dutchie101

Hey Marc,

Welcome to the club. Generally here we use custom exhaust makers to manufacture a full system from the Cat-Back, or Cat-to-Axle , adding a Japanese Axle-Back system from there. I dont think Ive seen many mid pipes from any other Japanese tuning houses. Most Japanese manufacturers only do Axle-Back mufflers with the pipe only going to the rear axel. TRD, Kakimoto,etc.

Thats Pretty close to the Jap concept preview i have also:

Although the details of the lower bar are different.

Awesome, another Modellista convert! Excellent... B)

(yes John, Im looking at you!! )

I think Euro Auris use different tail light bulbs than JDM...

When you go to the shops and d!ckeads can't park between the lines.

I park exactly over the line, sharing 2 bays! :D

(way, waaayyy out of the way in the corner of the carpark tho)

Good price. Normally 200-400 a panel as a guide. Thats quite a fair price.

I would recommend you have a auto painter do the job. They will mix up and paint the required colour. If you must do it yourself, i advise you to research on the net the basics of automotive prep and painting before you start anything.

TOP LEFT!! looks like the smooth Modellista ZRE lip i have.

List price will be 43k here i think, top spec near 50k. April '12 release date last time i inquired.

Thanks for the extra photos Thomas!

EDIT: Missed a page, now put up above

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Note weight of the GT : 1150kg!!

This confirms my little monthly Japanese motor book that has the release shape of the FT86. Its spot on. This IS the final consumer shape/lights etc.

500 for front camber pins?? Wow thats expensive. I think they normally cost 120 max, plus install and alignment.

Scholl Concepts S17+ Paint Renovator

Scholl Concepts White Polishing Foam Hand Puck

Application:

S17+ applied with a Scholl Concepts white foam hand puck.

After the grainy eff-up (totally my fault)of the Autoglym EGP over Dodo Diamond white Wax on my 2002 Millennium Silver LS430, Ive called in the big guns from Germany to help clean up the troubled paintwork. I have not done the whole car, but have tried a quick application/polish on the C pillar and boot. The hand puck is very comfortable and allows for easy application of even firm pressure when polishing. Amount of S17+ product needed is quite small, and Scholl recommend to not use too much or the lubricants will prevent adequate micro-abrasion. After approx 2 min hand polishing the C-pillar, I was amazed at the fine yet very noticeable cut of the S17+. To the touch the paint/clearcoat was very very smooth and glass like. All the grainyness was completely gone, and the paint had indeed been renovated. Application on the boot also yielded fantastic results for the short period of polishing. As the car is silver, it is hard to comment on hologram removal but from pictures and research of the S17+ i had done before purchase, the results on dark cars are nothing short of awesome. Nil holograms were left. Nothing but smooth glassy paintwork. The S17+ can be followed up with S40 for a finer finish before waxing if required. Upon washing today, and application of Megs Ultimate Quick Detailer, i could easily feel the silky smoothness of the areas hit with the S17+ treatment, compared to the rest of the body. The difference was incredible. I think ive found my new love.

Removal/buffing:

Removal of the polish and quick buff to shine was done using a Megs gold polishing cloth. Removal was a little harder than normal waxes (as it is a polish paste) but it quickly and easily buffed to a beautiful shine without any issues.

Note: Many professional detailers in Europe love this stuff and couldnt live without it. There are a few reviews out there that liken and put on par the S17+ to Merzerna Intensive Polish after extensive testing.

Results:

Ill post up pics later

Great Paint damage/correction chart i found from Scholl (and no, im not being paid by them to sprook their wares! B))

Im still a fan of Meguairs, dont get me wrong, but have found some bloody great products in the Dodo lineup. For the price, Dodo can easily compete with some of the big guns in the car care product game at a fraction of the price!

Dodo Supernatural Shampoo:

Use/Results:

From Dodo's premium "Supernatural" line. A minimally foaming but superbly lubricating shampoo. Only a few pumps for a half bucket of warm water is needed (4ml in 6l!!). The minimal foaming/lather is deceptive, as normally most products I use foam/lather quite a bit, you could be convinced that Supernatural Shampoo isnt doing much. Then you realize the amazing 'glide' of the product, i was using a Meg's Lambswool mit, very very little friction is felt while wiping. Paint cleaning is bloody great, there are non of the little yellows spots or dark specks that you normally have to work a bit harder with, it easily dissolves and removes them in the normal side-to-side motion of cleaning. Rising is probably the best product i have come across personally. Very easy to rinse off, leaving no residue in the channels or low bits that you have to come back to and rinse out. Very gentle on wax layers, and it cleaned my wheels very nicely too.

Overall very impressed with the results and ease of use. Another great product from the guys'n'gals @ Dodo.

Blurb From Dodo (so i dont have to re-spiel it all:) )

"Dodo Juice Supernatural Shampoo is as concentrated as it gets for car wash shampoos. It contains no bulking agents, artificial thickeners, fragrances or unnecessary foaming agents that most cheap washes rely on just to feel good.

However it does contain a carefully balanced pH balanced blend of surfactants and organic/inorganic cleansers to help it clean paintwork thoroughly without affecting the wax layers on your car or leaving residues.

Foamy, lubricious and super concentrated (1 to 1500 with water) it also contains limescale inhibitors, sheeting agents to enhance rinsing and anti-static agents to ensure it offers the highest levels of performance.

It also has a pump dispenser making it easy to use: one pump for every 3 litre’s of water."

Im currently with AAMI for the ZRE, Shannons for the LS430. The BMW was also modded and insured with AAMI. When it was written off, no issues with any modding was noted.

AMMI are quite happy for you to notify them of mods, i think the suspension(lowered), rims, exhaust etc only raised my annual payment like 30 bucks or something.

Shannons are great also, list all your mods and they are cool with that, and very competitively priced.

Spotted Charlie, Pete and John all in one day!! :D

Yeah man played BF3 beta for a few hours... I only could play metro map tho, on GoodGame i saw another vehicle map open as well, dunno why i couldnt find it.

Yupp. BF player here B)

Welcome Home! :)

Hahaha thanks dutchie, like I said to Charlie get them on.

They'll look so good on your Lexus.

On of my excuses is that i cant decide to run my Admiration side skirts or not... with the LS pancaked, i dont think you would even see the puddles, the skirts would be on the ground!

Ill think of some more excuses soon enough.. Bloody TOM'S mid-pipes got in the way of painting the aero this wallet raping... <_<

Another puddle lighter here that hasnt installed yet! Geeez im a slacker.. :) Looking good man!

No, all data is collected from the feedback from the rollers and A/F ratio collected from the exhaust.

Aus-VIP runs one at the top of the home page. Works very well, Daryl should chime in here at some point. If not ill pm him and see what he thinks.

Just found Nagisa Auto has released adjustable front sway links for ZRE and NZE, for those down low rolla's.

http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.nagisa-auto.com/products/stabi_link/index.html

Please dont winge about the price!