Teiresias

Just got my car back today after getting it fixed from going sideways into the gutter Interesting thing though, during the repair the front rack and pinion I got from Osaka imports didn't match the one I had. Apparently my 25GT has a GTR front rack and pinion. Ended up replacing it with the another GTR one but i thought I'd mention it. All that's left now is to get a wheel alignment and find out if that whooping noise is a f**ked baring, f**ked tyre or just the wheel alignment after the repairs... Chewing my nails here thinking it's gonna be the baring and another $200 part

Any recommendations for tyre places/alignment in the northern suburbs? Pref from experience.

Bright yellow R34 like Charles' on Queen's Pde Clifton Hill @ 7.30am ish turned off into Smith st.

Paid for. ^^ Ever since I saw that R34 GTR in Kingsbury I've wanted one of these stickers Get my car back in a week, and my membership soon after!

yea nvm. found it. ^^

How do you become a vic club member?

Osaka Imports in Knox ftw. I just got $1200 worth of parts from them for $550. Real nice dudes too, especially that Tom dude.

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Good news! Osaka Imports in knoxfield are awesome! Got all my parts (besides front ctrl arm) less than half the price of my original quotes and well under and other quotes i found, including SSS in the post above. Only thing left is to find something out about these bloody tyres! If the playz really are apart of the original problem I'll replace them. Otherwise I'll have to start looking at the car. Thinking about getting Adrenalins RE001, $230 ea from a place in carlton. Any advice? Are they better or worse than the Fedrals or the Falkens that Duncan mentioned?

I actually got a new quote today from SSS auto in Sydney, $200 for the rear rack. $100 for the rear upper and $150 for the rear lower. The only thing I'm missing at the moment is the front rack, need to find something cheaper. And yea, tyres are definitely changing at this stage, i don't care if i have to borrow money to do it, because i shouldn't have been spinning when i was. At the very least I think I'll get the back ones changed and get the front when i have more cash. possibly get the adrenaline RE001s. But if the ones you mentioned are good enough, w/e saves me money. But I'm not fussed. I don't want to skimp on tyres.

yea, lol that's kinda part of the deal w getting my car back, i gotta do one of those defensive driving courses. Ey, have you ever heard of Bridgestone Playz? They're the tyres on the car and I'm trying to find out more about them but I can't find shit.

I was rather cautious as it was that night, I had been spinning the wheels on the way home just coming off the lights normally. I would have been doing i dunno, 40 going into the corner, 50 coming out. Any more coming into the corner and I would have been spinning before I got there as there's only about 30m of straight before the corner, and it's lights before that. But don't worry, the thought of driving in the wet scares the shit out of me still at the moment I can't remember half of it. I remember starting to fishtail, and finishing straight but on the grass. It was only after looking at the damage that i realized that i must have spun, impossible otherwise. I can't even remember my reaction it all happened so bloody fast.

Not the Adrenalins dude, the Playz. Or are they the same thing?

Sorry to rebirth an already old thread but has anyone got any experience with the bridgestone playz? I found myself spinning heaps with them in the wet, I was wandering if it happened to anyone else?

Found a few parts, but, dude has a wrecked gt-t. The rear steering/suspension is different to the 25gt isn't it? The front control arm should be fine but are the rear control arms compatible? If so that's $40 an arm compared to $165!

Hi all. Not sure if this exactly the right spot for this topic but it seemed closest. Took me 3 weeks to damage my car. It's a 2001 R34 25GT auto coupe. Lost traction in the wet coming out of a corner. Fishtailed. Rear right got grip before the left. spun 180, went sideways into the gutter. Didn't hit a single thing, not a scratch on the car or on me. What's broken? (All right hand side) (Prices are reconed/second hand) Front lower control arm. - $165 Front rack & pinion. - $250 Rear lower control arm. -$220 Rear front upper control arm. -$165 Rear rack and pinion.- $440 If anyone can beat that, gimmie a shout PLEASE. I'm looking at $3k repair job parts included and I'm waiting for the rims to get back from being checked. Thanks, Teir. P.S. I'm in Melbourne.

My badge came off my car today, the plastic clips broke. Anyone know where I could get a new one? Or should I just look at the wreckers.

I actually tried that, thanks for the advice. Seems ok now actually. No smell. I reckon it was probably some shit fuel in the tank, i just refilled two days ago so the new fuel it probably now well and truly through the lines . It's the only explanation i can think of.

Nah it's pretty damn stock. I can smell it pretty much after i drive somewhere and i park. Usually I'll be walking away or at the boot so it's most likely from the exhaust but I am wandering if it's something of concern.

Just got a new car, I've noticed that there's a bit of a smell when I park, i can't tell what it is, once i thought it smelled like burnt oil, another time like burnt rice? It's a lil weird and worrisome. It's my first car, I'll be getting someone to look at it again, I had it checked by stateroads when i bought it. If anyone has advice it would be great.

Yea I know, I've got a few relos in Adelaide, but unfortuantely in the Nanny state we have auto Ps and manual Ps. Unfortunately I didn't have a manual car to do the test in.