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you bitch!!!! im jealous! i was eyeing that one off myself!!! best of luck to you though :dry: the price is fine. just from when i walk around yards in japan, you can get 97 models for about 3000 AUD if they have more than 90,000ks on em. soooo unfair, i wanna take em all home with me! its like going to the animal shelter!!!!

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This Series2 is pretty cheap I thought!! Almost consider selling my S1 and buying it for the better motor! Needs another 1K spent on vin/reg/wof.

http://www.vehicleimport.co.nz/photos/carsmo273.html

This Series2 is pretty cheap I thought!! Almost consider selling my S1 and buying it for the better motor! Needs another 1K spent on vin/reg/wof.

http://www.vehicleimport.co.nz/photos/carsmo273.html

Non turbo...

Haha yeah whoops, thought it was from RS-4 title, but didn't look it in pics. How could you tell for sure? ....apart from maybe price.. :-\

Engine covers are a dead give away, they are different between turbo and non-turbo. Also intake piping is straight from the airbox, not enough pipes there.

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Luke

well that probably explains a lot...

it DOES say turbo on the j-spec link though... and i didnt think you could import the non-turbos, as they didnt meet performance / power/weight criteria or something like that?

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was drooling over my baby last nite looking at all the pics and noticed what apear to be 2 ariels at the back on the roof next to the racks.has anyone seen theese type of thing before??? hence it may have a usless jap tv lol

They are still on my car!!! I like em and wont take em off. Looks weird, looks cool, looks STAGEA

They are TV/Sat Nav Rabbit ears antenna. My S1has the remnants of the sticky shit from the D/S tape. Still dont know how to get it off without buggering the duco.

Also I guess it is why my CD dont work. Because some FW took out the Sat Nav and stuck in a stocker Head Unit.

Its my next job to fix.

Rome was not built in a day.

directed at 66yo stagea.

have you tried eucalyptus oil to get rid of the sticky stuff or even BIG KEV'S goo remover? i have found either of these to get rid of most things gooey!!

stereo is sorted for my new baby ive picked the new rims out just gotta wait for her to get here so they can fit one up to make sure it fits ok.i dont wanna get em and not fit hey.

lol, its amazing how much money you can spend doing up a car, without even seeing the car with your own eyes.

oh my god im an ebay junky lol just got the stagea owners manual

I was gonna put in bids on those items, but considering I have no funds to allocate towards them, I wisely decided against it.

mike i hope for your sake it doesnt take as looooooooooooooong as mine :D im still waiting on mine and its been nearly 12 weeks....

hehehehe and i havent stopped counting the days yet, but getting close :P

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the 28th? well thats only a couple of weeks or three away... far out. If you are anything like i was, you wont be sleeping for a few days before you get it... i think i was there to see mine a few hours before they even opened the gates. i wasnt the only one - mustve been a few cars coming over. was like a big-brother audition line up.

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