What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[scotty nm35]

The pair was $80 when I had them done a few months back. Definitely change the ball on the body, I have snapped two now, friggin pita to drill and re-tap.

[Dunc]

Is that figure per strut?

That was for the pair

Did you remove & check the ball ends on the body when the struts were out?

About 2 weeks after I had mine regassed I snapped one off.

Very annoying.

I didn't remove them, did look them over and they looked to be in good nick.

The strut guy actually refitted them to ensure they'd have sufficient force to hold the boot & raise it easily. Oddly enough, he'd done a few M35s and said that each of them had different pressure ratings on the struts, not vastly different - always north of 1000nm.

[Daleo]

That was for the pair

I didn't remove them, did look them over and they looked to be in good nick.

The strut guy actually refitted them to ensure they'd have sufficient force to hold the boot & raise it easily. Oddly enough, he'd done a few M35s and said that each of them had different pressure ratings on the struts, not vastly different - always north of 1000nm.

You won't see a potentially damaged one; they snap the threaded shaft about halfway down, leaving 10mm of thread in the car body. It can also scar the paint on the inside of the C pillar and roof edge if you're really unlucky. I was incredibly lucky not to damage the paint when mine broke.

Support the hatch, pop the struts off, and remove the ball ends. Check the threaded shank for cracking; and remove the rubber washers (if fitted).

If they're undamaged, you've only wasted 20 mins. It took me twice that to get the broken piece out of mine.

[scotty nm35]

One of mine snapped and damaged the roof as I closed the rear door. The other side snapped as I undid it to replace the ball.

[Dunc]

One of mine snapped and damaged the roof as I closed the rear door. The other side snapped as I undid it to replace the ball.

Ouch! Will check them out over the weekend then, good tip Scotty & Dale!

[Brick]

Fitted a walbro today and gave her a service.

Also booked it in to finally get the adaptronic and tune done. 25th of august can't come soon enough

[scotty nm35]

Fitted a walbro today and gave her a service.

Also booked it in to finally get the adaptronic and tune done. 25th of august can't come soon enough

Did you run the relay and fuse back to the battery mate?

[Brick]

Did you run the relay and fuse back to the battery mate?

I haven't yet but I will be shortly.

[zoomzoom]

That was for the pair

I didn't remove them, did look them over and they looked to be in good nick.

The strut guy actually refitted them to ensure they'd have sufficient force to hold the boot & raise it easily. Oddly enough, he'd done a few M35s and said that each of them had different pressure ratings on the struts, not vastly different - always north of 1000nm.

I didn't really proof read my question...just to clarify, I meant are your struts 1200nm per strut?

[GoldZilla]

Love Bluetooth in the car. CCS did the work?

Thinking about using them for a new alarm; they seem very thorough.

Yep, I did go through CCS - they're not far from home for me either, which helps!

[numleg]

3.5 inch Ti exhaust from AM Performance, it's a bit louder than it is supposed to be but bloody hell it sounds good.

[scotty nm35]

Looks great numleg.

You got those AFM delete pipes yet? Post up some pics once you get them, I didn't get time to take any.

[DELLER]

i've been really busy with my stagea lately, i changed my rear subframe.

S14 subframe fits in good, got all adjustable arms in the rear now.

changed the rear wheel bearings too. rolled my guards aswell.

[numleg]

Cheers Scotty, the AFM deletes are sitting at the post office will pick up and fit them tomorrow.

[numleg]

Scotty's AFM deletes.

Unfortunately the paint will take about 7 weeks to dry in Canberra during winter

[scotty nm35]

Bake them in the oven. Is it high temp paint? It may take a couple of heat cycles to cure.

[whtbox]

well fitted the Cusco brake stopper on the 260rs and it really improved the braking response. Definitely best mod and easiest for improving brakes!

[Steve.b]

Fitted a new turbo and z32. Went in for a tune and got great results. Just waiting on my Ssr koenigs to arrive from japan

[poohkies]

Last couple of weeks installed new upper rear ajustsble control arms, new bushes for rear sway bar , new front sway bar bushes, and a new battery on Thursday, got one of those new green battery's from battery world

Going to tackle cleaning my coils and putting electro paste on them to see if I can resolve my miss around the 5k rpm mark

Edited August 2, 2014 by poohkies

[poohkies]

well fitted the Cusco brake stopper on the 260rs and it really improved the braking response. Definitely best mod and easiest for improving brakes!

Have you done brake lines as we'll? Very interested in doing this