Tofus Adventure: 1st Day With The Car

[Tofu]

So true.

Cheers, for the support fellahs wont be long now and I will be cruising with you.

After a few beers and a big hammer. Im finally getting somewhere

Well back to it

Peace

[PHATR32]

doesnt that remind you of someone?? Edited May 23, 2006 by PHATR32

[Tofu]

CLASSIC! I like your sense of humor.

Alrighty heres where I stand, ive managed to get this far:

Ive replaced the studs and at the stage of attaching the clover disk to the drive shaft. Everytime I push it in the shaft back slides back in. Im not to comfortable beating the crap out of it now. So im hoping to grab some advice of some people who have done this before.

Any advice would be good. Im about to cry as it has taken me a week to get this far.

[PHATR32]

stupid question but have you got the shop manual?

unless some beats me to it, ill check it for you toomorw, and post up the pics.

looking forward to cruising with another blue r32!

steve

[Tofu]

Yer looks like i broke the hub so i will need to replace the entire thing.

There will be plenty of cruising once the car is licensed

Edited May 24, 2006 by Tofu

[JieLine]

some lady at woolies today slammed her door into my door while i was still in the car... i have bad luck 2

[HIPSI]

Might be bad luck but at least you can get the persons details and make them pay for the damage. Better then when it happens and your not in the car..

[Tofu]

so true. so true indeed

[PHATR32]

oh shit, completly forgot about getting the shop manual pic.

do you still need it or are you taking to a mecho?

sorry

steve

[stÖrmy]

LOL damn man sorry to hear bout that, that thing looks awesome.

BUT, the same thing happen to me and a friend on a go-kart, he was driving along and the wheel just flew off and i was chasing it.

would have been funny to see it happen to a car.

once again though, sorry! lol

[Tofu]

At the time it wasn't so humerous but now i look back on it I see it as an omen and have a good chuckle over it.

I found a few things that definitely need looking into. At present it still has only 3 wheels but i have sourced a hub for $150 so I will get that fitted this week sometime.

Tomorrow I will order the custom carpet and roof lining which should be ready by the weekend. After that its a full service and tune then registration time.

After rego comes the paint touch up and she will be ready for show and tell.

[KeeFy]

At the time it wasn't so humerous but now i look back on it I see it as an omen and have a good chuckle over it.

I found a few things that definitely need looking into. At present it still has only 3 wheels but i have sourced a hub for $150 so I will get that fitted this week sometime.

Tomorrow I will order the custom carpet and roof lining which should be ready by the weekend. After that its a full service and tune then registration time.

After rego comes the paint touch up and she will be ready for show and tell.

How much is the custom carpet and roof lining. When u say carpet, it's not the floor mats right? It's the whole bottom end.

Cheers! =)

[Tofu]

Full bottom homie.

Dunno how much its worth find out tomorrow when I meet the guy. I hear there is a guy in Cannington that is the shizzle for this. Hopefully he can whip up one in Calsonic Blue for me.

[Batski]

some lady at woolies today slammed her door into my door while i was still in the car... i have bad luck 2

Refer to 'grinds my gears' thread!!

[Tofu]

Found a pair of hubs for $150.00, just waiting for them to become available and then all will be sorted...Hopefully.

[kidd]

Found a pair of hubs for $150.00, just waiting for them to become available and then all will be sorted...Hopefully.

DID U HAVE WHEEL SPACERS?

[J_R32]

sorry to hijack, how much did it cost to send it from the eastern states. I am thinking about buying a skyline in melbourne. did the seller handle the arrangements to get it transported or did you do it from perth?

also i noticed ur car is quite low, any transport damage? the car i am thinking of getting has a bodykit.

[Tofu]

Sup,

Hijack away. I went through Patricks Autocare and it cost me a little over 1400 to get it here. I went on word of mouth rather than what was the cheapest as i didn't want anything to happen to he car. If i had to do it again i would probably use someone else.

As for damage, from what I can see, there was none caused by the transport company. Just make sure you document eveything when it is recieved so when it gets here no yobbo has ganked your hard earned gauges/wheels/girlfriend.

As for the ride height, with the front bar fitted the car sits around 6cm from the ground. If you get one with a kit I would strongly advise having the front bumper taken off before transporting.

Edited June 11, 2006 by Tofu

[masTers]

Pics of the carpet? I assume its not cheap? I got quote of around $500 for a custom carpet.

If your keen to DIY then get a moulded one from Knox Auto Carpets overeast.

[Tofu]

I fixed the wheel...3 weeks later. had to buy a larger socket set, but god damn there are 4 wheels on the car and I am happy now.