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hi guys not sure if this is the right place to post tech issues on stageas and if it isnt could you please direct me but the problem i have is my poor stag (97' S1 AUTO) and started "lurching" when i get into 5th gear usually on the freeway but when i give it a little more gas and it drops down a gear it runs fine again. its almost like a rocking movement as if the gears arent quite biting properly, and slowing do to come up to intersections or round-abouts she'll sometimes stall/turn off... also when i do a full steer lock and reverse, i get a kind of faint knocking sound from the rear somewhere and its a lot louder if the snow / 4WD button is on...does this sound like my tranny is about to give up the ghost?-any advice would be a big help ay-cheers!

hi guys-ive got an auto 25det in a 97 stagea, and was wondering if its possible to top up the auto tranny box fluid without having to get underneath?-i remember on my old maxima there was a seperate dipstick hole for the auto box and i was able to pour some down there-is there somewhere like this for the 25det auto boxes?-cheers.

awesome-thanks for the heads up, my mate just said get r33 ones aswell but i was scratching my head thinking the spring rates in the rear would be messed up specially when it came time to actually using the "wagon-ness" of the vehicle, aka-stick heaps of shit in the boot.

thanks mate-took a pic of the rear right just in case to confirm...lucky i did too coz i only just noticed my front right CV boot is cracked-gutted-probably change it when i go to replace the suspension.

hi guys, as the title says-im looking for someone who knows which sort of coilovers would fit on my series 1 97 RS4 auto... ive asked the guys in my local forums (WA) but the majority own S2's... ive been looking @ getting some BC racing ones from JustJap. heres a link to their coilovers page for stageas / skylines etc... http://www.justjap.com/store/home.php?cat=270&sort=orderby&sort_direction=0&page=8 - the stagea ones are like a 3rd of the way down. would appreciate your guys help-Cheers.

thanks chuckie... heres the actual page i got that link from - http://www.justjap.com/store/home.php?cat=270&sort=orderby&sort_direction=0&page=8, any chance you could point out which one exactly would fit my ride?-im not exactly sure as to what i should be looking for on my car to discern a "fork" or "eye" type setup...or am i just a moron coz its usually THAT obvious?-cheers mate.

yup, it will be a bit hard for you being 21 n all.youre smack bang in the middle of their so called "hoon age group". being 27 / married helps me big time.

ok so would i be right in saying that all auto models require the "eye" type while the manuals require the "fork" type?-or is it dependant on whether its a S1 or S2 RS4 that makes it eye or fork?-cheers.

nah mate-apparently none of the S1 RS4's came out in a manual option... dont quote me on that though-its only what ive heard. which i think is the reason why jason was re-iterrating to me how hard it was for him to find a manual centre console from japan for it...will be loking @ a manual conversion further down the track though since i have the console part sorted already.

jeez-let me know when you stumble across one that cheap again mate...anyways i was reading chuckies initial post on shockies which then had me thinking that for my own 1st mod on the RS4 id like to go the way of coil-overs. but then i noticed him mentioning "eye" and "fork" type suspension. So looking online @ shops selling them, would i be correct in choosing this type?--- http://www.justjap.com/store/product.php?productid=18617&cat=422&page=8 - ta.

try http://www.justcarinsurance.com.au/index.asp ... i had my r33gtst insured with them and had a section where you could insure all your mods to the premium aswell-not cheap by normal standards but a hell of a lot cheaper than what you were posting above.

wooah-didnt know that, i suppose theres hope after all!-any reason as to why though?-supply maybe?

well, all i can say about jason is that he loves to talk-lol real nice guy though...and youre right mate-he was kind enough to throw in the manual centre console he imported from japan for free-(he was quite particular on how hard they are to find too)... so yeah, when i manage to scrape together the cash to buy a r33 zilla box-(sounds very daunting)-ill probably just flick my auto one over to ya

hi guys...just swapped my r33 gtst for a silver 97' RS4 on CR-Kai's from a bloke named Jason-he mentioned he knows a few people in the stagea scene so i thought id say hi and am looking forward to poking around in this section a bit more, especially since i know diddly squat bout stags...flicked the r33 as my little brood is growing and it really was a no-brainer as to choosing a better family banger than this.-cheers.

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