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Guest Miss_Nismo

I am one pissed off gal right now!

Where do I start!

I bought my sick skyline in very early January from NSW, the car was unregistered at the time, however, had been previously registered with the RB25 so it was all legal, etc.

When the car got to Adelaide, Transport SA informed me an identity check was NOT sufficient and the car must there undergo an inspection for the modifications to the engine. I filled in all their forms, and they said I will hear from them in 2 and half weeks, ok almost 6 weeks after and 4 phone calls later, I finally get the paperwork. I book into regency for yesterday, which was a week and a half after I received the paperwork.

The paperwork states I need a certain size brake disc. So I ring regency, and ask them if my brakes will be a problem, explain to them the car has been registered before, is engineered in another state, and came out turbo so the brakes are sufficient, they assure me that this is fine.

I am driving around town all freaking day looking for an R32 air box, as I have an air pod and they are defectable, so I finally find one for $50 and bought a K&N filter to go in it because there was no air filter with it. So finally after a couple hours we get that to fit in the engine bay, I rip off the tint and I go to bed ready to face the next day.

Get up at 6 am, fill up all my fluids (water, windscreen wiper bottle, check oil, etc), then head down there in the pelting rain. Walk in, all is good. Pay my $65 and fill out more forms and wait to be called. Drive into the bay, the regency guys are friendly enough (surprise!) they start to check over everything.

They measure the brakes, and that is an automatic fail, they are not to size specified on paperwork. I explain I have already rang them and checked this previous, too bad, fight it out with the tech guy in motor reg next door. They check over mags, fail me on them because there are no markings to identify measurements. I thought there was such a thing as a ruler, but maybe I am just living in a fantasy world!

Walk into the rain with my failed report and pissed off fist, and walk into motor reg, argue with the tech guy, he doesn’t care, what more did I expect really! Go back to vehicle inspection; make another booking in order to get a temporary permit to drive. Go back to Motor Reg, ask to extend my permit, they will not do it. The permit ran out that day, I kindly asked them how they expected me to make modifications to vehicle as requested without freaking registration? That’s not their problem.

Leave Regency, air box is squashing air hose, car is doing bunny hopping movements whenever I go near boost. Go to see my mate at North Terrace Tyres, takes the tyres off, there are definitely no markings, must be a copy, so I take pictures and get him to right down measurements on business card.

Go to see Tilbrooks, speak to the head pimp, mark of course, inform him of my predicament, he informs me that I might have to go GTR brakes at the front to suit regency’s measurements, he doesn’t have any, JMS don’t have any, I will have to wait, of course I don’t mind cause I need to declare bankruptcy for when it comes time to pay for them.

Car is now sitting back in its hole, and I am back to playing the waiting game. Lucky I still haven’t sold my pulsar so I can burn around in that in the meantime, but what a waste, having my baby sitting in a shed in summer.

Sorry for the long long post, but I really had to get that off my chest lol.

Signing out

Mel

;)

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Thats bullshit, the brakes on an R32 GTSt are the same spec as those off a twin turbo 3 litre 300ZX weighing 150kg more. They are absolutely IDENTICAL. Its overbraked as it is (unless you want to hit the track :))

The Perth tech section seems to be much easier to deal with than Adelaide's it seems.

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Might have a spot of trouble if you're going to try and get 32 GTR brakes.

My b/f has been waiting for a set of brakes under warranty for his GTR from the car yard since last July and the guy has only been able to find rear discs so far, has not been able to get fronts anywhere..probably cos hes trying to get second handies, but you still think you'd be able to get them somewhere...not the case obviously!! New ones would probably burn a hole in the pocket!

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Mel,

What about a set of DBA upgrades? Either the R32 GT-R DBA's or even GTS-t/GTS25t DBA's? I'd get regency to give you the EXACT size requirements (thickness & dia') & have a chat to the guys from DBA.

I'd like to know why Regency decided you needed a full roadworthy inspection!? It was previously registered in NSW so it should have just been a VII (Vehicle Identity Inspection) That's all I was required to do! The engine swap was the issue obviously but how did it get registered in NSW without being engineered in the first place! Sounds a little dodgy to me!

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As whatsisname said,

speak to steve from dba (he is a guru and should be able to help)

jump onto performanceforums and go to the dba brakes forum and ask him there.

failing that (and I know your not in Sydney but I am happy to assist where I can) - give Narrabeen Brake and Clutch a call - the guys there are helping me with my 330mm upgrade to my brakes for about 2/3rds the price of other places.

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HHmm...

interesting.

I agree with whatsisname

Ask them exactly what thickness they want.

It might just be the rotors you have are just a tad under and just need new ones!

But if not the GTR brakes are well worth it.

I've got an R31 GTS-R with an RB25DET (190kw-->9psi) but it has GTR (32) brakes... and mother of god does it pull up nice.

Or.. alternatively.

Go and get another Engineers ?

shouldn't be too expensive if you show them the old one.

If the engineer is happy then can they argue much more ?

i know in Vic if you got the engineers then Vic Roads are happy with that... well that's what heppened with mine anyhow :D

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