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Personally i would never go to pedders or any of those shops, i dont trust em, id only let the tuner touch my beast and 2 other businesses that have proved to be honest.  I got some MCA blues in mine, have a good reputation :happy:

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Got the car back. Exhaust sounds awesome!! Specs: Catback Stainless Steel 3.0" with Varex Twin Tip muffler connected straight to battery. I will record a video and upload it soon.

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2 mods today  First is a GKTech Brake Master Cylinder stopper.    Next a GHTech sticker for the extra 2KW! Just gotta drive it now to see what difference it makes...

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Ummmmm. Next mod put stock fan back on.

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Contrary to Angry's experience mine was great with pedders. I went to the ridgehaven store and they looked after me great.

I had Pedders lowered springs in my old 33 and very happy with them. a little lower than factory so looks good but still high enough to be legal and allow clearance for speedbumps.

Have used pedders and KYB shocks, happy with both.

Both my 33's have been daily drivers and only basic mods and no track time. (apart from the odd day at the drags)

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I was pretty happy with what they did. I knew something was wrong so I took it to someone who could check and they gave me a sheet with all the actual values of results from testing and explained what meant what and what needed to be fixed. I didn't get them to do any work but fault diagnostics are fine. Using their info to find parts by myself now.

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Good job man, looks great.

Was it stock springs already in there, looks a bit low to start with? could be just the pic i guess.

Have you noticed a big difference in the feel after the change? a lot stiffer, still ok on crappy adelaide roads?

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On 9/24/2016 at 8:13 AM, Sklyn said:

Good job man, looks great.

Was it stock springs already in there, looks a bit low to start with? could be just the pic i guess.

Have you noticed a big difference in the feel after the change? a lot stiffer, still ok on crappy adelaide roads?

Cheers dude,

Yeah it was supposed to be stock springs but the was defs not stock height so dunno what was happening there.

In terms of comfort, im pretty happy. Its still bumpy but the bumps aren't as harsh which makes it nicer on a whole.

Im not debating whats next,
Sway bars, HICAS delete
Rest of exhaust (Currently catback)
Headunit, amp, speakers etc.

 

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Nice work on the car thus far.

unless you are drifting the car or have a problem with it, i wouldn't bother with the HICAS delete, also the swaybars would be a down the track thing unless its a track car, id start with the stereo as at the end of the day, that's where you spend your time, followed by a new dump.

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My thoughts are in line with Coullsy.

Unless Hicas is failing i dont see a reason to remove it on a daily.

Though i have heard swaybars do make a noticeable difference, so it might help with the hills runs =)

 

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Hey,

Cheers guys.

Yeah HICAS has not been playing up as such but the results of the suspension report show a tiny bit of play in front sway bars and rear HICAS, nothing noticeable while driving, or ive just gotten used to it.

Car audio is defs something I want to do, but I'm torn between a single din with gauges or a double din (want to give those cheap chinese android units a go). Gotta think about it.

Im working on another DIY project for the car atm, waiting for some parts to be shipped. Keen as to share with everyone "IF" it works....

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Its that time of the year again where everything's due for renewals...registration, roadside assist and the dreaded insurance renewal....:down:


Waiting on a few cheap parts to arrive for me to install. I say cheap...I mean cheaper looking at the big picture of things. Some of which I'm sure people will think are super pointless, calling it now :D

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So over the weekend, I worked on getting both the mirrors to fold in automagically. Got it finally working, both mirrors are working!

The issue in my case was the worm gear mounted onto the motor shaft for left hand mirror had broken and therefore the shaft was turning without turning the gear itself. I ended up pulling the whole gear system apart, down to the final spring and roller ball bearings underneath the spring and re-lubricating everything, using Araldite to stick the gear onto the shaft and upon re-installation, all is working!

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Over this weekend I did a couple of things.

Firstly, I installed a R34 side mount intercooler. It was a relatively easy install once you get the pipes off the cooler itself. Tiny bit of cutting of a tab on the bar which is not used for anything.

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Secondly, I properly installed the brackets and bolted the stock lip onto the car instead of the tape which was holding it up before. There are now 4 wing nuts holding the lip along with screws on the bottom and double sided tape on other parts.

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I am currently working on some custom LED tail lights, just waiting for parts so keen on them to see what its like all finished.

Also, not a skyline but another car video we made. Have a look if you are interested. Feedback always welcome.

 

 

 

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Having a weird problem with the car which seems like its misfiring under max boost (13PSI). I have new coilpacks and new plugs and it is still doing it. Need to figure out what the issue is.

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Having a weird problem with the car which seems like its misfiring under max boost (13PSI). I have new coilpacks and new plugs and it is still doing it. Need to figure out what the issue is.

How is your car hitting 13psi? I thought you had a 10psi r32 actuator?
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51 minutes ago, vxsr33 said:


How is your car hitting 13psi? I thought you had a 10psi r32 actuator?

Well I'm using the stock gauge which says its somewhere around the 650 mmHg mark so thats like 12.5-13PSI.

 

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What coilpacks and what plug gap?

Genuine Nissan OEM coilpacks were installed 1 year ago, brand new NGK copper plugs installed and gapped to 0.8mm.

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Could it just be R&R?  You're still on factory ECU right? I know there's mixed results with max PSI acheivable on these things, but it's usually 14PSI range, with the intercooler upgrade, you could be flowing more air at the same PSI as before and maxing out the AFM (at a guess)

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R32 actuator should not be getting you more than about 11 psi on its own. If you cant/dont have/want to install an aftermarket gauge you could plug into the OBD port and check on your phone. I have one if you want to catch up and give it a whirl. (Assuming its an OBD2 port which i think they are)

Was it doing it before the new plugs went in? Loose plug/connection maybe.

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