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  1. If anyone really nice is in the city and has a primarily network administration / architect / security job and wouldn't mind helping a SAU member/ Uni student out I might be needing some work experience >.> Apparently I'm an engineer so I need work experience... @ RMIT Bachelor of Engineering (Computer and Network Engineering) TY!
  2. Possible to get your hands on a Hyundai Tiburon? (I know it's an odd request)
  3. Saw my first SAU skyline in Bundoora a couple days ago! Pulled up next to him at the lights in front of the the park and said hi I was so excited... Seriously, almost been apart of SAU for 9 months now and it's the first time I say an SAU sticker on a Skyline there since I got mine.
  4. If you're in Victoria and on your Ps then it's illegal for you to drive a 350z or V35... unless it's the 4 door I think? Mind you, you CAN drive a Mazda RX8... Figure that one out?
  5. <- Has an R34 25Gt. Loves it. Agrees that it costs $. Is one of the ones who had an accident and is paying for it :-( Personally I picked it up because of weird reasons. I originally wanted something real basic, about $5-6k, perhaps $9k at the most, I was actually looking at a 1990 Mercedes 190e. I was then hammered by the rents to 'spend more money and get a safer and newer car'. Basically they wanted my to spend at least $15k. I looked at falcadores and shit and wasn't too excited. Looked at the non turbo R34s, and said 'f**k it' if I'm spending that much money I'm getting a skyline. After looking for about 6 months I actually gave up, everything I drove was disgusting. I live in Bundoora and drove all the way to a yard in Dandenong take a test drive and driving them was shitful. There was more power and better breaks in my mum's Mitsubishi Outlander than some of these 25GTs I was driving, and they were asking $16-17k for them. I actually started looking for a BF XR6 with a ZF 6sp auto (stuck on auto P's for annoying reasons). One day my mates sends me a link to a piece of shit skyline on the net and I shrugged and went meh, but the next car down was a gem, mine... 65,000Km, 2001 S2 25GT coupe. $13,500. Got it checked out by state roads, they were rather impressed by its condition. Bought it 3 days later. Now, mind you, it wasn't all perfect. The back tyres are cured (hardened or whatever you want to call them, basically old), no one told me that or perhaps even realised (have plenty of tread on them). 4 weeks after buying it I did a 360 in the wet and went over a gutter, did alot of damage, and I'm still repairing some of the smaller stuff now, 9 months on. (Didn't get full comp cause as mentioned, it's just too bloody expensive, got 3rd fire and theft.) I also found out during the initial major repairs that it has a GTR front rack and pinnion which has always made me suspicious. Luckily second hand parts really aren't as expensive as you expect for an import with people like the brilliant Osaka Imports in Knox (insert advertisement money here) quite literally importing full skylines, pulling them apart and selling the parts for rather reasonable prices. Anyway, I'm back on the road obviously, a few lil nicks here and there that are apart of learning really as mentioned above but otherwise, I still love the car... Even if I am a broke full time student... SO Moral of the story... Sure, fun car, enjoyable car, but you gotta realize it's not an easy car to find in good nick (my experience) and if shit hits the fan, it hits hard. -Teir
  6. Lmao, fair enough, sounds like I'm worrying too much then. I'll just have to wait and see. Thanks.
  7. Grease leaking from the CV joint, really no way to tell till I get it checked out more, it was a side impact into a small gutter, but hard enough that I span 360 and over the gutter. Baring, ctrl arms, rack and pinnion all changed. while I'm not sure if I'll end up having to replace the diff or not, just wanting to know my options.
  8. As mentioned, R34 25GT 2001 Auto. Thinking about replacing/might have to replace my rear diff due to old damage rearing its head slowly (ongoing repairs as things show themselves), it's an auto and I just wanna know what options I have other than buying a second hand one. Thanks, Teir.
  9. Thanks peoples! (Does this go to everyone?)

  10. There you go, they just ruined Mass Effect 3. It's built out and out for the 360. Two pieces of evidence. One, the recommended spec is a dual core and a 9800GT... Two... and the worst part... It has been made to have kinect functionality... Serious disappointment... When looking at the features It should really be microphone functionality, but no, it's kinect functionality... great...

  11. Back to work on Monday, i could use the money -_-

  12. Yea... Already crashed, about 7mnths ago... Twas wet (not raining), fishtailed, did a 360, went sideways over the curb, wasn't even going fast, 50km outta the corner, accelerating and I was already shitting myself as the wheels has been spinning all the way home. Ended up replacing all the right hand steering. barings, both rack and pinnoins, possibly still need to to a baring on the left and the right hand drive shaft. When I look at them both sets seem to have the triangles pointing in opposite directions when they're parallel, wouldn't that mean that they push water though the tread differently? Thus one side gets more grip than the other? Again I'm no expert, just applying my own reasoning really. But yea, they do have an 'outside' word on them, I think it was the PZ-Xs that did, the triangles go on the outside.
  13. That page on aging is awesome, thanks for that. And yea, I know they're a JDM, Bridgestone f**king Victoria's HQ don't know shit about them, and everything on the net is in Japanese, so yea, really want to find out for now if they're directional at all for now until they're replaced.
  14. You could be a real bastard, call up a second hand parts dealer, ask them for their prices and what works, then tell them you'll "think about it"
  15. So, here's the question, are either of these directional tyres? If you've seen the previous thread you might know why I'm asking. They're the tyres that came with the car, and I'll be getting new one as soon as I can save up. Playz -PZ-1 Playz PZ-X This is one of my PZ-1, both of them are cracked like this. Any comments?
  16. I THOUGHT IT WAS TYRES! The f**kin auto correct kept disagreeing with me -_- And I guess front it is! As for pressure thanks for the tip, I'll start playing with it after I move them around. It's a 34 25gt but no one knows what the f**k the tyres are, if they're performance or not so just a matter of experimenting, thanks!
  17. Also, since I can't find anything on the net and there's no markings on the tiers does anyone know what I should be pumping my tiers upto? 255/45/17 Playz PZ-1 & 255/45/17 Playz PZ-X
  18. Well then I've been driving risking a canary for the last 6+ months. Awesome. Thanks Pedders! And to vareify as "Not a Pulsar" mentioned above, having a RWD would it be better to have the better looking tiers at the front or back? I was thinking the back as you want the traction on the running wheels.
  19. Isn't GT-t a 2.0L turbo? 25GT-t is the 2.5L turbo
  20. It wasn't the last owner, it was Pedders who put them like that after repairing some accident damage 6+ months ago. I never realized because they have practically the exact same logos on them in the same spots etc.
  21. Bit of a noob question but it needs to be asked. Just realized when checking my tire pressure that I have two different sets of tires on my car, Playz PZ-1s on the left, and Playz PZ-X on the right... Now I've been having issues with the left hand side, been thinking it was baring but Chris at Centerline in thomastown wasn't sure, said it might be tires as he was finding it difficult to get sound off the car when he lifted it. Could that actually be apart of the problem? It seems bizarre to me in the first place to put two rather different treads on either side of the car as wouldn't one side grip differently than the other? I'm going to swap the PZ-Xs to the back tomorrow at my mate's as they seem to be in much better condition, the PZ-1s seem to be cracking at the edge of the treads. Anyway, thoughts, ideas, experiences, insight? Thanks, Teir. P.S, If anyone generally knows what the difference between the Bridgestone Playz PZ-X and PZ-1s is that'd be good to know as well, they seem to both have rather different tread patterns.
  22. I actually just realized what you meant here, I was thinking something else. I don't think that's right as when they place looked at it for themselves they specifically said that they couldn't get the motor to turn, so it can't be that the motor is turning but it's not connected to the lock. Unless they're retards and the motor is turning.... Never know....
  23. Ha, even better news! After he got it back yesterday from them checking it trying to figure out the problem his stereo won't go above ~15 in volume, it just cuts out... Things are starting to get frustrating for him now, every time he brings it back there there's something new wrong...
  24. Sounds about right. As my mate mentioned they did look over the car today and found nothing, but I was telling him that I'll come over with a multimeter and have a punt myself. So! I'm looking for something on the remote lock piggybacks. We'll try and start there, thanks mate.!
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