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I have been looking everywhere for one but i can never find one. just seeing if anyone has any for sale or to point me in the right direction to get one hopefully in SA, i’d be really greatful. cheers

Hi All, Just curious, has anyone ever installed the pop up OEM sat nav screen (not so concerned with the screen just the actual pop up mechanism and screen casing) in a m35 model that does not have the sat nav as standard (the one that has the mini glovebox instead)? Considering putting the screen in but would like to have it neat and 'stock looking' If not any suggestions for nice places/methods of mounting a 7" screen? thanks guys

So here's my ugly yellow thing: And that's how she rolled off the boat from japan, resplendent with stone chips, grandpa-grill and stupid sleepy eyelid thingies. Now the interior. Where to begin. There was no less than 3 different sized TV screens, 2 independant CD stacks, 3 head units (yes, three), 2 amps, 2 subs, 2 different alarm systems and more dodgy wiring than a Telstra telephone exchange. Just about everyhting had a remote too, and they had all been attached to the key ring. The entire key ring with all the alarms and remotes was so big that it couldn't fit inside the elbow-box on the centre console. The import guy couldn't stop pissing himself laughing as he handed the keys over. My favourite part was probably this though: This photo was taken halfway through my exorcism of the wiring-demons. Note the innocent-looking little box near the top of the tangle? This ingenius device was labeled "MAXIMUM PARTY LIGHTS". When activated, it flashed the headlights, brake lights, indicators, high beams, reverse lights - EVERYTHING - all in time to whatever music you had playing. Sometimes there are just no words. There were also 2 little black boxes jammed under the centre console. Their sole purpose was to play ridiculous little tunes. One box played an irritating song if you left the door open with the headlights on. The other box played a completely different (but equally irritating) song if you left the keys in the ignition. Here's the thing though: they didn't disable the factory Nissan "bing bing bing" sound. If you left the keys in the ignition with the door open AND the headlights on, what resulted was the most god-awful cacophony I've ever heard. Surely one stupid music box was enough? What the hell made them think they needed 2?! I removed everything that wasn't factory, put it in a BIG carboard box and put it on my bathroom scales. 29 kilo all told. 46 kilo if you included the subs. That's equivelant to like, a small girlfriend. I threw it all on ebay and was able to offset the rego cost of the car, so pretty happy about that. Aside from the atrocities committed against the electrical system, the car was otherwise unmolested. There was a HID kit that looked professionally installed and a cat-back exhaust. Considering some of the lemons I've imported in the past, I think I managed to score a reasonable Dayz edition Series 2.

Hi guys, Selling a standard intercooler, that came off a 260RS Autech RB26 Stagea. I've been told they are a R34 GTR item, but happy for someone else to confirm. Reason for selling is that I'm going a different path with intercooler type, so this is no longer needed. Came off a 2001 Stagea 260RS Autech. Pickup from Seaforth, NSW, 2092, or Neutral Bay NSW 2089 during the day. You can contact me on (zero four zero one two zero two five zero nine) or at showusyourtints (at) gmail (dot) com or PM here. Pics: Cheers, Shazza

Hi all, as it says about I'm trying to find options for replacement front bars for the stag. Its got bc racing coilovers and the bar sticks out way to far and loves eating the ground on any chance it gets. Are there any places selling a kit that has more clearance or has less over hang on the front or am I better off taking it in and getting it cut back and reshaped? Thanks in advance for the advice

hi all, ive reciently brought a 2002 stagea. im looking to firstly get the fuel consumption down and secondly get the power up. i thought there would be more grunt available from the 2.5 V6 and 16.3 liters per 100 in town seems too heavy. (im getting 9.5 on the open rd) ;-) ive just done the plugs and fuel filter and service - no change. the mech put it on the dianogstic and says the o2 senson is due. research shows the main reason will be the o2 sensor. also possible fixes: new temp sensor high tyre pressures 98 octane (ive been thinking 91 would be cheaper) id like you views on the above and any other tips does it have 1,2 or 4 o2 sensors? where to buy? http://o2sensors.com...5&engineID=3037 $200 each http://www.amayama.c...h/?q=22690AL600 varyies on oem or copys.. are non nissan parts ok? thanks for your input. jim

hi all, ive reciently brought a 2002 stagea. im looking to firstly get the fuel consumption down and secondly get the power up. i thought there would be more grunt available from the 2.5 V6 and 16.3 liters per 100 in town seems too heavy. (im getting 9.5 on the open rd) ;-) ive just done the plugs and fuel filter and service - no change. the mech put it on the dianogstic and says the o2 senson is due. research shows the main reason will be the o2 sensor. also possible fixes: new temp sensor high tyre pressures 98 octane (ive been thinking 91 would be cheaper) id like you views on the above and any other tips does it have 1,2 or 4 o2 sensors? where to buy? http://o2sensors.com.au/search/application?makeID=29&modelID=2575&engineID=3037 $200 each http://www.amayama.com/search/?q=22690AL600 varyies on oem or copys.. are non nissan parts ok? thanks for your input. jim

Hi Guys and Gals, I am regrettably selling my 2001 Nissan M35 ARX-Four Stagea. I have owned this car since 2008, and imported the car from Japan myself. In this time its been nothing but reliable and a joy to own. The car has done 123,000km. I have since been given a work car, so the Stagea has to go to help pay for the house For those of you who don't know about the features of the M35 ARX-Four - The car has awesome power from the 2.5L V6 Turbo, and the ATTESA ET-S all wheel drive and rear wheel steering is fantastic through the corners and great off road as well. Inside, the car has full leather, auto headlights, heated and electric front seats, six stacker CD, climate control, rear view mirrors that dip when in reverse and fold shut when the car is locked. The rear seats fold fully flat from handles within the boot and creates a huge luggage bay. The car has done many country trips, and this is one of the areas the car excels. Its very comfortable on long distances and the powerful engine makes overtaking an ease. Storage is also impressive with a huge boot along with further storage in pockets and beneath the boot floor. Normally the ARX has black arches and guards, but I have had mine painted the body colour which in my opinion looks a lot better. The radio does not work as standard with Aus frequencies, but I have installed a frequency modifier which receives all the stations. Also included with this car are roof racks. There were no off the shelf roof rack kits that fit the NM35, so I have modified the brackets to take an X-Trail rack foot bolt pattern. These racks are easily removable in a few minutes. *The bike carriers shown in some photos are not included*. The car has recently had a full service, with all drive belts replaced, engine oil and filter, transmission oils and all diff oils, spark plugs, air filter and fuel filter. There is no timing belt to change in this car as it uses a timing chain. Also replaced recently are the brake pads and a full brake bleed. During my ownership I have also put on new front slotted rotors. The car has 245/50 R18 Khumo Ecsta KU31 tyres with 60% life left. I am asking $12,500 for it, but I am negotiable so feel free to make me a reasonable offer! Thanks, Brendan

Morning chaps. Yesterday, I took delivery of my new 2002 Nissan Stagea Axis Autech model from Northshore Prestige. Having recently sold my R34 Skyline due to not being able to fit film gear in the Liner, I went on the search for a new car. I was looking for something cool, auto, with a bit of power, upgradeability, comfort and most of all, space to fit all the things. After having driven a few different cards (VE Wagon, Legnum, etc) I went and saw Ben from Northshore Prestige, and took the car for a drive. It basically ticked all the boxes, and I left a deposit on it that day. Its done 104ks. After having the car for 1 day, my initial thoughts are as follows. 1) The suspension/body roll is horrible. I will definitely be investing in some swaybars to stiffen the body roll up a little bit. 2) The seating position is rather high. I would ideally like to put some lower seats in, but its not a HUGE issue. 3) The auto gearbox is one of the most sluggish POS's that I have ever experienced. This is something that will definitely get attended too. 4) The car feels very restricted. I would imagine freeing up the intake and exhaust will make it breath much better. Other then that, I'm really happy with it. It talks to me in Japanese everytime I turn the car on as well, which was pretty unexpected at first. I'd like to get a new dash facia so that I can fit an aftermarket head unit with bluetooth and ipod connectivity as well. Can anyone tell me what wheels these are? They seem to be factory Nissan 18"s. Pics: (I will get some better ones this weekend, these are the dealer photos) Cheers, Shaz

Hey everyone. I just thought I would post up a thread with the build progress of my M35. Its no 600hp monster, but I wanted a daily driver that was reliable but still fun to drive on the weekends. A big thanks goes out to a few specific members of SAU who helped along the way - Craig, Andy, Dale & Scotty. Its been awesome having your help and knowledge! It all started with a pretty much box stock M35 (Had some shorter springs and G35 wheels). First things first, I wanted to make it a little tougher looking, so I painted the headlights black and decided to cover up the top half of the 'volvo' looking tail lights. After enjoying it for a few weeks I had the Language conversion done and also found that the standard rotors began to warp once again after machining... but that was an easy fix with these... I had to pick up some wider wheels to clear the new brakes.. Before; After The difference was massive. Pulling up a 2 tone car with these standard brakes was never going to go well - Part 2 to follow

Hi All, I've been dealing with this issue for a few months now and virtually everybody I've spoken to about it is stumped (jetwreck helped out HEAPS with this but still haven't quite gotten to the bottom of it) so if you have any thoughts as to what might be causing this (no matter how unusual) It would be greatly appreciated: My 2003 M35 Stagea has a stalling issue. It seems to stall more frequently when cold however it still stalls when warm. Generally it seems to stall when the car is changing up gears (usually when taking off at the lights), however this is not always as sometimes it will stall when leaving it to warm up in the driveway. Once it has stalled it takes a few minutes to get it going again, it tries to turn over but won't get there and you can hear that the fuel pump isn't running. Obvious solution is sensors however now virtually every probable sensor has been replaced. Fuel pump and filter have been replaced. I've gone through and cleaned all the plugs as the engine bay was full of sand when I bought it. My current thoughts are faulty immobiliser or key barrel but it's a long shot and seems unlikely. Other strange things that MAY be related: ECU sometimes gives the Boost sensor A malfunction error code, but it seems to come and go. I occasionally get a 4WD warning light after stalling (ATTESA fluid is topped up). Fuel mileage is rubbish, might be normal but I've sometimes hit low fuel light at 250kms of 98 (O2 sensors havent been replaced but this wouldn't cause stalling would it?). Auto power windows switch doesn't work, goes up halfway then back down. This all may sound irrelevant but I am getting near my tolerance of this issue and wanna get it sussed out. Any random thoughts would be super helpful! Thanks all

Just before christmas and a new baby arriving, I had my series 1 nicked from outside my house. Got paid out for it eventually but cops found it sitting in a quiet neighbourhood, they had tried to light a fire in it and had nicked my music and odb interface cable. I'd just put a new cambelt, waterpump rear shocks and front bumper on right before it was nicked. gutted. Anyway, enough sob story: I need a new car. I loved the open road handling, and I'm loath to go back to something shittier. While I'm entertaining the idea of another stagea maybe the m35 if I can afford, I'm also seeing cefiros - think they have different engines, but seem fairly similar otherwise. Does anyone know how they handle compared to a stagea? do they have simliar chops with regards to body roll etc. I'm not into lowered, race performance, with giant wheels, just a good family wagon that handles nicely on the road. And I like 6 cylinders. interested to hear anyone's thoughts

Sorry for the complete noob question but I wanted to be sure before I ordered them and can't find an answer on the site. I have a 2003 m35 250t rs4, are these the right model numbers for the QFM A1RM brake pads: Front: http://gslrallysport.com/au/qfm-db1232a1rm-brake-pads.html Rear: http://gslrallysport.com/au/brakes/brake-pads/db1509a1rm-qfm-a1rm-brake-pads.html thanks!

Hi All, I am having some issues with the steering on my car. It only started all of a sudden and before anyone jumps to the conclusion LOL, No i havent hit any gutters, gone kerb surfing or putting the wagon sideways, or had any accidents. When i first bought the car it drove dead straight about a month ago the car started pulling left. It was pretty bad to start with but now is really bad. I went and had the wheels aligned and the only adjustable thing is the Toe in/Toe out settings and they are perfect now (they were off by quite a bit). Oddly enough this made no bloody difference to the way the car drives. I have checked the heights of all 4 coilovers and they are perfectly level. I also measured from centre of wheel cap to wheel arch lip and all is fine. They are Mines/Ohlins coilovers and are set by notches in the strut and can only be adjusted by ripping them out of the car and putting them back in. The Camber is off by 0.5deg. Left side is -2.0deg and RHS is -1.5deg which would actually push the car to the right. So ive ruled out Camber and Toe. So im left with Caster which is quite off. LHS is -ve and RHS is +ve. There is no uneven tyre wear and all i can think of is that the Caster is off but since the 260rs doesnt have adjustable Casters and they are really effing strong pieces of metal how can it suddenly be off without any of the earlier mentioned fun and games? I have inspected the Caster bushes and the ball joints and had my wheel alignment guy look at it and he said that there are no damaged or cracked bushes in my setup. So my question is this, what could be the cause? and how do i fix it?

Hi Guys and Gals, I am regrettably selling my 2001 Nissan M35 ARX-Four Stagea. I have owned this car since 2008, and imported the car from Japan myself. In this time its been nothing but reliable and a joy to own. The car has done 121,000km For those of you who don't know about the features of the M35 ARX-Four - The car has awesome power from the 2.5L V6 Turbo, and the ATTESA ET-S all wheel drive and rear wheel steering is fantastic through the corners and great off road as well. Inside, the car has full leather, auto headlights, heated and electric front seats, six stacker CD, climate control, rear view mirrors that dip when in reverse and fold shut when the car is locked. The rear seats fold fully flat from handles within the boot and creates a huge luggage bay. The car has done many country trips, and this is one of the areas the car excels. Its very comfortable on long distances and the powerful engine makes overtaking an ease. Storage is also impressive with a huge boot along with further storage in pockets and beneath the boot floor. Normally the ARX has black arches and guards, but I have had mine painted the body colour which in my opinion looks a lot better. The radio does not work as standard with Aus frequencies, but I have installed a frequency modifier which receives all the stations. Also included with this car are roof racks. There were no off the shelf roof rack kits that fit the NM35, so I have modified the brackets to take an X-Trail rack foot bolt pattern. These racks are easily removable in a few minutes. *The bike carriers shown in some photos are not included*. The car has recently had a full service, with all drive belts replaced, engine oil and filter, transmission oils and all diff oils, spark plugs, air filter and fuel filter. There is no timing belt to change in this car as it uses a timing chain. Also replaced recently are the brake pads and a full brake bleed. During my ownership I have also put on new front slotted rotors. The car has 245/50 R18 Khumo Ecsta KU31 tyres with 60% life left. I am asking $13,990 for it, but I am negotiable so feel free to make me a reasonable offer! Thanks, Brendan

Hey guys, I have for sale an immac set of Garage Impul RS III (RS-3) 3 piece 17in rims with pretty much new Bridgestone tyres. Specs are: Front 17x7.5 ET +32 Rear 17x8 ET +26 4/5x114.3 215/50/17 Bridgestone front tyres 90% tread 235/45/17 Bridgestone rear tyres 95% tread As you can see from the pics, they are in excellent condition with next to no marks on them. These would look great on any jap 4 or 5 stud car. In fact would be a great set for the s13 boys that havent done a 5 stud conversion yet as they will not have to buy a new set when completed. Pick up From Upper Mount Gravatt or will assist in having a courier to come collect them however i wont organise a courier for you. Best be would be to either look at e-go.com.au. $1850.00 Rims will fit the following cars. 180sx, silvia, s13, s14, s15, 200sx, r30, dr30, s12, Skyline R31, R32 non turbo, R32 Turbo, R33 non Turbo, R33 Turbo, R34 all models, V35 all models, Datsuns, 240z, 260z, 280zx, 300zx, Z31 non turbo, z31 turbo, 200zr, Z32, 1600, 180B, 200B, Bluebird, Stanza, Toyota Supra, chaser, mark 2, soarer, mazda, 323, 626, fc3s, fd3s, rx7, rx8, falcon, fairlane, camry, lexus, is200, is250, cressida, ta22, ta23, ra23, ra28, ra40, ra65, ta25, celica, crown, corona, you get the picture...

So my turbo is going, going, soon to be gone... I have a 2003 M35 Stagea, 120xxx km's. Stock - except for some mad-as wheel nuts! My mechanic has told me that to rebuild the turbo will be around the 2.5k mark based on the following: Engine removal (as the turbo cannot be reached any other way) Rebuild the turbo (as a replacement from Nissan will be too expensive) Refit the new turbo Replace Engine So my question to all you fellow Stag drivers is this: Is the price/quote correct & must the engine be removed to replace/rebuild the standard turbo?

Hey all, Ive searched through many pages and still haven't found the info I was after. I have a 1993 R33 GTS25T, basic bolt ons. it still has the standard turbo that has been hiflowed. its developed a problem all of a sudden, there is smoke coming from the turbo area, not from the manifold/head, instantly I thought i blown a seal but generally that would cause smoke out the exhaust too, there is no smoke what so ever from the rear. Also there didn't seem to be any power loss, boost problems etc. Have removed the turbo to inspect and it all seems tidy and healthy, no shaft play no scorching etc. wondering if anyone else has/had problems similar and what it was. Cheers!

Immaculate Nissan Stagea, NM35 VQ25 TURBO, All wheel drive, 206 Kw, Drives as new, always garaged serviced regulary, XENON headlights, near new tyres,lowered springs and comes with original springs, translated into english tv/ nav, cd stacker. heated electric seats, climate control. Front mount intercooled, reverse camera, 5speed tip tronic, first owners since Japanese import,ABS, Dual SRS airbags, K&N panel filter Handles great, heaps of power and torque, selling due to going over/seas. Regretful sale $1700 ono

Hey Guys, Well my week before Xmas is shaping up to be worse and worse. Today its my car. It has started to make a very loud industrial sounding vacumm cleaner noise shall we say... lol. And it seems to be completely insync with when the turbo would spool. Initially I thought its a intake restriction (maybe a door/flap not opening any more) but now I am getting even more paranoid that its the turbo that has shat itself. So my car has always made a turbo spool up noise since I bought it 2+ years ago in Aug 2010. Initially I thought "oh no... I have a fried turbo". But later I found info online that this is the normal operating noise of the VQ25DET turbo setup. I hope to this day that is true. Either way the car has always behaved well in accelerating and never missed a beat and no smoke or anything. A1. I will attach before and after sound bites I have taken. Good thing I have the "before" on hand still. My car is completely stock with exception of a HDi front mount intercooler I installed my self. I checked today the intake fitting as best I could without taking the bumper and reobar off and all looks ok. Although I did notice there is a small coolant leak on the car LHS. So today was driving home with wife and kid. I had the aircon cranked up to max as it was 30*C outside at the time. I was on a uphill slope sitting at the traffic lights. They went green and I floored it to beat the other off the line with the car locked down into 1st gear in sequential mode. Acceleration was poor but jsut thought that's the usual for having aircon on. Then at the next set of light with only a slight uphill this time acceleration was poor once again which I thought was strange AND THEN... I hear this very loud unusual sound. Best way I can describe it is like a vacuum cleaner. Or a wurring sound but not really a siren sound. My immediate impression was that the lack of acceleration was due to a choking engine from restricted intake. If the car is rolling or not accelerating you dont hear the sound but apply a little to max gas pedal (another words make the turbo kick in) then the sound is very strong a loud to hear. I stopped at a servo to check ECU fault codes as I had a similar thing on a subaru legacy when if I accelerated in a too higher gear like 4th uphill, the ECU would sense the turbo boost not rising quick enough and go into safe/limp home mode. To fix that I would reset the ECU and all fixed. Anyway back to the stagea and the check engine light was giving me 4 groups of 10 flashes, another words 0000 - no fault. I reset the ECU anyway while in diagnostic check mode. All this did was now make the engine run rough as shit at idle now with a tapping noise going on in the intake manifold area but got better over time. I then decided after mucking around in the engine bay for a while to limp it home very carefully (hoping I have not made things worse - but now maybe good excuse to upgrade? - lol). The limp home helped idle as the ECU seems to have relearnt the air/fuel mixture I guess. So I am posting this for advice or help. Listen to the attached sound files of before and after and let me know what you thoughts are. Is my turbo sounding fried? Or is it something thats probably stuck shut on intake or needs reset? Love to hear any kind of feedback as tomorrow first thing now I need to get this car sorted before the Xmas period. Thanks in advance, Paul. Sound bite 1 - before: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/27909437/Stagea%20-%20before.wav Sound bite 2 - Sick Stagea: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/27909437/My%20Sick%20Stagea%20M35%20Turbo%202002.mp4 Note: The sound file labelled sick stagea I took on my Galaxy S3 which saves as a 3ga file which is meant to be a mp4a file according to vlc. I have renamed extension to mp4 so it can be recognised by media players. Let me know if its not working.

Hi Guys, This is my first post here but have been reading for a while, so hi all . I'm currently looking at a stagea with a broken electric seat (I understand this is a pretty common issue). It's a 2002 NM35 Autech Axis with the heated leather electric seats, I just wanted to get some opinions as to common issues/fixes for this problem. All other functions appear to work except for the back and forth motion (the only one you really NEED haha, typical). Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks in advance!

Hey Guys I need some r33 gtr (maybe gtst, maybe stagea too) strut tops (the bit that holds the springs on and bolts into the car) In qld but will be driving Gold Coast to Melbourne in a week so i can pickup along the way if need be Let me know what you have

2001 NM35 Nissan Stagea RX FOUR 250t 133,000kms Nismo ECU Nismo Instrument Cluster Nismo LMX5 Wheels (slight gutter rash, new centre caps) BC BR Coilovers Freeway Dolphin Swaybars Polyurethane Castor Arms Bushes HDi Intercooler Nissan Factory Sports Muffler Blitz External BOV Transmission Valve Body Upgrade Project MU Brake Pads and RDA Slotted Rotors ARX LSD Differential - No HICAS V35 Manual Radiator with Aftermarket Cap External Transmission Cooler Greddy Informeter Touch- http://www.greddy.co...ics/informeter/ Clarion Head Unit with iPod Interface and BlueTooth Connectivity WD Media Player with USB Interface Steering Wheel Audio Controls (needs Clarion interface to control the Head Unit fitted) Factory Reverse Camera ST49EA Number Plates (will be sold with the car) Aftermarket (brand unknown) grill Aftermarket boot wing/lip Nismo Badging Front and Rear Nismo Stripes VIN: 6U90000NM35303052 Engine: VQ25151346A Plate: ST49EA Rego Exp: 02/10/2013 Asking $16,000 Also have separately (not fitted to the car): - Navy Velour Front/Back Seats (dusty from storage, but in great condition otherwise) - Apexi N1 Exhaust - Aftermarket Dump Pipe - Aftermarket Front Pipe Front tyres are almost brand new, full wheel alignment performed. Car regularly serviced with only the best. Photos are also available here: http://forum.silvian...pic.php?t=35360

Up for sale is my 1997 Nissan Stagea AWD TURBO RB25DET series 1 with series 2 lights all round 151,000kms always serviced has been my daily driver for the past years never let me down great car goes well, leather climate control bluetooth stereo central locking/keyless entry with immobilizer it is a pleasure to drive and just dose what you want and everything just works negotiable on price within reason. please don't hesitate contact me with any questions or to arrange to view please contact me on 0450051813 thankyou

Stagea AR-X Four, NM35, 2002 Stock - no mods! First owners in Australia Really, really, really good condition - nothing to spend. V6 turbo (of course) All leather interior All electric seats 10 speaker sound system removable dog/cargo barrier exterior: metallic dark red, interior light tan leather 82,000 kms Only selling because of overseas move. More photos available. $14,900