New Stagea Owner

[-NismoR32-]

What a great bunch of welcoming people

It sure does suck re the aussie dollar vs the yen, but on the upside, I'm watching stuff selling for half the price that it would have sold for 6 months ago quite often so bargains are definitely there for the taking if you're watching closely

It seems a recurring theme is that we need a Stagea meet up and cruise and I'd definitely be down for that. Would even be happy to throw on a BBQ at Import Monster HQ as it's a good place to meet and show our cars off, we have heaps of parking in a semi private factory complex so if anyone would be up for that, I'll fire up the BBQ and get some snags in then we can go for a cruise (or Vice Versa, cruise, then lunch)

+1 for the BBQ @ Import Monster HQ!!!

[_Ryan_]

+1 for the BBQ @ Import Monster HQ!!!

ouch

suggest it in the thread and i will organise the cruise part?

[iamhe77]

What a great bunch of welcoming people

It sure does suck re the aussie dollar vs the yen, but on the upside, I'm watching stuff selling for half the price that it would have sold for 6 months ago quite often so bargains are definitely there for the taking if you're watching closely

Welcome to the forums!

Great to see more Stags in Melbourne

Yeah, just a shame that the price cuts are not suspension, 'coolers etc...

Anytime you guys want to get in M35 gear, I will be watching

[unique1]

Welcome Aaron, good choice on car, alot of people never seem to understand why i like stageas lol, until u drive/own one you just dont get it

Maybe we should start a thread on stagea section with links to stagea parts from japan yahoo auctions

I am the guy who bought the lmgt2 rims and top secret r32 gtr coilovers off you recently for a top price, they look great and suit my car well.

good luck with the car mate

[Import Monster]

Welcome Aaron, good choice on car, alot of people never seem to understand why i like stageas lol, until u drive/own one you just dont get it

Maybe we should start a thread on stagea section with links to stagea parts from japan yahoo auctions

I am the guy who bought the lmgt2 rims and top secret r32 gtr coilovers off you recently for a top price, they look great and suit my car well.

good luck with the car mate

ah yes, the Rampant closing sale saw a lot of bargains go out the door! Got pics mate? Would love to see what the car looks like now

[unique1]

ah yes, the Rampant closing sale saw a lot of bargains go out the door! Got pics mate? Would love to see what the car looks like now

well i bought them for my gtr but tried them on the stagea and now they are gonna stay on it for good

car wasnt low enough so i took pic from above so it didnt look so stupid haha, its only got a 235 on the 10' rim too so they could squeeze under the stagea. The tyre doesnt suit the gtr though, 265s are needed on that.

[CL11QE]

Welcome to the Stagea section!

As everyone has said you will love your new car, i certainly have been loving mine

since i got her imported mid last year - so many cool little gadgets and features

that alot of modern cars dont even have!

Would definitely love to see more aftermarket parts available for them though,

it can be a little hard trying to find stuff available for them....

[Import Monster]

18 x 10 +20 FTW!! they look perfect! Yep, that is hot hot hot

CL11QE - I'll be working on fixing the deficit of good parts, but it's a slow process shipping from Japan via container so will probably be a few months before stuff starts showing up. What kind of stuff are people looking for?

well i bought them for my gtr but tried them on the stagea and now they are gonna stay on it for good

car wasnt low enough so i took pic from above so it didnt look so stupid haha, its only got a 235 on the 10' rim too so they could squeeze under the stagea. The tyre doesnt suit the gtr though, 265s are needed on that.

[Import Monster]

omg, a customer just expressed interest in buying my Stagea - only had it 5 days!

[CL11QE]

Yeh thats totally understandable....

as for what people are looking for.....maybe just a bit more of a range of bodykits? bonnets? things like that maybe??

[Import Monster]

Well there's loads of that kind of stuff available over there, it's all about getting it for the right prices to make it worthwhile. Otherwise, there's always the auction service - had quite a few RS260 bumpers, Dayz kits and stuff like that come through the doors for various peeps

[66yostagea]

Welcome.

Like you I had a Suckeroo Forester, worst car I have ever owned. Everything went wrong.

Had my S1 for just on Three years. It is a daily drive plus business truck. Had to be 37" between wheel arches.

Only prob was a tie rod end.

[Import Monster]

What model Forester did you have? I had an XT - great car, but the Stagea is better in every way so far! Except for fuel consumption, it's a thirsty bugger!

[GTR91]

omg, a customer just expressed interest in buying my Stagea - only had it 5 days!

Yep the exact same thing happened to me. I had an RS4 for 1 week and sold it to a customer.

[silva33]

Hey Aaron,

How is it going? It's Dave, I bought the R34 GTR wheels off you a while ago for my white manual Stagea!

I had no Idea about the Rampant closing down sale! I would have been keen to check out what you had...

Good to hear you have a Stagea now, hope to see you at the next cruirse.

Cheers

Dave

[_Ryan_]

How much would i be looking at for a Series 1 DAYZ kit in silver? PM plz...

[BigDirtyJase]

Welcome to the Stagea family Aaron - another Stagea in Melbourne. I think I have to agree with most of the guys here that it's difficult to find aftermarket body kits and other little stuff...IMO it would because Stagea's are that well known here in Australia (despite us owning one) and its eaiser for aftermaket bits for a skyline to be here as every man, woman and child and their dog has one...sounds like i'm ranting sorry guys.

I'm down for a stagea cruise. I would love to meet up with other Stagea owners (and to answer my own question on how may M35 owners are there in Melbourne)

From the picture Aaron, it will come up very nice - is that a dayz front bar?? Black Stageas look very nice (along with pearl white and bayside blue ones IMO)...I remember I kept looking at the black Stagea at last years Auto Salon (other than it was a Stagea, it also had a SAU sticker)

[southern_tango]

What a great bunch of welcoming people

It sure does suck re the aussie dollar vs the yen, but on the upside, I'm watching stuff selling for half the price that it would have sold for 6 months ago quite often so bargains are definitely there for the taking if you're watching closely

It seems a recurring theme is that we need a Stagea meet up and cruise and I'd definitely be down for that. Would even be happy to throw on a BBQ at Import Monster HQ as it's a good place to meet and show our cars off, we have heaps of parking in a semi private factory complex so if anyone would be up for that, I'll fire up the BBQ and get some snags in then we can go for a cruise (or Vice Versa, cruise, then lunch)

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Vi...se-t255464.html

i am happy to organise everything and people put in a couple of dollars for the food/drinks etc

+1 for the BBQ @ Import Monster HQ!!!

ouch

suggest it in the thread and i will organise the cruise part?

COOOOL,count with me ...will love to have some new friends for my stag she feels so alone...If somebody wants to organize anything ....I'll be there...

[RS4StagMan]

I'll be working on fixing the deficit of good parts, but it's a slow process shipping from Japan via container so will probably be a few months before stuff starts showing up. What kind of stuff are people looking for?

Hi Aaron,

Good looking Stag in black....congratulations on your purchase.

I was there the other day with my black Stag...looked good together in your carpark like twins.

As discussed, there are some quite difficult to get items for these cars and now that you have a Series 2 you're in the same boat... Items from Japan I would like to see become available are;

Series 2 RS4V

- Front and rear brake rotors (Dixcel and others).

No local manufacturer does these. Nissan OEM only.

- Front and rear brake pads. (SR or others).

Availability in OZ- Nissan OEM. Rears available locally in Bendix but difficult to get, fronts only now became available from Ausbrake but only in standard compound, not in any heavy duty or performance compound.

- Suspension.

Front shocks. (How are yours?). The factory front ones in my experience rarely last more than 50,000kms.

Availability in OZ- Nissan OEM, Bilstein or Koni GTR shocks.

Springs- Fronts are GTR fitment but rears I think are unique.

Would like to see KYB front and rear shocks being offered with possibly matching springs (Eibach or others)

Feel free for others to add to my wish list.

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

Well there's loads of that kind of stuff available over there, it's all about getting it for the right prices to make it worthwhile. Otherwise, there's always the auction service - had quite a few RS260 bumpers, Dayz kits and stuff like that come through the doors for various peeps

any dolphin kits ? for a series 2 ? i heard there around 5k now :S