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Well its been about 18months I have been without a car... Having sacraficed my beloved R32 to start my business. Well its all been worth it, because today I bought my first "Business Vehicle" a Series 1 Stagea RS4. Something I have been dreaming of for 18 months! :pirate:

Anyway here are some Pics. She is pretty Stock except for cat back exhaust and Tein Coilovers - which are suprisingly a very comfy ride, no where near the harsh set I had on my Skyline.

Cheers,

Ben.

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Thanks guys,

I guess my first newbie question is, do i need those stupid looking twin aerials on the roof? and is it difficult to pull them off as they look stuck down with some tape or glue, is it likely I will damage the paint doing so?

Oh and no I dont have a TV in there, just a japanese radio that looks stupid and doesnt pick up due to the limited FM frequencies. I will be upgrading the headunit this week.

Thanks guys,

I guess my first newbie question is, do i need those stupid looking twin aerials on the roof? and is it difficult to pull them off as they look stuck down with some tape or glue, is it likely I will damage the paint doing so?

Oh and no I dont have a TV in there, just a japanese radio that looks stupid and doesnt pick up due to the limited FM frequencies. I will be upgrading the headunit this week.

Pretty sure they do come off.

Also a band expander will allow your jap radio to pick up our FM frequencies. But if you're replacing the headunit anyway then you'll be fine. You may however need a converter to connect the aerial to fit the new head unit (if you're installing it yourself). Most car audio places stock these. I needed one of these to fit a new head unit to a nissan silvia - so I'm just assuming that all jap cars have the different aerial plug (2 small prongs instead of the one bigger one we have here in aus).

Thanks guys,

I guess my first newbie question is, do i need those stupid looking twin aerials on the roof? and is it difficult to pull them off as they look stuck down with some tape or glue, is it likely I will damage the paint doing so?

Oh and no I dont have a TV in there, just a japanese radio that looks stupid and doesnt pick up due to the limited FM frequencies. I will be upgrading the headunit this week.

I had the same probs. There is a thread somewhere "Getting Rid Of Stickey"

If you havent got a long strong thumb nail, I can rent you one for the job. Mates Rates of course.LOLLOLLOL

Oh, BTW, It's a great looking car. Good choice.

:pirate::O:O

im pretty sure they will just pull off or carefully pry them off as mine went missing between me buying my series 2 and it ariving in brissy for compliance.i got the sticky stuff of with a little patientce and used petrol to slowly disolve the glue it took couple hrs but you would never know they were there now...........regards mike............

Thanks,

But are they R33 rims? They are pretty small, I thought that maybe they were a factory option. I prefer them to the mesh ones I have seen on most stock Stageas.

I hope to get some R33 GTR wheels on there in the future :pirate:

only if they were 17's not 16's id have kept em

(Now they are sitting in my garage with brand new tyres on them... :) )

Welcome to the nicest piece of SAU (personal opinion) Benny!

Cheers

Luke

yep they are my old wheels. Aww brings back memories.. and reminds that my current wheels are for sale......

Car sits high on those coilovers - height adjustable???

Yeah height adjustable and they have the little damping knob on top of the strut... They are pretty soft though! I havent played with the damping yet...

Im not going to adjust the ride height until I get wheels... Anyone selling some R33 GTR stockers??

Im loving my RB powered car though. The info on here is fantastic, I permanently grounded my boost solenoid as per tutorial on this forum. Only took me 10min last night :D

Thanks for all the kind words too!

Ben.

Edited by bbenny

Nice car dude....especially like the muffler...yummy ...ever want to sell that exhaust...my hand is up for first dibs

I just replaced my volk vs-xx with a set of gmax h050....and imho..these are the possibly one of the best set of wheels i've tried...not much on looks ..but soo light weight and handles like a dream...really really good steering feel.

Nice car dude....especially like the muffler...yummy ...ever want to sell that exhaust...my hand is up for first dibs

I just replaced my volk vs-xx with a set of gmax h050....and imho..these are the possibly one of the best set of wheels i've tried...not much on looks ..but soo light weight and handles like a dream...really really good steering feel.

I quite like the gmax H050, any pics of your stagea with them?

Im not going to adjust the ride height until I get wheels... Anyone selling some R33 GTR stockers??

Ben.

hmmmm selling MY wheels....

$900, 18x8.5s with 5000km old kumho ecstas. PM if you are keen on pics, no idea where you live though.

Welcome back to teh crew, nice to have another stagea driver, even if it does de-value our cars a lil bit... lol

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