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if you are going to go through the hassle and invest the time/money in buying all the equipment and products to diy, you can do ALOT better than otc meguairs stuff Gohan is on the money, i pay no attention to the types of cars that a detailer works on, but rather the quality of his work. The types of car a detailer works on is more to do with his marketing and branding - take case in point Paul Dalton who most people think is a god after watching the youtube videos. Reality is, we have many local detailers who are just as good if not better, but our local guys dont harp on about 25 stage washes and market themself anywhere near as well with exotic cars in every frame/pic, because well they dont exist in Aus in the same numbers, hence dont get the same exposure. Paul Dalton uses a Makita you can buy at Bunnings, no fancy Festool for anything like that - marketing over substance i also disagree with detailers charging more for a detail just because of the car being worked on - at the end of the day, you can have soft hard to finish clear coat on a Mazda 2, it doesnt have to be a mega dollar supercar. A local detailer quoted over 1K to detail my dad's murci (and would have ended up detailing all his supercars) and when asked why that was more than 3 times what he charged for my M3, he justified it as saying well if you can afford that type of car..... i laughed and cancelled the job. Ive since learnt to diy and cant be happier, i enjoy it as a hobby now OP like i said, get it pro detailed, go see damien at finalinspection, and then maintain it yourself as a hobby/something to do on a free weekend

Lauren have you tried looking into hiring one from a prestige rent-a-car place? Im not in Syd, so i dont know any by name, but im sure there'd be some company out there with one for hire edit! here you go, quick google search http://www.sportscarrentals.com.au/sports_...ine%20GTR%20R35

im a hobbiest detailer, so i know all the tricks what i cant understand though is why the rear guards cope so many stone chips.....is it because of the cut slicks? my car has only 4000kms and there's already small chips behind the passenger door on the lower guard lucky i clear bra'd the skirts or they'd be rooted by now

better yet, how do i remove the Hino rent a truck on a car license reversing beep

yeh i was gonna say, the stage 2 is what you want changing out the y-pipe with the oem's double cats + resonator will give you a bigger gain than changing the muffler

that's basically AAMI's way of saying they want you off their books

is the map willal provides any different to what the cobb tuning website offers for ADM cars? mid-pipe is a great mod, somewhat warranty friendly, and makes the sound come alive

what a great thread good to see the tuning kicking on here in Aus though id be happy to have stopped at page 4, and drove home with 400 awkw

no probs, just trying to help

i stumbled across this ipod kit browsing the conceptzperf store http://www.conceptzperformance.com/Cart/de...9124.176.171.32

yes, i suppose when you live in an apartment building with a dimly lit carpark, and park in an equally non-light work carpark, a camera or sensors as per your previous car would be helpful dont stress, Chris Rogers can help you out with a camera, he's the resident tech guru here

ok have just been confirmed 2010 builds and onwards (including the new facelift model) now have the chrome headlights bummer, i think i prefer the blacked out inlays, especially on the lighter colours

looks like a 2009 build, 2010 registered, to me but yep, good buy indeed and i like the de-hamburgered boot lid

Hi guys - posted this on nagtroc too as i have no clue what's going on Something's been bugging for me a while now when looking at GTR pics online vs my own car, and ive finally realised what it is Why do some GTRs have the black inlays and others have chrome??? My car is a 2010 with chrome inlays, yet other members' pictured here have the black headlights This is probably something everyone already knows about, but i havent ever come across any written info about the change eg; black vs chrome ....and my 2010 with chrome

Hi guys Has anyone removed the leather stitched lid cover on the main gauge bezel, and can tell me how this comes off? Ive looked through the ESM and cant find the info Ive worked out how to remove the gauge bezel surround, but am stuck at this lid My plan is to remove it to have recovered as per the Wald car - i already have the cf gear surround and red/black gearknob sorted This is what im trying to achieve http://www.gtrblog.com/media/blogs/gtrblog...nterior-004.jpg CF gauge bezel surround will be sourced through Titek

yeh that confirms what the US guys have found only the digital unit has the auto reverse camera option inbuilt i just received the camera kit from japanparts - super quick postage, less than a week!! unboxing it now, instructions are in japanese but diagrams make it pretty easy can do the install without removing the rear bumper, just need to thread the camera wire down to the undertray than back up into boot via a grommet ill play around with it this weekend edit* all unboxed. camera looks to be a clarion unit. pack contains alot of padded double sided tape

yeh i realised i left out that vital bit of info there for ya mate

^ the only genuine interest/feedback i get is from the non-exotic car folk who give me the thumbs up and start convo's when parked/servo etc a healthy change from being cut off and scorned at in the M3

i can confirm 2010 digital interface has it would be worth checking out the 09's from your pov

im not sure whether it's a 2010 Digital thing or whether the older analogue module has it too to enter system diagnostic menu turn car on turn radio off while holding settings button rotate the volume knob clockwise until the screen appears (takes about 30-40 clicks)

if the evo had some serious under bonnet mods i could see that happening, and especially if he's launched off the limiter the GTR has that 0.3-0.5 second of the dead pedal carpeting it off the line, which a hard launched evo could take advantage of

how about you do it and i just prod you with a stick if you're doing something wrong

this is the best i can do with my 5mp digicam, a small tripod and massive embarrassment in my apartment garage i have no idea how to use my canon dslr, reading the manual and seeing all the options is far too overwhelming - i need someone to set it all up so i can just point and shoot

mate i drive the old man's supercars with much bigger engines and think to myself what's the point GTR is serving me well as a daily, it's a great all rounder, much like my old C63 but on a whole new level in terms of acceleration and grip

very nice pics mate