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If you can fit a fingernail into it than unforuntunately you won't be able to buff it out.

God I love those door trims, good buy man.

When I had my head off I redid some of the coolant lines by removing some and reconnecting others. It's a bit hard to describe it all but the easiest one to do is the throttle body coolant one and rejoining it elsewhere. That's one line you can piss off, don't need to worry about a buterfly sticking shut in Australia's climate.

Most lights you see on Euro cars are the Daytime Running Lights, such as the Audi LED strips, BMW Angel eyes etc. If you google images Daytime Running Lights you will see what I mean. Not many cars actually have Driving Lights. They have Daytime Running Lights or Fog Lights. But word on the left over pizza lol.

Actually you will find there is an 8mm adjustment nut on the back of the series II "foglights".

Carnauba wax is the most long lasting natural protectant known to man hence why it is used in many things. Most polymer/synthetic type waxes have a much better shine, better application, however usually don't last to long. Like I said, there is a lot to know about car care, and I would no way call myself an expert, however it is a bit of a passion of mine. Used to have talks to all the reps (Mothers, Autoglym, Meguiars, Bowdens etc) about their products while working at Autobarn over the years and I use a bit of each brand for something depending on how easy it is to apply, the overall look and how long it lasts. The price usually doesn't bother me since car care products last a decent amount of time so forking out for something decent that lasts you a year aint to bad. Living in North QLD definetely tests your cars paint protection from the sun and I like to think for the age of my car the paint looks pretty damn good. Personally for a decent "cheaper" natural wax I quite like the Mothers Carnauba liquid wax. I find it lasts quite long and is easy to apply without leaving to much chalky residue. However you will find most of the good brand 100% Carnauba waxes are nearly identical. These days I switch and try different synethetic waxes such as the Tech Wax 2.0 by Meguiars or the Reflections by Mothers. Has your car just been painted or is it just well maintained factory paint? If it's factory paint I would hit it with a clay bar and prewax cleaner after a wash to clean the surface and prep it for the produts. The preperation of the paint is the key factor to getting a glass finish. Then hit it with some Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine to really get the depth from the dark colour out and then seal it with some of the wax I recommended. On dark colours the combination should leave a rich, deep look.

Yep post a pic. Could be Nismo 740's or stock S15 injectors etc.

Well since it doesn't have anything to do with the front grille or headlight shape (as in it isn't molded to a series I or series II shape), wouldn't it fit both since the front dimensions below the headlights are the same between the two series'?

Simple answer for you wanting something to protect it from the sun and elements, a coat of 100% carnauba wax. Complicated answer, I will be typing to much and don't want to at the moment lol. How much knowledge do you currently have in car care products? Ie differences between synthetic/natural waxes, polishes etc?

So really makes you wonder if you wired in the series II "foglights" to turn on when the main low beam turned on whether you could argue to a cop they are daytime running lights. Really, how could they prove it on the side of the road that they weren't? Bit more food for thought to go with my original post about Europe.

*Runs to newsagent*

Interesting little fact most Aussies dont know, in most European countries you are required to drive around with daytime driving lights to make the car more visible. This may include the low beams automatically coming on when the vehicle is started or other additonal white/yellow/amber lighting. Seems in Aus we are the complete opposite lol.

Camber? What camber?

Lets start taking wagers on what the next thread he puts up will be about because I am having a hard time following his descisions. So we obviously aint selling the car any more?

Hmm I dunno, they look like the Just Jap ones from the picture, but you may be right. I thought the HKS Kansai covers all had "GTR" embossed into them. I looked into the carbon ones a bit when I put my 26 covers but then ended up just painting them. We'll see what the OP says.

Just Jap sell them for like $300 or you can find them through a few suppliers on ebay.

Ok finally we are getting somewhere and can speak in a more intelligent mannar. I take back certain sly comments I may have made since I can now see that you know what you are talking about and are after an actual true understanding, not just getting up me for having HID's, must be an Engineer thing ay Ok well first thing is no, there are no instructions that I have ever come across, including the big dollar Philips HID kits I used to sell that talk about headlight adjustment. So I do believe that 99% of people just wack them in and off they go. This here would be the first big problem. Some cars it may be fine, but obviously for a lot, probably not. When I first installed the kit I took the car for a spin straight away to see what it was like as my kit was the first one I did. Straight away had every fifth person flashing me and noticed that the light output shone out extremely far and seemed to angle out to the side of the car a lot. As you know lights in Australia are ment to point left to not blind on coming traffic as much. So went back home and starting playing around with them by shining them on a wall. Yep there were hotspots and the lights were shining in bad locations. Kept playing around with them until I got them to a point where I no longer got flashed and had friends say it was no longer blinding. They are still very bright and from a distance in a pack of cars my lights stand out like dogs balls, however they don't stand out in the way as a high beam would. Hence never had problems with police. Definetely agree. The Monaro took the best from the HID's mainly due to modern projector headlights (VZ Monaro lights) and don't look as glarey as mine at all and didn't need much mucking around with realigning. They also seem to produce a much clearer light if you can understand what i mean. Like I kept saying and hence my comment to Dan. I wasn't saying I was happy because I thought the lights were awesome and didn't care about other drivers. I ment I was happy because I got them to a point where they were not a problem for other drivers and gave me the benefits that I was after. I have had normal every day halogen yellow bulbs that I hated. Then went to Philips Crystal Vision bulbs which I liked a lot better due to the softer light they gave which made things a lot clearer and natural looking, however was dissapointed by their overall brightness and distance. Then obviously went to try the HID's after ages of convincing myself and never looked back. Like I said I completely understand why they are illegal, however personally with the kits I have installed I don't find them to be a problem. I have driven with plenty of friends cars in a group (hell every second person has HID's nowadays) and don't find them to a be a problem personally. Even with ones that are quite obviously pointing all over the place, I still don't really find it to be that bad, it isn't like a high beam that completely makes you not see. Fair enough. Like I said if you ever decide to, give them a shot yourself and see how you feel about them. You might love them and end up getting into a debate about them with some one in a few years time lol.

Fine you want to play this game, let's go. Where did I say I pointed it straight down at the road? Nowhere. I said I adjusted it down a little bit because when I put the HID's in I found the light was shining a hell of a lot higher than previously. I also found that there was now more light shining towards the drivers side so after a bit of driving around and getting friends to drive infront or next to, we played around with them until I found them to not be that bad. Sure they are not perfect like halogen bulbs, however i still get a lot more distance over my normal bulbs and a lot more clarity. To make such a big deal about making it seem like I drive around with high beams on or something is a joke. Driving across from some one with high beams clearly blinds you and you can not see. My HID's are NOTHING like that. Only way I can see that being sorted is you fly up here and have a look for yourself, agree that it actually aint that bad, I slap you across the face and then you're on your merry way home. I said the kits aren't that bad and I have played around with them on five different cars and set them up to be pretty good. Some cars they were a lot better than on others, mainly the Monaro and the Mazda 3. No offence, but as a nearly fully qualified Engineer who has touched on a bit of optics including convex, concave lenses and focal points and worked at Autobarn throughout uni and highschool speaking with suppliers of bulbs such as Philips, Narva and Lightforce i probably know a lot more about bulbs and HID's than yourself and much of the sheep on here that read about HID's being illegal and have been blinded by cars with HID's pointing in random locations so suddenly they are so called experts. I listed some positive's about HID's and you come back with that dribble. Well how about you stop being a tight arse, fork out $100 on some, test them, play around with them a bit and determine for yourself what you think of them like I did. If I found that every second person flashed me beacause they were blinded or had everyone tell me that it's way to dangerous I would have gladly taken them out. The fact is even though I understand the lights aren't specifically made for our headlights and it is not approved to fit them (which quite frankly if your going to ride that band wagon list all the modifications done to your car and i gaurantee i'll find one that aint ADR approved) it aint that bad once you play around with them a bit. I'm not a sheep. I will make my own mind up on whether what I believe to be a wrong or right choice. Half the parts on our cars are not legal, so once again, don't bring the law into this. And the main reasons HID's are not to be fitted to normal headlights in most countries is due to them not having auto leveling functions or a headlight cleaning system due to HID's giving out more glare than halogens even in cars designed for HID lights. I understand the logic, there is a lot of science invovled with a lot of parts on our cars. I'm saying that yes the logic and physics proves HID's are not suited for our headlights and does not give a perfect light output and focal point, however the light output it does give is hardly something to make such a big deal about and make it seem like you are endangering every driver on the road and are going to kill some one. I mean come on, seriously. Adjust the lights slightly, play around with them until you find a bit of a middle ground and you are fine. Yes I do think i'm happy because unlike you i know what the light out put is on MY car. Just one last thing, it's 2010, HID conversions are not new and the OP asked a simple few questions that I answered for him including the Bi-Xenon question, so why on earth are we even discussing this in such great detail now?

Mine is just the two rear lines off of the RB26 covers going into a catch can with a filter on it hidden out of view, similar to what yours is. It barely gets any oil in it though, maybe a millimetre every 5000km when I service it and clean it out.

Who says most Ferrari owners don't come off as stuck up tossers, no idea what they are on about. Awesome thing to say in a thread about some one dying in a Jap car.

Way more headaches ? The photo above is an atmo venting catch can and you just said you will never have issues. I don't get what you mean, your contradicting yourself. Mine has no issues what so ever.

Yep all had Helmets. Makes you realise the severity of the impact.

*Sigh* It's like talking to children.

Yes, very sad to hear indeed. Got it sent to me this morning RIP mate.