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awwwww...charly loves me more than doing work - how sweet :love:

:idea: hey lets all organise a mountain run!!! lol - thats still funny in a way.. "mountain runs are banned"

not much, not much rosss.. some customer came in before wanting a monitor in black.. its funny -- all the times when a customer wants something arty farty looking they are in there with their g/f or partner. When its just the blokes by themselves its "yeah.. whatever is cheapest".. lol

*shocked* what you don't love me anymore?? *tears*

lets all get warned.. way cool

i left u extra special feedback too matt.. lol

Car Mats - Excellent transaction, honest, trustworthy and generous dude! awww..

mmm..josh = "touched"

you're both pikers... meh, i just played legacy of kain for a few hours instead.,.

age difference? 1 year? man, sounds like excuses to me..

hey all.. i did offially F.UCK ALL this weekend.. but i got a lot of stuff done if that makes absolutely no sense to anybody.

.. and they thought he was totally armless.. /runsaway

I have a feeling that by posting in these threads we are unessarily dressing up these forums when there is not adequate content to back it up!! nooooo!! the forum has gone rice!! :D

I had some skirts ready to be fitted (in fact i used to have other sideskirts which i sold).. blah, blah but they didn't get fitted. Anyhow.. $400 I can get the 400R skirts t-ed up for fitted and painted if somebody was interested.. If you can afford the car you can afford $400 I think

..time for a mountain run!!! :D

Take it for a spin..see what it does. Probably the best way to tell.

looks like the "lame" vote is racing ahead to an early lead.. no your parents buying your car means your parents should have more sense..

I'm not an expert, but have seen under the bonnet of a quite a few skylines. Its just the general wear and condition indicates its done probably more than 100,000km. Just scratches and general wear and tear things that you can see in there. It seems to be more than just the dirt I think and quite a lot of wear and tear (from the photos anyhow). See the radiator and support grommets - they're very worn. In this photo especially: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/at...achmentid=18162 you can see the hoses there look pretty weathered with the paint cracking off. The bolts you can see are fairly weathered and old with a fair amount of corrosion on them. Just stuff like that. Anyhow, just explaining what gives me that impression. Could be fine, and km are never a good indicator (especially on the jap cars). As long as the rest checks out in good condition, then who cares really.

here if you don't do 10km/hr over the limit in the right lane you almost get rammed off the road! such a contrast.. they really gotta drop that 3km/hr bullshit down there, its all a load of crap. i hear this year the road toll down there is back up a fair amount. whenever i see Bracks and his smug fat face on tv here, i just cringe.

a) its had a respray in silver (black engine bay), so the outside condition may be a little misleading. Going on the engine bay, it hasn't had the easiest life. B) going on the engine bay also it appears to have done a crapload of km.. 150,000km+ ?? what is it meant to have done? c) hmmm.. you do have a bit in the bank to pay for anything that might crop up? d) I'm not sure, but personally I'd be a little suspicious of "rebuild just yesterday". While the workshop may be a well known one, you can bet the owner isn't going to them "spend whatever needs doing i'm going to be keeping it for another 200,000km". The budget option or "leave it" is probably going to be mentioned.

wroking

It will take several months to sell.. I've allowed myself about 3 months to sell mine in reasonable expectation. Either drop the price to something stupid ($12k) and get a quick sale, or play the waiting game. I think largely the forums are a waste of time to advertise - so many tire kickers who reckon they're experts on everything out there, and yet don't really have the money anyhow.

move this thread into the FAQ / DIY section.. http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=44477 cheers!

The good news: From 2-3 metres away though, you're never going to be able to tell. See my the final shots and you can see what I mean. 11. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done and back to driving like a maniac

8. Once you're happy with it, wash everything down with a sponge, remove any excess powder and otherwise get it nice and clean. Wait until its dry as the next step is the painting. 9. Its up to you how you wish to do the final finish. If you've done an excellent job with no obvious lumps or indentations, a good spray painter may be able to respray just that section for maybe $50-100 and it might come up as good as new. Generally I've just used the "touchup paint" method. As knowing me it won't be long before i had to do it again. Go to an autopaint wholesaler closer to you (use yellowpages!). They are the guys that supply panel shops and the like with all the raw paint, etc. Ask them to mix up a 50ml or so bottle of "touchup paint" for your paint code. To find your Nissan paint code and, just do a search on here, or how to find it on your chassis plate. Just explain what its for and they should be nice and mix it up for you for around $10. 10. Generally the bottle will come with a paintbrush in the lid, or you can choose to buy some decent fine brushes for $5 or something to do the job a little nicer. ' Shake it up to mix it well, and start painting over the repaired area! I've found long smooth strokes is best so that you don't get too much rough bits. With my job its kinda a "2nd used" bottle, so had become a little gluggy which didn't help me get a perfectly smooth finish - so when i get another fresh bottle may try again. If you end up with a poxy job you're not happy with, the best part is you can get out the sandpaper, sand all the paint off in a minute or so, and try again. This should be it. Let it dry and all is done. Attached are the results of my fix-it. The bad news: from 1 metre away or so so (as shown), its going to be noticeable and you're always going to know where to look. On casual inspection or anything other than total brightness probably others aren't going to notice. You'll never get it "perfect" but at least it won't stick out like a sore thumb, and its not going to crack further.