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Hey guys,

Been kicking around in my KE55 for the last year (aka the Crime Box) having good times in the wet and on the dirt (country kid so rally tracks are never too far away) but definitely wanted to move up to something younger than me (starting a carbie fed car when its -4 outside = pain in the arse). Was searching for a 180sx for months but couldn't find anything at a decent price and in an unmolested condition. Found a nice series 1 r33, picked it up on saturday and pretty happy so far. Pretty well stock save the exhaust, pod filter and ridiculous 19's. Looking to find some nice 17's, get some coilovers in there, take off the rear spoiler and add a roof wing to help me with teH takeoffs ;-)

Been kicking around lurking for a while checking out for sales etc, happy to start posting now that I've got my ride, really hard for a country kid to feel apart of a scene without sites and forums so look forward to being a fairly active member.

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WTF is a roof wing?

and if you want to get off the line quicker then don't put in coilovers unless they have a soft spring rate. if you go for ones with high spring rates then all you will do is wheelspin off the line. soft springs = more weight transfered onto the rear wheels = more traction

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WTF is a roof wing?

and if you want to get off the line quicker then don't put in coilovers unless they have a soft spring rate. if you go for ones with high spring rates then all you will do is wheelspin off the line. soft springs = more weight transfered onto the rear wheels = more traction

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^ roof wing.

Was playing with the name for the "fast take offs", bought the thing to drift ;-)

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