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When I answered the 100 Qs thread, i replyed on a Q that there wasnt any thing wrong with my car, but there was technically, the sunroof gap. It always annoyed me that it wasnt flush when closed, and apart from that, when it rained, water would pour through the corners and leave that wet smell, even though it drained properly. After some inspiration from an earlier thread, I learned how to get to seat of the problem was by packing the glass, I always thought the guide stop points just needed adjustment but I could never find a How to. The first step is to remove a clip stud, this has a screw part, that you remove first then the stud. With the sunroof up, you then pull the cover off, this has 4 locators as indicated, the inner prongs come first, then the whole thing pulls out of the other 2. When that is done you can see the 3 (M10 spanner) nuts that are either removed or loosened enough to get the packers in and out, if I had known I would of left them in because the forward one is a biatch to get out/in. Then it's was a matter of figuring the thickness for the packers to insert to make it flush, this was acheived with some rubber and plastic packers that I cut to shape and played abit with each corner untill I was happy. To end up with the this result I noticed while doing this that rest position for up/down is different to the forward/back spot, not by much but enough to warrant more adjustments, this difference I put down to the sealing effect of the rubber and slight wear in the whole mechanism, which I'm not too worried about as it works good and doesnt seem like breaking. I should add that the glass will be able to be removed when all 6 of those nuts are taken off.

morning Bryn

What!! have you turned to the darkside?

Thought it was Rhinorebel on centenary Hwy around 3pm, I was going north, he south, too fast to see properly but was silver with Gtr wing.

sif he'd use daz in a bogus account lol Bryn have you tried Right Price Exhausts in Slacks Creek I know your on the Nth side but they are a good shop

take the cap off the radiator and fill it up, are there any bubbles coming out? does the car overheat? have you lost alot of coolant? If you are in doubt go to any radiator place and get them to check it, peace of mind over lots of work.

The oil change at 5,000 is more insurance for the turbo than the motor. I change the oil at 5,000ks and the filter at 10,000ks.

It is possible that the new packs are series 2, because the inigtor is built into the series 2 coils and series 1 has a separate ignitor for all, and the last half of 95 the series 2 motor was in the series one body, they call them series 1.5.

Depends what you mean by kill, They wear because of the job they do sealing the chamber, and as Omurru stated they get brittle.

The whiteline kit is a suspension upgrade, bushes, shocks, springs and swaybars, it will improve handling but I dont think it has anything to do with Hicas.

I feel your pain, this guy is a dimwit for sure, I hope he holed his radiator at least. LOL at mad082

The garlic pizza was great until I found out it wasnt free :oops:, thanks Hungry6 and good to meet you and Zor. Eye fillet was verygood glad I went even though I left early.

Yes tell all, I didnt realise what a monster you are building Shane, what sort of use are you planning for?

trouble is that if you take off a wheel for any reason you may need to rebalance. So they say.

City suspension next to Dan's work (ABS), its easier than normal really cause they dont take the wheels off, they just jack it up and do it $30 too.

I just got an on car front wheel balance 85grams one side and 65 teh other, WOW no wonder I had vibrations, most cars are around 20 grams, much better now.

SteveL: OK, I did that and it came back with the same info displayed above.

locoloc: are you sure the standard one isnt blocked off with a gasket between the flange? But yes you can run just the one if it will fit on the flange. DFAULT: on most there is a bolt with a lock nut, adjusting this will make it softer or harder.

I wouldn't be surprised what a NSW cop does, it's a fair chance that if they pull you over for something else they WILL try it on. But yes, if its a defectable offense and they notice it, they can.

I just fixed my washing machine, boy was there some gunge in there.

$2 and s**t somehow just doesn't add up, are you sure they arent monkeys disguised as russian peasants, eeewwehh allright maybe you judge them by the smell from a safe distance with PPE of course.

Yeah I dont think it would hurt too much, but if the rubber pipe cracked it would of lost pressure and then I would lean out, but its all good now, fingers crossed, as it securely attached. the little filter bag had lots of junk on it so I cleaned that and bought a new filter and replaced it as well. So hears hoping I get no more pinging, which I suspect was the dirty filter.

Yeah would of been a major lean out

Morning all, day off today, Yipeee! Could of been better weather tho. I checked my fuel pump and it had come off the bracket, all quiet now.

1. What is your name and where are you from? Terry from Logan Sth Brisvagas recently named a HOON hotspot 2. What is your occupation? Fitter/Welder 3. What is your date of birth and blood type? 1961 (go the baby boomers) O+ 4. What are your hobbies? Cars & Motorbikes, Fixing things, Computers 5.How many years have you had your license and what license type are you? 27yrs, Car and Motorbike, Forklift, Loader 6.How many accidents have you had (your fault) and how many traffic violations have you had? 4 my fault (when I was a courier), Too many 7. What was the car you owned before your current one? Madaz 323 8. What is your current car and it's mileage? 1996 R33 Gtst 88,888kms 9. Is the car Auto or Manual? Manual 10. What part of your car is unique that no one else has? Very small Aussie flag stickers 11. Do you own a motorbike? Yamaha 650 Vstar 12. Biggest trouble/problem you've ever had with a car you've owned? Head gaskets, Rust. 13. Do you have an in-car navigation system? No 14. Do you have an e-tag/electronic toll unit? What are your thoughts on the system? Yes, why can they fine you if their system doesnt detect you, cant they check their own records and see if you are regestered on it? 15. Do you have a particular route or road that you enjoy driving on? What is it? Any 4 lane freeway the M1 is good 16. Do you have a meet point that you prefer? What is it? Crazy Clarks Springwood 17. What petrol do you use? Why do you use it... Brand, Price or Convenience? BP Ultimate 18. What is your favourite engine oil? Castrol Magnatec 19. How often do you change the oil in your car? 5,000ks 20. What make is your tyre, and what size is it? Yokohama R1 225,16,50 21. How much tread is left on your tyres at the moment? Lots 22. Do you use winter tyres? Where would I use them in Qld? 23. How often do you wash your car? When its dirty weekly/fornight. 24. What magazines do you read/subscribe to? PC Users 25. What music do you listen to while driving? Metalica 26. Do you listen to the radio in your car? If so what station and/or show do you prefer? Nova, MMM, River97 27. When you are stuck in traffic, what do you do to pass time? Turn up the sterio, check out the chicky babes. 28. What products can you simply not be without in your car? Cigarettes, change, UHF 29. Do you prefer to take the highway or the scenic route to places that are between 50 to 100 km's away? Highway 30. Does your significant other prefer to accompany you on your drives in the passenger seat? When I get one I'll let you know 31. What is your preferred tuning shop? Protorque Performance Tuning 32. What is your preferred second hand parts shop? Zoom auto imports 33. When you see the sticker "Baby On Board" what do you do or think? OMG they're stuffed for the next 18 years 34. Do you like the Nissan models that have been released since Carlos Ghosn took over as CEO? NO!! 35. Although the R34 Skyline has been replaced by the V35, do you consider it a valid successor? NO!! 36. What are your 3 most favourite Nissan models, excluding the one you own? 260Z, 350Z, President. 37. What are your 3 most favourite non-Nissan cars? 1967 Mustang, Valiant Charger, Soarer. 38. If you were to buy a new car now, what would it be? EVO 9 39. Although its not Nissan, do you like Rotary Engines? Powerwise yes, Soundwise YUCK 40. What quality do you feel your car lacks? 1Ltr/100kms Lol 41. What generation is your Skyline? 7th? 42. Is your car RWD or AWD? RWD 43. Why did you choose to buy your car? Quality, Style and power 44. When you chose your car, what other models did you also consider? V6 Supercharged Commo Ute (dont make em)Subaru Forrester (bad gearbox) 45. When you bought the car, what condition was it in? Normal or needed some work? Stock 30,000ks Very good condition. 46. How many times do you drive your car in a week? 7 days 47. If you had to coin a catchphrase for Skylines, what would it be? It looks good and goes like a bat outa hell! 48. What car would you say is a rival model to yours as far as features are concerned? None really 49. What is in your opinion, the best features of your Skyline? Reliability 50. What parts of your car don't work like they should? Nothing 51. Have you ever dreamt of your car? Give an example. Yeah it was written off by a truck. 52. What do those close to you (family, partner etc) think of your car? Green with envy. 53. What spec would you class your car as? Drift, Drag, Circuit, or Cruiser? Drag/Cruiser. 54. Which is more important to you about your car? Appearance, Performance/Power or Comfort? Performance 55. What seats and steering wheel do you have in your car? Stock 56. What brakes does your car have? (Including disc/hub) RDA slotted/dimpled front, stock rear. 57. What exhaust does your car have? 3" all the way, resonator, large cat, large cannon. 58. What headunit/stereo is in your car? Pioneer MP3 59. What gauges does your car have? Microtech Handcontroller. 60. What aftermarket suspension parts does your car have? Climb Gear shocks/springs, pineapples, nolathane bushes, 1" lowered 61. What structural reinforcement parts does your car have? Struts front and back 62. What intake/cooling parts do you have on your car? Apexi POD, FMIC, air temp sensor. 63. Anything else you have replaced on your car? Microtech LT12 ECU, Turbo, R32 GTR wheels, water pump, timing belt, coils, more I'm sure. 64. How many km/l do you get out of your car on average? 10Ltrs/100ks 65. Do you think you'll be driving the same car in 5 years? I hope so 66. Would you purchase the car you own if it was new? (ie you'd be the first owner of the car) Couldnt afford it new. 67. If you were given the choice between your car and your partner, which would you choose over the other? Ummm 68. If the Skyline you own did not exist, what would you be driving right now? EVO 69. A lot of Skyline owners are changing to Evo's, what do you think of them and would you change? I think they are hot but too expensive. 70. Which headlight do you prefer, projector or non projector and HID or regular? projector 71. If you were to respray your car, what colour would it be? Ford AU blue 72. What is the first mod that you would do on a stock version of your car? Exhaust and POD 73. Is there a mod in particular that you would like to never see done to a Skyline? Stickers 74. If your car is RWD, is there any time when you wish it was AWD? Or if your car is AWD, is there any time when you wish it was RWD? no 75. Have you ever considered your car awkward or uncool? Why? Awkward to park, never uncool. 76. Do you have any brochures for your car? Where'd you get it from? no 77. Do you have a service manual, log book and owner's manual for your car? no 78. How do you feel about the price of Skylines on the market now compared to the price you paid for your car? A little cheaper but you get what you pay for. 79. If money was not an issue, what tuning mods would you make to your car? 24valve RB30 with forged internals and supporting mods 80. Would you upgrade the hub assembly of your car? (eg 4 stud to 5 stud) Eh? 81. Would you upgrade the air-con system in your car? (eg manual to climate control) No need to. 82. Have you made any parts for your car, or any DIY mods? Yes all the mounting brackets for things that arnt stock, wire meshed the front grills, piping for FMIC, cold air dam. 83. Do you own any spare parts for your car that aren't needed yet? No 84. If it was feasible to own a second car identical to yours, would you? Hell yeah! 85. How much have you spent on repairs to your car? Repairs? not much Mods? heaps 86. If you see another Skyline which has been modified differently, do you pick faults in it? only if they are dodgey 87. Have you ever watched Initial D, and do you think your car would have beaten Takumi? LOLOL 88. Would you buy a scale model of your car, and how much would you be willing to spend up to on it? yes, $200 89. Would you buy a remote control model of your car, and how much would you be willing to spend up to on it? yes $400 90. Has your car ever been in a magazine? If so what and which issue? HPI, on the MSC, solo shot, issue no.64 91. Have you ever participated in a cruise or attended a meet for Skyline owners? Umm yeah 92. Is there any other forum members' car that you idolise or was very impressed by? Too many to list 93. Would you do a face swap/upgrade (ie R34 front on R32, C33 front on A31, etc)? No never ever. 94. What would you consider the locally produced equivalent of your car? Ford XR6turbo (no where the quality tho) 95. You are offered to pick straws, one straw will get you free mods of your choice and track time to test them, the other will see your car returned to factory standard. Would you pick straws? No 96. You are to attend a track day, however your car gets damaged, and have the following choices: - run the same model as your car, but with a fully tuned RB20E engine. The car has done 150,000kms, and the engine has done 50,000kms. - run the same model as your car, but with a RB20DET auto. The car has done 500,000kms, and the turbo has done 60,000kms. - run your damaged car What would you do? First option too see the difference 97. If you were to grade yourself as an expert on Skylines, what would you be out of 100? 70% 98. What is the purpose your car serves in your life? Gets me A to B in style and comfort with power to spare. 99. One word that describes Skyline owners in the country and the rest of the world? Switched on. 100. Other than "that was long and tiring" do you have any comments? What are you doing with the results?