maxr33

Did some ringing around today. My details are 36 years old, in Townsville, no claims or negatives bar 1 <15km/h speeding ticket in the last 5 years. Insuring 2003 V35 coupe premium auto with factory optioned wheels, frontbar + fogs, momo steering wheel, rear spoiler agreed value $32000. Lumley = $926 with $1kxs, $811 with $1500xs Famous = $966 with set $600xs - no option to reduce premium by increasing xs. (These guys were cheapest with my R33gtst with plenty of mods at $825) Suncorp = $800 with $1050 flexible xs. Not that I'd go with them after the way they recently treated a friends claim. Also was quite amusing that they had no record of the V35 coming in any option but manual or CVT - not confidence inspiring! Shannons - wouldn't cover me as I don't have a lockup garage. NRMA = $1483 with $500xs Just Cars = $965 with $400xs down to $579 with $1500xs. Hoping to not jinx myself but as I've had no claims ever I'm happy to take the higher excess and cheaper premium option with Just Cars. I feel for you guys in Sydney!

Noice one! Those rims look pretty good imo - are they 18's? My V35 is sitting waiting for customs to clear it - man am I sick of waitiing! Glad you're enjoying yours

Well, while doing the 'waiting for my car to get here from Japan and researching the hell out of it' thing I found this http://www.tds.castrol.com.au/pdf/2701_tra...xj_b1650_03.pdf which may or may not help. Is apparently auto trans fluid equivalent to the Nissan J Matic. I have nfi on prices though. There must be a few auto driving people who've had a atf change by now, anything new to report?

Hey Congratz! Be at least another month for me First impressions on the V? Any negatives after the first day, or is it all good and worth every second of this painful waiting game?! ( I know that it is of course, just seeking reinforcement seeing as I'm only 1/2 way through the process )

Lol - wouldn't want to confuse people too much huh! There's a hell of a lot of guard to fill - the 350Z shock/spring mod would help but I don't want it too be too low - although it doesn't look like it should be too bad? Lucky Townsville's really flat

Yeah I'm pretty happy with the Momo item - no buttons to control things but I prefer it's look. Haven't got a decent image of the front lip unfortunately - must've been parked up close to another car will put up the best one I've got. Like the clear indicators as well. Just gotta wait another month or so for the car to get to me pm sent Chris

If the main point is to use the stock screen, would it be possible to integrate a carpc - via the Aux in of the stock system, then rather than a remote, use a mouse to navigate the pc page(s)? I was thinking either a laptop scroll pad type mouse or even just a normal micro mouse, set in the centre console (or wherever) bluetoothed to the carpc unit. This would keep all the stock functions - even the ones that don't work - and allows the benefits of all the added goodies from a car pc. Doable? I personally would prefer not to fit a double din unit - only other way I'd consider would be to replace the stock screen with a touchscreen and do it the same way - via Aux in - hopefully therefore keeping the stock functions and adding all the extras, however that might be way easier said than done/impossible? I really don't know much about how these things work and don't yet have my car to play with it

Hey All, Well after trolling around reading every other post on this forum I have finally got some pics of my new beasty and thought I'd put them up and say g'day. I'm in the process of selling my R33 GTSt - seems to be a common story Bit sad about that, I know I'm going to miss the power but I'm looking forward to a nice quiet comfortable car that can still provide some fun. Have scored a 2003 model V35, triptronic, premium with I believe Nissan optioned rear spoiler, front lip with fog lights, Momo steering wheel, splash guards and wheels ( look familiar n15mo? ). Has a few more miles on it than many with about 58k but for the extras I figured it was worth it. Scored it for 1.6million yen fob which I was happy with. Imported via Prestige Motorsport - thanks to Geoff! Compliance being done in Brisbane by Isaso which means I get access to the guru - Chris Rogers, for my av requirements Hopefully I can manage technology enuff to get the pics up now! Cheers Max

A good stealth look is to mount the guage in a cup style guage holder on the steering column on the lower left side - at about 7/8 o'clock. So you can see it through the gap in the steering wheel arches. Can't see it at all from the drivers window (looks stocko when Mr Plod looks in!) but is a suprisingly easy spot to check when driving as you don't have to look to the left/right - just down a bit. Works for me :-)

R33 S2 GTS-t: Power FC, HKS 2530kai turbo, Pod filter with cai, Z32 afm, 1.1bar (16lb) boost controlled by Blitz DSBC Spec R controller, HKS fmic, GTR bov, Bosch 040 pump, Sard fpr, Nismo 555cc injectors, Splitfire coils, split front/dump pipe, highflow cat, 3inch cat back exhaust. 218rwkw. 20/12/06 Re-tune: 244.9rwkw at 16lb. 200kw by 4300rpm. No power gain beyond 6000rpm.

For what it's worth I just hooked up with Famous. 34yo male, rating 1 for life with Suncorp up 'til now (who won't touch me since I've put on the hks 2530 turbo), was paying $570 with suncorp - xs $1650, Famous = $755 - xs $500, full comp, unlimited legal mods (R33 GTS-T Series 2) in Townsville. Pretty happy, though only nominated drivers are covered. Were the cheapest I found in my searches.

You see heaps of Skylines around up here now but it's a relatively rare driver who'll give you a nod or a wave. I don't tend to spend much time in the Qld section as most of it's SE Qld based, but G'day anyway!

My car had federals on when I got it - not sure which type, but they were pretty crap. One bulged and had to be replaced, they used to bag up in first gear at about 25km/h if you stomped it (at 10psi boost) and they aquaplaned better than water skis (got 26000km out of them). Dunlop 3000a's were miles ahead, didn't break traction like the others and actually drove through puddles. Could launch at about 1000rpm more than the federals - heaps better grip. Got 34000km out of them. This was on an R33 GTS-T, hope that helps!

I'm in Townsville and did the 'are you mad?' thing and bought a sight unseen car from a bloke on the Goldcoast 3 years ago who did me an honest deal. PM me and I can give you some contact details if you want to catch up to have a yarn about anything. Back to the fuel price war! With standard mods but stock computer, engine and turbo I get about 9.5km to the litre round town driving reasonably sensibly (on optimax), almost 11km/l doing the speed limit on the highway on long drives. It does tend to get a bit thirstier when you hit the speed limiter

My hicas light comes on after 10km of driving and stays on. After chasing around worring about what it could have been it turns out that I've got an aftermarket diff and that's the cause.