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Went for one of the $$$ saving options: BFG gforce for $195 each (in 235/45/17) Newly released tyre - we'll have to see how they go. The rear rims are begging for 265s, but they were another $140 or so... Next time.

Who'd you get to fit them up in that case?

Have been quoted numbers like $345 for the ST115s... Tempe have them listed for $220 on their website -> certainly worth the trip!

I'm currently on 225/45ZR17 & 235/45ZR17 and am thinking of switching to 235/45 on front so they're the same. (The quickfit guy recommended getting the front rolled if I do) I've heard others talk about those Falkens being ok, but I don't really like the Ziex ZE512's on at the moment. Maybe they're a cheaper Falken though?

I know it's been talked about a bit before, but can anyone recommend places to get tyres around Canberra? So far I'm thinking: - Quickfit Belco - Ed in Qbyn? Craig at Quickfit Belconnen recommended BFG G-Force Sport as a value for money option, said something about them winning some sort of wheels tyre test recently. Otherwise I was looking at maybe Dunlop SP SPORT 3000A ($239 on special apparently). Thoughts? I'm not going to be doing any track work or anything like that, and I'm at pretty stock power so I don't need anything too flash? Lasting more than 12 months would be nice.

You got it, let me know when they arrive and I'll collect with the cash. Cheers, John

Done. pm me with bank details and I'll transfer you the cash. Or maybe when they arrive - either way I'm good for it. John

I just meant side: I see you've even painted your front calipers, nice work. If you want to trade a pair for the pfc let me know!

Invest in a pair of clear blinkers and you're sweet!

What actually happened dude? Haven't you replaced just about everything now!!?

Just seems unlikely that there'd be a real one just driving around as a daily driver. There must be some register of all known locations/owners somewhere...

Saw what looked like a porsche 959 this morning in fyshwick! Anyone know if this is for real or just a lookalike? Looked good to me!

I rode into work on Monday & yesterday, so it wasn't me. Took the car Tues/Wed/today... A rival silver s2...

I only ever got around to painting the whole thing black, but it does have a fluoro light at the top with a printed perspex cover saying MAME with all sorts of characters from various games. As part of the collection of roms etc I also got hold of screenshots of title screens in game, as well as photos of the original arcade cabinets, marquees etc. Places like www.mameworld.net have heaps of links to that sort of stuff.

Started building one Saturday, had it finished for the next Saturday (working during the week 9-5). If you know what has to be done it's not that hard, plus I'd planned it all in Pro-Engineer (solid modelling program) so I knew exactly what size to make everything, and designed the thing around the monitor once I'd bought that a few weeks earlier. One thing I didn't give enough thought was getting it inside the house - had only 1cm clearance on either side getting through the front door! I plan to build another one at some stage which is also a coffee table, maybe with a nice 17" TFT sitting flush under a glass top. The old one is way too huge to have sitting around where I live now. Heaps of examples of cabinets people have built here: http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm

Yep, that's how I got my full set of MAME roms, I just sent this guy 3 blank DVDs and he gave me the full set. Here is the site: http://www.freemameroms.com/ There don't seem to be any Australian people anymore though, when you click Australia they just list a dude who's willing to ship internationally to Australia. When I looked a year ago there were a few in Australia, including one in Canberra where I am! For anyone willing to shell out a bunch of cash, try http://allmyroms.com I got all the other roms of a friend, who'd spent many many many hours downloading them all from various places, I have no idea where they actually came from. I'm happy to help out anyone who does want a set, if you can arrange to send me a few dollars to cover postage and blank disks (or send me everything reply paid) I'll burn them onto a few DVDs for you. (It may take a few weeks however) Just pm me. John

I built myself a full sized arcade cabinet replica with 21" monitor and authentic 2 person arcade controls (even the little men buttons for 1/2 player!) for MAME... And in the process managed to get hold of: - All mame roms as of 6/2003 (v0.71) - Every Sega Megadrive rom! - 100 or so Sega Master System games - 50 or so Nintendo 64 games - Every Super Nintendo (SNES) rom! - Every Nintendo Gameboy Advance game as of 6/2003 - Handful of Nintendo (NES) roms - More than 1 Gb of C64 & Amiga roms Something like 20Gb for everything from memory. Anyone interested in setting up there own machine or wants a huge number of ROMs, I might be able to help out. Of course you'll have to show me your original 5000+ game cartridges first John

Yeah, thanks for doing the photos mate. That's one sweet GTR you've got too.

Ok, sure. Can someone who expects to hang around the whole time volunteer a phone number so I can call and find out where you guys are when I get back?

Doing it later in the afternoon will save me a world of trouble with the g/f... am scheduled in to spend time with her parents/grandparents in Syd that morning - she doesn't like the idea of me ditching that for a car photo shoot! My vote is for any time after say 3pm.

So are the photos going to be taken straight away in the middle of the day, or later on for enhanced lighting? (Have to leave Sydney on Sunday morning to get back in time)

saw a gunmetal looking R33 GTR in Fern Hill Park Bruce again this morning around 9am

Spotted a white R33 with GTR rear wing in front of the pavlova shop in Fyshwick

Remember the cost of compensating the camber if you're lowering too, or you'll scrub the inside of your tires with too much negative. I'm in at Inline Steering & Suspension in Qbyn next week to finally sort out my camber issues once and for all, and with a few hours of labour it aint cheap. (I have fairly low and $#&% hard TEIN coilovers)

Not really interested in a pulsar conversion. Am looking to sell purely for financial reasons, and want cheap insurance etc. Trade would have to be something stock. (probably more interested in cash and sorting out a new ride myself though)