Kinks

injectors, it's normal. don't worry about it BOOM!

highlights the importance of using good tools. precision 6 sided sockets made using quality metal will make your life SO much easier for high torque (suspension) applications. use a shitty socket set or one with 12 sided sockets and you'll just round off nuts all day trying to undo them. a few years ago i bought a good toolset (ratchet, socket, spanners etc) and it's one of the best purchases i've made.

you might want to start here: http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/dow.../vsi09_rev4.pdf they could be hesitant about the increase in width or the offset. and you have to make sure you overall rolling diameter is close or your speedo will be out.

you want it to be your last car too, i take it?

the ECU will set a higher idle when the car is moving. it's normal.

Let's recap, webber is coming up on a car that is 3-4 seconds a lap slower. this car is not as fast, doesn't corner as well and probably doesn't brake as well. it's also on the dirty line. is webber anything other than a retard for expecting kova to brake super late? and go sailing through the corner with a fistful of understeer? last time pizzonia did that in a jaguar it didn't end well. come on mark you've been around a while, the dirty line doesn't give you good braking traction so you have to brake earlier. mark disengages his brain when he gets behind the wheel, he makes his own luck and it's no surprise that he's been in some dramatic crashes. i'm all for patriotism but the guy does ask for it.

That explains why you have a GTR only joshing.. i'm just jealous... prick.

he is a german but carries on like a pom

LOL too true. racing for position you must go around the other car, not through them and over them. everyone at BBC whinging about how he should just let someone through can shut up. webber brain fart 100%, he makes his own luck.

which sumis? that's about as useful as saying "I had dunlops and they were crap". Which dunlops? sport max or monzas? big difference. same with falken. FK452 is a fairly well regarded tyre but ZE326 is atrotious.

turn 1 sideways would be quite interesting.. like Duncan says would expect it's a rear toe or something similar, a neutral car should not be sideways through there.. but if it was a problem with the GTR overall there would be a lot more bent ones by now!

using the clutch will preserve the life of your gearbox because with the clutch depressed there is no load on the input shaft and the synchros can do their job more easily.

no idea about Z3 but a mate has HRT III and he says they're a great tyre for the money

.. but in all seriousness pleurisy and pneumonia are right up there with leprosy on my "things to avoid" list. Hope you get better soon, Dan! Then more sideways (oh yeah and spend less time at work.. not less under the car )

stupid idea but it sounds like it was posted as a school holidays hypothetical. so 1) strip running gear out of GTS-t 2) bolt in GTR running gear *rolls eyes*

Projectors are a different kettle of fish, because there's a metal screen that provides a sharper cutoff pattern and reduces glare. The only difference with them is light distribution and I've seen R32 HID conversions that look quite reasonable in that regard as they use projectors. Obviously a full housing swap would be a better bet, as headlight design in general has come a long way since then. Comparing HID globes in an R32 housing and an R32 headlamp with a full housing swap to a euro HID projector - the euro one looks insanely good just like a new car's. Yeah I have used Plus 50's in the past and they were quite good compared with your $2 generic bulb that is yellow and dim by comparison. I currently have Philips bluevision in which I think is not as blue as the crystal vision (go figure - the crystal vision has a darker blue tint on the bulb) - but basically any bulb with a blue coating is going to drop your overall light output and I'd agree with what you've found that the light looks nice but ultimate brightness isn't as good as a clear bulb.

Or.. you know.. someone could post pics showing the results when it's done properly (and ideally, directions on achieving this). Dave's been in this thread and said that 90% of people don't adjust their headlights properly when fitting HIDs. Why is that? Are people just too stupid or is there a lack of clear instructions provided with the kits ensuring they are used properly? Maybe there should be a public service announcement (I'm dead serious about this, I've seen enough people with R33s and blinding HIDs that fixing this problem would help EVERYONE). Which goes to show it has everything to do with reflector design, and also how closely the arc in an HID matches the position of the filament in a halogen bulb. Specific to R33s, I have seen a dozen people who blinded everyone and one person whose HID lights were not dazzling and annoying. Aha! they do exist! But I have no idea how far down he aimed his lights to achieve that, it was a long time ago. If I had a chance to look at the beam pattern more closely and find out which kit it was I would have bought a set. None taken, I'm a qualified engineer. I'm also a keen photographer so I've spent plenty of time looking through lenses. I'm not going to fork out my money on an experiment particularly when none of the pics I've seen of HIDs in R33 housings show acceptable beam patterns. Not even if it was $1, since all of the pics I've seen demonstrate the exact opposite. Until you bit and posted a proper reply I had no idea whether you were part of the 90% shining light everything and thinking it was wonderful or the 10% who actually took the time to try and make it work properly. I disagree with plenty of laws, although I recognise that they're there to keep the lowest common denominator safe. In this case with the majority of HID kits being poorly fitted I completely agree with them being illegal. I believe it was your cavalier attitude that you knew what you were doing and we should simply trust you on face value. I respect what you've said in your last post. Unfortunately past evidence on this forum has shown that the vast majority of HID installations have thrown glare everywhere with R33s. Whether it's the bulb's fault (inaccurate construction) or lack of correct aiming can't be easily determined, but since nobody has posted on here saying "this is what I did, here's the cutoff before and after and a shot down the road showing improved lighting on the bitumen (no massive hotspots) and minimal increase in upwards glare" it's enough to tell me I'm probably wasting my money by buying a kit. I could be wrong, I'd love to be proven wrong because I've wanted HIDs ever since I bought the car but not at the expense of other road users.

That idea is simple, but it's the Forrest Gump type of simple not the easy fix type of simple. Aiming your lights down gives you a big hotspot in front of the car, which on initial glance seems great wow look at all that light on the road, but you are most likely getting less light thrown on the distant road which is where you need it most. I'd rather know about something on the road when it's 200m in front of me not when it's 50m in front of me. Lemmings will happily follow each other off a cliff without complaining. So you're a good customer of Dave's HID kits, does that automatically mean that they are good just because you have bought 5 pairs? I fail to see a causal relationship between those two concepts. So applying logic, reason and optical physics as supporting evidence for why it's a brain dead idea in a headlight enclosure designed for a halogen bulb is unreasonable? Oh I guess I'll just have to think less, then it will seem OK. You sound like a Jehovas Witness who was peddling his faith. Will these headlights wipe my arse for me too? It's not about wanting or liking them - I do want HIDs. It's about them being utterly unsuited for our headlights. If someone could show me an acceptable cutoff pattern I would buy a set and shut up. I've asked the question on a number of occasions, nobody has posted pics, including vendors on this forum. Surely if they had more to gain than to lose by posting pics of the cutoff pattern, they would? It would only ever help their sales! And yet the logic and reasoning behind that website and our laws has had no effect on you. Nice. Oh well as long as you think it's fine and you're happy. That completely changes things. Yes, yes it is.

sure, because not killing 30 people automatically means that your headlights are A-OK.

The problem is everyone goes "coilovers? sweet!" and don't realise that the spring rates most jap brands have are set for track work on billard table smooth race tracks in japan. You can make coilovers work but you have to get spring rates suitable for aussie roads and shocks that are valved to suit. Actually, in standard form my car is beautiful to drive every day, soaks up the bumps and still has quite reasonable handling when pushed. It's a grand tourer and does that job perfectly. The first couple of track days I did in it I had a ball as well, but now I'm after a more direct ride and less body roll (better for the track) without compromising daily comfort too badly.

emmjay's test results have come back, the lobotomy was a complete success.

Ripper, thanks mate

ahh cheers Duncan - the noltec brand is now called whiteline plus by the looks of it http://www.whiteline.com.au/Plus/product_d...t_number=W82481 I see what everyone means now by toothed bolt for on-car adjustment. I remember an earlier post by you saying you used the "standard" adjustable ones and set both to max and it was close enough.. are the noltec ones worth the premium? (is caster something that requires adjustment every alignment or is it set and forget)?

I would love to see some pictures of the before and after cutoff against a wall. I have asked NYTSKY for this several times and he never delivers and I'm sure it's because the results are poor. If anyone can sell an HID kit for an R33 that gives a clean cutoff without sending glare to other road users I would have my wallet out in a heartbeat. But it's not going to happen, and I refuse to increase glare for other road users. It's just not safe if people who are driving towards you can't see properly!!

http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculato...p?action=submit has always worked great for me. lets you compare 3 sizes at once too