whoops, hit a gutter

[mark morris]

hi every one,

I had an incident involving a curb last saturday night, when I had my ambitions mix up with my capabillitys, and decided to go drifting my gtr. :Oops:

anyway, I slid the ass end into the curb and took out my rim, lower controle, and hicas steering rod, and was wondering if anyone had an old hicas rack so i could buy a rod off it and im also chasing a rim its a advan racing three spoke 18"x10" to suit 275, 35, 18 tyres, I realise this rim is rare, so even a second hand set of 18x 10 inch rims I would cosider buying rather than buying a tyre/rim set and wasting 2k worth of tyres

if ya wondering what the rim looks like have a look at these pics

[Kaido_RR]

hey mark,

you should call allianh rim repairs, they do a great job and im sure if anyone can fix the rim it will be them, give them a call

i will look for the number for you

[Kaido_RR]

Here you go:

ALLIANCE RIM REPAIRS

U 2/ 64 Guthrie St Osborne Park 6017 (08) 9242 8140

Fax (08) 9242 8145

Mobile Service 0411 150 019

Email rmrepair@optusnet.com.au

[RadiuM]

I found another rim place in Kenwick when I was driving home one day from work, never heard anyone mention it before though.

Spoke Wheel Services

Unit 6, 34 Davison St Maddington 6109 (08) 9459 2035

Mates sister mashed her 33 with those same rims on them about 6 months or more ago so I know there's 3/4 or 1/2 a set of those rims floating around perth. Somewhere.

Shaun

[mark morris]

whoops, I cant upload pics, files are to big sorry!

[mark morris]

thanks for the quick reply mate, I just rang them they make spoked wheels for motor bikes dude! dont sell car wheels at all, thanks all the same though.

[Gav]

Might be a good chance to buy a hicas lock kit. These don't normally come with the tie rods, but you can get these fairly easily. Mine were worn and Wilkinson's Suspension had some second hand.

There are also quite a few options for rose jointed lower control arms as well. I got mine (altough not fitted yet) from a guy over east who makes his own up. Try posting in the wanted to buy or suspension sections.

[RadiuM]

haha damn, when i drove past i just saw lots of mag wheels in racks from the side so i didnt see the spokes etc.

id recommend alliance, they fixed mine puuurfectly.

Shaun

[mark morris]

thanks 13 devil i went over to aliance yesterday the dude there told me he wasent a mirical worker and sent me on my way, the rim is missing nearly half of the bead, i did a nasty job on it just wish i could post you a pic

[Lozzle]

I'd recommend not mashin any more kerbing

Good luck gettin stuff repaired!

-Lozzle

[mark morris]

gav, what dose the lock kit consist of, do you completly remove the rack, if so do ya have problems with the hicas lights, computer ect... or just rip all that out as well

[mark morris]

s13 angel, lol umm..... practice makes perfect!

[mark morris]

gav, whats a rose jointed lower controle arm?, i just picked a normal arm off a 33gts at wreckers for 80 bucks

[Lozzle]

true

maybe find a place without kerbs then

-Lozzle

[Gav]

Mark - you've got an R32, right?

If so, this is easy, this just involves dropping out the whole rear rack including valves etc and replacing it with a fixed bar. The tie rods screw into this. The hydraulic hoses are disconnected and the kit comes with bolts that block off the hydraulic hoses.

I think that just aout every workshop sells these now. I know that SST, C-Red and Hyperdrive all can help you out with these. Again, there is a guy on the forums here who sells them for a $100 (off memory?).

[GWP021]

damn curbs ditches an stuff always get in the way good luck with the repairs

[mark morris]

gav, nope i got 33 last i looked, it looked motorised not hydrolic, well didnt see any hydrolic lines going to it, could be mistaken though, new to hicas and didnt look that hard either.

bit of a contridiction i know

[mark morris]

gwpo21, yeah they should all be those slanted ones, ya can just drive up,....................................then again maybe i would of hit that power pole insted!

[fane]

dont worry dood we have all done it, and if you are a smartass and say you havent and you wont then, dont get your hopes up...

dont tell me you went dori with 4wd on....please tell me you pulled the fuses...

[Gav]

Ok - the R33 is a bit more complicated as it has the Super HICAS - i.e. the electro version (and not the R32 hydraulic).

Tomei do an electronic module that fools the HICAS computer into thinking all is OK. This kit only comes with washers/shims that lock the existing bar, however.