What'd you do to your car this week/weekend?

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:59 pm

chris wrote:Angreal - I never want to let mine go.. But if I were to move country, then well... I suppose it would have to go :'(

Yeah I haven't planned that far ahead but my thoughts are along the lines of "leave it in friends garage"

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:59 pm

Angreal wrote:I have a folder with all car receipts (completely unorganised now, used to be date ordered) and I refuse to go through them and add them up Have no intention of giving my car to a second owner.

Who would want to know that number!

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:04 pm

Angreal wrote:
chris wrote:Angreal - I never want to let mine go.. But if I were to move country, then well... I suppose it would have to go :'(
Yeah I haven't planned that far ahead but my thoughts are along the lines of "leave it in friends garage"

Slowly planning a move to aussie.. But I can bring the car with me then!

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:10 pm

From memory the car needs to have a cat in Aus but that's an easy fix (or so I thought - Ask sprsta about my exhaust... 4th times a charm)

For me I'm looking to do a stint in Canada in a few years and the car will most definitely stay here (snow is bad, salted roads is worse and LHD the worst).

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:15 pm

Yeah - I figured I have spent so much time on the car, I will do anything to bring it with me!

Bugger the salt issues... Although... Imagine the fun in the snow!!!!

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:25 pm

Not in the places I'm looking to move to

the mode of transport is a snowmobile

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:51 pm

chris wrote:Slowly planning a move to aussie.. But I can bring the car with me then!

Remember that Australia is ridiculously strict with car modifications, so you may need to change things to keep it road legal

Of course it could also just be a great track car

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:55 pm

Mr. Shine wrote:
chris wrote:Slowly planning a move to aussie.. But I can bring the car with me then!
Remember that Australia is ridiculously strict with car modifications, so you may need to change things to keep it road legal

Of course it could also just be a great track car

Yeah. Can't do a 13B turbo (13B is okay, not the turbo) mod because the car is too light and falls outside the safe power:weight (I think that it completely rules out Donovan's car, and most definitely the 700hp turbo V8

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chris · Post by **chris** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:57 pm

Mr. Shine wrote:
chris wrote:Slowly planning a move to aussie.. But I can bring the car with me then!
Remember that Australia is ridiculously strict with car modifications, so you may need to change things to keep it road legal

Of course it could also just be a great track car

Yup! I have seen that :/ Although after a bit of research, it seems easier to do all modifications over here, and then bring it over...

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:10 pm

Aus customs can also be an absolute PITA when trying to import a vehicle. You are probably better off selling here and buuying another over there.

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:14 pm

off to get a wheel alingment tomorrow then fit my new rv garage front lip....I think thats what its called

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:14 pm

Angreal wrote:
Mr. Shine wrote:
chris wrote:Slowly planning a move to aussie.. But I can bring the car with me then!
Remember that Australia is ridiculously strict with car modifications, so you may need to change things to keep it road legal

Of course it could also just be a great track car
Yeah. Can't do a 13B turbo (13B is okay, not the turbo) mod because the car is too light and falls outside the safe power:weight (I think that it completely rules out Donovan's car, and most definitely the 700hp turbo V8 )

I have been talking to a guy in Aus who has done the LS1 conversion, and can't get it road legal, so he just uses it as a trackday/gymkhana car (he was surprised that mine was going to be road legal). Don't know what those guys at Bullet Cars do to get their Lexus conversions road registered over there, apart from make them look butt ugly.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:36 pm

Oh I actually did something on the car this weekend just gone. Finally got the catback installed but haven't got the cat in yet (piping was a bit long and the flanges a bit wide at one bit). Makes the car sound quieter with more room for exhaust gases to escape

Well quieter until the intake opens up which I have discovered is the noisy bit on my car (to be replaced with a stealth FFS post Exhintake).

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:47 pm

Got my suspension dampening all set up. Need to road test it now.
Pulled my drivers seat out and took a shit load of foam out of it. Heaps more bucketier, but still no fixed back seat...

The saving continues to buy race seats for the roadster.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:57 pm

Did the foamectomy as well. Definitely worthwhile and the seats feel more comfortable

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:55 pm

where did you guys take the foam from?

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:40 pm

The top of the seat padding and a chunk of the backrest. Plenty of readme guides out there but the gist is:
Remove seats
Remove hog ties
Lift off the cover
Chop up an inch or 3 of foam
Put cover back on
Cable tie covers back on
Reinstall seats and voila. The other guides have pictures and are less vague

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:58 pm

I will have to post up some pics of my Tein springs for Siren tonight. I took some pics and she is lower but has the perfect wheel gap around the guard now.

Does make me wonder how it did so well at Gymkhana considering how fudged the shocks were

Also Torsen arrived today but I missed the delivery

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:36 pm

Furai wrote:I will have to post up some pics of my Tein springs for Siren tonight. I took some pics and she is lower but has the perfect wheel gap around the guard now.

Does make me wonder how it did so well at Gymkhana considering how fudged the shocks were

Also Torsen arrived today but I missed the delivery

Pics of your ride height would be helpful.
Although i'm not going to continue messing with springs as I cant be bothered removing the struts again.
Will only remove them again to fit some coilovers which will probably be next month if i start saving.

Where'd you get your torsen from?

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:42 pm

siren676 wrote:
Furai wrote:I will have to post up some pics of my Tein springs for Siren tonight. I took some pics and she is lower but has the perfect wheel gap around the guard now.

Does make me wonder how it did so well at Gymkhana considering how fudged the shocks were

Also Torsen arrived today but I missed the delivery
Pics of your ride height would be helpful.
Although i'm not going to continue messing with springs as I cant be bothered removing the struts again.
Will only remove them again to fit some coilovers which will probably be next month if i start saving.

Where'd you get your torsen from?

Got my Torsen from Christchurch, I will see If I can grab the pics now.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:27 pm

So got some crummy pics you cant eve tell its lowered but the wheel gaps even all the way round. Back isnt lowered yet obviously

Another which is even harder to tell...

On PS3 sorry for huge images...

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:21 am

Thats about what mines at now, although its still not quite at the level i'd like

halberd · Post by **halberd** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:37 pm

I shoved a screwdriver up the drain tubes under my car and got delicious insect and dirt juice all down my arms (and my covered carport which I now need to hose out, dammit).

The right hand side one drains straight through now, the passenger side one is still totally blocked and water just comes out the holes by the jack stands.

Can anyone recommend how to fix this? I assume the drain tube is just blocked somewhere in the middle where my screwdriver can't reach. I'm reluctant to poke a metal wire or something down it for fear of scratching the paint to the metal and letting it start to rust

Edit: I found a thin garden hose and shoved it down the top of the drain hole, and unfortunately removed the drain house. It had to be removed anyway because a massive rock was throughly lodged in the bottom of it against the flap and it took me 15 minutes to dislodge. Now I need to get the drain hose back in, which I can't do with one arm (broken elbow

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chris · Post by **chris** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:46 pm

Furai, were those photo's at Glenfield mall? O.o

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:30 pm

chris wrote:Furai, were those photo's at Glenfield mall? O.o

Nah the carpark above Mitre 10 in Albany.

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