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Merry xmas everyone! and be safe on the roads

look for a thread by merli - its got all the info u need when looking for skylines or any other import for that matter - its a sticky thread too. reliability depends on the condition of the car - u can get an r32 for say 4 grand, but u gotta question how reliable it is. Look for tell tale signs, such as wear and tear in the interior and general condition of the engine (some engines look like they were salvaged from teh bottom of the ocean). I had my welsh plugs changed just last friday - and my mechanic was telling me that the welsh plugs will have to be checked on all imports. And this is a very important thing to check imo - as my car was leaking/loosing a lot of coolant and the plugs had been rusted big time. If you find it later, expect to pay around $500 for the replacement of the welsh plugs. You can check this by having hte car on the hoise - and its not hard to miss, but you may need a mirror and bright light to view the condition of the plugs. Reliabilty - so far my car has been very good (apart from the welsh plugs) - did a dyno run, the afr, psi and power seem to be intune with a healthy engine and according to the mods I have on. Have driven the car for up to 200km in a single day, and through windy mountain roads - seems to go fine - but other people who have done the rebuild would tell u when u might need to do it. I think from memory - a compression test will tell you whether or not you need a rebuild. Parts are plentiful - u can buy them at wreckers, through traders on this site, the for sale section. I went through my dealer to get me a tail light from japan. The only thing though, from japan, it takes a very long time - and u have to be patient. If you dont want a car with problems, use that thread that I mentioned above. Then test drive heaps so U know what to look for. Finally, if there is one that you like, get it inspected via the workshop. anymore questions, let me know.

it depends on where you go to get your stuff. plus i kept my headunit that came with the car, cos it was running well. And I also got a good deal on the products - without the deal I would be looking at around 1.5 - 2k i think - plus there are other brands (other than alpine) which are more expensive..... so what Chris said was right - there are some brands where you can expect to pay 3-4k for the best of the range.....and this might include labour as well. p.s - alpine have the top of the range audio equipment too - that can go to about 3k all up....

brilliant lol! congrats man....

melbourne? I got a full alpine system (cept for the head unit, which is a sony unit) for around a grand (or maybe just a bit more). 4 speakers, 2 tweeters, 2 crossovers, 1 amp and 1 sub. PM SXR (ray from re customs) - they are authorised alpine dealers.

uh....im gonna puke......

really is retarded - cos all thse numbers are making people confused.....i voted for liberal cos of their policy on trying to conserve water by using desalination plants and what not.... whats stage freaking 9 gonna be? cant use toilet paper anymore?

did u say they were or were not approved for road use?

nice pics - looks similar to nasa control centers.

lol just as soon as i finish my Accounting course, more IT jobs are out there now

i knew i should have kept with IT....

hate the ass of the ferari - the gtr looks much better. However, the front of the ferrari looks awesome too

http://www.theage.com.au/news/a-closer-loo...6290468626.html

cant u get replacement fog lamp covers and put them over the indicators? thats what I was thinking of doing at one stage - like get one from a wrecker

when it starts to vibrate/shudder when you launch the car at a decent rev

this was mine with only a couple of mods - done at RE as well http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...t&p=2753467 i could be wrong, but wouldnt the intercooler and the fuel pump increase the power output significantly?

well my friend who got his accord euro - base model/manual - he haggled it down to about 32k - so no point going for a civic....

dont even bother wasting time going to look at the car.......unles u want to buy it and build it from the ground up.....there are better r32's out there.... or if you are after a non turbo, go for the 33 non turbo. either way - if ur going to go have a look at it - up to u, but id say it will be a waste of time....

hahaha yeah...thats the one!

haha yeah - the guy goes "i blow u!" and lawrence goes "blow me? no, u can hug me, but no more" - or something like that..... and also when lawrence goes to pick up tea leoni leoni: "who is it" lawrence: "its mike lowry" leoni: "how do I know its u" lawrence: "cos........im mike lowry!" bad boys 2 - great movie hahah..... The end of the gun battle with the haitians: lawrence: "apologise to the man, apologise, apolog...." lawrence: (to the haitian) "its just u know...u were trying to...woosah woosah....WOOSAH MOTHER f**kER!!" (kicks him) when martin lawrence took ecstacy by mistake - that was the funniest shit.... "hellow...capteon....." (at the fish in the bowl)"big muthaf**king eyes, but a nice muthaf**king fish" "mike! I got an erection! call the wife, tell her Im on THE way" and when he opens the door to greet his daughter's date: (slams the door aside) "who the f**k are you?!?!?!?!?"

seagal cracks me up - mainly cos every time one of his movies is on, i think about those animations on the web..... he wanted to be on the last samurai - i dont think he would have done a better job than tom cruise.....plus seagal thought cruise's character was the last samurai, but infact the character played by ken watanabe was the last samurai - hence seagal is a dumb ass too.....

fantastic - let us know how your car goes on wednesday..... yeah u might have seen my car there on friday (white s2 r33). welsh plugs gave way when they were doing hte service, so had to change all that - now its running great. Gonna get more mods done through them (the exhaust was done thru them)

nice - i got mine dynoed there as well and i take my car there for servicing. was yours the silver r33? there was one that was there on friday when i went to pick up my car.

just had a 2 min shower - literally - not too bad - specially if u need to cool off on a hot day.... i will be tryng that bucket and high pressure cleaner thing next week or the week after - see how effective that is. The high pressure cleaning unit does not use up much water so it will be a good test to see how many buckets of water will be needed

it would use less fuel - but u will be missing out on performance