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Melb (dunno about other states) has a Goodyear tyre deal - buy 4 for the price of 3... Picked up a set of Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 - $245/each x 3 + $40 4w align = $775. These German made GSD3s are substantially better than the Thailand made GSD2 - with improvements made in all aspects of the tyre too! Otherwise I probably would have settled for the cheaper Kuhmo 712s @ 190each but then would have to buy 4...

Mm, I'm getting a new set of tyres, fitted, balanced and then a 4 wheel alignment... Hopefully it comes out with the steering straight

Did you just purely disconnect it? or did you feed it 12V (I read another post about someone feeding it 12V supposedly to keep it happy). Is there a way to know whether its working or not? I guess the easiest way would be to keep an eye on the boost gauge and see if boost comes on in two stages... You'd think that the eCU would know if the solenoid wasn't connected and report some error.

As a side note (as people normally do this when they fit a bleed valve) is it safe to disconnect the boost solenoid (without fitting a bleed valve) ie just to get rid of the two stage boost? Is it as simple as disconnecting it? Or do you have to feed it 12V? Does it cause any harm just disconnecting it without feeding it 12V? Sorry for all the questions, im a newbie

I'd be in for some tint! Car just starts roasting in the sun

I read my vacumn line from the top of the "rocker" (right term?) near the firewall on the left hand side. This is where the stock boost gauge connected to, so i just blocked that line and chucked mine in there.. I guess there would be a minute difference reading boost before the pressure gets into the plenum (right term?) than after where the stock gauge is. Then again, I'm the biggest turbo noob, so I may be totally wrong about my terms, but my point being is that I connected it where the stock one used to be...

I run 98 - thou whether I run Synergy 8000 / BP Ultimate / Optimax usually comes down to price. If you have those 4c / litre off then Optimax usually becomes the cheapest. Just filled up on Monday, normal unleaded was 72.x and optimax was 81.x -4c brings it down to 77.x c / litre! Thats the cheapest I've seen in about 3-4 years! (normal unleaded with coupon being 66 (safeway) - 68(shell)) for those in Melb this site should be your bible (no offense to religious folk) - www.racv.com.au Then click the Petrol Prices! It's basically the fuelwatch site, but since fuelwatch started charging you can still get it free at RACV website

Thx Cobo! Ahh... lol something that huge would be hard to miss! Well since I have a nice big gap of air there I guess theres no ABS! Oh well, now I have two spare 30A fuses

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but can someone provide a picture of the ABS module? I don't have an ABS light on the dash but in the fuse box under the bonnet i have the 2x abs fuses plugged in - Just wondering if this car has ABS (1995 s1.5 (i think) R33, driver airbag, higher wing etc) but maybe the dash has been changed at one stage? Or in non-ABS cars, do they just give you the ABS fuses cause they are feeling generous? I might have to slam on the brakes to see if they lock up but I guess if I had a picture of the module I can visually inspect whether ABS is there or just spare fuses plugged into the ABS slot Thx

HEheh Yup my thoughts exactly.. just picked up a 100DB piezo screamer from dick smith at lunch today

Get a group buy on this happening - I'm sure lots of people would want these (me included)

Yeah I'm running 225/50/16 on the stock 16/6.5 r33 rims with no probs... Looking to u/g to 17/7 when I have to replace the tyres though.

Condition of the rims? Any pics of the actual rims?

Grats on even getting the shelf out I tried but failed.. so I had to flex it to get the old speakers out.. I didnt' want to do any fancy jazz, so I just put in 6.5 which screwed right back into the factory mounting plastic and flexed the board to get them back into the rear

(snip from the wrx forums) On 28 May 2003 ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission) took action in the Federal Court against four companies claiming to be writing insurance on behalf of a Bosnian based insurer Grand. It affected approx. 1100 car insurance policy holders and most of those were for high-performance sports cars of which most of those were WRX's. The Federal Court made interim orders forcing these companies to stop selling insurance and to provide further information to ASIC. These orders included the passport surrender of company directors. Company bank accounts were also placed under interim receivership and the directors were ordered to provide affidavits identifying all their assets and bank accounts. On 6 June ASIC took further action again in the Federal Court and appointed a provisional liquidator to the four companies. These four companies were AMCO Insurance Management Group, AMCO Group, ACC AMCO Consortium and United Investment Funds. These insurance policies were written by brokers around Australia but the majority by Response Insurance Brokers in Ringwood. The problem with the AMCO and Response policies was that the claimed underwriter, Grand Insurance, had no knowledge of these policies and had not authorised AMCO to act as an agent on their behalf. In summary the policies were worthless. The next court hearing was in July. Again the Federal Court was told that the individuals associated with AMCO Insurance had refused to provide information about their bank accounts and in a frightening revelation the court was told that ASIC investigators found evidence that the company directors, members of the Banicevic family, had turned over more than $6 million at Crown Casino since June 2000. This is all fairly serious stuff, especially if you've paid $2000 dollars for car insurance and you've got to urgently find another insurer. And did anyone mention the word refund. In an interesting twist to this more recent saga it is interesting to point out that the offshore underwriters used by Response in recent years all appear to have met some unfortunate fate. Caribbean International Insurance Company, who were registered in Antigua, were wound up by the UK Supreme Court in July 1999. The next underwriter was CIIC Insurance (does the word acronym come to mind) and they were registered in Antilles and were taken over or merged to become Atlantic & Pacific Insurance. They were apparently registered in the Marshall Islands. But in April 2002 ASIC received information that Atlantic & Pacific Insurance was not and had never been registered as an insurer in the Marshall Islands. The Australian Agent for Atlantic & Pacific Insurance, Allied Asia Insurance, was taken to the Federal Court in the same month and was ordered to stop writing insurance and later had the renewal of their insurance brokers registration refused. The Response policies are still underwritten by an unauthorised foreign insurer. This one is registered in Guernsey. Greg Elston Links http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic_pub.nsf/b...ss?openDocument http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic_pub.nsf/b...ts?openDocument http://www.theage.com.au/text/articles/200...58853069667.htm

Yes Famous is an Australian company, but its a broker company, you are not insuring your car with them, rather with the underwriter. The underwriter decides what claims are paid or not not the broker - Famous issue insurance on behalf of the underwriter but if the underwriter chooses not to honour the claim then there is nothing you can do (such as sue) the broker company cause thats all they are.. a broker. You cannot call the insurance complaints hotline (which you would do for any other AU insurer) as Famous are the broker and not the ones issuing the insurance. As said above you will need to handle it yourself in Guernsey. Looking at documentation, Heritage is registered to a PO Box in Guernsey, I can envisage lots of head/heart ache trying to track them down.

Please let me again stress that the above was a quote and not my findings - however, I don't have reason to believe it was fabricated. "Famous" is a insurance broker - they are not an insurance company, even though the directors are also directors of Heritage. Bottom line is brokers are not legally liable for the insurance company (Heritage) ability to pay or refuse a claim. They may possibly get you to "take it up with Heritage" (ignoring the fact that the directors are also directors of Heritage). Even Famous webpage states that Famous is not under "the jurisdiction of the Australian Predential Regulation Authority. " Don't take this as negative comments about Famous, I am not personally with them so I cannot comment, but take it as information to make a informed decision. Famous might pay out every claim (as long as nothing is illegal of course), but if they don't then the 1000-2000 you save with going with them instead of a AU insurer will be pennys if you have to fly internationally and sue an international company that might not even be legally liable to international clients.

The above is not my personal opinion but the thing to note is ".. if they refused to pay on a claim you would have to challenge them under the laws that apply in Guernsey, in Guernsey" At least with an AU insurer, you can just ring up the hotline - if its offshore, you will most likely have to fly to the country, then hire lawyers there ... which will cost you big bucks.

Here is something that I stumbled upon from another au car forum regarding famous: After ringing them up and getting a quote, they seem to want to match or even better other companies quotes (very unrealistic for an insurance company), also they seem to ask the same questions twice during the quote (very unprofessional) and asked some stupid questions and left out questions that other companies insist on asking. I also rang the Insurance complaints scheme (refered to them from Dept of Fair Trading) and they advised that they are not registered with them and if they refused to pay on a claim, you would have to challenge them under the laws that apply in Guernsey, in Guernsey. They advised me to stay clear of any off shore insurance companies including this one as the risk is just too high. So from my research, I think taking the safe road and staying clear is what I am going to do, even if it costs me a few bucks extra in the short term.

Mine has one... but it doesn't work...

I have a Silver GTS-T and burwood hwy is like 1 min away from me.. but it can't have been me as the cars at my mechanics atm unless he was taking it for a fang (hehe doubt it)

Check ya PM

Nice.. Check ya PM

Nice car... Check ya PM

Good car.. good price! If you were in Melbourne, I'd buy it! But its too much hassle to fly to Sydney, arrange for it to be inspected etc.. then drive it back