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They're all stailess too so that makes them a REAL bargain for the twin muffler version...

BasketCase: Thanks DCD: You'd know better than anyone the probs long term Japan residents have... well chalk me up as another casualty. I wouldn't blame the lifestyle so much, I guess teaching English was in fact the real problem. Since I haven't been working (going on 5 weeks now), everything is really fine!!! I can go out without caring about staring anymore, I've been practicing more Japanese, I've been doing heaps of work on cars... things are good. But I'm not working <_< ... so I've gotta go home. Unless you can offer me a job Dino? Hahaha Funky: I went home in April, but it was only for a week. I also stay with my Dads family in Germany for 2 weeks in May... still not enough time away though... yeah I think it's time to go home. Just want to reiterate one more time: I'm not anti-Japan. 5 years is a decent chunk out of anyones life, and I need to move on now. I've gone back and read this thread and I can really see the stress of long term teaching (in the same school) and the pressures that go with that coming through. But thats over now, I'm having a good time and I'll be here for another 3 weeks.

Bring it on Funkeh!

Good on ya BRO Hehehe... /Rezz

I havent driven on the Advan 'Sport' tires, but I have driven on the 'DNA S.Drive' which are newly released along with the Advan Sport. I thouroghly recommend the S.Drives if they sell them in AU, but Yokohama say that the Advan Sport tires have even more high speed stability and wet weather performance than the S.Drives so really you can't go wrong with either.

It's a signal to the Yakuza... so they know who's fingers to cut of next Seriously, they're temporary number plates for de-registered cars. I need them because I'm still trying to fit as many cheap Yahoo auction parts as possible... I'm doing well! So far: 4x Yokohama AVS VS-6 wheels - 10,000 yen 2x Yokohama DNA GP tires (80% tread) - 2,000 yen 1x Silvia 'GT-R' grille - 2,000 yen 2x Tein Adj. Pillowball upper mounts - 4,000 yen 2x clear indicators - 4,000 yen 2x '92 Silvia black mirrors (as new) - 2,000 yen 1x CA18DE air flow meter - 1,000 yen Total: 25,000 yen (A$300) ^^^ Thats with 4 WHEELS and 2 TIRES. Needless to say I'm having a ball

Which ones?

Thats pretty much restricted to Expo though :lol:

Here are a couple of updated pics if anyones interested:

I've got 17x8J +35 on the front of the R32, and if anything the rim sits just inside the fender... actually I've thought about putting 5mm spacers (instead of the 3mm ones that are on there now) to make them stick out a bit more... On the rear I've got 17x9J +32, and the rim is FLUSH with the rear guards. I got a 245/40 tire on that and they curve in a bit (stretched look) so it looks ok.

But Zele International (very reputable company) are selling that M-Spec NUR with 38,000 genuine km's with one owner and no accident history... for 6,000,000 yen. So all up expenses to get it shipped to AU and complied and taxes paid is about $42,000? How much is the 'luxury tax'? How much is compliance for SEVs?

Well there 2 types, one 'workshop' or 'trade' plates for dealers to use (different conditions of use) like g0jira said, and theres the usual '5 -day drive it to x location and nowhere else thank you very much ' plates like I've got on my Silvia when you de-register it:

Theres a M-Spec being sold in QLD for $200,000???? You're kidding me. In the attachment theres an M-SPEC NUR going for A$72,000... add all your ADR fees and taxes etc and you've got an what... an $85,000 car? I know that QLD car has been modded by Mine's, but geezuz, at a $115,000 premium???? NO THANKS. I'll take 2 M-Spec Nurs for that price please and a decent down payment on my house. Maybe I misunderstood?

Is it possible to fit Tein HR coilovers with JIC or Cusco adjustable pillowball upper mounts (at the front)?

What do you mean by rim depth?

^^^ The voice of experience... I had the exact same thing happen with my old 'K's Garage' online shop. So many inquiries replied to and for what? For guys (some were kinder than others) to say "heeeey, you know what? I'm not really ready to buy right now, but I'll get back to ya asoon as I am". My stuff advertised wasn't the cheapest stuff out, and I went to great lengths to tell people that. If you want so cheap no-name item, well go someplace else I don't do that stuff. But people still insisted on getting quotes for stuff that they didn't even have money for! This situation x1000 and I eventually gave up...

pentae: That was well typed up mate... the only thing I could've suggested was to omit the word 'crap' because it kinda made that part sound a bit teenager-ish. Otherwise well done. But... I can't help but imagine the retard at ACA who gets it is just gonna read over it, go "pffffft", then send it to another folder never to be seen again. Time to organise a street protest?

Yeah I can only come up with the mufflers on Yahoo... Falcon speed might be the name of the muffler only, not the company that makes them... I'm not sure. Seems very cheap for a twin-muffler system anyway.

What do they make? I haven't heard of them, but if you can give me some more info I can help.

Hmmmm... you got me thinking now. HEY! what th... you takin' tha piss??? :lol:

Yeah they could implement the '2 year Shaken' style roadworthyness schedule in Australia and tell the Police to concentrate on other (more important) things rather than defecting high and low... but would that be a preferrable situation? You've got the 'in 2 years I will have to return my car to almost standard to get it past the RTA' senario (like Japan) or; you've got the 'I'll drive my illegally modded car for as long as possible without attracting Police attention - and never have to comply to ADRs whatever if I'm lucky'... Which is better? The Japanese senario has so many wide ranging ramifications such as loewering used car values, but at the same time creating a whole new industry where garages focus on periodic roadworthy certification. Which is good? Maybe not for the end user... I remember a hooror story I was told years ago by one of my old students. She bought an EG Honda Civic for 100,000 yen off her uncle as a first car, but it only had 6 month or so to go on the shaken. The day came where she had to get her roadworthy check done and at the end of the day it cost her 150,000 yen in repairs. It's likely that she (as a woman) got ripped off badly by the garage doing the work, but even then the cost of shaken was the same as the total value of the car. It was a good EG Civic too. She couldn't sell it without shaken... well she could, but she'd get maybe half her money back, and then be without a car... lose/lose situation that she wished she never got involved in. Factor in car tax, parking fees, insurance etc and she's out of pocket big time. Maybe the Aussie situation is better for the time being...

Best reply I can come up with to that would be that we all wanna be the *only* one doing what we're doing. Actually in reality, I've met at one point or another all the car enthusiast gaijin in Osaka (well most) and they've all been really friendly guys... maybe a few were on the back foot so to speak in the beginning (who knows why?) but loosened up over time. All in all I don't have any rivalry with other gaijin here, in fact its quite the opposite. That article above seems to more focus on the people you randomly meet at bars/pubs... now thats a hotbed for rivalry if I ever saw one... and I think it all boils down to "who can get laid the most". If theres another gaijin who can speak fluent Japanese and he's on my turf... well than I don't like him... lol care to elaborate?

Sold.

Lets start some rivaly here! How long have you guys been in Japan huh? Can you speak Japanese? Huh?? Pfffft. I thought so

Nice one Poida Reminds me a little of the Photo Diary days Whats the story with that monkey??? He gave you the 'look-away handshake'!! How rude