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What do you mean by rim depth?

^^^ The voice of experience... I had the exact same thing happen with my old 'K's Garage' online shop. So many inquiries replied to and for what? For guys (some were kinder than others) to say "heeeey, you know what? I'm not really ready to buy right now, but I'll get back to ya asoon as I am". My stuff advertised wasn't the cheapest stuff out, and I went to great lengths to tell people that. If you want so cheap no-name item, well go someplace else I don't do that stuff. But people still insisted on getting quotes for stuff that they didn't even have money for! This situation x1000 and I eventually gave up...

pentae: That was well typed up mate... the only thing I could've suggested was to omit the word 'crap' because it kinda made that part sound a bit teenager-ish. Otherwise well done. But... I can't help but imagine the retard at ACA who gets it is just gonna read over it, go "pffffft", then send it to another folder never to be seen again. Time to organise a street protest?

Yeah I can only come up with the mufflers on Yahoo... Falcon speed might be the name of the muffler only, not the company that makes them... I'm not sure. Seems very cheap for a twin-muffler system anyway.

What do they make? I haven't heard of them, but if you can give me some more info I can help.

Hmmmm... you got me thinking now. HEY! what th... you takin' tha piss??? :lol:

Yeah they could implement the '2 year Shaken' style roadworthyness schedule in Australia and tell the Police to concentrate on other (more important) things rather than defecting high and low... but would that be a preferrable situation? You've got the 'in 2 years I will have to return my car to almost standard to get it past the RTA' senario (like Japan) or; you've got the 'I'll drive my illegally modded car for as long as possible without attracting Police attention - and never have to comply to ADRs whatever if I'm lucky'... Which is better? The Japanese senario has so many wide ranging ramifications such as loewering used car values, but at the same time creating a whole new industry where garages focus on periodic roadworthy certification. Which is good? Maybe not for the end user... I remember a hooror story I was told years ago by one of my old students. She bought an EG Honda Civic for 100,000 yen off her uncle as a first car, but it only had 6 month or so to go on the shaken. The day came where she had to get her roadworthy check done and at the end of the day it cost her 150,000 yen in repairs. It's likely that she (as a woman) got ripped off badly by the garage doing the work, but even then the cost of shaken was the same as the total value of the car. It was a good EG Civic too. She couldn't sell it without shaken... well she could, but she'd get maybe half her money back, and then be without a car... lose/lose situation that she wished she never got involved in. Factor in car tax, parking fees, insurance etc and she's out of pocket big time. Maybe the Aussie situation is better for the time being...

Best reply I can come up with to that would be that we all wanna be the *only* one doing what we're doing. Actually in reality, I've met at one point or another all the car enthusiast gaijin in Osaka (well most) and they've all been really friendly guys... maybe a few were on the back foot so to speak in the beginning (who knows why?) but loosened up over time. All in all I don't have any rivalry with other gaijin here, in fact its quite the opposite. That article above seems to more focus on the people you randomly meet at bars/pubs... now thats a hotbed for rivalry if I ever saw one... and I think it all boils down to "who can get laid the most". If theres another gaijin who can speak fluent Japanese and he's on my turf... well than I don't like him... lol care to elaborate?

Sold.

Lets start some rivaly here! How long have you guys been in Japan huh? Can you speak Japanese? Huh?? Pfffft. I thought so

Nice one Poida Reminds me a little of the Photo Diary days Whats the story with that monkey??? He gave you the 'look-away handshake'!! How rude

I think all of it is true... spoken like someone with quite a bit of experience. I don't like how you lose points for marrying a Japanese though... I reckon thats worth 100 points as it is!

^^^ Thanks guys... I'm starting to feel a bit better about the purchase The front AVS rims are in the mail! Picked the rear rims up for A$60 for the pair!!!

Thnks Rylan... Btw I mentioned 'AVS rims' above there, but the pics don't show AVS rims so here are a couple of updated pix:

So's the LSD! So's the Tein HR's! So's the Field fuel controller! So's the AVS rim's!!! I'd say all that gear together - plus the car - would make it's true market value to be about $2,000!!! BAAAAAAH - GIN!!! :lol:

They're called Enkei Racing S. They come in a wide variety of offsets and widths so the center spokes piece sometimes looks a little more flat/dished than others. Quite oldskool, I think they stopped being made around '93 or '94. They're not to be confused with Enkei Racing 'Peaks' which are basically the same design (2 piece wheel with little bolts all around the rim) but with only 5 spokes. Enkei Racing S also came as a 1 piece wheel with black centers and red/blue anodized rims.

Guys this is still available. To Australia shipping is about $110. That is shipped in 4 separate boxes in order to slip through customs. I'm willing to let this go for A$1150 all up to your door.

Anyone else notice the extreme positive camber on that 180SX? It gives me some hope with modifying a CA18DET though...

RS Yamamoto's website is down... maybe they've gone out of business? Amkread have a special info page on RS Yamamoto but it's basically contact detail etc nothing of use really. RS Yamamoto are/were located in Saitama, just north of Tokyo, and they specialized in Nissan cars, also did circuit tuning, zero-yon (0-400m drag) and street turbo tuning. I've seen some of their body parts for Z31 Fairlady Z's and they look like good quality and not over the top. Thats about all I could find, and rememeber don't confuse RS Yamamoto with the go-kart company of the same name

... and now... ... the car... ... that best fits the 'WTF is that?' category... <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>The 1989 Autech Zagato Stelvio</span> Autech was originally started as a subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co. in 1986 producing limited run models and various other specialty cars (including driving aids for disabled people) and has since created a certain mystique amongst Nissan enthusiasts, not least because of Autech's various Skyline and Silvia variants. At the time in the late 1980's, Autech was trying to make a big impression on the extremely lucrative Japanese car market by launching it's first 'handmade car' - the Autech Zagato Stelvio - with the help of Carozzeria (Zagato in Italy) and Alfa Romeo. The Autech Zagato Stelvio is a true handmade car. Based on the F31 Nissan Leopard, the Stelvio came equipped with an Autech tuned VG30DET V6 3000cc quad-cam turbo engine producing (over) 280ps... as the only part of the car that wasn't extensively rebulit. An agreement between Japanese car manufacturers at that time cuased many to list '280ps' as the maximum horsepower of all their top performance cars, where in actual fact they produced 30 - 40hp more than that. Autech tuned the engine and the suspension, then the base frame, engine and suspension were sent off to Italy for the bodywork. Zagato in Milan took the base F31 Leopard frame and created all the bodywork, most striking of which would have to be the rear-view mirrors incorporated into the front fenders. Some would say that this is the ugliest part of the car, but at the same time is the cars most memorable aspect. The two 'bulges' in the roof line also point to the 'handmade' catchphrase, as this feature could've easily been omitted... but retained to further increase it's individuality. The interior boasts specially selected leathers and wood, with about every electrical gadget available in 1989. In fact, Autech originally wanted to incorporate a small hatch on the drivers side just behind the front door so that a briefcase could easily be stowed behind the front seat (not big enough for a passenger), but was left out as costs for the car spiraled upwards. The interior is finished in true Italian style, and is a statement of luxury, in contrast to the almost 'cool because it isn't' 1980's hard-edged chic styling of the exterior. As you can see, the base frame delivered to Zagato was completely bare, requiring all panels to be hand made from aluminium. Even so, due to the long list of standard features,the copious use of wood and leather and the 4-speed electronically controlled automatic gearbox (!), the total weight of the car still broke the 1500kg limit. Once the car was completed, it was given a coating of Zagato's original Red paint with no other colours available. The alloy wheels were also designed by Zagato. The final price that the Autech Stelvio commanded? An incredible 17,500,000 yen (A$210,686)! It has been said that to see a Stelvio nowadays, you'd have to be very lucky indeed, and that they could probably be had for about 4million yen at auction... less than a quarter of it's original sell price. So you see, to have a Stelvio in Japan in the late 1980's would've given you instant status amongst rich people, with a car that used Japanese know how and reliability, with the very best Italian hand made attributes... I tip my hat to you sir... The Autech Zagato Stelvio was limited to 200 cars with 3 test cars. Maker: Autech/Zagato Model: Stelvio Chassis: E-AZ1 Total length×width×height: 4370×1800×1345 mm Wheelbase: 2615 mm Unladen weight: 1560kg Engine: VG30DET Max power: over 280PS /6000rpm Max torque: 41.0kgm/2800rpm Transmission: Electronically controlled four-speed automatic Front suspension: Independent struts Rear suspension: Semi-trailing arms Tires: 225/50R16 92V

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You mean Cicada's are usually that big? Wel... I'd never seen a Cicada before I came to Japan. I'll shut up about it now

My man I swear sometimes it seems Shan and I have the same brain but I'm white and he's bleck :lol: If everyone on SAU could *get it right* and call R32/33's 'Type M's' it'd make us sound more like proper Skyline enthusiasts... /rant (so says a Silvia owner)

Christian are you still interested? I sent 2 emails but with no reply... Let me know mate please as another person is interested too, I should let him know whats happening.

One of those bastards actually made it into my apartment when I was living in country Japan (Mie-ken) about 5 years ago... I had to get the BB gun out and got him 2nd try! I was standing about 4m away. The thing just fell to the floor in an explosion of flakes...