Car Stuff

Damn, a month since the last update... Laziness at its finest.  Picked up some Stagea sway bars the other day for the 34, also installed the lowered springs a few weeks ago, car sits at a decent height.  Finished exams last week too so I've got 4 months of drinking to do, gonna be a chilled summer....

Wheels/Dyno @ RTR

 

A Ninja Weekend

Haven't been updating this blog in a while due to sure laziness, so I apologize. So, let's see what I got up to this weekend with the ninja's...
On Saturday night we grabbed dinner down at Kenzan in the city. It's a Japanese restaurant, with the whole sitting on the floor around the table shebang. Food was nice but pretty pricey and not that filling, resulting in some of us grabbing Maccas on the way home!

Sushi, teriyaki chicken and Yebisu beer; JDM yo!
Anyway, after dinner we went from bar to bar before settling for a few Tsingtao's at Gingerboy.

On Sunday we all met up to hand Dan the present we had all got him; a Gen 1 Civic, complete with duct tape racing stripes and 'vintage rusted panels'.

His reaction was great! Going to be interesting to see what he does with it...

Bing x Kez x Me

Doing Stuff

Been really neglecting this blog as of late...
Anyway, here's a pic of Kez's Euro mid CAI install.

Repairs

This is turning into a bit of a car blog... my apologies. Anyway, fixed up my cracked lip the other day, was very easy with the kit I picked up from Repco.
The kit which provides everything you need, from the fibreglass sheet to the resin and measuring cup.
Fibreglass sheets cut, Adidas box a coincidence.
Covered in resin and ready for patching.
Done, great success. If you've been wondering what non car related stuff has been happening recently, well there hasn't been much. Uni, work and late night kebabs pretty much make up my week, fun, I know.

Devil Z

Caught up with all the usual ninja's on Thursday night at the regular dinner sport. I got lost on the way and ended up significantly increasing Fu's mobile bill as Van navigated me to the right place (thanks again guys!)... time to invest in a phone with GPS me thinks.Fu also brought out his beautiful 240Z to dinner. Such a great car, love it.Look at that dish!

In a bit of bad news, I cracked my lip entering the car park on Thursday. Fortunately, it's not that bad so I'll go down to Repco soon and get a repair kit. Damn you, fiberglass.

JDMST EOMM April 2011

Been a while since I've been to an EOMM so it was good to catch up with friends and meet new faces. Was a great turnout but was quickly ruined by some dicks racing their Civic's and some guy who decided to show off his anti lag... Anyway, took some quick snaps, check out my Flickr for more (link).
Haven't seen on of these in ages, especially one in such good condition. Had some nice mods on it too.Inspiration for Kez.Shot of the 34 from Carmitted.com. I really need to get coilovers...

Fitted

Got the front lip installed today, soooooo sexy... Need to buy some rims now!

Front Lip

Got working on my front lip the other day. It's a V Spec replica made for non GTR Skylines by some company in Adelaide. Anth from Build Threads (link) helped me sand and prep the lip and then I waited for a nice day to paint it.
Ricky (link) donated some flat black paint he had laying around and 6 coats later...
...done. I'll hopefully get it fitted on the weekend and then start driving on silly angles to enter driveways.

Exhaust Fitted

Luke came around last night and we fitted up the new exhaust to my car.Comparison of the old exhaust and the new one. The old one had "R34 2dr" written on it suggesting it had been changed before, probably during compliance or something.Aligning everything up and doing the necessary bolts.Win.

I Like It Loud

Argh, Skylines Australia classifieds, the cause of my empty wallet. Anyway, this dude up in Langwarrin crashed his R34 and was parting it out and after a few text's, I had got myself a new cat back exhaust. Luke was awesome and drove me up. This actually isn't the first time we have gone to pick up an exhaust; earlier in the year we made the trip up to Echuca in country Victoria to pick up a cat back exhaust for his VZ Commodore.
Poor car. It's the same colour and model as mine, too.
What we had come for. Luke's more mechanically minded than I am so he was given the task to get it all unbolted.
All loaded for the trip home. Station wagons are so handy at times.
Back home. It's a 2.25'' cat back system that goes into a cannon with a 3.5'' tip. Hopefully it sounds great once I get it fitted though I'm not looking forward to the police attention...

Rego

Bye bye $624... Most expensive sticker I have.

Let The Modding Being

Saw some dude on SAU selling a cheap strut bar last week so I headed down to Hallam with Phil on the weekend to pick it up.These bolts were a total pain to undo so Tony kindly came over with a breaker bar and got them undone. Before.After. Win!

Imports

When I bought the Skyline, the previous owner handed me the key and said, "I only got one key when I bought the car". Ever since then I've been casually looking around for a blank that I can cut into a spare just in case my keys were to go missing. Anyway, this guy on JDMST was selling blanks the other day for (what I think) was a really good price so I jumped at the opportunity.

It's these little things you have to put up with when you own an import. Not knowing how genuine your 'genuine km's' are. The targeting by cops because they think you're a hoon (ugh, I hate that word). The ridiculous insurance. Not knowing for certain the previous history of the car. Having CityLink tell you "We can't register your car because we don't know what it is". It's all worth it though when you walk to the garage and catch a glimpse of your car. Mmmm... Skyline.

FD

FD's still look good after all these years.

Catchup

Had dinner with fellow elitist ninja's on Wednesday over at our usual meeting place, Garage Cafe. Even though dinner was pretty average (do not get the beef rendang), it was good to catch up with the guys.
Luke came down from Sydney and brought his gorgeous 32 GTR along to dinner. This thing looks amazing sitting on dished XD9's. If only I had money to do up the 34...

Not So Gangster

Teehee.