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That sounds like a complete beast unique1!

Perth is a little far away though, and I'm sure your asking price wouldn't be in my budget. If I do go ahead with this, I'll be stripping the 5 back and selling it cheap as a stocker (it's pretty banged up). It has a shitload of goodies in it though.

Still on the fence though, I'm sure a test drive will help make my mind up, I'll have to wait for the weekend.

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I've figured out what I want now.

Black/Gray S1, I don't mind if it's AWD or RWD (I'll be pulling the shafts out anyway). I don't want leather, as I'll be changing the front seats. Already converted manual would be cool, if not I'll do it myself with a mean clutch to handle the abuse it'll get.

Taking an S2 out for a spin later today, I'm quite anxious to see what these things drive like! :D

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ive got a black rs4s - front mount, 3 inch hks exhaust, tow bar, k&n panel filter, 18 inch wheels more details in my for sale thread $13000 ono only issues are the paint on thw front bar is flaking from a stone chip, and i think it needs better brakes.

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It doesn't phase me much, as I'll be changing quite a few things on the car. But yeah, I'm not a fan of the S2 fronts, and I'd prefer an S1 front. :)

But like I said, I'll have to wait until the MX-5 goes before I do anything.

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It's offical guys, I'm a Stagea owner!

I picked up a gray Zenki DAYZ edition 2 hours out of Melbourne over the weekend.

Check out http://run-it-hard.com for info on the journey, I'll probably post a build thread up here once the ball gets rolling.

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click the flickr link on my website (top right, little icon section), theres a few photos already loaded, I was just too knackered to do the full post on the blog! and I can't get to flickr at work.

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