Commsman

Sounds like someone did something wrong then. 12V is 12V. How does the ECU know if you've got your foot on the brake or the wire is connected to the reverse lights (for example)? True, but why does anyone do mods at all? This is about the easiest mod & best bang-for-buck of any available for a M35 imo. Even if you never drag it ('cause it's a wagon, not a GTR ), being able to give it more than 30% throttle immediately after you've braked for a corner is worth the few minutes spent doing it.

All info you need is here: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/397960-m35-stagea-brake-cut-off-mod/page-1, but read all the way thru to get all the tips. There's no fully detailed DIY 'how to' as such, mainly because it's really easy. Find wire on ECU. Cut wire. Run to switch or some other 12V source to allow ECU to 'reset' CEL.

I echo Scotty's words - nice work Justin!

LT.pdf I don't think it will be as easy as you hope. Even Pin 41 on the TCU (rev lamp relay) is 0V when in R position & battery voltage when in any other position, so it depends what you need to trigger the display. If it's 12V, you may as well run a wire up front as Brad so rightly suggests.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Nissan-Stagea-M35-QR25-DET-Auto-V6-Turbo-2002-Xenon-Driver-side-Headlight-/360813492696?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&fits=Plat_Gen%3AM35%7CModel%3AStagea&hash=item540228f9d8 Lol @ QR25DET.

I've offered to help out in the past (financial or hosting), but owner was too proud to accept charity, lol. Hope it doesn't disappear as there's lots of good info stored on that forum.

Keen to hear of nice way to get roof lining out as well. I had my back sunroof stop working for a while, but then it fixed itself. I have a spare motor for the back (same as front?) in a box plus a wreck with sunroofs that I can strip out if needed.

Good bit of detective work. Let us know if/how you get it resolved.

Drool. A bit hard to justify the cost. If only I didn't like my house, have a family, or need to eat.... Nah, it's only a car. Nothing's worth missing out on a good feed, lol.

I've heard there are various models with this high oil consumption designed into the engine. That's crazy. I was talking to an Audi mechanic this week about my car. It has an electronic dipstick (lol) & I was questioning him about the reading on the in-car display. When I told him what engine variant was in mine, he said that it wasn't one that consumed oil. He had nothing to gain/lose by not telling me the truth, & it matches the reading I get when I check. It says to drain off some oil, ie was overfilled last service. That was probably 10,000km ago (not sure i agree with the long service intervals), so can't be a high oil consumption engine. I'm not that interested in syringing out half a cup of oil, so it can wait till I change it. Re CVT 'boxes, I wouldn't have one in any car, regardless of the emblem on the grill.

You hit it on the mark when you compare on value. I can't think of anything I've driven that compares in the ride/steering department. And I'm not talking simply about performance driving - even getting from A to B. The Audi's do have their DSG boxes sorted though. Yeah they some some quirks, but that's more German engineering logic in the programming than anything else. They change solidly & quickly (faster than I can with a traditional manual) - same tech as Lambo I suppose. Personally I wouldn't go down the path of a manual for the M35. I'm too old & lazy so the effort/cost required puts it very low on the to do list, but keen to see it happen.

Pretty sure I have a spare one Leigh. I was in your town a week ago too. When are you next up my way?

My household added 2 cars to the garage in the last few weeks & retired my work X-Trail. The old girl was uneconomical to register again so I gave her to a mate who now uses it as a mountain bike shuttle bus come paddock basher. Hopefully it will last another 10 years. My son bought a manual E46 BMW 328Ci - not bad for a 1st car (still on his learner licence). Amazing how much a >$92K car (when new) can drop in 14 years. It has 19's & is so low the top of the tyres are hidden under the guards. Funnily it still has more ground clearance than the M35 & doesn't scrape on anything. And I bought an Audi Q5 3.0Tdi for my work truck. The fuel economy V's performance equation is outstanding with my 3 tank fills returning from 7.3 - 8.3L/100 (up to 900km from a tank). All this from a 2T SUV with 500Nm & 0-100 time of 6.5s (they say). My point, which I'm getting to - out of all the cars, the best one to drive by far, is the M35. The Q5 has ridiculously heavy steering once past about 40km/h. It's so heavy & wooden I suspect the engineers did it on purpose to mask the darty & sometimes jittery road dynamics. And the ride is way firmer than it needs to be, although it is softer than the misses' A3 with the 'sports suspension'. It might work in Germany, but there's no need for it in Aus. The M35 is much more compliant, even plush by comparison, & it drives on mind control - the sort where you don't even remember steering around the last few corners. And on straight roads, it tracks true. The Euro cars are excellent in so many ways, & I would recommend Audi in particular to almost anyone, but fair dinkum, the Stagea has so much going for it. Anyway, in the spirit of this thread: Take 2 slices of bread, lightly buttered on the outsides, Place slice/s of your favourite cheese inside & place in sandwich toaster press. Remove when golden brown

Looks like you don't Was yours the one with the integrated stereo & AC? If not, maybe it's those that need something more special. I guess you can count yourself lucky for it to be so easy/cheap. My double DIN was in before I bought the car.They removed the OEM single DIN & 3 gauge cluster, & the wiring behind looks pretty 'custom' - not PnP with an adaptor. What did you install & did you want to post a pic if it's put back together?

Yours came with instructions?? Mine has never droned, but it does get much louder over time.

Dale delivers

I agree, looks good mate.

Lol @ Km's. That interior looks like it's travelled more than 4,500 km/yr.

FYP

Hey Dale, you may need to wait a while for responses. The keen guys (who visit this forum every day or two) are most likely to already have their swaybars. And this forum doesn't represent the entire pool of M35 owners. I'm constantly surprised how many I see around that have nothing to do with SAU. Regardless of how many responses you get in the next few days/weeks, Whiteline could sell many, many more through their 'normal' channels - both here & OS (Russia/Sweden lol). They'd be mad not to make them a standard offering, IMO. But it's not my business....

R&R at 13psi Scotty? I thought that was close to normal boost on an M35.

Welcome mate. Better than a V35 hey.

There was a build thread for Spoolin's car not too long ago.

You could try calling Enthusiast http://enthusiast.com.au/ Not sure what price for DD, but I paid $454 last renewal as I don't drive mine often.

I'm with you Alex. My informeter shows above 5V & Uprev has logged above 5 as well. Can't remember exactly what voltage it is when my head bangs into the 'screen, but it's somewhere around 5.15V.