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D3RV

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Hey guys, over the past few months I've been asking advice on should I get this stagea or another and showed my options. I'm happy to say I've purchased one, and I picked it up today ;)

2000 series 2 with oodles of extras such as leather interior, power seats, dual sunroofs, and a feature I didn't know stageas had.. tilting back seats.

I saw the vehicle over the internet and bought it blind just from pictures, and what the dealer had to say. Today it arrived here in Perth and I could not be happier with the result. The cars condition is absolutely flawless and runs beautifully. The only negative things I can say about it is that the deck doesn't open when I press the cd eject button.. (mechanism which slides the face up/down is clogged so I need to pull it out a little to give it a headstart) and also the car doesn't have an immobilizer (small things count :no:) other than that the car is absolutely beautiful.

And for those fussy about the price - the car was $23,500 + $1100 transport with TNT. The car was a fresh import from japan that I bought from a garage in Queensland. Also there are 55,000 km on the clock and I know you guys will say not real, but damn the car looks and feels brand new, so call me crazy but they just might be. Enough talking... PICS!

Disclaimer - buying blind is extremely risky and will not pay off for everyone so please avoid flaming me for doing so. Worked out for me :rofl:

Enjoy :stupid:

-Dervish

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GoldZilla Grand Master

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Hmmm, I'm not to keen on the woodgrain on the dash and steering wheel, but EVERYTHING else looks awesome!

Congratulations!

As Ska would say: WeLcOmE tO yOuR nEw AdDiCtIoN!*

*typing like that hurts my head and eyes - I don't know why I did it now...

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Mate, that is sweet! I have always loved the BBS rims for the Stagea, and am still looking out for a set for mine.

I too bought my Stagea "blind" from a dealer in QLD. At least it is nice to know that you have some comeback to the dealer if you have any problems, but I have had very few with mine. Good value too!

I would recommend that you give the power steering a complete flush out (not just changing the fluid, as reqd for compliance). Also, keep an eye out on the oil cooler seal and the CV boots for the first couple of months. Because the cars tend to sit around a fair bit in Jp, the rubber seals can lose their flexibility. Have had no other issues though.

I notice that you have the Dayz front bar too. Nice.

Good on you mate - cracking good Stagea!!

:-)

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nice car mate...love the colour coded door strips ..also not a fan of woodgrain...but then again..sets it off with the leather seats.

Car looks slightly lower than standard...might be running aftermarket springs..correct me if im wrong.

look forward to seeing this car on the streets

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Hey guys thankyou to everybody for the positive feedback :P

Also want to give a thankyou to the people who've pm'd me over the past few weeks/months telling me what's the go. It was greatly appreciated and without it I wouldn't have had such a great end result.

About the mods on the car.. all that I was given was a sheet with afew features but it wasn't fully comprehensive I'm sure. So I have no idea what exactly has been tweaked. All around it looks extremely clean so I would say not too much.

Also just for maintanence and well being of this stagea I was wondering if you guys could give me some pointers for example - The oil, what you use to clean it (in and out), just the best products available since I know alot of you guys have tried pretty much everything >_<

Furthermore I was wondering whether I needed a turbo timer for the health of the turbo.

I was just waiting for the 'welcome to your new addiction' phrase to pop up. I got one... YAY! :laugh:

Thanks again for all the positive feedback guys, much appreciated :laugh:

-Dervish

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Tangles Grand Master

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Wish I got a welcome to new addiciton thingy maggigy. so sad, too bad. :P

Nice, looks very nice. Ive got the woodgrain centre area, breaks up the monotony quite well. Ppls, in the flesh it looks good I can assure you. My steering wheel is plain-jane tho. >_<

Looks like its definately been lowered slightly, if you find you are having abnormal tyre wear better check the suspension thread in the sticky section, might need camber/castor kits from Whiteline thru Sydneykid. Would recommend some sway bars from Whiteline also.

For oil, Castrol Edge 10w-60 is supposedly the bees-knees, but any 10w-50 or even a 5w-60 oil would be fine. I use Penrite. Next change tho I'll try the Edge stuff.

Generally water and a sponge is good for cleaning cars lol :laugh: (I use the polglaze wash n wax suff) and Id suggest to let the car cool down over the last 3kms of driving (ie dont hit boost) in lieu of getting a turbo timer.

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Mate, that is one clean looking Stagea right there, mmmm love the rims, and i even dont mind the look of the wook grain: looks classy.

Love the colour.

Good luck with it all, hopefully you wont have any probs with it.

Now let the mods begin hehehe :P

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Stinky Rooster Grand Master

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whats everyone got against woodgrain?

Mine has heaps of it everywhere and I love it to pieces.

Best bit about it, is when you get armour all on it (as I did acidentally) it polishes up like glass and looks a treat!

just be careful not to get any on the steering wheel.

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I was wondering if you guys could give me some pointers for example - The oil, what you use to clean it

THERES A SUBSECTION ON CAR STYLING AND CARE SOMEWHERE ON THE FORUM PLUS NUMEROUS THREADS ON THIS SECTION. USE THE SEARCH.

Furthermore I was wondering whether I needed a turbo timer for the health of the turbo.

WHAT 'TANGLES' SAYS, DONT BOTHER - SPEND THE MONEY A CRUISE CONTROL UNIT - THIS IS ONE OTHER FEATURE IT WONT HAVE THAT IS DISAPPOINTING. BUT SHEEZ ITS GOT SOME MANY GOOD FEATURES - WHO CARES.

I was just waiting for the 'welcome to your new addiction' phrase to pop up. I got one... YAY!

SORRY, IT DOESNT COUNT UNLESS IT COMES FROM SKA

Thanks again for all the positive feedback guys, much appreciated :P

DONT MENTION IT

MY S2 CAME WITH 55K ON THE CLOCK WHICH I KNOW WAS GENUINE SO YOU MIGHT BE OK

LOWERING? - STANDARD IS 380MM FROM THE WHEEL CENTRE TO BOTTOM OF THE GAURD ON ALL 4 WHEELS - IF IT HAS BEEN LOWERED YOU WILL NEED A CAMBER KIT OR YOUR TYRES WILL BE SHOT IN 15K

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Man I have a very pissed off mate who was going to buy that car (was on gold coast) when he drove down they were like, oh some dude in perth just bought it. My friend thought he was getting shafted, good to know it went to some one who will love it.

Oh and you did get a very nice car mate....

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Hmmm, I'm not to keen on the woodgrain on the dash and steering wheel, but EVERYTHING else looks awesome!

Congratulations!

As Ska would say: WeLcOmE tO yOuR nEw AdDiCtIoN!*

*typing like that hurts my head and eyes - I don't know why I did it now...

You should try it after a shoulder reconstruction. Trying to use a mouse lefthanded (not to mention wiping your

bum) is really a pain in the proverbial.lol

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You should try it after a shoulder reconstruction. Trying to use a mouse lefthanded (not to mention wiping your

bum) is really a pain in the proverbial.lol

Been there, broke my right hand and ended up in a cast for 6 weeks, I feel your bum-wiping, left-handed-mousing, single-hand-typing pain

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Hmmm..... loks real cool, good choice. You gotta another Prime Edition me thinks. Arrived the same day as mine. But I haven't taken any more photo's yet.

I can say though I am really chuffed with our car, the overall condition is fantasic. Cost about the same as yours. 77,000km I am SURE they are original. The inside of the motor is like new!.

We'll have to compare next weekend at the cruze.

Well done mate.

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