funkymonkey

got a radiator and rad fan n shroud?

$25 plus post to brissy? i just need the clips n stuff.

has anyone thought of gettin "NOT-G35"?

Pfft... that's nothing compared to this RB20 (stroked to 2.4L) running ITB's and mandrel bent extractors etc. from a few years back on BMI. (about 1:00 into the video)

*lurk* still needs paint and a fair bit of fibreglass modifications and a pair of Aerocatch latches to make it look the way I want up front.

come to the SE meet. i'm cruising down from sunshine.

heathen... instant ban for sullying the name of the Rock Kung Duck gods. car's gonna be ready for tomorrow... mind you it'll be rocking unpainted fibreglass parts and bog... but still driveable.

anyone cruising in from tulla might need a lift from the airport if my car's not ready for the road on friday

I'm flyin in at 8pm, picking up my car and heading out to the event African Americanoj. Don't be weaksauce. Plus its my birthday you kent.

lol... think he must've alt tabbed to the window that had SAU instead of NS before posting.

isn't operation RAID more to do with breath tests and drug tests? that shouldn't make guys in sports cars any bigger targets than someone in a regular car should it?

What I'm trying to say is that the standard they comply and test so rigorously to are sometimes too lenient that they will not satisfy australian standards in most cases. You can put it through as much quality control and testing as you want, but if the benchamark is set too low, then meeting the benchmark means nothing. In Australia, in automotive aftermarket products, they need to meet government set, ISO standard derived ADR standards, in other industries there are other ISO standards which need to be met. Not every part sold in Japan is some high quality product of billions of dollars of research or years of time... similarly in Australia there are parts which are sold legally which aren't standards approved, and its not policed because the government couldn't care less about the miniscule sector that is aftermarket parts. As for the standards themselves that you mention... JIS, JASO and ASEA standards are set by associations with a vested interest in the businesses which are its members, or simply don't have enough jurasdiction to have to be enforced (companies can elect to meet these standards if they want to), as such they're only partially accepted internationally.

its made by a company that does VIP kits for aristos n stuff... its part of a 4 door kit that i saw. i can't remember their name for shit tho atm. i'll post it if i remember.

lol i din say that its kinda stockish but. and burgandy. and a 33. and no sau sticker.

there are policemen who don't work in the TMU, most of whom couldn't give a rats arse about your car. Plus policemen do own normal cars that they drive to and from work while wearing their jackets.

Read my post more carefully, I did mention that it would help break the safety laws for aussie cars if used outside the recommended terms. Doesn't matter, that wasn't even the point I was making. Although, I will say that Japan's safety requirements are a farce compared to Australia's... and their independent group approvals aren't worth the metal they're stamped on outside of Japan where more stringent laws apply. For example: JASMA approval needs a 98db clearance on an exhaust. Australian law says 90db. Sustained exposure (anything around 3 hours a day) to anything above 95db will result in permanent hearing loss. 98db is roughly 8 times louder than 95db, and its perfectly fine to drive around in a car making 98db according to their safety standards.

Fortunately for us before ANY car is allowed for sale or import into Australia it must meet out very very strict safety standards. Now in your line of retail there may be no regulatory body to prevent dodgy chinese manufacturers to replicate your product and sell it cheaper with less quality control, but when it comes to cars, and their safety, Australian regulation has it well under control (in fact some forum members might have even been pulled up on altering their vehicles to a point where they don't meet these standards I'd even hazard a guess that some products you sell help break these safety regulations when used on road going cars instead of race cars as recommended). Chery might make the most atrocious cars on earth, BUT if they're gonna even put one wheel on Australian soil they'll have to get past the Australian regulatory bodies... something even American and European manufacturers fail to do constantly (some Ford manufactured trucks, Rover 100 etc. in fact, the worst NCAP rating ever given to a car was for the Rover 100. You should watch the footage of that test, it was worse than the one you posted). There's also independent testing by ANCAP, who's data most manufacturers (or in this case importers) will consult prior to investing so heavily in a car.

wtf? did autobahn tell you they were gonna do that to your car? lol... since when were audio installers allowed to take such big chunks out of your car?

keep spotting, or rather... parking in front of a burgandy R33 GTSt in the back streets of Tooong everyday for the last week. Had a white Mines sticker on the doors, just under the side mirrors.

7.5"x18" for starters, got em cheap at about $1000 for the set, got em pulled apart at a local wheel repairer a couple of streets from my house for $200. Each band cost about $700 for the genuine stuff. There was a shop down in Phillip Island who was gonna mill out some custom width aluminium alloy outers for a lot cheaper but something about Porche owners taking preferrance and me running out of patience saw me going the genuine route. Got the outer bands out of Work Wheels USA, who are a lot more competent that the guys that represent Work in Australia (or claim to be sole distributors anyways). The wheel shop then refitted the outer bands and resealed it including welding and gave em back. So all up about $3500ish for fully genuine, scratchless rims. Much less than what some guys ask for sunken battleship fitment wheels on the forums. I then turned around and sold the car and the wheels for a small fortune to some random kid who wanted a fully sick drift machine. The End.

Nice find fellas. So where was it damaged originally? Roof? lol... *choppety chop chop* "hey you did remember that the gearbox is in the back right?" "what?" "rear mounted gearbox" "in this?" "yeah" *clang* "shit"

most 3 piece Work wheels can be custom ordered to any width and offset you want (or you can buy regular ones cheap, take them to a shop, have them taken apart, and put wider outer bands that Work sells separately on them, to bring the width to perfect fitment). That's how I got my 18"x12" with -22 offset on my widebody. Perfect fit, no spacers.

counterfieting has been around since long before any of your ancestors would've even known what a car was. In fact, the press (ie newspaper) was actually born out of the need to mass counterfeit documents, then adapted for more legal and useful purposes. As for your JB/HMV example... The only reason these companies struggle against piraters and counterfeiters is because they are not up to date with the latest market trends and needlessly cut themselves off from their target market (think iTunes selling a track for $0.30 vs HMV trying to push a whole album of garbage just so you can own one track you need for $15... which would cost them about $0.30 to make anyway, because of the quantities they produce them in... no wonder iTUnes is making a killing). At the end of the day, a large corporation is disadvantaged only by its sheer size, having to pay each person involved in the process each step of the way, including management and administration. Then when it comes time to revise a model, make a change or sell a product a certain way there are processes that need to be followed and a time consuming bureaucratic juggling act to endure. Counterfeiters on the other hand change strategies on the fly and structure their business that there's not that much loss in administration. At the end of the day they may spend less on development, but everyone knows they compromise on quality. If you can justify yourself to the consumer that you have a product worth spending money for, or the difference in price is negligible compared to counterfeits, then you'll have NOTHING to worry about. However if you have a one trick pony product that you charge stupid amounts of money for, expect to be run out of business the moment someone reverse engineers your product. For example... given the choice between Rotas and real TE37's, I'll spend the extra coin on real TE37's because the product justifies its cost by superior quality and finish. Ask me to spend lots of money on a genuine gear knob from Trust compared to a knockoff and I'll have bought the knockoff before you even get to finish your sentence... why? Because I know as an educated consumer there is sweet fuck all difference between the two. The days of dumb customers with brand loyalty are long gone. Retailers and manufacturers need to embrace this truth and realise that they need to convey worth not just by saying "real JDM, not chinese"... or "real Origin, not a copy". The old "oh no they steal our ideas and sell our product at 1/10th the price" whinge won't work in this day and age because if someone can replicate your product for 1/10th the price with lower quality materials AND outsell your product, then you haven't come up with a good marketing plan or product life cycle BEFORE you invest time and money into the product.

ffs pulled the radiator off and it turns out theres also a crack on the top of the rad. gah... gonna have to get another one.