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A big ROR at those 2 in the same car.....that's like Ruby & Rhys going fishing together on a quiet Sunday afternoon. :D

Skaifey should've rigged his car to explode straight after the last lap cause Murphy reminds me of a couple of douches :D

lololololol

Yeah.. giving it a good high pressure hose down.. but i was a couple of feet away (like I usually am) and the paint just flew off.
Same thing happened to mine, took it to dazzlers after I'd got it... it had a couple of existing chips but when the sprayer hit them they flaked open

I wouldn't naturally assume its the ex owner, could have easily been someone in japan or any prior owner..

Well I took my mums VZ commodore to a carwash cafe. They used a pressure hose and paint flaked off on the door handles a little bit. This is on a 1 owner car that was just over 3 years old.
same thing happened to me with the high pressure hose flaking more paint away from a small crack in my front bar. i have never washed my skyline at those car wash joints since then. Those foam brush broom things are terrible too

+1 to all the above stories. My grey GTR rear spoiler had a little bit of paint flake off due to the high pressure hose. Every time I washed the car from then on a little bit more would flake away whether I used a sponge, the brush or hose. Remember that Japan's climate is harsher on paint than ours (snow, cyclones etc) and both my cars sat on the docks for extended periods before they could be brought into Australia.

I still use the high pressure hose but I take a bucket and sponge and use Soft Wash Gel rather than the brushes - just means that I always have to wash the car at night.

+1 to all the above stories. My grey GTR rear spoiler had a little bit of paint flake off due to the high pressure hose. Every time I washed the car from then on a little bit more would flake away whether I used a sponge, the brush or hose. Remember that Japan's climate is harsher on paint than ours (snow, cyclones etc) and both my cars sat on the docks for extended periods before they could be brought into Australia.

I still use the high pressure hose but I take a bucket and sponge and use Soft Wash Gel rather than the brushes - just means that I always have to wash the car at night.

I use the high pressure hose but from maximum distance - I never use the brushes because 4wd owners have a tendency to scrub mud off with those brushes and not rinse them - that aside, the brushhairs are rather coarse and can scratch the better paintjobs out there...

in either case, i've found that elbow grease of some sort is required...

i use the pre-soak at dazzlers, wipe it down with a chammois to get rid of the brake dust, exhaust dust and assorted grit

then the soapy high pressure hose, and use a flannel with either some degreaser or bam to get rid of the stuff that is stuck to the paint... then i rinse it down, apply a hot wax and then rinse it off with the spot free finish

its very frustrating when your paint flakes (and it can happen with a hand wash too) but from what I've read, most japanese based resprays are done on the cheap because the owner is simply trying to get rid of the car

-D

Looks porn Dave!

I wash my car in my driveway, using a hose, bucket and meguiars lambswool wash mit. Before I get dobbed into SA Water, come take a look at my 3X 24,000 litre rainwater tanks. :D

Ive never used a self serve carwash on any car Ive owned, and Ive never put the R32 through a auto one.

the rims say yes.

the spoiler says no.

possibly lacking front lower lip? still hawt rims and car combo

haha, many people seem to share that opinion. but the spoiler sorta works with late 90's thing ive got going on, when factory aero and mesh wheels were cool.

makes the rear end a helluva lot more stable at speeds aswell.

but yeah, its missing the front lip. trying to find one, and i aint buying new from nissan, $500 for a lip is retarded.

the rims say yes.

the spoiler says no.

possibly lacking front lower lip? still hawt rims and car combo

i dunno mane i quite like the spoiler... looks diff to the stockers you see out there without the spoiler

i reckon if it was curved more and slightly lower to the boot it'd look better, but i cant fault the look of that car

red ones go fast

-D

front lip would be a win for sure, spose its SA so you can go too over the top but moar low w/ lip scraping on ground would get me wet. no lie.

lol, its plenty low as it is. scrapes on everything. but yeah, definitely want a front lip, only thing im not 100% satisfied with.

i dunno mane i quite like the spoiler... looks diff to the stockers you see out there without the spoiler

i reckon if it was curved more and slightly lower to the boot it'd look better, but i cant fault the look of that car

red ones go fast

-D

haha, its funny, up until a couple days ago, i owned 2 of 6 of those wings in aus.

Car is almost all ready for inspection. Changed all suspension arms over - Caster, front and rear camber, traction arms, coils, toe arms, removed cage and put stockies on the front.

Just stuck on removing this boss kit that isnt moving :D wheel is off but bosskit is stuck. After that just need to wire up a rear eye level brake light and put back seat in.

Hope i can get it cleared by the end of the week.

All good mate. Just makes me do things i wanted to do already to the car alot faster. Now all the suspension it out i can clean it all up makes sure there all working properly. Just little things i need to fix like the front window tint, its 35% and needs to be 70% and wire up a eye level brake light.

After that i'll take it outside, all wheels off and high pressure everything. Then back on the hoist for one last inspection.

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