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Ask Chris at inline, he has my old triton ute with 8 inch wheels. I put them on with nothing done to the suspension, Going from stock skinny ute wheels, and it was a huge difference. In a bad way. You have to really hold onto the steering wheel, or its all over the place.

My Volks are wider than the gtst wheels and i can feel it with them as well, but not as bad as the old ute.

Because ive got adjusty bits i have compensated a little, but it will affect other stuff if i go too far.

Fine tuning the camber and castor helps. But it takes ages of fiddling around, and you really have to diy because most suspension shops wont be that specific.

And say you did go to inline with exact specs, you need to measure it very carefully to get those specs, so you might as well diy while your at it.

So....

Its actually very easy, just time consuming. Youtube taught me how to do it. If your careful it will be very accurate.

You only need: A ruler, a level, a piece of string, a pencil and paper for maths. Some fancy angle measuring devices allow you to skip some of the maths.

To get the car perfectly level, you need, some vynil tiles, clear tubing, a bucket of water, and a ruler.

Dont give up on the beast, it just needs the right touch. :thumbsup:

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If Inline and Capital S+S cant find and fix it then thro car away - It's bent !

No Richard I'm not throwing it away :no: .. it's not bent, I've had the car for 5 years and have only had the problem for about 18 months and twelve months of that I hardly drove it, had a company car etc.

So, I'm at the point of either 250-300kW or doing cosmetic changes.

I've spoken to a few people and getting mixed thoughts. I'm siding with cosmetic for the time being.

Option 1-Cosmetic:

1.CF Boot lid:

272674628_927.jpg

2.Top CF vented bonnet:

R34GTT_Nismo_Bonnet_Chipped_01-500x500-5

3.CF mirrors:

screenshot86tz.jpg

4 a few touch up paint work on a few chips.

5. SAFC setup

Option 2- Power:

98

highflow/big turbz

nistune

+supporting mods.

Now, I'm siding with the cosmetic with a SAFC piggyback given that my mirrors are absolutely shot and need to be repainted (replaced with CF mirrors in this case). Bonnet has a few marks and well, the boot is a nice touch to it. I'll be going wingless and that's pretty much about it. Cons for Cosmetic is that the car does live outside :(

And, one day when I do finally upgrade to a GTR the mirrors and boot lid can come across with me

Power:

No real pros except for... the thrill of acceleration (My ultimate joy).

Cons would be more things to break, more fuel usage etc.

Anyone with their 2cents of experience?

Edited by RosieR34

Thanks for the input everyone, I really didn't mean to cause such a fuss :wacko:

During the past 6 months of trying to rectify this I was amazed by one thing, both Chris at Inline and Capital S + S told me that the brand of tyre can make a huge difference. When I had this proved to me and I changed all tyres from Pirelli to Yokohama it was an amazing difference, like a different car. So with the trye change I came from a huge problem to a minimal one, I think from here it's in the 'fine tuning' as Mik suggested.

So like the lady she is I'll continue to fiddle with her, treat her kindly, service her regularly and give her a good hard drive every now and again, and life will be good.

Thanks to one and all ... :thumbsup:

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So, I'm at the point of either 250-300kW or doing cosmetic changes.

I've spoken to a few people and getting mixed thoughts. I'm siding with cosmetic for the time being.

Option 1-Cosmetic:

1.CF Boot lid:

272674628_927.jpg

2.Top CF vented bonnet:

R34GTT_Nismo_Bonnet_Chipped_01-500x500-5

3.CF mirrors:

screenshot86tz.jpg

4 a few touch up paint work on a few chips.

5. SAFC setup

Option 2- Power:

98

highflow/big turbz

nistune

+supporting mods.

Now, I'm siding with the cosmetic with a SAFC piggyback given that my mirrors are absolutely shot and need to be repainted (replaced with CF mirrors in this case). Bonnet has a few marks and well, the boot is a nice touch to it. I'll be going wingless and that's pretty much about it. Cons for Cosmetic is that the car does live outside :(

And, one day when I do finally upgrade to a GTR the mirrors and boot lid can come across with me

Power:

No real pros except for... the thrill of acceleration (My ultimate joy).

Cons would be more things to break, more fuel usage etc.

Anyone with their 2cents of experience?

Don't bother with the SAFC imo.

Only something you will need to replace down the track

If you don't want to change the turbo etc

than Nistune is a good option to make the car drive much nicer, have more power, and better economy without needing to change turbos/injectors etc

As for the carbon bits.....it just screams "defect me"

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So, I'm at the point of either 250-300kW or doing cosmetic changes.

I've spoken to a few people and getting mixed thoughts. I'm siding with cosmetic for the time being.

Option 1-Cosmetic:

1.CF Boot lid:

272674628_927.jpg

2.Top CF vented bonnet:

R34GTT_Nismo_Bonnet_Chipped_01-500x500-5

3.CF mirrors:

screenshot86tz.jpg

4 a few touch up paint work on a few chips.

5. SAFC setup

Option 2- Power:

98

highflow/big turbz

nistune

+supporting mods.

Now, I'm siding with the cosmetic with a SAFC piggyback given that my mirrors are absolutely shot and need to be repainted (replaced with CF mirrors in this case). Bonnet has a few marks and well, the boot is a nice touch to it. I'll be going wingless and that's pretty much about it. Cons for Cosmetic is that the car does live outside :(

And, one day when I do finally upgrade to a GTR the mirrors and boot lid can come across with me

Power:

No real pros except for... the thrill of acceleration (My ultimate joy).

Cons would be more things to break, more fuel usage etc.

Anyone with their 2cents of experience?

if it lives outside don't get anything CF. CF gets damaged by the sun really badly. you will have to coat it alllll the time. Also what zeb said.

Speaking of Nistune, who does it locally? or should I say, who should we go to locally to get this done?

Only choice is Ed at Autotech in hume.

He did mine and got 245rwkw with Nistune

will need a few extra bits (like injectors + Fuel Pump)

Edited by Sinista32

hmmm worse than red? :'( man that sucks. Was getting a tad excited.

Might just get the mirrors and some power

Jeremy, excitement is in the eye of the beholder .... fast mirrors are always cool and a little 'classy' and power will give you that warm an fuzzy feeling inside, power is the gift that keeps on giving. :closedeyes:

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