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Yeah ... I loved the idea portal before it was even released; I pre-purchased and sat at my PC waiting for it to be activated (and subsequently completed the game within about 2 hours post-release... ) I emailed Gabe Newall with instructions on how to make a paper companion cube demanding 'real' companion cubes the next day - to be told they would be shortly be releasing plushie ones .. I then ended up registering the domain 'companioncu.be', for all things Portal related - though I've since let it lapse. Yes, i'm a sad, sad geek with too much time on my hands I also ended up buying a coupla items off of the Valve store

Ahhh ... one of the few times it's good to be old .. cheaper insurance & can have a chuckle at the youngsters still on their L's n P's (and the laws the governments introduce every coupla years making it more and more difficult for them ...)

Oh, in-case it matters I dug up some GTiR seat pics: So many simularities - but the seat material/coloring is totally off to what you have. Definitely suggests re-trimming...

Hrmmm .. makes my setup look pretty tame

You're thinking rear strut brace. Almost all cars have a rear sway bar, and not having one is a major handling downer. It would be a good upgrade for any NA owner who was unlucky enough not to get one from the factory.

Yeah, second post - i had googled the part # and said auto ecu :S

Damnit, as soon as I saw the topic I'm like .. *grab link to ADRs* .. and .. Troy beat me to it ... heh. (Completely off-topic, it simply stuns me how many people who do modifications to their cars - and yes, alarms count - have no idea of the ADRs. Most seem to assume if you can buy it over the counter it must be legal... eh, pet-gripe)

This thread has an incredible amount of fail in it.

Yeah, soon as I saw them I was gonna say n14 pulsar sss, but then with the holes in the headrests they only did that on the GTiR... Still not 100% on that cos the trim material/color doesn't look quite right; recover perhaps? But yeah - looks damn similar to me ...

With H1 bulbs, the framing around the bulb is the grounding for it - so if that area isnt 'right', the bulb won't have any grounding and won't work. I'm wondering if that's where you're having issues with these 'washers'. Poking around that area with a multimeter on the source wire, and back to the body ground should tell you if there's a problem with the grounding or something more serious, either way.

Sure looks like an ECU with wiring loom attached to me .. (And a quick google confirms 'Nissan, RB25DET AUTO 31036 21U00')

From what I understand, they're a dealer option (not a factory option), but I may be wrong

You have a ground loop. Check your amp grounding (especially is it adequate in size, and connected to the body properly). You running the RCA and power cabling down seperate sides of the car too, right?

Wow, they didn't come from the factory with a rear sway bar! Anyway, quick search (which OP should have done): http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Na...l&p=4563411 Still doesn't say whether there are any holes there though ...

As others have mentioned, Performance Imports is a great magazine (been a subscriber for many years). I also subscribe to Zoom, which is usually a good read (covers more than just japanese cars - but primarily they're focused on 'go more than show'). I will note that I feel that the quality of their articles has gone radically down-hill in the last 12 months, but it probably can't hurt to grab a copy and read. I'd generally recommend to steer clear of Fast Fours, Hot 4's etc - they seem much more focused on portraying women laying over their cars, and the flashier aspects of vehicles rather than performance.

It's a 300ZX - if you look at it funny, you have to take the motor out ...

Heh - I wasn't much good for anything but standing around and offering a tool here or asking questions there... It was still an interesting day to watch you guys working on stuff. If I learn something from it, I'm happy. I love working on cars (like a lot of IT people, I've found), and I read a lot on doing things - but I have little confidence in my knowledge, so I try and get somebody experienced to guide me when I'm unsure. I also prefer to tackle things I'm familiar with - general servicing isn't an issue (fuel filter, oil filter, oil change, etc - did a complete service on my N14 SSS recently which involved a changing of the timing chain tensioner - but, I got in help on that one ). Either way, a snapped accelerator pedal was not something I felt comfortable with - one of those things that if you attempt to fix, and can't - you can't drive the car anywhere to get it fixed. Thankfully it was RubyRS4 to the rescue Ruby - did you have any luck recovering your extension lead today? Anyway, it was good to actually meet some people from the forums and put faces to names ... Hell, I am an SAU:SA member ... Maybe I should drop down to villis on a Friday ...

Is it completely gone in 4th? There are bearings (cluster bearings?) in the gearbox that can get pretty noisy in all gears except 4th (where there is no load on them)

Ouch.

Did you use a HICAS-specific boss kit? If not, your steering sensor won't be getting engaged and HICAS might be throwing more faults. From what I recall, HICAS has a connection into the power-steering solenoid. Quickest check would be to put the original steering wheel back on and see if that fixes it. Anyway, hopefully others will have more ideas (Searching HICAS-specific threads for information might give more clues too)

... and it's now all fixed, and feeling much better than it was previously (must have been working it's way loose for a while..) A huge thank-you to RubyRS4 for taking the time to have a look and fix the issue - I owe you Also a thank-you to skyline_freak_r33 et al for not minding me steal Ruby's time & skills amongst the work of stripping the R33

mmmm .. makes me want to go grab the rarely-used G25 out of the cupboard ...

Can we hit over nine-thousand?

To be devils advocate (and I don't entirely agree with the current 3-year period for P-platers) but it doesn't like like the best idea to me. I personally believe *ALL* drivers should be *required* to sit an advanced and defensive drivers training course before getting their open license. The lack of training regular drivers currently have is ridiculous compared to other countries.

Actually, they have 'em on their site - albeit rashed up (pretty cheap to fix really), and not in yellow (though there is another set that is) for $1690 ... Big leap from $1950 Price for R34 GTR rims has dropped in recent years, they don't command the price they used to ..