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Hey Guys,

Sorry I had to leave at Thirroul, Dad and I had stuff to do this arvo. Had a great time driving through the national park, and good to meet some of you from the forums/sau club.

Some photos from Audley

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Cheers

Mick

PS. The old man hasnt shut up about the silver stagea, he has already checked carsales etc lol

The Stagea's great!!! but there's a few things that really need to be done as precautionary measures for happy / no hassles motoring, best to do a little research on them.

IE: dump pipe/turbo - there's a cat in the stock one that holds a lot of heat on the back of the turbo which has a ceramic exhaust wheel causing early failure also drilling out the oil feed drain is a good mod too. ( turbo has a life expectancy around the 100K km - some of which last longer, I've just hit 100k myself and it's still good and I've given mine a bit of a flogging on the track etc) also cooling mods to suit Australian conditions wouldn't go astray!!!

then there's the usual wear and tear.

But all in all I recommend them!!!

also note: they're not easy to mod as the RB's due to the ECU (they have a VQ motor in them)

but it was a great day out, enjoyed the drive and got a lot of interest/complements on the car which was great!!! most car meets/cruises I go on people ignore it HAHA

Cheers, Theo.

Thanks to everyone who came today for a great day. I hope to see you all again in 2014 for a few more cruises, it was great meeting all those I got to. Also big thanks to James and Danny for organising everything!!

Here are a few photos my girlfriend took from the carpost-95739-13877876960543_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877877115038_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877877257417_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877877393024_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877877581132_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877877868009_thumb.jpgpost-95739-1387787805604_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877878179008_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877878361971_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877878572715_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877878742851_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877878851858_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877878939329_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877879030041_thumb.jpgpost-95739-1387787918993_thumb.jpgpost-95739-13877879325783_thumb.jpg

I love the last one. The cop following makes us look badass hahaha

Hey guys,

Awesome cruise, had a great day out! Here's one shot of many I took today. Got plenty to go through and edit! Should be up tomorrow night, I'll post some on here but most will be on my Facebook page.

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IMG_4641 by atjldesign, on Flickr
Edited by jase.

Some more photos I took on the day. Full album will be up on my Facebook page in the morning. Merry Xmas guys!

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IMG_4384 by atjldesign, on Flickr
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IMG_4501 by atjldesign, on Flickr
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IMG_4412 by atjldesign, on Flickr

Hey guys! Shots are finally up on my page. Feel free to tag anyone/everyone.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.566400936775012.1073741836.343706432377798&type=1

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IMG_4598 by atjldesign, on Flickr
Edited by jase.

Sorry for the wait. Merry Xmas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mij5aPv79gw&feature=youtu.be

Apologies if its crap. It's my first time filming and editing. Still have plenty to learn. !

Video was great and so are the photos :) No problem in editing at all! It was a great cruise, should do it again sometime!

Merry Xmas to all !!




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