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well RAin is forecast for friday will keep evryone posted BUT not lookin good for friday night!! 70/30 good chance of not being on. sorry guys but im not riskin it with water on the road.

I'll agree to that also. Gives myself and others here to get our cars back in proper working order :)

Yeah fair enough; I think that Id make myself unavailable as well - got 17's with 1week old tyres on, and brand new suspension setup, which Im very unfamiliar with at this stage (done 5kms on them so far).....

The car feels like a little slot-car racer now, so I really need to get used to the new feel of the Stagea; the shocks seem quite firm, and the swaybars/bushes have really tightened up the chassis, meaning that it feels SO completely different to me atm. Weird as!

With rain forecast, Id be definately wearing brown undies, so I might just sip bourbon at home this friday!

Brendan

wot did u end up getting and how much if u dont mind me asking

wot brakes did u get ... rotors and calipers

and do u have ur old 1's ;) still

haha my mate took the old discs... just got dba 4000 series slotted and bendix ultamate pads.

well RAin is forecast for friday will keep evryone posted BUT not lookin good for friday night!! 70/30 good chance of not being on. sorry guys but im not riskin it with water on the road.

yeah tru that, dry and cold only!! :thumbsup:

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wot did u end up getting and how much if u dont mind me asking

OK, nps - got Gary's (Sydneykids) group buy for the Stagea, well most of it anyway.

Bilstein front shocks, new

Bilstein rear shocks, 3000kms old, Bargain Price

Front and Rear adjustable Whiteline swaybars

Front castor bush kit

Rear subframe alignment bush kit

didnt get camber front or rear, as Im not lowering below 360mm (currently 370mm centre from wheels to the arches at all 4 corners), and Im using the standrad springs as I still need comfort for the family - a good comprimise tho.

All up that cost around $1250 by memory

Fitting cost $250, and paying a little extra to Ryan (see the Mechanic thread) for a quick 5000km service

Add in the $650 R34 GTT mags and the $800 tyres, and Ive blown my bank accoutn WAY out of the water - I redrew 2k on my home loan to get a Hiflow turbo, but got this stuff above instead! LOL :)

Tried the car *a little* tonight, geex she boots up hard around the corners now, the suspn is perfect, the Stagea's shouldnt be underrated as they handle very well for such a heavy car (read: wagon) - Im a fan.

Brendan

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I also have Bilstien Shocks in the 33, but with Lovell springs. Find that it's all good, but following someone with coilovers in the hills is a bit of a drag. The front is low enough but want the rear to sit lower, so i think i will send the rear springs to industrials and get them re set. then she might handle a little better, all in all the Bilstiens are great, not that hard(good for the family..........even tho i aint got one) but personal choice comes into it!!

The front is low enough but want the rear to sit lower, so i think i will send the rear springs to industrials and get them re set. then she might handle a little better

Nice. Maybe think about machining circlip grooves into the Bilstein shocks - thats what SK had done to the shocks, so you can manually lower the car fairly easily. Works a treat, seeing the Bilsteins have a thick sidewall

OK, nps - got Gary's (Sydneykids) group buy for the Stagea, well most of it anyway.

Bilstein front shocks, new

Bilstein rear shocks, 3000kms old, Bargain Price

Front and Rear adjustable Whiteline swaybars

Front castor bush kit

Rear subframe alignment bush kit

didnt get camber front or rear, as Im not lowering below 360mm (currently 370mm centre from wheels to the arches at all 4 corners), and Im using the standrad springs as I still need comfort for the family - a good comprimise tho.

All up that cost around $1250 by memory

Fitting cost $250, and paying a little extra to Ryan (see the Mechanic thread) for a quick 5000km service

Add in the $650 R34 GTT mags and the $800 tyres, and Ive blown my bank accoutn WAY out of the water - I redrew 2k on my home loan to get a Hiflow turbo, but got this stuff above instead! LOL :)

Tried the car *a little* tonight, geex she boots up hard around the corners now, the suspn is perfect, the Stagea's shouldnt be underrated as they handle very well for such a heavy car (read: wagon) - Im a fan.

Brendan

Brendan. What you running at the rear wheels on that thing?

"I also have Bilstien Shocks in the 33, but with Lovell springs. Find that it's all good, but following someone with coilovers in the hills is a bit of a drag. The front is low enough but want the rear to sit lower, so i think i will send the rear springs to industrials and get them re set. then she might handle a little better, all in all the Bilstiens are great, not that hard(good for the family..........even tho i aint got one) but personal choice comes into it!!"

In my personal oppinion, with the majority of the bumpy hill roads that i drive on, i would almost prefer stockies... so many people out there with susp set up way too harsh. Se for those smooth city/track roads and end up bouncing everywhere losing traction over the hills roads!

Brendan. What you running at the rear wheels on that thing?

Hi matey;

atm Ive got 160kw at the Four wheels (4wd auto) at 12psi, with a 'conservative' tune; could have had a few more, but Meh.

with larger 550cc injectors and a hiflow turbo (hopefully both at the end of this year), and a new dyno retune, Id expect 200-210awkw..... that'd be enough for me.

as it is 160awkw is nice, a few more would be nicer, along with the MVauto valve body upgrade to punch thru those gears a bit harder.

its all good!!!!! I recommend a Stagea to all Skyline lovers who have a family (yes, my dream car is a R33, but wife and 2 kids means I need a wagon that performs - hell got my bike for solo 'insane' runs!@)

Brendan

Find that it's all good, but following someone with coilovers in the hills is a bit of a drag. The front is low enough but want the rear to sit lower, so i think i will send the rear springs to industrials and get them re set. then she might handle a little better, all in all the Bilstiens are great, not that hard(good for the family..........even tho i aint got one) but personal choice comes into it!!

on suspension, i have TIEN hight and damper adj. and my rear is low and rock hard (the car hangs and throws very easily, and is very rigid) good for the SLIDE!!

as for fast cornering i would think medium height and medium damper so car will obsorb the bumps and sit niceley on corners!

VERRY ROUGH BOUNCE RIDE< LOOKS SICK THO ;)

VERRY ROUGH BOUNCE RIDE< LOOKS SICK THO

tell me about it... My ride is sitting a little high at moment... Want to drop the height a bit but then i am gointg to smash up my bumpers etc going over drains!!!!

Fact: V8 super cart ride height is higher than a standard road car height... It is just all of the body kits and other bits of plastic/carbomn fibre crap that make them look low! -- well this is what i am led to beleive

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