[Act] New Stagea Owner

[S T A R 3 3]

Hey guys,

Need to reintroduce myself, I was initially a R33 owner about 4 years ago, then did the whole Toyota scene, and now I'm back with a recently co-purchased 1999 RS4 S.. 5 spd RB25DET Neo etc..

I say co-purchased, as it is my dads who will be retiring very soon, and will use it until he decides to leave Australia.. then it will be mine, ALL MINNNEE!!

So the car came with a few extras which surprised me considering its imported.. BOV, exhaust, boost guage - I would have thought those would have been stripped - aftermarket H/U (japanese), r-spec turbo timer, 2 sets of Pioneer TV antennae's, and has these other funky gadget which I'll try take photos of because I don't know what is. Its located behind the back seat.. and it has WARN, FULL and CURRENT

More to come..

[WAGON_BOY]

welcome

that front grill is nice

[capturedcreation]

welcome, very nice ride! Love the grill and front bar.

[RS4-S]

damn i cant wait to see this in canberra.

headlights are weird with the amber line though the bottom, havent seen them before. has a series 2 N/A grille, dolphin eyelids and rear bar and side skirts, series 2 autech rs260 front bar, ganador mirrors. one tidy RS4-S dude!

[rasored]

amber strips are just stick on , come in all colours , v nice wagon and good choice with a manual , you`ll save cash on fuel but blow it all on tyres

[Daleo]

Welcome back from the dark side!

Looks great in black, hopefully there's still some budget to fill up those wheel arches in time.

Nice purchase.

[J'son]

That is hawt!

[Dunc]

Looks awesome! Super clean. Really like that front bar, very skyline

[ironpaw]

Nice....looks clean as!

Needs bigger rims!!

[iamhe77]

Very nice

Needs a little low and some nice rims (recurring theme there? lol).

[S T A R 3 3]

Thanks dudes..

+1 for bigger rims. Not sure wat style I want.. currently photoshopping to pass time.

Should I do the whole VIP style? Or go something a bit more Tempe tyres? Haha.. this will be interesting.

[S T A R 3 3]

a quick photo of that thing in the back.. I tried googling it.. but couldn't find anything..

edit: actually, I think it may be the immobilizer... i found the the actual 'siren' thingo.. under the drivers seat..

Edited June 24, 2011 by S T A R 3 3

[iamhe77]

Thanks dudes..

+1 for bigger rims. Not sure wat style I want.. currently photoshopping to pass time.

Should I do the whole VIP style? Or go something a bit more Tempe tyres? Haha.. this will be interesting.

Black RE30's with polished lip would look nice I reckon

[RS4-S]

i think thats a car alarm dude, hornet make alarms, they have WARN mode and CURRENT sensor depending on model?

[S T A R 3 3]

i think thats a car alarm dude, hornet make alarms, they have WARN mode and CURRENT sensor depending on model?

haha yeah, i just figure that out.. dont know why it didnt occur to me straight away. I think I was still in giddy mode and was looking forward to never before seen Japanese gizmo's.

Cheers tho!

[Pft shh 89]

yep def recurring theme, more low and bigger rims with better offset

[S T A R 3 3]

lol..

come on guys, I've had it for less than 2 days.. i'm on it, I'm on it!!

[SatchiThaStagea]

Nice ride buddy love the front bar, not sure bout everone else but me thinks you need some low and rims, just my 2c worth

[S T A R 3 3]

hey guys,

looking to create a checklist of mods for the stagea. I'm still getting my head around the whole tuning and mods thing, so please feel free to ask questions if I'm not clear on what I'm saying.. lol

Currently, exhaust system has been fitted. I havent had a chance to jack the car up and have look at it.. but definitely one of the MUST DO things with all imports.

Boost controller (GFB G-Force ~$350)

FMIC (HDI - I see a few of u guys have these installed without any drama's?

BC coilovers & rims

Nistune ECU w/ z32 AFM (?). I'm not looking to break any records, but looking to have some sort of freedom to tune. As a daily, will a z32 really be necessary?

Again, feel free to suggest, critique, lol at my list..

<3

[capturedcreation]

I was in the same position as you a few months back. My car already had a Nismo 2 1/2 inch cat back system, but after asking around and reading the info on here I went with a 3 inch system from the turbo back with a high flow cat, Nistune, fuel pump, and a turbo tech boost controller. I put the boost up to 10psi and got 204kw on the dyno with 494kw torque. I talked to my tuner about getting a z32, and he said there was no point until I started chasing more power as the stock one could handle it.