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Quick update.

Received this today

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Mines Triple Flow Cam Cover Baffle Plates

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Comes with sponges (to clean my dirty windows lol :P )

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and the necessary instructions all in Japanese not that it takes a rocket scientist to work out how to install them.

Great work.

I run the Nismo dump pipes (as seen above) and the 90mm Midori Ti front pipes and love the set up.

The combo you have gone for with the Mines dumps and 80mm Midori Ti front pipes will be really nice.

Thanks guys.

Those nismo r-tune coil-overs look sweet and are listed cheaply. But then again its is an auction and I'm not sure if they are totally new???

I'm actually looking at getting these for the car, but not certain if they are going to be too harsh :blink:

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Would be interesting to know the spec on the BC's? Spring rates etc?

I am running Tein Monoflex and they are definitely to stiff for street / hard street (i.e. hill runs).

When coming in hot to sharp bends it is challenging unless the surface is smooth as the car bounces around too much, causing ABS to come on and understeer to occur.

R-tunes are basically ohlins flag-r's. So after market springs etc are cheap from 'Swift springs' if need be.

Brand new retail is close to 6k a set delivered.

If need be I can arrange bidding, shipping and new springs.

Thanks guys.

Those nismo r-tune coil-overs look sweet and are listed cheaply. But then again its is an auction and I'm not sure if they are totally new???

I'm actually looking at getting these for the car, but not certain if they are going to be too harsh :blink:

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Front Spring rates are rated at 10kg

Rears rated at 8kg

R-tunes are basically ohlins flag-r's. So after market springs etc are cheap from 'Swift springs' if need be.

Brand new retail is close to 6k a set delivered.

If need be I can arrange bidding, shipping and new springs.

Thanks mate, I am keeping all options available FTM, so will let you know in case I go down that path.

Front Spring rates are rated at 10kg

Rears rated at 8kg

Forgot to mention this

C ER Series Coilover Standard Features:

- Front External Reservoir

- Front Pillowball Top Mount

- Rear External Reservoir

- Rear Pillowball Top Mount

- Twin Piston Design

- Separate Compression & Rebound Adjustment

- 30 Level Damping Force Adjustment

- Full-Length Height Adjustment

- Anodized Alloy Casing

- CNC Machined

- T6061 Alloy Locking Ring

- Monotube Design For Maximum Performance

- Fully Rebuildable

- 12 Month Warranty

Ants, have you considered the German KW Suspension?

http://www.kw-suspensions.eu/int/kw_variant_3.php

Not sure on pricing, but plenty of top level motorsports teams use them, and have seen plenty used on the Hillclimb stuff too. Something that I'll be looking at when my current RG coilovers fail (which they're beginning to do) in my Silvia.

So lately I have been focusing on the cosmetics of the car which I must admit is pretty shifty :unsure: as I actually put the bodykit myslef many years ago whithout really knowing how :whistling:

So firstly the LHS sideskirt needed to be put back on which looked like this

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Its a one peice fibre glass copy of the N1 sideskirts which are actually pretty nice (if fitted correctly)

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I off course I gave them a good clean first, then trial fitted them to ensure that I did not have to mak any adjustments to the sideskirt which is a critical step to undertake if you want the bodykit to fit perfectly

Now the fun bit :yes:

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I applied some Sikaflex 227 adhesive on the side skirt using this. It is important to have a good gun and this actually was quiet exy but worth while (notice to nozel saver, is good to have if you don't want the adhesive to dry out on you)

Then the not so fun bit....

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To ensure that sideskirt sits absolutely flush I had to secure with clamps but trying to find a spot to clamp where the rear seats and the N1 skirt lies was really hard but I managed.

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Here you can see that there are no gaps between the sideskirt and the main body of the car

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After a couple of hours once the adhesive has hardened I took clamps off and here we go.

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here you can see how well the side skirt fits and sits perfectly

I will need to do the right hand side but will most likely to do after the car has been tuned

Now I also wanted to fix up the rear pods and I started with rear RHS pod which used to look like this

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you can see that it does not sit flush against the body of the car so I am going to correct it (something that has been bugging me for a loooooooooooong time)

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so I started to remove it, there are two bolts in front of the rear spatters and one underneath (which I did not have)

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here you can see the excessive adhesive and crap that has been applied causing the pod to stand out

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Then get a scraper (preferably a plastic one) and remove the old adhesive material

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picture after removing adhesive bits and after a little clean. There is still some glue (supa glue believe it or not which is impossible to take off without chipping some paint :verymad: )

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so the next step was to sand it with some 1200 grit wet and dry sandpaper to get like this

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Then prep time! to make sure that no paint gets spattered where it is not suppose to

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I used this instead of the usual White Knight primer I have been using, which has a superior rust protection rating

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Photo after first coat applied...some of the paint was sagging so I waited for it to dry and sanded it with 1200 grit wet and dry sand paper

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Finally, resprayed it with some holts auto spray (DSSB01) to get like this.

Not quiet finished with it and will re-sand it (very lightly) and then apply a coat of Motospray Topcoat clear to make it nice and glossy (not that any is really going to see as I will be putting on the pod after I restore it :rolleyes: )

Now for the pod

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was full of crap inside it

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gave it a good clean and removed the adhesive that was on there (prep wash gets rid of the adhesive very quickly)

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Here you can see how the pod has been battered by gravel, sand etc.. from the rear wheel

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Photo after been sanded

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used some p80 grit and then p1200 (fine) grit

Next time I will get them resprayed and refit them but that is all for now :action-smiley-069:

Edited by Ants

Hey ants great build so far, love reading it. Just thought ill mention that I bought the bc er coilovers your thinking of getting for my gtt a couple years ago and i found them to be too stiff on the street but very good on the track. I didnt notice any difference when i adjusted the settings either.

Ok I know that its late and passed my bedtime (for old me ;) ) but I thought I would share this with you all:

This arrived today :banana:

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It is the missing puzzle to the exhaust system

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Tomei expreme Ti 3.5inch cat back exhaust

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always nicely packaged

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almost speechless at the beauty of this muffler

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Gonna be LOUD!

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There is just something sexy about titanium :teehee:

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comes with the necessary bits of gear to piece it all together

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I actually like this....a nice cool Tomei badge I can put on the car (most likely beneath the rear RHS twin round taillights)

last but not least.....

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Nismo titanium GT shift knob (I already have the normal polyurethane nismo GT shift knob but thought what the hell)

have good night

Edited by Ants

Hey ants great build so far, love reading it. Just thought ill mention that I bought the bc er coilovers your thinking of getting for my gtt a couple years ago and i found them to be too stiff on the street but very good on the track. I didnt notice any difference when i adjusted the settings either.

Thanks for the feedback mate.

I have still have not decided what coilovers I want, but I have an idea.

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