Rabster The Outlaw

Hi that does help, the garage did the belt back in 2017 but it went off the road in 2019 and hasn’t yet really come back out so it’s 7 years old now so probably worth just changing and being done with it

The only thing I did notice was that my Hicas light on the dadhboard is on all the time now since swapping to LED warning lights as well probably not connected and need to get the hicas serviced or locked out

No other noises apart from the usual knocking noises where I need to refurb shocks and bushes lol

Ok so just been out to check everything and have cleaned up the boot connection to the chassis and the starting seems a little less “laboured” but still pulls the voltage down to about 9v however when it’s connected and running now after cleaning everything up it’s sitting at 15.5v on the in built Chinese usb charger with voltage display. The in car one is also jumping around my voltmeter is with my work tools buried in the back of the pickup so will dig that out tomorrow and check it at the battery when cranking and running for more accurate readings but I think the alternator might be in its way out but that doesn’t answer the slow ish starting but if it’s been overcharging at 15v+ it has possibly fried part of the battery

Hi all how often should you change the cambelt on the RB26 ? the car has done less than 15,000 miles since the last time it was changed so curious as to how many years it should last etc vs how many miles normally I would do them on previous cars at around 5-6 years of 60-70k is it the same for the HKS I can’t find any specs etc

Help Question to the R32 GTR Gurus Lights flickering and voltage jumping around. Had the alternator reconditioned about 6 years ago. I noticed last year before putting the car away that the voltage on the USB charging adapter was fluctuating 14.2- 14.6 roughly when the car was idling in the garage. Since then I have moved the battery to the boot, fitted 0gauge to the front of the car for 12v 4guage from battery to chassis in the boot Grounding kit in the engine bay cleaned up the points in the bay with a wire brush and in the boot where it’s connected. Changed the dash lights to LED due to a number failing so now it’s more readable at night However still got the voltage fluctuating and lights flickering Anyone got any further tips to try before replacing the alternator and possibly fitting a PDM to replace all fuses and relays (wire tuck at the same time) took car out today and watched the voltage meter that was fitted with the USB out on it and on cranking it drops to 8.x Volts before starting so could be battery related but the battery was checked 2years ago and has lived on a Ctek battery charger / conditioner whilst stored can anyone offer any pearls of wisdom

so with all the big bits done now it was time to start the more smaller less obvious bits lol Fitted

then it was time to re assemble the car i put the wheels on the decide the Green had to go it just didnt look right with the car almost nearing completion and all dirty work out side the car done i installed the aero catches as well

during the spray session the wheels got a bit of over spray so it was time to give them a new lease of life but being wolfrace wheels they are not worth refurbishing professionally so i gave them a quick going over to see what they would look like

a quick polish up with the G220 and some Decent polish it was then time to apply some branding for the shows

then i had to go away for a while so the car was left like this

next step was to flat the lacquer and give it a polish this does however show where you didnt put enough lacquer on as im no professional i did cut to far on a few bits and have had to redo some bits but we all have to learn so here it is after the 1st cut and buff

now for the lacquer Wing Mirrors Side Skirts Wind deflectors and other parts Tailgate Tailgate area Bumper Bonnet Side of the car

Now it was time for base coat Rear Bumper Spoiler Tailgate Bonnet Side of car Random Plastic

Well the car didnt sell so i decided to keep her and sell my 350z i wasnt fully happy with the work i had done so decided to redo it so stage one of the new work consisted of stripping the bits i didnt need off the car and then prepping the new bits and the car ready for the transformation to start Bonnet Bumper Rear Doors Front Doors Car Reassembled ready for more primer including door shuts