funkymonkey

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world. You jumped the gun, and ended up shooting yourself in the foot. Don't get all holier than thou on us now, just because you don't have the patience to read through someone's genuine worries. Putting RPR33 down does not make you look smart or knowledgeable.

If you want to show off your desktop as well why not... the main reason is so I can see what the site looks like on other PC's in other browsers etc.

Hey guys, not really art, but thought this might be a nice way for you guys to show off some of your desktops while at the same time helping us design the site a little better. I'm interested in seeing what SAU looks like on your screens. Preferably with the browser window maximised. So hit Print Screen and paste it in Paint/Photoshop/whatever, save it as a JPG and attach it here in full res. here's mine:

S13 mirrors fit on my R32 with a couple of small gaps. Internals are all the same for the electric models.

That's a Tommy Kaira "R" I think... R34 edition.

lol the shell was non registerable... we used the rear quarter and rails to fix a regged car.

know any places that sell vinyl i could visit to find the closest match?

yo 75coupe... can you colour match vinyls? what are your rates to cut a design on a 1m sheet of gloss vinyl in S14 burgandy... i'll supply the eps/vector art.

almost all come with a spoiler on them or holes from the spoiler that used to be on em

workin at driftline has its perks... like getting to destroy and annihilate a totally good rolling R32 shell.... Don't try this at home kids.

got a set of splitfires for $410 plus delivery ($50 methinks) when the dollar was doin really well against the yen.

your renewal is automatically issued. you'll find that if your car has a VIV your renewal will be rejected (if you pay it they'll send you a cheque back).

something that irks me to date is why they insist on retaining the Skyline stovetops if they want to break away from teh Skyline lineage with the new GTR. yeah that huge centre vent just reminded me of a mini... I forsee giant Autometer gauges being stuffed in them with shift lights... factory allowance for muzza style

we just charged a customer $500 to weld all the holes (3 on each guard, and 4 on the bootlid) and prep ready for paint. We found that just bogging as a lot of companies do results in shithouse dimples later down the track when the bog shrinks.

happy birthday you sexy chunk (and a rather generous serving at that) of man meat.

they do... the "Narrow Body club" is the GTROC of GTS owners.

even parts for common Nissan sports cars like 350Z's and S15's are imported from japan. Only limited stock is kept on hand in Australia, and is shared by spare parts divisions. Agreed that factory servicing depts will be given specific training on the new GTR, but with a performance car, the factory warranty is voided within a few months of owning the car... and workshops dedicated to servicing performance cars are, in my opinion, much better equipped to work on a 300hp+ car than a mechanic who also has to tend to Nissan X-Trails and Tiida's. The insurance premium for a locally sold S15 is the same as it is for a grey import. back in the day a few years ago the origin of a car and the availability of parts played a big role as Australia was somewhat isolated from the rest of the world, and for example, repairs meant things had to be ordered in and took forever. These days in a global market which is forever bringing us closer to the rest of the world this isn't an issue. Insurance companies are wise to this now and adjust rates accordingly. If you've ever read the R32 GTR FSM that was supplied to australian workshops and the FSM that was delivered to japanese workshops you'll notice a world of difference, the detail is simply mindblowing in the latter. Nissan might as well have given australian mechanics a chisel and a hammer to fix the GTRs. Plus you'd think if the GTR was to be delivered to countries like the UK and US they'd have it in english anyways This one I agree wth, I was quite impressed with the ADR approved turbo/supercharger kits being developed for the 350Z. However, being a global car, the big bucks are in R&D in the US, UK and Japan... so I'm fairly confident if bolt on kits and quality aftermarket parts are to be sourced, they'd come from these countries.

i don't see why R34 prices would be affected, they're in the second hand market now compared to a brand new car. if anything there might be an up in the price of R34 GTRs as people's patriotism and nostalgia are revitalised by the new GTR's launch.

the speed signal also affects your HICAS and ATTESA (if you have a GTR or GTS4) so I wouldn't go cutting it. I mean think logically, Nissan's not gonna have a speed sensor on a mechanical speedo equipped car for no reason. If you have a GTSt with no HICAS then you shouldn't have any use for it.

lol no worries... you had me all confused cos you quoted my entire post. I just made up those pricing numbers to show why.... going on the assumption that nissan australia will shaft us on price.

ummm what am i wrong about? lol my hypothetical pricing to show why its better if we don't get the gtr or why i think the new gtr won't be a V-something?

You guys follow the US octane rating system, we follow the British octane rating system, and the japanese have their own.so our 98 octane = your 94 = japanese 100. They've still got the 15 year rule, so they get all the old stuff... atm as far as skylines are concerned they only get R32's... its wierd... canada's like the land of R32's now. technically no, japan, australia and the british (conveniently all RHD countries)... those were the only countries to sell them new. Well NZ as well, but they don't have a local automotive industry, so they don't count. But yeah, it is RHD... which is kinda JDM tyte yo over there because they get all the US LHD cars.

actually the V36 is currently in production, and seeing as the new GTR is branching off the Skyline family, it'll have a totally seperate chassis designation. in any case, its actually a GOOD thing for us aussies if they DON'T sell the GTR in australia. Why? Well lets put it this way... say Nissan Australia wants to sell the new GTR here for around $150,000. Nissan Japan wants to sell it over there for about $100,000. If its not sold in australia, we can import it. If we can import it, add luxury tax, GST and compliance and all that... and you'll save about $30,000 on it Plus there's no cap on how many are imported, but nissan australia can control how many are sold locally.

um... mod the ecu to remove the rev and speed limiter? its a 5 minute job. you'll need a soldering iron, an EPROM and an eprom flasher.

makes no difference how it gets here, as long as it goes thru customs.