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J-Calico

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  1. Tires more depend on quailty for price, not size. Cheap = cheap quailty = quite dear. 17's are plently big enough, its tire size and height that dictate how it will look. Sean's looks okay on my 17's, and its still relatively high too.. Looking much better though, EFDH are a sweet 'VIP steez' wheel They look to be in mint condition?? DONT paint them black, 'twould be a crime..
  2. any of that the same/similar Sean?
  3. Have the Hardrace arms been through certification before/you don't have to have them tested? Their stuff does look nice, and also to be good quality I like much of GKtech's range, but hear that it may not have been tested for certs, so someone needs to take one for the team and have a set of each adjustable arm or whatever they want to use, tested? The manifold should be fine, I hear the stories too, but actually have yet to personally experience, or even see it myself.. The tidier and shorter inlet track is worth it, especially on a 20...
  4. The Fucking Nissan is broken too... It appears it may be a Crank pulley/key way failure but we are yet to strip it down. Fingers crosseds its bearings at worst, maybe crank. A very slight noise, may not be run but I sent an oil sample through our local Goughs Branch to be tested and the results weren't great.. Damn Bearing-running RB engines, they're so shitty really. If it wasn't post purchase of the RB25t motor for the R32 that I struck bad luck, I dare say I'd be seriously looking into putting a JZ into the '32.. Or getting another dope X chassis. However I will forge ahead wit these POS things Ha! Got a reasonably Tidy BCNR33 GTR cooler for it, as it was an okay price and I kinda want to have a tidy intercooler that 'works' visually. Was tossing up between one of these, an HDi GT2 like I put into the R34, or a Greddy item, purely because they're all nice/ would work well aesthetically and should all be really good quality. another Wank factor item, a Carbon GTR Grill replica. Cant be stuffed having the plastic Maroon one painted just yet, I think I'll leave it until I have where the rear guards were haggerededed up fixed and painted, so this will do the trick for the time being. Money waste maybe, but meh. Had this poorish-ly made carbon N1 Bonnet lip replica for over a year I'd imagine too. New half-moon seals for the rear of the valve train cover/head. Tired up a couple of the XD9's too, as one of the only perks of my New(crappy) job is tire deals. They're a crap tire, but for the cost and new I'm not complaining. (almost feel guilty about putting S#!T tires on Work/nice-ish wheels, and I usually wouldnt, but cheap through work/way too poor for FK452/T1R currently. (NOTE no engine in vehicle so little weight in the front/is high) they sit in abit, thats a 15mm BLPP spacer (hub-centric and only $79 for a pair!) under there so plenty of room! The 10" is an even higher offset, which is yuck to contemplate, but its about perfect really.. Even with the 15m spacer it pisses in under the Front BNR32 guards. Might have to run them and DTM 099D in 10/5 on the rear. I hate fake wheels but these are affordable, good looking wheels in a decent size, which sadly look quite good/ like the genuine article. And Image-Shack has fucked out on me. Great
  5. More useless parts/no real progress... Been rolling this sweet boat lately, a steal @ $2,650 or something a-rather? from earlier in the year. JZS147 (same as easrly Arsito oddly?) Crown Majesta Not full chassis like the normal model in the series Originally bought it for my Dad, as he had a freaking Taurus (argh!) that cost him half-this-car's-cost, at the auto-electrician in one hit, and other various fails... I'm unsure if he was even keen at the time, but it was purchased and im sure he warmed up to it somewhat.. He neglected to drive it for bit as the headlights were pretty toast, and would probably failed a warrant. I used the help of random dudes on selling lights for a normal model on Trademe to import some tidy ones (at a price..) From the motherland. Then did a couple of 'servicey' things and use it whilst my 'darling Mrs' has the KZN185 (low priority on fixing her Laser/she loves the Surf) It could do with a bit morte love still, but so could everything else. Popped the EFDH Eurolines I scored for a bargin, brand new in the boxes off the Tard on it, as it came on ZZ30 Soarer rolling stock. Old tires the Meisters came with. 235/40R18 GSD3 Eagles up front, 265/40R18 Potenza GIII Bridgestones on the rears, oddly they sit about the same on the Mesiters, which are the same width all round, even though the Bridgey's are 30mm wider. Shows whats in different manufacturing/models I Know, it desperately needs to be lowered, and word through the grapes is a friend who drifts a 800 horse MKIV Supra, also has a JZS147 Aristo that came on coilovers from Japan when imported> He put good Tein's in the MKIV, and swapped the coilovers that came in the Supra from Japan, into the Aristo, which also came on platforms, so there is supposedly a set spare around...
  6. ICEBURN!!!!! Once* Yea, please do, if you do so tidily and well structured.
  7. Whatprogress hah! Wasting money on Nissan bearing runners/not making enough in the first place ANT/old Toyota wierdos, most Toyota undercarriages are riddled with eccentric bolts in them. A friend and I went to strip what we were under the assumption was 4 pinion G-Series LSD out of a rusty as fuck mkIII Supra that had the rest of the driveline pilfered out of it, and there's two sets in the rear, and at least one in the Front. My JZS147 Majesta does, I'd hazard a guess most Toyotas do in multiple places. Rob some out of something. I have a couple sets now, they might need re-passivating or some such, but free baby!
  8. /\ Much more appropriate /\ Sorry
  9. "sells love to another man".. "its too powerful to fly, without rR150 aii"
  10. They are pricey for what they are right,I'm gonig to 'consult'(lol) a skilled fabricator friend to see if he can replicate it on a much cheaper budget/for a better price, that seems slightly rediculous. SHOW ME THE MONEY BIARCH! ha Na not yet Mitch, hehe I see him regularly enough but no thank you, I'll get chicken to do it. Even though 'Russ' is probably easily capable, I trust Chickens knowledge on weld penetration and materials/metalurgy etc etc
  11. lowered it, basically just to re-ignite a sense of interest in this car as a project.. Will end up much lower and on 14's of course
  12. Could be keen, I'll make sure 'the Mitch' down here doesn't want 'em, but who ever has the coin I guess?
  13. Finally got one of these hard-to-find bishes! Vvt-i JZ alt. And more un-important bullshit. DENCY wheel/lock nut set. Simon told me about these puppies YEARS ago, and showed me a video on YT of them and how they work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFde55P7Uk I stumbled upon a set on Trademe! Toyo tires on the BBS RS's ages ago! Trailing arm nolothane bushes T3 NC-RCA's off BRENNAN locally (cheers man!) After buying regular ones off ANT moons ago haha Facelift Chaser Seatbelts I got awhile ago too, unsure if I'll run them, but the whole logo down the entire belt is so cool! Bought these average engine mounts off a member on OS years ago too, but the non-solid urethane-type section might be of use, Then Levi sold a set of the batch- made plan ones someone did a run of a while ago too, which I missed initially so was glad when he offered this set for sale. My Father surfaced the back of them at work, even though we were sure the block had bosses that stuck out of for it to mount to and probably wouldnt have mattered at all, I wasn't about to complain, cheers pops haha I'll double check a certifier doesn't need to see them raw/un-painted then get them powdercoated black along with a few other things I'd like to have done, Ideally most of the rear end components.
  14. I thought if it ended in #3 meant it was LSD, and #2 was open? Whats 5 MR 81??
  15. lets not get started on Mitch's grammatical/spelling errors hah, will be here forever etc..
  16. And for the engine, a gasket set and this cheap stainless front pipe which will hopefully be okay quality... Will do the rear main seal and possibly slip the engine into place unless other things required are easier with the bitch out. I'll have to talk to more knowledgeable parties on this Then I just need to sort out what to do with the intake set-up (I hate over-the-engine factory inlet shit, but ugly front facing's are just as bad) and saving for a genuine Greddy will take forever. Then mount the '33 GTR intercooler I've purchased and get a friend to alter the pipework. Plus injectors and fuel pump, the later of which I think I have in the pipeline.. Would LOVE a link but at this stage i cannot afford to do so
  17. In typical me fashion, its been alot of saving for parts and storing them until I can complete the job and have pretty much everything necessary to do so when the time comes. I've amassed a few goodies for this bitch now, it should be quite cool for an R32 when its done fingers crossed... Matte Black XD9 wheels Varying degrees of quality for camber arms.. (the GKtech CNC'd alloy ones for the rear being the much better items, and the same as in the R34 Coupe) Bride seat rail.. Pair of older style Bride (Brix?) aquried from my Cousin, Takata Harness' also via Trigger, This B-pillar interior floor brace they sell on the Tard... and a pair of Cusco Type OS strut Braces
  18. Pulled RB20 out, and the dash to await the R25 and a tidier dash w/ unbroken vents (hopefully). RB25 engine. HATE the rocker cover colour BTW. It Came like this, Will be getting crinkle-coat Black treatment which a friend has kindly sourced. Old dash.. Old hole
  19. Got the FS5R30A and Ogura Racing/ORC Cltuch & flywheel, plus the modified driveshaft to suit the bigger output size of the R33/FS5 turbo box into the R32
  20. Have asked a friend with the coolest AE70 w/ Solex's to attend. Tis so sweet!
  21. What sizes are the MKIII's? The offset you start with will surely dictate the width wheel you can get under there, unless you just keep centres and re-do both lips? Looking good though, Jelly!
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