shane344

I have converted my S2 to all R34 gtt spec brakes (F+R) in my garage. The rear dust covers needed a little trim around the caliper area, i just used tin snips, a file and pliers to bend the daggy bits. From memory the front dust covers were fine. The diameter of the rotors was close enough to just bend them a little where they touched. I had the rear R34 soft lines but they dont match the Stagea at the chassis side where they join the hardlines. I was able to pop the ferrule out of the caliper with a self tapper on both sets of calipers and use the original banjo fittings. The rear banjo bolts needed abut 3mm taken off its length as they still bottomed out, took my time with a hack saw and a file and no dramas. Also there is a fitting block bolted to the back of the rear R34 caliper that connected the soft line to a short hard line into the ferrule fitting. I couldnt find a way of making the blocks work so they're in a box under my work bench with all the old Stag brake parts. I have left the brake lines as per Stagea spec, I would've preferred to get lines made to match but I only had one car so had to do all the work in one move. Brake line manufacturers in Perth weren't too keen on helping me out without exact specs or something to copy. I drove my car in before i started but PBP weren't keen on looking under my car to comapre the R34 lines with stag shit and making a mix, basically I needed to tell them what I needed but I didn't know. I can see their points so never mind. I used all the original Stag caliper bolts but they were the same as R34 ones. Some tools i was glad to have were: - a big (say 1.5 ft) 1/2" breaker bar to crack the mount bolts, (they were real tight as you would expect) - brake hose clamper things, to save you having to do a major brake fluid bleed and to save the concrete in your garage. - flare spanners. - a few M6 (i think) bolts to get the discs off (probably get away with a soft faced hammer). - 2 litres of fluid, I always bleed too much apparently. - enough combinations of spanners and socket sets to get into all manner of awkward of spots. - high jack stands to be comfortable - time, it took me a 3/4 of a day each end, but I'm not a mechanic and I try to take my time to get things right once.

Nice find on the brace. My car came with the blue strut top bits poking out through the carpet in the boot. but without the cross bar

Did my timing belt and water pump today. Wouldve finished yesterday if I believed the how tos and didnt overtension the belt.... would appreciate a timing light that works well on the white loop down the back of the head to save pulling the intake apart (temporarily) just to get to #1 coil.

I have the second one on my white car, but it has been painted black with the badges unclipped, so no chrome. I'm happy with it on a white background, might be too much black for a black car.

I hope you're right. I worry as the average speed in the sections they have put them is currently really high. In traffic everyone cruises at 110, right and left lane.....

My Cressida had the eact same issue when I first got it. I got a trans guy to throw a new filter and fluid in there but it didnt help and he had no idea as it was warm (and fine) once he got it. My uneducated diagnosis was that it was either a clogged/shagged trans pump or rooted first gear solenoid valve or both. I assumed that it was dependent on temp and fluid viscosity, it didnt matter how full it was... Being a Cressida, they all blow head gaskets, there was enough being wrecked or parted out for me to take a punt and get another trans for $50 and throw it in on my garage floor.... I didnt bother pulling it apart as it wasnt worth repairing. That might not be as easy in this case, i hope its something easy like low fluid

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Anyone know when they're gunna turn on the four new cameras on the southern end of the freeway between Kwinana and Beeliar? They look finished from a fitout/build perspective. Average speed in average afternoon traffic passed them is still a 110k though. I am a little worried that there will be no warning until our letterboxes are full and they can earn the build money back straight away.

^^^^ Agreed, thanks all, was good fun.

Shotgun the Profec B, PM sent.

Is this place fairly spectator friendly? Or should I throw a couple of picnic chairs in the kit?

^^^ i thought the same thing regarding relocation kits. It wasnt too bad really, I had a rag on the diff ready to go for a drbble or two but not for 200mls over a big area.... Dunno, the mechanics were putting Mobil stickers on my Windscreen but apart from that I couldn't tell you. I asked for the top shelf, they probably went to the petrol car 44, instead of the diesel car 44. I put some super syn 5w-50 Mobil to try and match brands in it yesterday.

So I did an oil change in preparation for this: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/402815-sauwa-skid-pan-day/ After having my car now for 25000 Kays and getting it serviced by pros to hopefully find any major issues I have confidence in the car now... I no longer have confidence in mechanics though, my sump plug was finger tight, i just touched it with my 14 and it moved.... Explained the drips on my floor. Also made an RB rookie mistake and spewed oil on my floor getting the oil filter out. I thought I had it but my hand got jammed on the way up, Spent another 20 minutes trying to clean up the front diff and steering rack while the kitty litter did its job on the floor.. Also also I know believe the service turbo cars at 5000 mantra. The shit that came out of my sump after 8000 was like coal.

Hey, the carbon wrap on your console looks sweet. Was it difficult to get looking OK? I have been looking at the terrible woodgrain in my Mrs' Maxima with aesthetic sadness for quite some time and this might help. Even it was just black with a less defined 'weave'....

White box on far left of dash is connected to your central locking, I believe its the reciever for your key. When I installed my immobiliser we had the dash apart under the steering column trying to find a signal from a box on the passenger side. Annoying.

Sweet.

Fitted new sway bar links. Made me realise my shoulder isnt fixing itself, OEM lock nuts fought all the way..

^^^^ yeah one of the team is a dude, but you get the gist of the lols I was going for....

Five doors get all the bitches. Two days late, but meh....

Have you recieved the dough?

450-500k on a 50-55 litre fillup.

I forgot to add, my car seems to be pretty good on fuel for an RB.. I average 10.5-11.5L/100km with a lot of freeway cruising.

Money sent, just have to make sure my wife keeps the baby on the inside..... somehow.

I didn't actually ever drive an auto, probably a bit dumb but after driving my slusho sh*tbox Cressida for 2 years I had enough of torque converters and slippage. I drove around on NSW plates for a month or so. I got knocked back because some numpty had put blue globes in my indicators, my castor rod bushes were blown out and my rear tyres just touched my rear struts on full bump (another long story). All of the above were legit issues in my eyes though so it was fair. A full (expensive) day of getting shiz sorted and it was all sweet. They didn't look twice at the exhaust or coilovers.

What do you wanna know? There are a couple of RS4Ss I know of in Perth. I bought mine from NSW (none for sale in WA at the time) about 9 months ago.