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g'day g'day all

just a quick hello to all you canberra liners! i've my backside in nick (godzillr)'s blue 89 gtr now (well... its mine now! hehe) so its about time i became an active sauact member!

i met a few of you guys last thursday in braddon for the cruise action etc. had a good ole' chat.

anyway, no doubt i'll start seeing some more of you all now i have another line to get around in!

cheers! :cheers:

david

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Welcome David, congrats on your choice of rides mate. Threre's something about your avatar that doesn't quite say Skyline. But spose thats your daily driver ? Savin wear and tear on your GTR. Good thinking...lol

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Yeh, welcome buddy.

I'm relatively new to SAU as well, and now that the Tempe boys have hooked me up with some shiny new wheels I should be able to overcome the embarassment of having a totally stock 'line, and actually turn up to a cruise or two. :)

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overcome the embarassment of having a totally stock 'line, and actually turn up to a cruise or two

oh trying to start something ay haha j/ks yea my line is still stock except for a full 3" exhaust however come mid feb i should have my rims good to go + i got a k+ n panel filter and another little gadget :)

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oh trying to start something ay haha j/ks yea my line is still stock except for a full 3" exhaust however come mid feb i should have my rims good to go + i got a k+ n panel filter and another little gadget :P

I knew somebody would bite :wassup: - nuthin wrong with a stocker, but those of us who have already quietly suffered years of driving bloody falcons, camrys etc before the missus finally caved in and let us buy a decent ride will understand why you don't buy a Skyline and leave it standard.

Dunno bout the bleed valve tho if that's what your planning on doing - I was warned not to fiddle around with the boost too much without at least a decent FMIC.

PS - where did you get your exhaust done? That's next on my list....

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the place i got my exhaust at charged me a fair bit plus scratched the paint a little on my rear bar so i wont name them :rant: except that they are in fyswick. I will say they have done a good job with the exhaust however just those few little things are what put me off :P

in regards to the boost i am only going to be runninng 8 - 9 so its barely over the stock of 7. in regards to an FMIC maybe but we will see at the moment its a no go. saving for appartment + just bought new rims + gf lol

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