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Apart from 1 broken wheel stud & 4 very loose wheel nuts (thanks to a local wheel/tyre dealer not doing them up correctly) it was most enjoyable. A certain business will be getting a friendly call tomorrow.

Todays cruise highlighted one small thing (aside from the importance of having tight wheel nuts)... I need to have a bit more tuning work done to correct the extremely rich mixtures on overrun!

Dean, the crap out my exhaust was nothing to be alarmed about (thank god) I had a good check of everything when I got home and even on the droive home all was well. I spoke to Shaun about it and he's going to do a bit more tweaking on the fuel maps.

Good to see a few new faces too.

Hey guys me and gf had a great day. Thanks for the good crusin, and good to see all u guys.

Matt: Man im so happy for u that engine is still fine, phew! Also lucky that u realised the nuts wer not tight when u wer goin slow not at higher speeds.

Anyway a new wheel stud and some tightened nuts and she'll all b good.

Anyway looks like some nice pics got taken. Take it eazy guys.

Cya

sorry I missed it guys - I am sick as a dog with the flu and in bed. Tried to kill my flu with alocomahol on the weekend in Melbourne but to no avail. Just seemed to make myself sicker :P Looked like a great group!

twas a well organised cruz congrats to those people involved

some very nice corners and long sweepers and toilet facilities were excellent he he hope to see you all again at the next one...RESTECP

Sorry i didnt make it, spent the day learning to ride motor bikes, plus the fact i forgot to set my alarm and woke up at 12.00.....so by the time i wouldve gotten ready there was no hope to make it, or should i say i wasnt prepared to pay the speeding fines i wouldve gotten catching up! lol. Looks like it wouldve been a great day though, ill get my shit sorted next time to make the next one! Might be heading down the drift day, not totally sure yet, only in the show though cos i like my body kit too much to go nuts..lol. Its on my b'day so ill just pretend its a massive party all for me! rofl.

Apart from 1 broken wheel stud & 4 very loose wheel nuts (thanks to a local wheel/tyre dealer not doing them up correctly) it was most enjoyable. A certain business will be getting a friendly call tomorrow.

After thinking back to when my wheels last were removed I realised it wasn't the tyre dealer that was at fault in regards to my loose wheel nuts! Apologies to the business involved for the incorrect assumption.

The last time my rear wheels were removed and refitted was when I had the rear guards rolled. There was two adults present at time (me and the guy who did the guard rolling) I did NOT refit the wheels, so that leaves one other person.....

On a brighter note, it cost me a grand total of $16.80 for 5 new studs and $2 for one new wheel nut. Main North Nissan stock them both.

It took me and my neighbour (apprentice mechanic at Mercedes Benz) a bit over 1hr to do the job from start to finish. We broke another stud just getting the remaining nuts off! All the studs were bent.

Moral of the story? Always check for yourself your wheels nuts are tight whenever the wheels are refitted. It could've been a very interesting sight... watching a 3 wheeled GTS25t @ over 200km/h

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