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car as it stands now.....shocking photo

BBS center caps are absent.....had a set of red/gold ones sent from overseas - and had the black ones off in preperation......they arrived on thursday and girlfriend accidentally threw them down the rubbish chute with a bunch of other rubbish before i got home.....devestated! new set on order :/

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I bought a new headunit, pioneer one with USB and Bluetooth for $200 cost it was last years one. Pretty happy with that one

I also have a word of warning to ppl thinking of getting alloy radiators, I don't think they can be cleaned like conventional radiators. Mine has blocked up and now heats up on the highway or going uphill for too long :( fml

car as it stands now.....shocking photo

BBS center caps are absent.....had a set of red/gold ones sent from overseas - and had the black ones off in preperation......they arrived on thursday and girlfriend accidentally threw them down the rubbish chute with a bunch of other rubbish before i got home.....devestated! new set on order :/

:O

Lesson learned: ALWAYS get car parts delivered to work (dependant on work site of course).

Oh, and nice looking Stag! :)

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Lesson learned: ALWAYS get car parts delivered to work (dependant on work site of course).

Oh, and nice looking Stag! :)

ALWAYS!(needed to be repeated)

my mum nearly put my GTR brakes in hard rubbish lol

car as it stands now.....shocking photo

BBS center caps are absent.....had a set of red/gold ones sent from overseas - and had the black ones off in preperation......they arrived on thursday and girlfriend accidentally threw them down the rubbish chute with a bunch of other rubbish before i got home.....devestated! new set on order :/

Car is looking awesome dude, time for a new gf though? tongue.gif

thanks - it looks much nicer with the caps on and the front lip installed, but had to remove that - driveway entrance to the apartment is too steep and it scrapes.

next step will be vinyl wrap on the roof and mirrors, then detail the engine bay.

got maxima gas struts for the bonnet, and a radiator air guide to install this weekend.

car as it stands now.....shocking photo

BBS center caps are absent.....had a set of red/gold ones sent from overseas - and had the black ones off in preperation......they arrived on thursday and girlfriend accidentally threw them down the rubbish chute with a bunch of other rubbish before i got home.....devestated! new set on order :/

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Looks tough with those BBS; very nice.:thumbsup:

Time for G/f retraining.:whistling:

well, i decided to get stuck into my stagea exhaust once again,

i currently have a huge Jasma rear cannon AND a set of twin 3" blast pipes that i change between(jasma for long trips, blast pipes for fun)

But the car has been running the blast pipes for the last month or so and i have been getting sick of the massive drone at low revs.

I concocted a simple plan....make some bigger 3.5" blast pipes with hidden hot dogs.

Since i work at a Holden dealer i grabbed a couple of discarded VE SS hot dogs, these are 2.25" and are of high quality.

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i bought a couple of short lengths of 3.5" pipe, and one larger length of 3".

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Previously i have bought premade 2 into 1 collectors, but i figured i'd save some money and make my own

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the 3.5" pipe was the exact same diameter as the hot dogs, which works well for stealthyness plan

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i attached my homemade collectors, which still had to be trimmed up.

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after a bit of smoothing with the angle grinder aand a flapper disc, they got a coat of heatproof black paint and were fitted up to my old rear section.

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after running the car for a little while to bake the paint on i took it for a test run.

thecar sound exactly the same, maybe a bit depper, but my annoying drone is all but gone.

and it now pops bigger flames because my tailpipe area is retaining more heat :thumbsup:

You and your flames...

Looks great Robbie, you going to keep them on for the cruise?

definately, these ones have no more drone and a nice note, so they can stay on for good.

my jasma cannon is going to be relegated to the defect clearing section of the shed :whistling:

car as it stands now.....shocking photo

BBS center caps are absent.....had a set of red/gold ones sent from overseas - and had the black ones off in preperation......they arrived on thursday and girlfriend accidentally threw them down the rubbish chute with a bunch of other rubbish before i got home.....devestated! new set on order :/

Looks great man. Excactly what i was going to do.... Are they 19 x 9.5 +22 (per chance :whistling: )From a guy in Brissy??

after running the car for a little while to bake the paint on i took it for a test run.

thecar sound exactly the same, maybe a bit depper, but my annoying drone is all but gone.

and it now pops bigger flames because my tailpipe area is retaining more heat :thumbsup:

Note to self: Don't drive behind Robbie on the next cruise!

the stagea got a fresh sump full of oil this week, the new exhaust, some fresh tyres and a wheel align.

And i finally pulled the centre of my dash apart to fix some rattles and re-route my ipod and av connectors to the centre console.

It turns out that the little tray under the lid is the perfect size for an iphone or ipod :thumbsup:

On the hunt for an immobiliser. And desperate to get it on ASAP due to the recent mass car jacking that took place here in Canberra the other nite. FFFUUUUUU!

I got one of these from an SDU group buy from the US:

http://www.yulontech....asp?infoid=122

It provides location if the car is moved out of a set area...(will send you an sms message with its location) or you can phone it to ask for its location. You can immobilise the car remotely with your cell phone etc etc

was on the Monash Fwy today behind a truck and something fell off it...I had no chance to dodge and it went under the car.

Made some loudass bangs.

Now when I accelerate hard my car makes clicky/rattling noises...great >_<

Checked under the car and now I have 3 bigass dents in the exhaust system...farrrk.

Dropped the oil and topped up with Motul. As usual the filter was on too tight by the previous guy who did it (RVO auto) and I had do the whole stab the filter with the screw driver thing...made a huge mess...arrgh.

also raised the rear suspension by a few cm...hopefully that'll minimise anymore scrapage...

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