B-Man

K People, Successfully managed to remove rear seat with the help of Big Berth the Blue handled Blade screwdriver. Just slip her between the seat and one good yank and the seat was out of the clips - no damage done. Managed to rip out the rear suspension - Quite easy really - Cleaned it all and lubed up with some vaso - No more squeaks. Hippeeeee. One question tho - re Rear Suspension - Is it normal to have metal on metal at the top of the strut tower - Where the shock and spring combo bolt onto the frame/chassis ???? Thanks everyone -

I'm in. B-Man's first cruise in his Line ! wooo hooo (unless I go on one before this of course)

Haven't had time yet - Will do it tomorrow and post results back - Thanks guys, for all the feedback ! Cheers, PS - All I know is that when I first attempted it was a right bugger - and I'm no weakling at 6" and 105kgs.

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That's a great pic - I can understand it !! And if I can understand it, this means anyone can understand it. Thanks Man, I'll try tonight !!

Push or Pull :confused: :confused:

R33 GTS-T I'm trying to remove my parcel shelf so I can take a look at the strut tower - And to see what's involved in removing standard speakers. For this, it looks like you need to remove the rear seat - (seat & back) - Now, I know there are 2 x 10mm bolts that hold the seat down, but the damn thing still wont' come out - I'm sure there is a trick to this - Can anyone help ?? Thanks,

Is it possible to link events to the date of the event in the calendar ????? I'm sure this would be helpful ?? Cheers,

Nope, I asked to see the old ones, but the mechanic just said - ' Mate, I didn't take them out, I just put the new ones in.' I don't remember what they called the bushes, but I can describe them: Not just a rubber bush, More like a control arm with an oil filled bush attached to the end, encased with metal. Like a very large eye bolt with the bush at the end in the circluar bit. ----O

I'm coming for a look see - Not running cause I've only been driving my Line for a day !!!!!!!! Cheers,

OK, it's the morning now and I drove my car to work so I am Happier now !! Here's the saga (*Note there's no blame here, all that happened yesterday was just BAD LUCK ) The Compliance workshop rang me up the day before - to let me know my compliance plate has arrived from Canberra - Cool, I'll be there first thing tomorrow - Shouldn't take to long so , I'll hang around until while it's being done. Got up early to beat the traffic into Fairfield where the Compliance workshop is (from Harbord) - Today (yesterday) was the day I was getting my Line registered/complied etc. Got to workshop at 7:45. Workshop guys rocked up at 8:00. Had the compliance plate and Chassis # rivitted to the car by 8:30 - Beauty I thought, this is going well, just gotta get a blue slip , then go down to the RTA to get plates and rego - another hour tops...........(Nah). Now, because the Compliance Workshop is also a car dealer - The blue slip and unregistered car inspection was done at an RTA authorised inspection station , which happed to be a Service Station with a workshop. Took it down there at about 9.00. Waiting , Waiting, Waiting. Three rego checks go thru before they look at my car, even though I got there first. Finally at 10:00, they started on my car. The bloke said to me - 'these imports go thru easy, nothing much goes wrong with them' - Cool, I thought. So 40 mins later , after they had hoisted the car, checked all the engine, chassis, VIN numbers and identification, did all the standard tests - They put it on this electronic, digital brake and suspension testing machine - They drive it at about 10kph then whack on the brakes and the machine measures for suspension movement etc. The bloke says to me - Your front suspension bushes are gone - He says 90% of skylines have this problem - They are oil filled, and tend to break - ( I thought to myself, OK, why didn't you pick that up when you looked underneath the car) Anyhoo - The bloke said I would have to come back when they are fixed and failed my Bluey. (Great......) I asked him if he could fix them today, as I had come from Harbord and had no lift to get back and I wantd the car registered today. So he made a few calls and got back to me - He said that he could do the job today - will cost $310. So we made a deal that he passed the Bluey based on the fact that he was going to fix the bushes. They gave me the paperwork and told me to go get a greenslip and then go to the RTA to get Rego done. Now, I went back to the compliance workshop 'cause they were organising all the Greenslips and Rego. By this time it's about 11:30. The blokes at the compliance workshop said - sweet, just gotta get the paperwork for these other 3 cars, and we will do everything at once. Usually the workshop can do an online greenslip, but because of all the insurance fuss recently, they can't do this now - So off we trot to Dodgy Joes insurance brokers - Got all the greenslips done - Off to the RTA. Got to the RTA - The bl00dy RTA computers were down - So they told us that would ring back when they are up again. OK, go back to the Inspection workshop to pick up my car. Waiting, Waiting - Finally finished. RTA still hasn't called, so I walked around Fairfield for a bit . 3:00pm they called - All the computers are back online. Cool !! Rock up to the RTA - Sorry Sir, there is a problem with your Blue Slip !! (ahhhhhh). Because the inspection station had written the Blueslip out in my name - not the dealers/compliancers, an additional RTA inpection will be needed - Next available spot is Monday next week in South Penrith - Ahhhhhh - The whole point of going thru the dealer/compliancer is to avoid an RTA inspection - Ahhhh. So I says to the RTA girl - So , can you gimme an interim Registration ???(blinking my eyes at her, using my boyish good looks and charm) - She checks with here supervisor - YEP !! 4:30 - Got out of the RTA with my plates and my interim rego label. Went back to the dealers - Another hour of paperwork, rego transfers, etc - 5:30 I was all done and out of there. Driving home, my Boss rings up - I say to him 'Sorry I took so long today getting the car done, it was one of those days' - 'That's OK, he said, you can come in now and do some work' So I go into work do 3 hours worth of work. Took an hour to get from Fairfeild to Castle Hill. At 9:45 I finally got home...........But I am on the road - sort of !!! /end of saga

FOLKS - BIG NEWS !!!! I'm on the road !! After a full day of Blue Slips, RTA, Replacing Front suspension Bushes, waiting for RTA computers to come online.....etc, etc At least I have plates and Interim Rego - Gotta go to God Dam South bl00dy Penrith for an RTA inspection now. Well, at least I'm mobile again and able to enjoy the LINE !!!! For anyone who is importing - This was the worst day of my import process- Everyhting that could have gone wrong did just that !!! If you really want to know the nitty gritty, I can post - but not now. I am too tired, angry, disapointed to be stuffed @!!! Cheers, Cheers !!

Message on behalf of a friend: For Sale: 1992 R32 GTR - Gunmetal Grey Twin Turbo, 4 Wheel Drive GTR Mags Climate Control 5 Speed Immaculate Condition $30,000 Here's a Pic - http://www.autodisposals.com.au/cars/greygtr.jpg email: [email protected]

So, I count 22 starters so far. That's a pretty good response I reckon. Here's the list as at now: red900ss Buster brendanf kjb_r33 Duncan ONARUN Southo Shell XrSiSt kil41t Doctor ceral_jacques ndr YO880 Majanal PranK |hype^| Roy croat carlo 2rismo sidewaymambo Edit: And KamakazeR33 23 Starters

No, not adjustable or anything (Damn Hard though) - The shock part of it is Orange and I they are called Viper Street somethings - Looks like you can undo the top of the strut tower and remove the shock cartridge (As you can tell I have no idea what all this stuff is called) Anyway , it didn't look to difficult to get at so I might pull them apart, clean everything , make sure all the rubbers are OK, test the shocks. Dunno what to do if the shocks need replacing as there would be no Tanabe spares in Aust hey ? Maybe someone else make a shock that is the same ??

Ripped wheels off tonight - The shocks are Tanabe? (never heard of them??) - Looks like the rubber boot that is meant to go over the main shaft of the shock has perished. Don't know if the shocks are any good or not - So I WD40'd the lot - The noise is better, but still there. I might take it down to Pedders or another suspension shop = see what they reckon. Recomendations for suspension shops in Sydney ??? Cheers/

Mooks - what's your latest ETA ?? Still lthe 3rd ???

Thanks for that - I'll rip the wheels off on the weekend ! Cheers

Guys, I have asked the Admins/ Moderators if SAU wants to endorse a letter. Please do not mention SAU in any letters that go out to media, without consent from the SAU comittee's - Feel free to write in and express your own personal opinions. But , lets leave the SAU board/comittees to make a decision on whether or not to write in seperately. Thanks,

It's all taken care of my friend - Just gotta whack those compliance plates on and I am home free - I'll be drivin outa the RTA with Rego, and new rubber to burn !

Dood - I have my car - I just can't drive the 8astard ! I'm just waiting for friggin Canberra !! 7 Days mate - and it will be on the road !!! That makes it middle of next week !! Good luck with your's Mooks - It's like being an expectant father !!!

I'll be polishing my line - sitting there with my can of autosol - preparing the stainless steel rear muf. Thinkin' and Deamin' of the day the 8loody compliance plates arrive from 8loody Canberra !!!

People, we all know that it is not a GTR in the photo - But it is a Skyline - Hence the repurcussions with/from the not so educated public that now think : a) All skylines (what ever models) are hoon cars B) All skyline owners are hoons and break the law often Now for the intangible outcome of the story: a) Insurance Premiums for Skyline owners will go up B) Police will be pulling over every Skyline for what ever reason Bottom line is : The article is not good for our hobby/pleasure/club/forum/image. (let alone for the poor 8astard that died) So lets all be careful out there. There's a time and a place for everything.

See article here : http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bfaulds/R33.../scanimage3.JPG

Large Articile in today's telegraph about this - With Pics of the R31 (i think) wrapped around a concrete telegraph pole. Very bad Karma. The 19 year old was doing > 150kmh, racing a honda in Rockdale. The article goes on about Jap Performance cars and how they are Weapons. I think this wil be a very damaging for the reputation of Hi Po Imports/Jap Cars. So everyone BE CAREFUL - Keep racing to the track !! RIP another Skyline and (idiot) Skyline driver.