LOWER...and get exhaust..STAT!!

Otherwise..like it...oh and kouki it out.

Welcome, Nice ride!




* Only thing that really bugs me is that hideous exhaust, seriously WTH. :smiley-rofl:

i pretty much agree, def gotta lower it and get a new exhaust.

welcome to vsc =)

any pix of the Oddy in the BG?

very nice ride bro

Beautiful car

keep the wheels bro! Just add more camber and do some air bags and call it a day

clean car mang
lower and new exhaust...stat!

btw...welcome!! another vip member from the 604...werd!

that car is sexy bro!  You cant loose w/ a president.  PROPS for going the extra mile to get a real VIP Chassis!

That car is already mad VIP.  Yes, you should change your wheels to something more aggressive.  But please elaborate on what you mean by going "sporty" with the wheels.  Please try to keep up with the VIP theme that your car already is, and don't slap something like Volk or Advan.  That would just totally kill it.

Like the car, not the name.

Haha, thanks for the props guys. Don't worry, the exhaust is going! For whatever reason the exhaust was swithced for inspection purposes, even though there are no regulations on exhaust. It came with another exhaust which is pretty sweet.
Headlights and exhaust are going in ASAP. 
Because it's my daily driver and because we have shitty roads and weather here in Vancouver I won't be lowering it much more right now...maybe for a show, but it will stay at that height for now. 
As for the wheels, I'm gonna try them out for now and see what I think.

nice prez, where the half white part, it wont be barack until then

those headlights are nice as heck

[quote=m0nster986;225304]any pix of the Oddy in the BG?[/quote]
what i oddy? i dont see on in the BG. i see a previa

[quote=ricky cash;225380]nice prez, where the half white part, it wont be barack until then[/quote]
That is the best shit ever! You have been owned!

dope car saw it on nwn

nice president bro. ill have to check out that importer.

hopefully some time over here will help you learn/appreciate vip and you'll rethink some of your plans.

^ as above, that car is so VIP already it needs just some nice little touches to really set it off hard. and im a little concerned with "ive been into VIP cars, ever since i saw my first [I]skyline[/I]"? Skylines arent VIP at all, though some older ones are sortof boso styled...
 
do some looking around picture threads and so on, there's some really nice President pics around, and really all yours needs is 19s or 20s and air suspension and you'll be laughing. great car choice :-D

that is one of the cleanest cars i've seen on this site ever, dont ruin it

Freakin dope bro props....

godfather horns!?!? awesome.  looking good.  needs moar lower!

[quote=ant_jzs160;225593]^ as above, that car is so VIP already it needs just some nice little touches to really set it off hard. and im a little concerned with "ive been into VIP cars, ever since i saw my first [I]skyline[/I]"? Skylines arent VIP at all, though some older ones are sortof boso styled...
 
do some looking around picture threads and so on, there's some really nice President pics around, and really all yours needs is 19s or 20s and air suspension and you'll be laughing. great car choice :-D[/quote]
 
When I said "since I saw my first skyline", I was referring to the whole JDM import scene here in Canada. I saw a couple Glorias and Cedrics around the time I got my GTS-4, and loved them. Never been huge into the Lexus line, but I'm starting to like them. I looked at a Celsior up here too. I've had two skylines, and just sold my awesome GTR, but now I want something different. And I'll be doing something quite different. 
 
There are some really nice cars on this site, and I may switch it up down the road with some bigger changes. But for now I'm still getting used to the car, and still have some ideas of what I want to do.
 
The stock ACTSUS was removed when the car arrived in Canada and crudely chopped out. When I get a chance I'll collect all the parts again I'll reinstall the air suspension. For now I'm going with GTR coilovers.

the g50 isn't an air suspension, it's a hydraulic active suspension. you'd be better off [I]correctly[/I] removing the active suspension and going with an aftermarket setup, be it air or coilovers. there just isn't much adjustability with the oem setup even with the poorly documented suspension controller installed.

Right, that's what I meant....hydraulic of course :)
I agree, I'd love to pull out all the active suspension related stuff one day and start from scratch. There's a K-Sport air setup in another section that's pretty sweet, with the tank installed in the spare tire well.

[quote=SpartanAir;226360]Right, that's what I meant....hydraulic of course :)
I agree, I'd love to pull out all the active suspension related stuff one day and start from scratch. There's a K-Sport air setup in another section that's pretty sweet, with the tank installed in the spare tire well.[/quote]
I looked at the Ksport at Sema. They are really nice.

f**k ksport. i would never give them a dime of my money.

Unless their dampers are more reliable (and they may be, they said they were working on it), I wouldn't want to be the one trying out a K-Sport air suspension.

[quote=BLKonBLK98;226397]f**k ksport. i would never give them a dime of my money.[/quote]
What Happened???? Please feel me in

they are a cheap on unreliable product and i will not be associated with them. ever.

Dear God that is beautiful. I need to be a baller and import a car. Plus mad props on the name, your Barrack is 1000000000000000 X better than ours.

Hahahaha....that's hilarious :D
 
I wish it was easier for you guys in the US to import, I know many people would...mind you, that would take away from all the nice ones available to us :D
 
Seriously though, importing cars here already has had an impact on used car sales...no one wants to buy POS local high mileage cars, and why would you? But I could care less...I think most people are afraid of right hand drive, unfortunately...

I loved my right hand drive crx! People always were looking and shyt! It was a 5spd so I always got the question about the gear placement...

[quote=BLKonBLK98;226445]they are a cheap on unreliable product and i will not be associated with them. ever.[/quote]
oh ok. I have never used their stuff, but it looked nice at Sema.. So I had thought about it. But I am glad I went UAS

[quote=BLKonBLK98;226445]they are a cheap on unreliable product and i will not be associated with them. ever.[/quote]
 
Good to know. I'll take that into consideration.
 
Still reading up on quality air ride suspension products.
 
Ya, I got the gear placement question all the time in the GTR. Understandable question, the one I don't get is:
 
"So, are the pedals in the same place???"
 
Sweet Jesus...

The problem with K-Sport is the dampers, they have a short lifespan, and if you're getting them for race, they're kind of all over the place on the shock dynos.

wow sick car man, i envy you.


and that 22" length addition is no joke thats almost 2 feet! car nowadays only add about 4" for the "long wheel base" model



can we please get interior pics?

Ya I know man! That's a lot of inches!!!
 
Car's up on the hoist waiting for suspension...so I won't get it back till next week, but I'll get some nice weather proper photos...
 
Also just ordered some proper headlights...they are zenki generation, not NEARLY as nice as kouki, but they are better than the crap that is on there right now...it'll look sweet...
 
And of course, my exhaust is gonna be insane...

Some new pics related to my car...my new Compustar alarm, the OEM President key (has gold flakes in it :D )
 
And the exhaust that came with the car, that is going on soon :smiley-rofl:
 
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I don't think I've ever seen a bigger exhaust...

That is a crazy ass key and a big ass muffler! Wow! Don't know about that thing!

that is hot!!

Any more info on this President Sovereign??? I have never heard of that... But it sounds really awesome!!.. Must be roomy as hell inside!

its the long wheel base g50 we never got. a majority of jdm presidents are sovereign with the js (swb like we get) being the minority.

[quote=ViruzOne;228349]Any more info on this President Sovereign??? I have never heard of that... But it sounds really awesome!!.. Must be roomy as hell inside![/quote]
 
Yes, and it comes factory with reclinable rear heated seats, Tv with remote, and air purifier.
 
I'll get some good pics of these things when I get a chance, hopefully this weekend.

That car is so sick. Do you mind me asking..How much for everything?

wow, looks like somethin Obama would drive..

[quote=makavip;229899]wow, looks like somethin Obama would drive..[/quote]
Shit no.... he aint got any style like that...

I think I would trade my car for Obama's beast....bomb proof, flat tire proof, fire proof, chemical bomb proof, bullet proof...awesome.

Finally got my JDM headlights delivered, from a company called Panda Garage in El Cajon, California. Probably the only set on this side of the water! Night and day difference in appearance, it finally looks how it should. However, not exactly what I wanted, I want the kouki headlights from the later models. They kept this body style from 1990-2002, and there were minor cosmetic changes. I have the Kouki grille, which is larger and more modern looking, but the kouki headlights were HID stock and just look newer and brighter. Cheapest set I've seen on Yahoo Japan were about 90,000 yen!
And here are some interior shots, very roomy back there :D Keep in mind, both front seats are all the way back! I'll be chopping out that old CRT TV and putting in a new LCD monitor and run it off the double DIN deck I'll be getting soon. Still sorting out suspension issues and waiting on parts...
You'll notice some interior bits are a bit roughed up...I'll be replacing those or cleaning them up in time...
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Interior: TV remote, rear climate control and air purifier control, reclinable rear seats, heated rear seats etc. And I installed my MOMO wheel from my GTR :D
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Thanks for looking!

that car is sooo sick man

u must get a lot "looks" when u drive that thing around

I LOVE THIS CAR! Keep updates coming please!

U got it, updates will keep a-comin!
 
Ya I get some strange looks sometimes, but being my 3rd rhd car I don't really notice much any more...

beautiful !