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Nah not you mate, i meant SilverS2, info on his setup would probably help both of us, though if you put 9.5's on with no suspension work your car will look like shit. +22 on a 9.5 will clear the coilovers at the front from what ive stuck in the calculators, but will have some serious poke without camber, lowness, roll/flare and most likely 225's. Should be sweet at the rear with just a rolled guard. I think it works out to be pretty close to a 10" wide +18 in terms of fitment. If anyone knows the final word on inner clearance it would be awesome if you could post it up, pictures would be good as well. cheers, Jess

Can anyone give a definitive answer on inner clearance on a 33 gts-t, with 18x9.5 +30 with a 235 tyre? Have read the r34 gtr wheels are a bit close as is and these will sit 6mm further in. Would just go the 18x9.5 +22, but am trying not to go nuts with poke. cheers, Jess Edit: apologies, just saw above, how low is your car? will it scrub the inner if you dropped further?

You're kind of asking several different questions, which aren't particularly related to one another. As far as painting goes, you really have two options, the DIY approach, or the sell a kidney and a lung to pay for what you want approach. Being a person who has nearly finished painting his bloody skyline, I can assure you that it is not an endeavour to be undertaken lightly. Painting is one of those things that a lot of people see in a "how hard could it be?" light. Believe me, these guys earn the amounts of money they charge for good jobs. The amount of masking, taping, sanding, priming etc. that goes into even a half alright job is huge, and probably far beyond the patience levels of the average punter. (It sure as hell tested mine) That being said, it is not the most difficult thing to get a halfway decent finish, it's just really time consuming, and this number of hours is where the money that spray painters and panel beaters really comes from. When you add up the hours it takes, you realise these guys arent the dodgy overcharging conmen, some would make them out to be. If you want to do the paint job yourself, (and it sounds as though you want to paint the bonnet yourself to discover some previously unkown talent you had, thereby allowing you to do the rest of your car) my advice would be to do a lot more research, as the questions you are asking sound as though you have not done near enough to consider actually trying it yourself. You need to decide if you want to do a 2k or acrylic lacquer respray. This will be the determining factor on if you can do it yourself or not. For the type of paint job you are talking about, (holo flake etc.) you are probably talking about a 2k finish, which you cannot do at home due to the hideous carcinogenic chemicals in the paint, which can cause serious permanent damage to your nervous system from ANY amount of contact through your lungs, eyes, skin etc. Acrylic finishes are better suited to simpler DIY paint jobs, as they can be done at home with just a P2 rated respirator and gloves, though they are not as robust as 2k finishes, and require considerably more sanding and finishing. This is why the painting industry no longer uses them. If after all that you do decide to continue and try at home, (there are pearlizing agents you can use with acrylic btw) The cost of purchasing equipment is a consideration. For a decent belt driven compressor capable of flowing enough air and an alright gun and lines, connectors etc. you need to budget at least $700-$800 for an entry level setup. The gloss of your clear will depend on a number of factors, but mainly the quality of the paint job, whether or not it is a 2k job,(acrylic requires more maintenance and buffing) the quality of paint that the painter uses. Doing a million clear coats will not necessarily give you a better result. Remember, with paint, if a job seems heaps cheaper than the others, theres a reason for it, conversely going for the most outrageous quote wont always deliver a good job. I would suggest that you probably need to go and get some quotes from panel shops about having this work done. Personally, if the paint on your car is in decent shape, I would question the logic in dumping probably the best part of 5 grand into a 10 grand car in good condition. (and saying this the white skylines seem to age way better than other colours) Another consideration is that if you want to sell the car at some point, this money will be instantly lost, and may make the car harder to sell, as such a personal choice of colour may scare many off. Also take into account the prohibitively expensive cost of repairs to this kind of finish, it might look a million bucks when it's first done, but wait until it gets some scratches and dings, which WILL happen if you plan on driving it anywhere, and you will soon be tearing out your hair with the need for touchups. The only reason i have attepted a respray on my own car, is the clearcoat was peeling terribly, and the paint was in terrible condition, not wanting to shell out loads for a proper respray I gave it a crack myself to learn some things, aquire some tools; which are tax deductible for tradies and end up with a finish that is acceptable for a daily driver that can be repaired relatively easily. It's a massive consideration and undertaking, but when you have polished the roof to a perfect flat glossy colour and can see yourself smiling with satisfaction, it's all worth it. GL with either way you choose to go. Jess.

As an interesting point, I bought a pair of S2 headlights recently, and they have a single light for both high and low beam as well as built in indicators and parkers. All factory mind you, apparently they're quite rare. The globes are marked : H4U 12Volt 60/55W They are def. dual filament globes.

Yeah was expecting a flare to be necessary, ive seen rolled 18x10 +20/+18 and thats a bees dick to scrubtown, maybe should buy a set of 9 inch with +25 or so then buy two ridiculous rears to attempt when i finally nut up! Yours looks pretty flush alex, is it rolled or mild flare?

Man, whether or not 18s are small by today's standards, I'd still rather some good looking 17s or 18s with dish, width and offset than some Chromed out trash with cash 22s. Looks good Birds, got any photos of the rear? I'm looking at some 9 inch wide rears with a +25 offset, but fear it may be a bit weak for what i like. May have to go 10.5 inch wide with +20 BTW if anyone has any pics of an R33 with such a width and offset, 17 or 18 inch is fine, though 17 is preferable, I would greatly appreciate if you could post. cheers!

The whole idea of the "hoon"/"street racer" is an interesting concept, people seem to have very different ideas and preconceptions about what that means, be it as a result of personal experience or biased second hand reporting through tabloid quality current affairs (not a shot at Hack by the way, a great current affairs programme, despite it somewhat pandering to lowest common denominator interviewing techniques and editing at times this week). I think many of us, being enthusiasts, who waste countless hours on forums about our cars, don't appreciate dickheads (in place of the word "hoons"; a misused colloquialism) ruining our experience with modified/sports cars, by bringing increased attention from the police, and negative press from conservative media. This attention that is routinely slavished upon us by the pompous, scowling, self appointed critics of society, serves as nothing but a filler between tabloid stories of celebrity scandal, and working class triumph. A distraction that allows 7 or so minutes of dinner table, high-horse soapboxing. How can/How do we defeat these notions? Well, in part, we play their game. We dont put the loudest cannons money can buy on our cars, we plumb back our screamers, we leave 100 mm of clearance! (dont touch your offset though, EVERYONE loves a hellaflush look) If we ourselves dont seek out the attention, we differentiate ourselves, as true enthusiasts, from the knuckle dragging mouth-breathers who can't wait to tell everyone about how they'd rather stick 60K into a car than a house. (btw. what a fucking loser, hope life is great living with your parents at 30 bro) PS. Mischief DVDs are ghey. Getaway in Stockholm and Ghostrider rule.

By the way, is that "about my cube" line in the original episode? I swear ive never seen that one line in the episode before. Bravo. Bravo.

My apologies for not calling you...... I'm just hella too busy with my indie band. But yeah, any money the song you're talking about is angus and julia stone. They're shit. But not as much as you. Oh yeah.... Racetracks are viewed as deathtraps by the powers that be I'm sure, the public liability would be a nightmare. Unfortunately i think we're always going to be short on venues for racing. People improvising their own racecourses, while it may be stupid/fun/gay will always happen in response to a lack of proper venues. Why the hell else would this drift and touge crap be so cool?

This is true, it's easier to get power out of large displacement engines, but we're also talking about a boatload more power than the old "caveman" V8's, ie. 308/350 302/351. If only Ford and Holden did a "quality control" model XR6T/SS, that cost 10K more, but didnt have shitful appointments (rubbish leather for the main one) and finishing. Make an XR6T motor happy to rev to 7500 or so, than bang it in a skyline and you could have some serious fun. So uh yeah, put a highflow and supporting mods on your R34! (apologies for off topic)

You're such a sponge if you listen to that shitful traitor Scott Dooley on Nova Rowan.......

Are you kidding? You think your cast iron block skyline motor is "far more advanced" than Ford's quad cam V8? How about Holden's allegedly power dropping 6 Litre V8 that only needs some breathing mods to run into the 12s NA? Not to mention that rubbish turbo straight six Ford motor, that is only a couple of pounds of boost away from 300rwkw? These are not carbie'd 253s out of a kingswood. Try checking how much an LS2 puts out on a dyno stock. That crap about losing more power than a skyline engine is exactly that. Don't claim it to be a fact. Dazza and Muzza have the technology now compared to R32/33/34. Saying all that a skyzer around 200rwkw+ should give most *STOCK* Aussie muscle a damn good run; and thats probably a cheap and cheerful place to be.

You know how at school discos the Grease megamix always takes a hammering? Do you reckon they'll come up with a Fast and Furious megamix for our kids? *WATCH YOUR BACK, WATCH YOUR BACK, WATCH YOUR WATCH YOUR WATCH YOUR BACK* that'd be siiiiiiiick

I have a feeling the comment was a gee up, hence why it was a direct copy of my fun police warning. 235's on a 10" arent the end of the world, for the most part 235's have SFA stretch on a 9" so on a 10 should look toasty. Legalities aside that is.