Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Hi guys,

Just letting everyone know that my R32 gts-t was stolen from Macquarie shopping centre yesterday whilst i was at work.

Its white (recent respray), standard wheels, exaust tip, lowered a fair bit, drift steering wheel, 85kms

If anyone around the area knows or see's anything, a pm would nice.

It's insured with justcars, but they only pay $10k max for theft, minus your excess. Its left me about $4k out of pocket, as i only purchased it less than 2 weeks ago.

Upgrade your alarm if you live in the area.

Cheers.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/193777-stolen-r32/
Share on other sites

That sux mate, I hope it turns up ok...

You people need to move to Canberra or something, the rate of car theft down here wouldnt even be a fraction of what apparently happens in Sydney!

Seriously how many cars are getting snatched recently! :)

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/193777-stolen-r32/#findComment-3476263
Share on other sites

SAU NSW should seriously organise something with the Police in that region.

NSW commitee should put a case together and demand to speak to someone high up in NSW police to organise a trap.

park 10 or so skylines around the car parks of macquarie, under cover cops parked in random cars near the skylines, under covers at all entry and exits to the car parks.

Catch these f*kers, do a phone book interview on them to find out who they are working for.

cause none of these cars are being pinched for themselves.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/193777-stolen-r32/#findComment-3476314
Share on other sites

Man, I park my skyline there all the time :)

but I haven't been there for about 2 months... Macquarie car park has f**k all security, and barely any cameras, even then, they aren't positioned well...

I found this out when a mates supra got keyed... twice... in two weeks...

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/193777-stolen-r32/#findComment-3476458
Share on other sites

Upgrade your alarm if you live in the area.

Oh I have, anything make the fat 'ho harder to move. :wave:

If you're interested in getting a compiled list of cars that get nicked from the Maq centre if I'll consider trying to pass that on to coppers I know, because if they're nicking skylines, chances are the regular kind of 80's and 90's domestic beaters are getting flogged wholesale.

Give us an idea of-

Level it's parked on

Security features, are they just regular alarm, no alarm, clublock or are they capable of carving through the high end 3pt immobilisers + alarm?

Time between taken

Model of car, doesn't have to be a skyline

Don't promise a result, but I can try to have someone higher up see it. Because if we can determine roughly that it's organised crime with professionals that can get through anything you put in a car, it'll get a lot more attention than random top bloke kids nicking cars for giggles because someone didn't put much of an alarm in.

Edited by MK2
Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/193777-stolen-r32/#findComment-3477035
Share on other sites

I'll GLADLY volunteer my car for the trap if it means I get the chance to beat the living f**k of the thieves.

Also people, don't give RTA the correct address when you rego your car, you never know some littel f**ker in there is giving addresses away on a daily basis, e.g. $50 a car.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/193777-stolen-r32/#findComment-3477294
Share on other sites

As i said i only purchased it a week ago, and havn't had a chance to properly look at alarm.

Ironically, there were police at the shopping centre for some other enquiry, i caught up with them and told them. They honestly could not have been more carefree about it. They scribbled down a police theft number for me to ring, and went on there merry way.... As soon as i said it was a skyline they rolled their eyes, like i deserved it or something. Useless tossers didnt evenn ask any details about it.

I spoke to centre management who informed me that its very common at the centre for cars to go missing. I asked what's been done about it....the lady said, 'what can we do?'...How about a few cameras or extra security guards. The place is gettting a reputation now, which is going to affect the centre sooner or later.

Car theft in Sydney is just passed off way to easily as 'too hard to clamp down on'. The amount of time and money the police waste on defecting cars because of bullsh!t technicalities with ride heights or air filters, they could actually start to protect its citizens from real crimes such as theft.

The bait idea sounds good, Cops impound hundreds of imports per year now, surely instead of 'crushing them in front of their owners' as suggested in papers recently, they could use them for operations such as this.

So if parking in shopping centres, remember not to park next to bomb old cars, not next to 4wds, not next to anyone sitting in a car, not near an exit, not in a corner, a pole on both sides of the car, not on the roof, and definately not in poorly lighted areas?!?!?!?!... goodluck finding that spot.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/193777-stolen-r32/#findComment-3477369
Share on other sites

Oooh dude that sucks ass seriously :D

I think i know your car though...was it parked in the corner corner of the car park...? cause i saw a white R32 with some sort of rims lowered white looked pretty nice to be honest man

I park my car at Mac Shopping center all the time i guess its just been luck i havnt had it stolen yet...BUT id donate my car to be used in a trap lol i got full compo insurence and the cars insured for 24K so ill get a nice payout if anything does happen and it gets stolen :P

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/193777-stolen-r32/#findComment-3477428
Share on other sites

firstly, bad luck.

Ironically, there were police at the shopping centre for some other enquiry, i caught up with them and told them. They honestly could not have been more carefree about it. They scribbled down a police theft number for me to ring, and went on there merry way.... As soon as i said it was a skyline they rolled their eyes, like i deserved it or something. Useless tossers didnt evenn ask any details about it.

^^^ that would have fired me up and i'd have stuck it to the f**kers. im getting pissed off just thinking about that!

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/193777-stolen-r32/#findComment-3477442
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Next on the to-do list was an oil and filter change. Nothing exciting to add here except the oil filter is in a really stupid place (facing the engine mount/subframe/steering rack). GReddy do a relocation kit which puts it towards the gearbox, I would have preferred towards the front but there's obviously a lot more stuff there. Something I'll have to look at for the next service perhaps. First time using Valvoline oil, although I can't see it being any different to most other brands Nice... The oil filter location... At least the subframe wont rust any time soon I picked up a genuine fuel filter, this is part of the fuel pump assembly inside the fuel tank. Access can be found underneath the rear seat, you'll see this triangular cover Remove the 3x plastic 10mm nuts and lift the cover up, pushing the rubber grommet through The yellow fuel line clips push out in opposite directions, remove these completely. The two moulded fuel lines can now pull upwards to disconnect, along with the wire electrical plug. There's 8x 8mm bolts that secure the black retaining ring. The fuel pump assembly is now ready to lift out. Be mindful of the fuel hose on the side, the hose clamp on mine was catching the hose preventing it from lifting up The fuel pump/filter has an upper and lower section held on by 4 pressure clips. These did take a little bit of force, it sounded like the plastic tabs were going to break but they didn't (don't worry!) The lower section helps mount the fuel pump, there's a circular rubber gasket/grommet/seal thing on the bottom where the sock is. Undo the hose clip on the short fuel hose on the side to disconnect it from the 3 way distribution pipe to be able to lift the upper half away. Don't forget to unplug the fuel pump too! There's a few rubber O rings that will need transferring to the new filter housing, I show these in the video at the bottom of this write up. Reassembly is the reverse Here's a photo of the new filter installed, you'll be able to see where the tabs are more clearing against the yellow OEM plastic Once the assembly is re-installed, I turned the engine over a few times to help build up fuel pressure. I did panic when the car stopped turning over but I could hear the fuel pump making a noise. It eventually started and has been fine since. Found my 'lucky' coin underneath the rear seat too The Youtube video can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLJ65pmQt44&t=6s
    • It was picked up on the MOT/Inspection that the offside front wheel bearing had excessive play along with the ball joint. It made sense to do both sides so I sourced a pair of spare IS200 hubs to do the swap. Unfortunately I don't have any photos of the strip down but here's a quick run down. On the back of the hub is a large circular dust cover, using a flat head screw driver and a mallet I prised it off. Underneath will reveal a 32mm hub nut (impact gun recommended). With the hub nut removed the ABS ring can be removed (I ended up using a magnetic pick up tool to help). Next up is to remove the stub axle, this was a little trickier due to limited tools. I tried a 3 leg puller but the gap between the hub and stub axle wasn't enough for the legs to get in and under. Next option was a lump hammer and someone pulling the stub axle at the same time. After a few heavy hits it released. The lower bearing race had seized itself onto the stub axle, which was fine because I was replacing them anyway. With the upper bearing race removed and the grease cleaned off they looked like this The left one looked pristine inside but gave us the most trouble. The right one had some surface rust but came apart in a single hit, figure that out?! I got a local garage to press the new wheel bearings in, reassemble was the opposite and didn't take long at all. Removing the hub itself was simple. Starting with removing the brake caliper, 2x 14mm bolts for the caliper slider and 2x 19mm? for the carrier > hub bolts. I used a cable tie to secure the caliper to the upper arm so it was out of the way, there's a 10mm bolt securing the ABS sensor on. With the brake disc removed from the hub next are the three castle nuts for the upper and lower ball joints and track rod end. Two of these had their own R clip and one split pin. A few hits with the hammer and they're released (I left the castle nuts on by a couple of turns), the track rod ends gave me the most grief and I may have nipped the boots (oops). Fitting is the reversal and is very quick and easy to do. The lower ball joints are held onto the hub by 2x 17mm bolts. The castle nut did increase in socket size to 22mm from memory (this may vary from supplier) The two front tyres weren't in great condition, so I had those replaced with some budget tyres for the time being. I'll be replacing the wheels and tyres in the future, this was to get me on the road without the worry of the police hassling me.
    • Yep, the closest base tune available was for the GTT, I went with that and made all the logical changes I could find to convert it to Naturally Aspirated. It will rev fine in Neutral to redline but it will be cutting nearly 50% fuel the whole way.  If I let it tune the fuel map to start with that much less fuel it wont run right and has a hard time applying corrections.  These 50% cuts are with a fuel map already about half of what the GTT tune had.  I was having a whole lot of bogging when applying any throttle but seem to have fixed that for no load situations with very aggressive transient throttle settings. I made the corrections to my injectors with data I found for them online, FBCJC100 flowing 306cc.  I'll have to look to see if I can find the Cam section. I have the Bosch 4.9 from Haltech. My manifold pressure when watching it live is always in -5.9 psi/inHg
    • Hi My Tokico BM50 Brake master cylinder has a leak from the hole between the two outlets (M10x1) for brake pipes, I have attached a photo. Can anyone tell me what that hole is and what has failed to allow brake fluid to escape from it, I have looked on line and asked questions on UK forums but can not find the answer, if anyone can enlighten me I would be most grateful.
    • It will be a software setting. I don't believe many on here ever used AEM. And they're now a discontinued product,that's really hard to find any easy answers on. If it were Link or Haltech, someone would be able to just send you a ECU file though.
×
×
  • Create New...