The Bad Bits

[66yostagea]

Black cluster. (S1)

No dimmer control. Lights piss weak.

In my R30 you can control the power windows AFTER the ignition has been turned off. That was the crowning glory of the R30 and why I have had four of them and still have two.

Arm ripping location of oil filter. Now have relocation.

Apart from the above the Stagea is PERFECT.

[pyro-ns]

i take it this is going to be similar to the good bits thread?

if so:

The STUPID top facing intake manifold - Lets make the most basic of all service procedures take 15 times longer.

The plastic bung in the rad that requires a screwdriver to open *facepalm*

[Tangles]

S1 auto not tiptronic

all turbo's across the range C34/M35 should have been garrett gt3076-spec from factory

S1 ecu modifiable without the need for a 48pin-84pin chip adapter to house the remaped chip

S1 and S2 should have had silvia s15 JDM 450/480cc injectors standard

S1 and S2 swaybars should have been thicker

think thats about it, along with the above comments

[66yostagea]

Yep Tangles but was thinking more along the lines of generalities in design, rather than performance.

If you throw ten grand at a Stag it will go like a 911, but the effin windows still wont close unless you turn the key on.

Why did Mr Nissan do away with this feature?????

[_Ryan_]

stock seating position.

my wage.(traineeship) and therefore selling stagea as two cars leaves me with little spare cash

[Tangles]

Yep Tangles but was thinking more along the lines of generalities in design, rather than performance.

If you throw ten grand at a Stag it will go like a 911, but the effin windows still wont close unless you turn the key on.

Why did Mr Nissan do away with this feature?????

I know, and I still reckon the Stagea should have come with a bigger turbo and definately fatter swaybars

[mid life crisis]

they prob need a bigger turbo and sway bars to haul your big arse around in mate :-) how ya going cobber

[rb26stagea]

Wing mirror and front shock towers prone to rust.

Cost of manual centre console ($2k or so, if you go genuine)

sun visors that look like crap as soon as they're a few years old

weather strips that break easily and are almost impossible to get replacements for.

no bi-fold console lid in S1

Dayz side skirts always seem to go misshapen near the rear wheelarch

That said, I always found my (S1) headlights to be very good, and I didn't mind the standard seating position (but my recaros sit a little lower, and it is significantly better)

[rb26stagea]

front guards under wing mirrors and front shock towers prone to rust.

Cost of manual centre console ($2k or so, if you can get one)

sun visors that look like crap as soon as they're a few years old

weather shields that break easily and are almost impossible to get replacements for.

no bi-fold console lid in S1

Dayz side skirts always seem to go misshapen near the rear wheelarch (end cap pops out)

That said, I always found my (S1) headlights to be very good, and I didn't mind the standard seating position (but my recaros sit a little lower, and it is significantly better)

[pyro-ns]

if it's design faults you want, the clock on the dash is further away than it should be and there's not many practical spots for gauges, lol, although i doubt that's what they think of when they're designing a car

front guards under wing mirrors and front shock towers prone to rust.

Cost of manual centre console ($2k or so, if you can get one)

sun visors that look like crap as soon as they're a few years old

weather shields that break easily and are almost impossible to get replacements for.

no bi-fold console lid in S1

Dayz side skirts always seem to go misshapen near the rear wheelarch (end cap pops out)

That said, I always found my (S1) headlights to be very good, and I didn't mind the standard seating position (but my recaros sit a little lower, and it is significantly better)

!!! i thought that was just ours! the wife's stag looks like somebody's just stuck a dayz kit on it (missing the rear of it though) and i thought it was just poor fitment, haha.

Edited July 24, 2009 by pyro-ns

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

Strut Tower plates should of been sealed properly and rust treated from factory !!!!!

FARKING!!

[BensDR30]

Already mentioned, but:

+1 on the window controls

+1 on the door rust

+1 on the dimmer (or lack thereof)

+1 on the oil-filter location (and subsequent farkin mess...)

The biggest problem is that Nissan never imported them here, so we've all had to wait 5+ years to get hold of one...

[lachlanw]

stupid rust on strut towers

not enough leg room

no remote start on manuals (dumbest f**kin idea ever)

shit hack single core radiator (slack f**ks )

wtf doesnt it have 4 pot brakes standard ( i have more power standard and more weight than a skyline so why the 2 pots)

space saver that is too small and upsets atessa

odd ball standard tire size on 17s on rsfour s

stupid f**kin hicas rack that the motor points straight down under the diff and gets ripped off when a 33 gts25t one bolts straight on and is way up out of the way

front sunroof doesnt open f**k all

they way my enging runs 10 psi standard but they havent tuned ecu f**k all so with an exhaust and intercooler and the boost turned down so it still only runs 10 psi and it runs rich as and pulls timing

back seat base is nothing more than a big wad of seat shaped foam

no factory oil cooler (r34 gtt got one . wtf didnt i )

thatll do for now

[lachlanw]

oh and i hate the orange backlit gauges . yeah have an rs four s . i recon they shound have givin it more than just hicas

[Daleo]

stupid rust on strut towers

not enough leg room

no remote start on manuals (dumbest f**kin idea ever)

shit hack single core radiator (slack f**ks )

wtf doesnt it have 4 pot brakes standard ( i have more power standard and more weight than a skyline so why the 2 pots)

space saver that is too small and upsets atessa

odd ball standard tire size on 17s on rsfour s

stupid f**kin hicas rack that the motor points straight down under the diff and gets ripped off when a 33 gts25t one bolts straight on and is way up out of the way

front sunroof doesnt open f**k all

they way my enging runs 10 psi standard but they havent tuned ecu f**k all so with an exhaust and intercooler and the boost turned down so it still only runs 10 psi and it runs rich as and pulls timing

back seat base is nothing more than a big wad of seat shaped foam

no factory oil cooler (r34 gtt got one . wtf didnt i )

thatll do for now

Good thing this is a car you like, I'd hate to see the list for a car you don't like...

[rb26stagea]

stupid rust on strut towers

not enough leg room

no remote start on manuals (dumbest f**kin idea ever)

shit hack single core radiator (slack f**ks )

wtf doesnt it have 4 pot brakes standard ( i have more power standard and more weight than a skyline so why the 2 pots)

space saver that is too small and upsets atessa

odd ball standard tire size on 17s on rsfour s

stupid f**kin hicas rack that the motor points straight down under the diff and gets ripped off when a 33 gts25t one bolts straight on and is way up out of the way

front sunroof doesnt open f**k all

they way my enging runs 10 psi standard but they havent tuned ecu f**k all so with an exhaust and intercooler and the boost turned down so it still only runs 10 psi and it runs rich as and pulls timing

back seat base is nothing more than a big wad of seat shaped foam

no factory oil cooler (r34 gtt got one . wtf didnt i )

thatll do for now

Tell us how you REALLY feel!

[66yostagea]

We must remember that this is a vehicle designed in a hurry in the early 90s.

[iamhe77]

Bad bits?

RS boost gauge failures.

OE turbo exhaust wheel... poo ceramic doesn't last!

That is all.

[66yostagea]

Bad bits?

RS boost gauge failures.

OE turbo exhaust wheel... poo ceramic doesn't last!

That is all.

Yes it does. If you want to flog the guts out of ANY vehicle, it has to be built to suit your bent.

I drive pretty hard on occasions. But there is a big (mental) difference between a hard (on) and a flog.

[BensDR30]

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wtf doesnt it have 4 pot brakes standard ( i have more power standard and more weight than a skyline so why the 2 pots)

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no factory oil cooler (r34 gtt got one . wtf didnt i )

thatll do for now

I must respond

The brakes are as-per C34 Laurel Sedan, but I agree that with the wagon platform, they should be bigger.

The Series 1 has an oil cooler (adjacent the filter), doesn't the series 2 have the same setup?

And, The S1 trans cooler is a bit piss-weak, but I'm sure it's fine in Japan