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Old 12-01-2008, 14:59
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Its the actual s13 body and chassis which is a downgrade, Nissan used a much thinner and cheaper grade of steel on the 13 than on the 12. This maybe why we have seen s13s suffer from Rot more.
....LOL.... I was just joking Jon .

But that does explain why there seems to be a lot more road noise inside the 13 compared to the Silvia if the panels are thinner.
TBH, it`s mostly the oily bits that I`ll be using anyway.

I guess that`s typical of a lot of car manufacturers though, to cut costs like that .
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