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Hey all,

Well last night i got my video camera back from a mate so me and my best friend george decided to go to some private roads (those ones i showed u slip). And get a bit of footage. We tryed a few different places and gained some great footage. Final drift of the night and im about to pull over, but decided to try this one corner in revers thinkin it would be the same. Well to cut a long story short it was OVERSTEER, DRIFT, OVERCORRECT, GUTTER, FRAGMENTS OF MY FRONT LEFT MAG IN MY FACE. I hopped out of the car histerical! Kicking it screaming yelling and what not then calmed down and tryed to think of story to tell dad. Then i thought **** it ill just leave it at home and go to a mates house so i did. I didnt get a chance to check the car out as i have school today and lighting was poor.

My question is: Is the front suspension setup similar to that of the S13? I ordered a new lower control arm and radius rod which should be waiting for me this afternoon, and ill try know it over tonight providing nothing else is broken. I only ordered these parts as i could see the control arm was bent and my mate did the same thing a month ago in his S13, is there a possibilty there are more suspension components that i am yet to see? And if neone has done a similar thing, are there any other things i should check or pay particular attention too??

Cheers

John

its not the same man, let me get this right u crashed in reverse ? damn dude, u should never do silly things in reverse, specially in the dark, thats like when a car is the most uncontrollable! tough luck man hope u find the parts. check everything man!

He went round the corner in the opposite direction to what he was originally doing it in.

Good one John.

I would replace all the suspension arms, personally, if it smashed a wheel. 1-2mm out = stuffed alignment.

Get it fixed for the 5th!

hahahaha cheers for the replys guys, not in reverse slip got it right. Yeah the suspension is similar to the silvia but the skylines look much better built and stronger (haha to a point!) cars back on the road it was a 2 hour job, only had the replace the control arm and the car drives exactly the same as it used too, its booked in for a wheel this morning alignment but i dont really think it needs it.

PVA_GLUE: Drift a WHALE!!!!??? NOT EVEN, we have some awesome footage!!!!

boostimports: I go to brisbane grammar

cheers for the replys, there's still the one months wait for a new mag, and i need a new side skirt, but i spose u get that.

I dont actually have the hardware, or software for that matter to put it on the computer yet, i was gonna buy it but then i had to fix the car, haha, ill do my best to get it asap.

boostimports: stereo type me! but seriously, i worked damn hard for my car, and im not ashamed to say my parents helped me out but i still worked damn hard for it, and so did most of my friends, but yes there are those few that are lucky and did nothing for there cars, A good mate of mine has a brand new M3, but no one gives him shit for it, he's just lucky to ahve parents that are prepared to provide him with shit like that.

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