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Well apart from 2Hypo being unbiased, he sure is a gentleman. So it wasn't just a private message I replied to. Anyhow, I would like to thank JB Hi Fi for contacting me and offering to go the extra mile to fix things up to my (the customer) satisfaction. Since you also posted publicy, I will simply say that what I posted was genuine personal experience as a balance to what turns out was your free advertising statement. (of course they would look after you, you own them).

Could you tell me more about the anti rattle clip please. Is this on the back of the caliper and how do I recognise it, or is it a kind of corner shim which goes on the corner of the actual pad plate which is what I think you mean? Either way what should I tell the brakes shop to get this clip? Thanks edit... thought I should ask whether your EBC RED Ceramics squeal or not?

heck I didn't find J.B. Hifi any good at all, they did the worst job on amplifier install I've ever seen. They made every promise and did absolutely shit. If you do get what you want you will have wasted your time because they'll keep telling you to come back later even before they start and have you booked in. Did it to me threee times before they started and I gave up after I saw their shitty install and decided to go elsewhere and pay again to get it installed right. Their guarantee is guarantee to waste your time!

definately need more information on parts whether they be aftermarket or standard.

pm read receipts are meant to be optional japanese part specs sounds good how about a japanese parts manual translation service forums for modifications and their pros and cons, ie. one for clutch mods including japanese mods, one for intake and the brands and technical pros and cons, experiences, reliability etc.

Is there a chip off the nut in the second attatchement pic?

post a pic?

emailed you for pics

oh and another thing your parents have to sign that you are responsible enough to go.

an off road testing facility where you go through all the stages of learning to drive In the car park, basic driving (eg changing gears) and parking and witches hat obstacle course. After which there are Safety videos showing all the bad habits, and what to do, and what happens if you don't. Explanations of the cost to society, to your finances, your time, your friends, your family, your car, your health, your legal costs, your insurance, your self respect etc... the people with bad habits can do them with expressions in a way which would normally cause laughter and be entertaining, however if the kids don't take it seriously they fail instantly. Next stage In the street yard with some crossroads, various road gutter types and verges along with all the different signposting and all the various road hazards, and road types present. Proficiency with all good habits demonstrated without laughing or showing off. Made to stop coming from a certain speed, when the paper car suddenly pulls out in front of you. Shown the small difference in speed for your particular car that makes the difference between an accident and safe driving. An example or two with real cars and instructors driving them, and you having to take action to avoid an accident, (mind you its their own car or someone had to give them a car). Don't forget that at any stage if you don't take it seriously you instant fail and cannot proceed to the next stage. Next on the skid pan, showing wet road and various visibility caused by artificial rain, what its like to follow too closely to the very heavily padded extremely light high tech cart, when cornering and given two different speeds to make the corner at. One will be safe and the other will surely cause you to have trouble. (you should be able to learn both the difference between a safe speed and how your car handles when going to go out of control) Next stage First up the skid pan in evening lighting with various visibility again two speeds. Then In the hangar during the day or at evening-night on the streetyard with lighting. Driving in the evening-night simulated in a big hangar. Same artificial rain etc. road course and how to use all the instruments on the car. This is all done over a 3 month period typically on Saturdays. Your age group (or school) is up when it comes up and you only get one chance. edited due to spelling mistakes

Thanks for your post. Did you actually get any driver training though? What if they had taught you with you driving in a simulated street driving course what its like to lose control when you are getting too close to the car in front? What would you and all those other tailgating older drivers out there do if they really understood when their car would lose control/traction in real world driving, and had it drummed into them the costs of driving just that little bit closer when they don't have to? What might have happened if you had taken wet skid pan training and learning under what driving conditions you might lose traction instead of trying to discover it while driving on a wet public road? I fully understand that its only after an accident or two that you really start to learn, but I'm just as certain that if you had experienced what its like to have to stop when a car is coming on a wet road while cornering, and also forced to take it seriously, that you may have been able to avoid the accident by defensive driving. The point is that nothing beats experience. Experience can be given to you before you get your licence, in a better environment than your mum or dad or friend nagging you while you learn to take big risks right from the start just by driving on public roads before you even know how to use the gears and brakes properly. Risks should be minimsed by using an professional safety driver training centre: This establishes the standard for risk taking while learning. And if you learn the right way, then you are more likely to develop good habits for life. Just take what they do in woodworking class, where they teach/force you that you need to wear goggles and use certain techniques for the maximum safety. Well those habits are taken to the workplace where the younger workers demand that they are enforced, out of concern for their own safety. If they hadn't learnt it properly they would just be copying their boss. Same goes for copying the bad habits of your parents or whoever is teaching you to drive, which of course extends to all those older people presenting a bad example to younger drivers. If you know what you should do at least you have the right example in your noggin. It certainly doesn't come from trying to copy other drivers. Someone needs to train drivers as to what they should do and how to know what their margins of error are. Let me tell you it takes a lot of trail and error to learn that you really need to consider avoiding accidents by allowing for other drivers bad habits and mistakes; rather than constantly thinking about who would be in the wrong by the law. This means trying to be aware of someone about to ram into the back of you and adjusting your driving accordingly. Whats the point of avoiding smashing into someone in front of you if you are going to get smashed into from the rear? The amount of hastle and cost to your time and the loss of your car while it gets repaired, and the risk of unregistered vehicles need to be explained better to young drivers. That little bit faster in the wet is going to cost you real money, time, and possibly your life someday.

Thanks for your post. Did you actually get any driver training though? What if they had taught you with you driving in a simulated street driving course what its like to lose control when you are getting too close to the car in front? What would you and all those other tailgating older drivers out there do if they really understood when their car would lose control/traction in real world driving, and had it drummed into them the costs of driving just that little bit closer when they don't have to? What might have happened if you had taken wet skid pan training and learning under what driving conditions you might lose traction instead of trying to discover it while driving on a wet public road? I fully understand that its only after an accident or two that you really start to learn, but I'm just as certain that if you had experienced what its like to have to stop when a car is coming on a wet road while cornering, and also forced to take it seriously, that you may have been able to avoid the accident by defensive driving. The point is that nothing beats experience. Experience can be given to you before you get your licence, in a better environment than your mum or dad or friend nagging you while you learn to take big risks right from the start just by driving on public roads before you even know how to use the gears and brakes properly. Risks should be minimsed by using an professional safety driver training centre: This establishes the standard for risk taking while learning. And if you learn the right way, then you are more likely to develop good habits for life. Just take what they do in woodworking class, where they teach/force you that you need to wear goggles and use certain techniques for the maximum safety. Well those habits are taken to the workplace where the younger workers demand that they are enforced, out of concern for their own safety. If they hadn't learnt it properly they would just be copying their boss. Same goes for copying the bad habits of your parents or whoever is teaching you to drive, which of course extends to all those older people presenting a bad example to younger drivers. If you know what you should do at least you have the right example in your noggin. It certainly doesn't come from trying to copy other drivers. Someone needs to train drivers as to what they should do and how to know what their margins of error are. Let me tell you it took a lot of trail and error to learn that you really need to consider avoiding accidents by allowing for other drivers bad habits and mistakes; rather than constantly thinking about who would be in the wrong by the law. This means trying to be aware of someone about to ram into the back of you and adjusting your driving accordingly. Whats the point of avoiding smashing into someone in front of you if you are going to get smashed into from the rear? The amount of hastle and cost to your time and the loss of your car while it gets repaired, and the risk of unregistered vehicles need to be explained better to young drivers. That little bit faster in the wet is going to cost you real money, time and possibly your life someday.

Thanks for your post. Did you actually get any driver training though? What if they had taught you with you driving in a simulated street driving course what its like to lose control when you are getting too close to the car in front? What would you and all those other tailgating older drivers out there do if they really understood when their car would lose control/traction in real world driving, and had it drummed into them the costs of driving just that little bit closer when they don't have to? What might have happened if you had taken wet skid pan training and learning under what driving conditions you might lose traction instead of trying to discover it while driving on a wet public road? I fully understand that its only after an accident or two that you really start to learn, but I'm just as certain that if you had experienced what its like to have to stop when a car is coming on a wet road while cornering, and also forced to take it seriously, that you may have been able to avoid the accident by defensive driving. The point is that nothing beats experience. Experience can be given to you before you get your licence, in a better environment than your mum or dad or friend nagging you while you learn to take big risks right from the start just by driving on public roads before you even know how to use the gears and brakes properly. Risks should be minimsed by using an professional safety driver training centre: This establishes the standard for risk taking while learning. And if you learn the right way, then you are more likely to develop good habits for life. Just take what they do in woodworking class, where they teach/force you that you need to wear goggles and use certain techniques for the maximum safety. Well those habits are taken to the workplace where the younger workers demand that they are enforced, out of concern for their own safety. If they hadn't learnt it properly they would just be copying their boss. Same goes for copying the bad habits of your parents or whoever is teaching you to drive, which of course extends to all those older people presenting a bad example to younger drivers. If you know what you should do at least you have the right example in your noggin. It certainly doesn't come from trying to copy other drivers. Someone needs to train drivers as to what they should do and how to know what their margins of error are. Let me tell you it took a lot of trail and error to learn that you really need to consider avoiding accidents by allowing for other drivers bad habits and mistakes; rather than constantly thinking about who would be in the wrong by the law. This means trying to be aware of someone about to ram into the back of you and adjusting your driving accordingly. Whats the point of avoiding smashing into someone in front of you if you are going to get smashed into from the rear? The amount of hastle and cost to your time and the loss of your car while it gets repaired, and the risk of unregistered vehicles need to be explained better to young drivers. That little bit faster in the wet is going to cost you real money time and possibly your life someday.

Here is my proposal. Advanced driver training courses with a safety emphasis. I'm suggesting a 3 month government sponsored course. Without this nothing changes, when you get your licence you feel you acheived freedom and nobody ever said you need to be responsible to qualify. What you need to experience is test facilities actually having the authority to fail you in your training course, during a once a week (ie. every Saturday for 3 months) professional driver training course. You are required to bring a friend with you in the back seat. Any slip up in responsible behaviour particularly showing off means you instantly fail and don't get to drive for 2 years. If you pass this course you gain the higher passenger and speed limit class of licence, and this stays with you for life! (if your friends are good they won't egg you on but if they want you to fail either so they can be the priviledged driving you around or you to be a failure like them they'll egg you on) either way you have to resist the urge to show off, and you'll pick your passengers carefully. Its needs to be in an atmosphere of responsible driving that you qualify for a licence. And if you fail you don't get a licence and you have to wait two years till you are 16 before you have to take a 6 month course next time (this one is different and you pay out of your pocket for it as well). The thing is that if you have to take the 6 month course, you can qualify to carry passengers, but you still don't get the higher speed limit! You will have to wait another 5 years before you can take a licence upgrade test (the exact same original 3 months course) and this time along with the kids). A total of 7 years, thats an eternity to 14 year olds. You'll never forget how responsible you had to be and that you earned your licence along with it the ability and priviledge of carrying your friends when your friends will respect you and beg you to take them with you cause they didn't get theirs. And you'll feel included as a member of society, Recognised for your responsible behaviour. These drivers (members of society) will realise understand that a licence is only for those who drive responsibly. The point is if you saw that there were real priviledges for being responsible that apply when you are young, that will be the aspiration of every teenager. Any child either earns the full priviledges at 14 or at 21 and it is through the same test course. The urge to show off with reckless driving must be shown to be what it really is. A way that hurts yourself and others. plate system L plate for graduates of 14 yo 3 month course - wear for one year P plate for graduates of the 16yo 6 month course to be worn for the 5 years until they are able to take and pass the 21yo 3 month course over again. each subsequent fail will mean another 2 year wait before they can get higher speed limit. the points system should still apply, 4 points for graduates of the 14 yo scheme for the year they are on L plate. then 12 points in second year. 12 points for graduates of the 6 month course. Loss of licence is the same as it is now, you have to wait before getting your licence back. certain highways could have the middle lane designated higher speed, and only those who have the high speed limit classification can drive in these lanes.

Hear, Hear!! Where are the safe driver training programs? You need to get trained in advanced vehicle control and safe driving both before getting your licence. Take a look at the Canadian system of getting your licence. Let me tell you when those youngsters get their licence at 14yo they treat it very very seriously when they have to do 3 months of safety driver training, it becomes their mantra. Teach them young, and teach real high level skill to control that vehicle when its out of control - take the mystery out of driving out of control and put the exitement into a safety program and those young drivers will see it for what it really is, a way to get yourself or others injured or killed.

Real Australians think this shouldn't be a police state, remember Ned Kelly, a real Aussie hero. Our rights as citizens need to be fought for. No police gangster is going to take my right to drive my car. I regard this skyline targeting as racist. The police shouldn't target a skyline driver - includes staring at them all the time and waiting for a slip up just because they own and drive a skyline. It is legal to own a skyline remember! Its all political, a very small number of people who are responsible for import laws are directing government pandering to the idea that domestic performance market should be kept for local cars at higher prices. If this isn't true then I challenge someone to tell the public. The fact is that foreign cars are cheaper, better quality and safer. Without government imposed barriers to owning foreign cars, the local car makers are going to lose sales and even collapse. Is that such a bad thing you ask? Well we'd lose some export income. Why don't they just make Aussie cars more competitive??? Apparently they are now. I'm even starting to like the look of a V8 Commodore, with all the mods. However, its the cost of Aussie cars that is the rip off. The poorer average person that buys a car will find the foreign import a very attractive option. More features, more safety, and less cost in dollars. The richer person that buys a car will find that he can afford a newest Aussie sports car; but still get more performance and more active and passive safety features for dollar from an import that was made years ago. Its a no brainer. Australia isn't competitive in the second hand market. It will take 10 years before the newer Aussie cars start to come into their own as second hand value for money. Leave it to market forces. This is a capitalist country after all. I'm sick of the car market being manipulated by picking on citizens. end of serious stuff. --- --- --- now on to a seperate topic - the street racing. The fact is that if Commodores were as good as foreign cars for the money then there would be people racing them and killing themselves just the same. Young people have no fear of death or of fines or of losing their licence or of going to jail. And older people will just develop technology to keep police out of the way. --- And a light hearted warning to policy makers... If this public harrassment continues and Australia becomes dominated by tyrannical gov't, and we lose our right to freedom of association, freedom to choose in a capitalist market, we aren't going to go lying down, no communism and police state for me! Do you know how many people in Australia drive cars? A lot. Don't let the politicians call us sheep! Keep picking on car drivers and we'll start seeing red. There is and always will be late night illegal street racing! And if they stop that something worse will come along. Any loss of licence threat is useless. It'll probably mean more unlicenced drivers, driving even cheaper bombs and for sure even more deaths when they see a cop and run for it, rather than face a $10,000 fine that will take the next 5 years of their life to pay off. It picks on the lower classes who need cheaper transport like foreign cars. If this continues with law abiding citicens who love their cars being treated like criminals. You'll just turn those people into criminals who will think, what the heck I'm a criminal now, so I'd better join a street gang to protect myself against cops. Hey R33 i saw your post - that Russia idea is looking like it could happen. NOT. We might even start public disobedience 101 classes and get everyone to vandalise the speed cameras and puncture cop cars tyres and go a free for all day every day. Those speeding fines and money making gov't policies abusing the public are just wrong!

Hmmm I may try this.

predator Its a 2wd gtst, thanks. Trust33 First thing I did was find out from Nissan using their consult device that the reading given is "motor off". Nissan told me to replace it. The adjustable brake bias controller sounds interesting. Replacing it - All up to replace it the labour cost is high and I've never experienced the ABS working properly as it was on its way out from the day I bought my car, the on off pulse was so slow, so I'm not sure if its worth fixing. Does anyone with ABS think it works well in the skyline? How is the vibration, does it pulse fast enough when it is working properly. For example how much slower vibration to volvo for comparisson. If the R33 gtst ABS is any good then I guess I'd like to know who can replace my ABS motor unit and charge me less please. I'll supply the brake fluid.

How about a YES OR NO answer? Do I need to change the front to rear bias if I remove the abs?

My R33 series 2 ABS motor died so want to just leave it disabled Thinking of fitting slotted rotors to the front. I heard that the brake piping bias is 90% to the front on ABS cars but should be 70% if change to ABS. Is this right, will I need to change the front to rear bias? Need some advice. .

Since you want brand new. Try importing direct from Japan. The Japanese wheel brands each have their own websites. You can use a translation service like bablefish to view them. I'm sure that if you then decided what brand, model and size tyre you want that places like nengun(in japan online exporter), jspec (australian importer) or your local import parts shop could get them for you.

It would make sense using both bov's though as a means of utilising the designed in 'leak' of the standard bov for the purposes of keeping the idle working correctly for the standard ECU. The point I'm not sure about is whether the standard bov would have been screwed really tight to stop the valve from opening.

Where is the HKS bov located - please post a picture because it would be unusual for there to be two bov's installed. Typically the HKS bov will be located where the standard bov came off.

no its a series 2 feature as well designed to stop car jacking by locking the doors other than the drivers door once you go over 25kph.

To highlight the most important point that MLCrisis answer gave... The skyline's 'vacuume assist' brakes work best when you brake with the car in gear. If you turn off your engine and coast you'll find the brakes are almost useless on the second pump, due to the vacuume pressure assist running out when the engine isn't running. This same can happen when all you have is the car on idle in neutral and you pump the brake a few times, try it on a straight stretch of road at high speed. Be careful because you won't have much brakes by the third pump. 'riding the clutch' is a very very bad habit, as you are idling when braking, if you need to emergency stop in traffic right after having already braked to a slow speed you may well find you have unresponsive brakes that are next to useless and you end up rear ending the car in front! --- Rewording for doubble clutching. absolutely no need for doubble clutching at all with syncromesh. The box already does meshing syncro speeds. If you don't have a syncromesh gearbox it is still better to rev match using heel toe than doubble clutching. Using the clutch friction point to get the feel for when the drive train has matched revs. Doubble clutching still needs to be done on a 5 tonne tractor though, cause the engine rev speed is virtually only two settings high or low. Thank goodness cars have such a versatile rev range these days! And for heel and toe. This is very useful for making the gear changes smooth. Meaning you have no sudden shock of force from shuddering through the drive chain causing a loss of traction. Having this skill is being gentle with your car while driving it hard and helps prevent you from losing traction in corners. Syncromesh and engine braking is ussually designed to work best ie smoothest if you change down through every single gear. Second it helps keep your car in the powerband ready for that millisecond change from deceleration to acceleration at any time at maximum power. Turbo's suffer from a bad shock as you lurch forward when the turbo boost comes on which wrecks your traction in a corner. You deal with this by either microcontrolling the accellerator or geting anti lag feature in your computer. I find that even going over a bump in the road makes my foot go up and down on the accelerator, causing power swings from engine braking to acceleratiion a few times. The skyline accelerator pedal is so sensitive and responsive! Which leads me to ask, has anyone tried putting a bigger spring or damper under the accelerator pedal? Did you end up with more control? Or are better shock absorbers the way to go?