What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[Commsman]

Is it ever done? That sounds too final

Is the grill staying or stock one going back on?

I agree - looking good

[WAGON_BOY]

I'm starting to lean that way!

thank fark!!! LOL

[S T A R 3 3]

Colour code those flares and skirts!

+1!! Looks great..

[Ross]

Coilovers installed.

[Rudi_ARX-TURBO]

Nice ride.

[Jetwreck]

Coilovers installed.

Nice ...and nice ride height

[StageIan]

Got me one of these....... Aha yes I did

Will be a while till its on, as I'm waiting till I see my knee specialist at the end of the month. My last visit was..........lets just say less than encouraging.

Still, I'm soooo happy I bought it. :woot:

[StageIan]

Coilovers installed.

Looking good Ross

[Jetwreck]

Got me one of these....... Aha yes I did

Will be a while till its on, as I'm waiting till I see my knee specialist at the end of the month. My last visit was..........lets just say less than encouraging.

Still, I'm soooo happy I bought it. :woot:

Nice.....I like it!

[joshm35]

Bought and replaced.all old and broken plastic pop clips in engine bay and front bar.

[rb26stagea]

Detailed mine, and put it under a car cover again (sigh... I wish I had a garage: that way I could actually SEE the car when its not in use!). Pretty sure I'll be whipping the covers off again soon: the weather's starting to get nice and chilly again!

[impul535w]

Fitted a baby seat, must of added 80-90kw

[Ross]

Had my AFM die on me. Boosting up a hill the power just cut out completely, it would barely idle and wouldnt rev. Fortunately i managed to limp the car home by disconnecting the AFM.

Fearing an expensive replacement was on the cards i soaked the AFM with some contact cleaner, let it sit over night and then tired it out in the morning. Amazingly the engine started up great, idled perfect and drove fantastic. In fact its driving better then ever, i went on a 100km drive this arvo with a whole bunch of blasts of the throttle. Fuel consumption is better and revving feels a lot smoother.

I'd recommend giving your AFM a clean even if its functioning well. Next weekend i'll try cleaning the wife's V35 AFM which is working fine to see if it shows an improvement

[MOUTH]

Serviced the car last night, oil (trying ULX110), filter, replaced belts, air filter and spark plugs (NGK)...... My car had a slight miss under big load and my economy was pretty average (6/7km per litre) One of my coils was covered in oil (the side that I had my rocker cover gasket changed under warranty) .......needless to say I was pretty impressed. Also I had 3 different kinds of plugs in the car NGK Denso and some wierd jap one WTF, all finger tight (washers on bottom of plugs werent even crushed)

[scotty nm35]

Wat? Your kidding, dealer serviced?

Thats a job I would be doing myself, so you can check the plug tubes are clear of oil. They wouldn't even tell you by the sounds of it...

[MOUTH]

Wat? Your kidding, dealer serviced?

Thats a job I would be doing myself, so you can check the plug tubes are clear of oil. They wouldn't even tell you by the sounds of it...

I service my car but haven't done the plugs until now.....I am a qualified mechanic, but when the car was in warranty period (3 months) I got rocker cover/ srs light/ swaybar links/ disc machine blaa blaa done, As I figure I am paying all this money, I am not working on my daily when I don't have to.....

Also when I got it onto the hoist i have noticed I have a couple of very bald (camber) rear tyres and most of my bushes in the front need replacing, so at last I have a reason for changing wheels and tyres instead of the chrome gayness. Will also be needing bushes ASAP

[ironpaw]

Nice ...and nice ride height

Damn...that baby blue stag just won't die!!!! Ghost of cam's car...

[MOUTH]

Now just talking to the guys that did the warranty work. They did the outer rocker seal and the inner isn't serviceable (around the spark plug tubes) and you need to buy a new rocker cover or sealant the shiz out of it and cross your fingers? I take it they warp?, anyone had this problem before? Someone has had a go at the sealant already (as one of coils also had sealant on it).....

[scotty nm35]

I did it but I wouldn't recommend using too much sealant in there, probably best to find another rocker cover, new if possible, but they were over $200 I seem to remember and would have to come from Japan. The plug tube seal isn't replaceable.

[MOUTH]

I did it but I wouldn't recommend using too much sealant in there, probably best to find another rocker cover, new if possible, but they were over $200 I seem to remember and would have to come from Japan. The plug tube seal isn't replaceable.

Awesome.......I wouldn't bother with a second hand rocker as mostly likely would have/will warp.....I am getting a few quotes on rockers covers now..... but this is money I would rather be spending on suspension or exhaust or on my race car......

Will report back with quotes

Edited May 8, 2012 by MOUTH