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I'm going to be in Brisbane end of october through early/mid november... I'm from the U.S. so looking forward to seeing the used parts market and any shops or places that have RB26, RB25, or Subaru parts!

Are there any types of places that carry used parts like Autobacs/Upgarage in Brisbane?

Thanks guys, me and some friends in the states have RB powered S chassis cars...

Edited by gawdzilla

There are many performance shops in Brisbane, but many dont carry stock. They order everything from suppliers. As for shops i guess it all depends on what your shopping for???

There are plenty of huge shopping centres round Brisbane and the Gold coast but im sure their the same as the US.

The biggest event at the end of October is INDY...

Indy on the gold coast is awsome. Its a street circuit through the sky scrapers and the atmosphere is PARTY for 4 days straight. Indy in Australia for some reason makes women take their shirts off and dance around drunken. I have no idea why but its tridition these days to see many topless people.

Other than that, your a bit late for Bathurst which is Australia's premium motor race of V8 Supercars. If you are after some fun, Dreamworld, Seaworld and Movie world are good fun and Wet and wild if its a bit hot...

Other than that, im sure SAU Qld can put on a bit of a chin dig for our fellow RB friends in the states. Let us know what dates your here and a mobile number maby and you will be more than welcome to a BBQ or a cruise or something.

This way you can check out some skylines at the same time.

Its sad, but autobarn would probably be the closest to ur autobacs...there are a few smaller shops here and there but if you've been to autobacs then u'd be pretty disappointed with retail parts shops over here.

thanks for the replies guys... been away from the forum a bit b/c i recently spun a bearing (or so i think) in my 26. For some info, read up here: http://forums.freshalloy.com/showthread.php?t=156818

That being said, depending on what is dead, I may be looking for parts. I can pretty much get bearings/head/pistons replacements in the states, but coming across a decent manifold may be difficult.

I also have to keep in mind that a GTR manifold may not fit into my chassis, since we have left hand drive. also the bay of the S chassis is a bit tighter than skylines.

I'll post up when the time comes for a visit to see if i can contact some members. I'll have email access while there, but probably not much voice/phone access..

  • 4 weeks later...

ummm.....each tuesday we have a dinner at various restraunts around brisbane they are a good time to meet the crew also sundays at the "spit" down at the gold coast are a good place to see whats on brisbane streets

Dinner on Tuesday sounds like a definite possibility, depending on when I finish up with work. I'll be online hopefulyl Sunday/Monday to check on updates.

I'm arriving early Sunday morning, but most likely won't be able to show for the auto salon due to jet lag :laugh:

Awsome... Check out tuesday night dinner thread...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=140611

Check out your work commitments and post up if ya want to go. Im sure one of our wonderful members will pick you up. I would but my car is currentlly in pieces and im driving skylines worst enemy atm (called a commodore). So i wont pick you up in that, cause that would suck for you.

EDIT: Worst comes to worst ill get ya in the S15 Spec S GT...

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