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I suck at photoshop

Here are some piccies of the day, attached. I made an entry on boobslosing with a bit of a story (http://www.boostcruising.com/journal/entry...7/yes/4031.html) if you want a read. Thanks to the chumps who organised it, and I hope everyone enjoyed the CRUNCHY PIECES OF BACCCOOONNN *cough*. Cheers to the various cooks, and thanks to the !@(*&!@# people at McDonalds who called me out to a job before I got to totally fill myself with the 15,000tonnes of bacon James brought with him Whee, dialup would be dead by now I dare say

How sk1llzed are you at replacing exhaust manifold bolts on an RB30? Assuming the manifold is a cxnt to get on and off :>

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wtf... OOR 320 .... for 900 bucks?!@# Thats just a little greedy :S The plates arent very special, not even 2 number/3 letter stylez Oops I mean "I dont have anything worthwhile to post so I wont say it all"** ** - Also not edited

How'd the dude from boobslosing go? Chance of a sale? Cause I'll be happy to relieve you of that $250 now I know its on offer Stupid me agreeing to deal "You can have this pcmcia card if you sell me car for me"... Dammit, suckered again like a chump!

Its not that people arent willing to help, its that people arent willing to help people who cant help themselves. Some like Dr Kustom, others have had bad experiences. Some like Ares, others have had bad experiences. Some like DMD, others have had bad experiences. Some like Camerons Body Works, others have had bad experiences. Thats a basic run down of every other thread you could have found by searching. kthx.

Fully.

You know what really sets those photos off? The awesome border and watermark. I'll bet some jenios did that! Also, nice avatar. ... I just want attention

Pht, "mini melv".... Its "Gimpin" dammit

wtf? Biggest cruise in qld? Never heard of the thing. Not sure why you'd want to go all the way to Tugun to cruise back either, the gold coast highway will split everyone up and cause major traffic headaches for organisers. But what would I know, I've never helped organised any massive cruises.

I went to Airlie Beach via Rockhampton and Mackay this week, and this is pretty much every photo I could find of any sort of modified car... Its a pretty dead scene up there? The white 33 was "02OOM" or similiar, the 180 was "NVD-180" from memory. Cant remember the S15's plate, but it was personalised. Sorry for the quality, but they were taken as we drove past through a dirty windscreen Plus by the time I saw the car, got the camera out and turned it on, we were basically on top of them so no time for anything tricky

Whups, I posted this in Erins nick... My bad The car already has plenty of fuel, 044, carter external lift pump, 5L(plus..?) surge tank, etc. Sounds like the big dollar item is just a more industrial strength version of the cheaper item? The wording shows they are identical, the text formatting is just slightly different. Havent got a response from Nengun yet, but its only been 48 hours (they say to allow 3 working days). I'm happy to spend the money if its a better option, but if the more expensive item had an operating range to 150psi and the cheaper to 75psi, there is no point grabbing the more expensive. If its definately more reliable, then I'm happy to waste another 100'ish dollars instead of pop the motor because of ANOTHER dicky regulator Cheers for the help.

With wados in his falcon and you in your soarer, I think I should bring the commodore Maybe everyone should bring their "other" cars too, so its everything BUT skylines. That would make me amused, if just for the fact Willis will be bringing the cappa (coolest. car. ever.)

A trip to Yeronga and you'd swear you were though. Moaris(sp?) everywhere. Playing guitar, drinking beer, punching their wives - as is my understanding, based solely on "Once Were Warriors"

I both agree and disagree with you on that I agree that aqua planing can happen very quickly and depending on the volume of water, it can be basically uncontrollable until your tires clear enough water to gain grip. I disagree that it doesnt matter how good you can drive etc. Because my van is so bloody terrible at aqua planing, I've started taking a much greater interest in the condition of the road ahead when its raining. Its quite easy to spot potential aqua plane points, although not always easy to avoid them The big ones are flowing water (accross the road due to camber/hills etc) and the "train track" effect left by heavy trucks on the road filled with water, more so than simply puddles - at least in my experience? By driving outside of the "train tracks" you can quite easily avoid aqua planing in that situation, although flowing water tends to be another issue all together. I've found the best option (in the van anyway) is to back off the accelerator as soon as you see the water coming and coast through it. Dont brake, dont turn anymore than you absolutely have to, etc. Dunno if this is the "correct" way to deal with it, but thats what I've found works the best in my HMAS Work Van (ahoy captain, set sail for the guard rail! Arr me hearties) The other thing I reckon is that wet weather definately seperates the "good" drivers from the bad! I give massive props to people who can actually drive in the wet, which is very few. The thing that makes me cranky as buggery is when people slow down on roads like the M1 (eg: a damn good road) to 90kph or less, and then tailgate - thus totally negating the positive effects of slowing down! Whats the point of slowing down to help compensate for the wet roads in your stopping distance, if you are gonna totally fsck it by tailgating? On the flipside, people who speed through 90kph traffic doing 110kph+ is also dangerous, as the constant chopping and changing of lanes simply increases your chances of hitting a car thats less visible cause of road spray etc. Just relax in the rain, drop your speed to suit the conditions (although lets face it, you could easily do 110kph on the M1 even in a blizzard its such a good road, pity brisbane drivers are so arse), leave a good 2 second following gap and go with the flow! RACQ had an article a while back that "going against the flow" (ie: going slow when others are fast, going fast when others are slow) was far more dangerous than "speeding" (ie: going faster than the little black number in the red circle) and I agree with that 100%! Theres no point being an amature policeman and sitting in the right hand lane at 80kph in the rain because you feel thats the fastest speed people should be doing.... Ok I stop ranting now

There had better be sausages.... Or else *waves fist*

Nein, although wide tires are a factor in deciding their tendency to aqua plane, even more of a concern is tread pattern. If the tread pattern is good at shedding water, you will not aqua plane as easily as a car with poor wet weather tread pattern - regardless of width. My van aqua planes with 195's, my VL aqua planes with 225's... Erins car doenst aqua plane on 255's... On identical sections of road at identical speeds (or more, the bloody hoon she is)

I was at a servo today doing a job and was having a yap to the owner about 4x4s. Shes very anti-4x4 and we were having a "sucks to you!" type conversation about how 4x4 owners are paying over $100 a tank atm due to current petrol prices. One thing she mentioned was a lady who is the "typical soccer mum" 4x4 owner (her words too ) came in complaining about how inconsiderate small car owners are. The servo chiq was like "Uhm, whys that?" and the 4x4 owner said "Because they never think to leave enough room for people like me! Why should I have to do a 5 point turn to get into a carpark because small car owners arent considerate enough to leave more room?" There are no words strong enough to express the immense amounts of disdain I feel for people like that.

For the sake of gold coast people, you should rewrite that as an FAQ! That way it can be linked to whenever someone asks the same dang questions every dang thread about going any dang where dang snabbit. Dang.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...692&postcount=8

Damn north brisbane dialect. I'll translate it into south brisbane: Also, there are many, many threads discussing performance shops. Most of them are still listed in the first page of topics!

I think a mod should make a minor change to the title of this thread

Always had great results with Mongoose. Had a total of 4 cars that have been installed with a Mongoose alarm (2 x work vans, 1 x VL, 1 x Skyline) and its worked a treat every time. Recently the siren failed on 1 of the work vans, and they came out to me and replaced it free. All Mongoose alarms are to australian & international standards + meet insurance requirements, even the bottom of the line stuff. Be wary of Viper and Black Widow etc, as only the higher end stuff meets insurance requirements. Had a brand alarm in my laser when I first got it, which is basically identical to the majority of the ones you see for sale on ebay etc. External relays, coloured wires, etc. Remote start too. Even with the alarm armed, you could just unplug the alarm module from its loom and happily start the car etc with no siren going off. Way to go awesome alarm! Chris Rogers (SoundOff) reccomends QuickTrack sat tracking over any others, mainly due to far more coverage than other networks. I've never used it myself though.

C yrus H as U nusually M oronic P rocedures ... for telling me my rhyme was bad form