Hey guys,

I am a recently converted GSR fan and as such i do not really know much about the magna i now drive. I have a TS V6 manual and love it, so much fun to drive. It currently has bad paint fade on the roof and it is creeping in on the bonnet and boot so i will be looking to get it resprayed soon. So i thought that i might get the bumpers body coloured at the same time. However, the exec front end is v v bland and boring. I have seen several different front ends from pics on here and was wondering if people could give me a hand to see the different stock front ends that these cars came with.

I have looked at the bodykits that are avalable for it but some pics i have seen on here look like there are some good stock options as well.

also, does the Varada rear bar stick out further?

Any help would be great

Doug

Ok, Here are your options:

KR Verada front bar:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g35/z0mgluke/0667E091E7F740F89A2C6EF70BE13755.jpg

KR Verada rear bar:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g35/z0mgluke/B954A45CFED4404C9F1AEB98F7A82768.jpg

NZ Diamante front bar:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g35/z0mgluke/attachment-1.jpg

Those are the only stock differentiated front and rear bars you can get unfortunately... I personally love the KR front, but can I locate one near me? :rant: Of course I can't.

Oh yes, and to answer your question, the verada rear bar does stick out further than it's magna cousin.

Enjoy.

there is another bar, which my old car used to have, think it was called the series 2 diamante bar

this bar is very rare and very hard to find though, but ive actually seen another bar just like it, unfortunately i didnt have the money to buy it :doubt:

Go the KR bar mate, my mrs has a KR and damn they be a sexy bar for a 2nd Gen.

Wow, I had no idea the NZ Diamante was so hot looking. If I was planning on holding onto my car for another year or so I would really look into buying the whole front kit from one.

Wow, I had no idea the NZ Diamante was so hot looking. If I was planning on holding onto my car for another year or so I would really look into buying the whole front kit from one.
the photo lucifer posted on the diamante bar has an added lip onto it, that bar is easier to find than the one with the round fog lights, theres a few cars with those bars on here

RE: Lights etc., matching to the pics posted by Lucifer and Hojo:

1. KR - different grille

3. US Diamante / NZ / Euro Sigma: Whole assembly, lights and chrome grille/surround. You HAVE to get the whole lot as the lights are smaller to fit in with the chrome surround. But you COULD chop the surround to just have the grille bit if you really wanted to.

4. KS Verada / Jap Diamante parrabolics and grille. Also had the orange blinkers, ala BMW, but are a little harder to find, and some people prefer using the stock blinkers.

Roughly speaking, the KS/Jap parras will cost around $200-300, KS grille around $50, KS blinkers around $50. US front assembly probably at least $300. Don't know about bumpers, but I've seen the series 2 diamante ones go for well over $300, and that was probably considered cheap.

Diamante series 1 ftw.

I got a series 2 jap bumper which cost me about $300 which has the lip on the bottom of the bar and than you need to get it paint which is another $250 - $350 so it all adds up to be rather expensive.

Cheers for the help guys! Love the look of the Diamante, might have to suss one of them next time i pop across the tasman, gotta love the family connections:) . In the meantime i think i'll try to find a KR front and rear bar. then to get it painted:doubt:

a lot of this stuff is common on Trademe.co.nz (New Zealands eBay), just a shame its over there:confused:

I know a wreckers in SA that has this baby in their yard:

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8863/diamantehy7.jpg

Need info lemme know.

I know a wreckers in SA that has this baby in their yard:

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8863/diamantehy7.jpg

Need info lemme know.
Oh I hate you... I wonder if you could send that up to me :P

Oh I hate you... I wonder if you could send that up to me :P

I live in NSW, but I tracked this down a little while back, still have their contact info if required......

I live in NSW, but I tracked this down a little while back, still have their contact info if required......

Is that a DOHC?
Please say yes..
pleaseeee

if only i had the money for that front bar :doubt:

if only i had the money for that front bar :doubt:
if only i had the money to fix my old 2nd gen AND to find the parts i broke! :cry:

Oh I hate you... I wonder if you could send that up to me :P

Would only cost about $300 to have that thrown on a car carrier and towed up to QLD.

Gas_Hed could you send me those details please :D

its either Eddy Wreckers or Magna Wreck, Thats my guess.

The Front would look good on my old car

its either Eddy Wreckers or Magna Wreck, Thats my guess.

The Front would look good on my old car

hell yeah it would. don't think thats it eddys. used to work next door and it doesn't look like the area so maybe magnwreck. I'll have to take some pics to show you the new exhaust and ride hight. got some parras coming soon too as well as a DVD player:D

Hi Doug, Ive PM'd you the info about the Diamante front end.

Ok these are the 4 different fronts in order from the left to right:

1. Optional aero front lip (on a standard AU version front bar)
2. Series II Diamante Espada/Sigma front bar with dual, single or no front lip difusers (dual front lip pictured)
3. US Diamante front bar
4. Series I Diamante/Sigma front bar

Series I: 1991-1993
Series II: 1994-1996

They all are so much better than than the stock item!!:rant:

Yeah i love my front bar man ahahaha

Yeah i love my front bar man ahahaha
same as my previous... cept u got one with the front splitter, which gives it a more sporty look

2 front splitters :P

2 front splitters :P
Is that a projector as a fog light Dimi :shock:

Is that a projector as a fog light Dimi :shock:
yep, it is, ive still got the two, oddly enough they didnt break wen i had the accident!

they're H3 bulbs, so i can use the same bulbs for my current car ( means that the phillips ultra white bulbs werent a waste :))

Actually, there are two different series I Sigma front bars, one with a bigger frontlip and one with a smaller. My old Sigma had the smaller one

Yep. Shame on me. I left that one out hehe. Refering to this series I Sigma brochure (on the bottom), your new sigma has the bigger factory option "aero" front lip. Your old one had the standard Series I "sports" lip.
The optional "aero" front lip on your new sigma looks really good johnny :D
Definitely a lot meaner

I know a wreckers in SA that has this baby in their yard:

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8863/diamantehy7.jpg

Need info lemme know.


Goin on the car one monday!!

what do people think bout the headlights and crome grill? I have KS parabolics already and am tossing up between swapping to the diamante ones with the grill or staying with the KS ones.

I had to buy the nose cut so i have all the lights and stuff so its just a matter of choosing what i want

I think it looks great. Very unique look too.
With the chrome headlight surround and grille and the diamante front bar, you'll notice people's comments change from "oh it's just a magna" into "whoa what car is that?"
Depending what look you want. The chrome grille and headlights were for the Series I 1991-1993 model Diamante/Sigma. The newer 1994-1995 series II came with the KS parabolics and grille. So if you want yours to look like a series I go for the chrome grille and headlight assembly. But if you want to go for the newer updated "import" look then stick with your paras and get yourself a KS grille.

I prefer the series II KS parabolics updated look as the series I chrome grille front can sometimes look dated. But I think both are very nice.
Make sure you get the front bar as well. The stock "magna" front bars are shocking.

Below, showing the comparison between series I and series II which were scanned from the front cover of my brochures

cheers for the comparison shots. think i will go with the crome grill and surround for a while and see what i think, then swap it back it if feel like it

Dont pay more then a few hundred $$$ for the nose cut.
One place wanted $800 for just the nose cut, i got mine for almost a quarter of that

$800... that's a rip

When you guys are asking for nose cuts, what do you ask for? Magna? Or Diamante?

$800... that's a rip

When you guys are asking for nose cuts, what do you ask for? Magna? Or Diamante?

Well the place i got mine from just called it a magna nose cut so i said thank you very much ;)
Other places knew it was a diamante front cut though, and they charged accordingly

Yeah. Most places mistake them for magna nose cuts.
Which is good and cheap hehe

Aye paula did you go to a wreckers or a jap spares place?

Yeah. Most places mistake them for magna nose cuts.
Which is good and cheap hehe

Aye paula did you go to a wreckers or a jap spares place?
Just a wreckers mate..
i actually rang up a mitsu wreckers and one thing led to another, he tried to tell me all maggies were dohc! idiot!
whats with everyone calling me paula:P

hahahaha paula abdul

you put your diamante bar on yet?? Just put it on even though it's missing the plastic bit. Looks way better than the stock magna front bar bro

hahahaha paula abdul

you put your diamante bar on yet?? Just put it on even though it's missing the plastic bit. Looks way better than the stock magna front bar bro

lol.
the whole bar is in primer, and i have all the inserts and lights now so its all complete. ill get it painted later on. couldnt really care about it just yet.
gotta get some dumpage in the rear and get that dohc!

went into Eddy wreckers yesterday (in SA) they had a 2nd Gen diamonte front end lights and all.

Also $600 for a pair of Paras lol.



Car looks gd Doug, wat did u do with my old exhaust?

$600 for a pair of paras? :shock: Just the paras not the grille or nothing?

i dunno the price of The diamonte front end

BUT

$600 for 3rd Gen Paras

Sorry if i confused some

Ohhhh 3rd gen parras lol dun worry about those

Still, $600 that's way too steep for headlights. Might as well get angel eye conversion.

looks like wreckers are gettin smarter on the diamante front ends now aye lol

i think my brother got the diamante bar dirt cheap at some wreckers in silverwater (sydney)- not too sure where really..

and the paras he got dirt cheap too from memory- again i could be wrong!

Oh yeah there is a wreckers in silverwater that specialise in mitsu parts. Do you remember what they are called? I'm gonna scope it out

the nose cut cost $440:D . Decided that i like the look of it better with the KS paras on it, much to the disapointment of my mate:gtfo: .

so i'm sellin the diamante lights and grill in the for sale section (V6 manual TS with front end damage and more thread)

anyway here a pic of the bar on. its goin in soon to get it colour coded and get the scratchs fixed. Guy at banners asked me what kind of BMW it was cos he didn't reconise itlol

the look on his face when i told him it was a magna :bowrofl:

Car looks gd Doug, wat did u do with my old exhaust?

its on my other magna, the one for sale

its on my other magna, the one for sale

Did you have fun with the 3rd bolt on the rear piece of the exhaust lol

See how much that front bar already changed the look of the car?

Brilliant stuff lol

the nose cut cost $440:D . Decided that i like the look of it better with the KS paras on it, much to the disapointment of my mate:gtfo: .

so i'm sellin the diamante lights and grill in the for sale section (V6 manual TS with front end damage and more thread)

anyway here a pic of the bar on. its goin in soon to get it colour coded and get the scratchs fixed. Guy at banners asked me what kind of BMW it was cos he didn't reconise itlol

the look on his face when i told him it was a magna :bowrofl:
thats how my car looked like for 6 months lol

now u need to get a black KS grille and ur all set! and it would look simular to my old ride, cept mine was a wagon

btw, is ur colour the metallic light blue? it kinda looks like the clear coat is fading off the bonnet..?

So the bar with the rectangle foggies with the lip without the cutouts is the smaller one? and the one with the 2 cutout thingys is the larger one? how much larger is it?

lol Bmw!
Man I've copped heaps of that too. Had it mistaken for a beemer, a galant vr-4, a "chinese" car, a turbo magna, new sigma gsr, a japanese magna, a twin turbo magna, a verada vr-4, a verada gt (wtf),a galant and mostly "hey mate what kind of import car is that?... how much was it?"

Was with my mates at the car meet in orange grove and police were scoping out are cars walking up to them and sussing them out and he pointed to my car and said to his parter "definitely an import". Like he knew it all hahahhaa

lol Bmw!
Man I've copped heaps of that too. Had it mistaken for a beemer, a galant vr-4, a "chinese" car, a turbo magna, new sigma gsr, a japanese magna, a twin turbo magna, a galant and mostly "hey mate what kind of import car is that?... how much was it?"
1st time i drove my car to school some yr7 kids (at the time) asked me if it was a bmw... next day was them askin me if i had a turbocharger on it.. apparently they heard me gun it past their bus on my way home that afternoon- damn i loved that exhaust- ohh how the young have to learn lol

Haha it's funny how a diamante and sigma front bar can totally transform the look and presence of your ride. Such a big difference it makes compared to the crap magna front bar

Haha it's funny how a diamante and sigma front bar can totally transform the look and presence of your ride. Such a big difference it makes compared to the crap magna front bar
thats true, it gives a more agressive and sporty look to it

i was also at my local maccas one time wen i still had it and sum random asked me how much i imported the "galant?" for... i was like wtf its a magna dude, and then also corrected him that theres no wagon galants, theyre called legnums! :D

']So the bar with the rectangle foggies with the lip without the cutouts is the smaller one? and the one with the 2 cutout thingys is the larger one? how much larger is it?

Look on page 3 on this thread, i posted 2 pics.. look close where the lip starts (besides the wheel) on both pictures and you can messure, the one with the two cutouts (it have been white reflectors that have been painted over.. but im not sure) looks angrier and its larger yes

Oh yeah there is a wreckers in silverwater that specialise in mitsu parts. Do you remember what they are called? I'm gonna scope it out

I don't know any in Silverwater. There's one in Greenacre called Greenacre Mitsibits at 16 Norfolk Road.

Did you have fun with the 3rd bolt on the rear piece of the exhaust lol

Don't know, got it done by exhaust tech:D