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So over christmas I got the Bosch platinum spark plugs and bosch sports performance leads fitted, also went and bought a new K&N air filter (already had one before, but was a little old and dirty). At least she gets up and goes a little nicer now without the lag and with a smoother power output...

So I removed my spoiler today, very easy, very straightforward, and the car is now a lot lighter at the rear...patched the holes with black silicone until I can find the time to get it sorted properly. And I have decided it does look better and it attracts less negative attention...

I put it on the dyno at Kwinana Performance, they got 192.2 rwhp out of it.

cheers for the reply, yeah that makes sense and my pads are probably fairly worn at the front so shouldn't really be a problem then? my main point is, is a year and a half too soon to be expecting to have to top up the fluid levels in the reservoir?

I topped up fluid levels and ran some fuel system cleaner through the tank. nothing exciting really, but the car is running better :)

Hey All, just wondering how often should you expect to have to top up your brake fluid? I had slotters fitted a year and a half ago and the quote said they replaced the fluid, would you expect to be needing to top up the brake fluid reservoir in this time? I have done around 40000 k's since then...

I have the CV8 tail lights (black, not chrome), and had the headlights as well. I think they look good. As for some mods for making the engine perform a bit better, you want to make the thing breathe but (as a p-plater) not be too noisy out the tailpipe (yes loud sounds good sometimes, although...

definitely go slotters, I have them and they improve braking dramatically as opposed to stock brakes, the SS ones are exactly the same size, wasn't very impressed when i saw that actually

hahaha straight pipes ftw :-P cops love em, but your car will sound really really loud...oh btw op, being on your p's with a loud exhaust...probably not a good idea unless you like being pulled up every time a cop hears you...and possibly getting yellow stickered for no reason. Also if you do...

Mods that have been done (to my knowledge) are listed at the top of this thread :) being a second hand car without much in the way of information about past service history etc etc it's a little difficult to say what exactly has been done other than exhaust, lowering, pacemaker headers...

I have now swapped the front bumper for an SS bumper, not yet been sprayed so looks a little tacky but will get it sprayed soon and post pics. Also had it dyno'd at the JCWA dyno day at Kwinana Performance, my car pulls 192.2 hp according to their dyno...

I miss the first car I actually drove, it was a 97 JP Apollo, 2.2 litres of front wheel drive fun, with a custom stereo (pioneer deck, 400w 6x9's and 250w splits). I miss it mainly because it was so reliable and kept going with minimal maintenance, it had a better stereo, and it had tinted...

changed my mind, pics above, it doesn't look too bad even though it hasn't been washed and that sikaflex annoys me but yeah that's what she currently looks like

heard it elsewhere, but it's still funny :-P

I have removed the side strips now, but I need to probably go a respray...drivers side was stuck on with silicon and it was a major pain trying to get it off, ended up doing it by force, and damaged the paint under the strips. It does look better without them though. Also have hail damage from...

just goes to show you, avoid china if planning any gaming tournaments :-P

There's a [once] schmick VX S-pack supercharged 6 that parks outside my work that was pretty hail damaged this morning, also a chrysler parked out the front of our work got belted. This morning on the drive into work I saw a bmw with L plates on, and the entire windscreen was cracked...I was...

Just wondering how many people got epic damage from the hail yesterday, post pics or tell your story, I thought I'd gotten away with it myself, until my car dried and I discovered my boot, bonnet and roof were all covered with dents from the hail. Wondering whether it's even worth bothering with...

so funny...It's even more hilarious that the general uneducated populace will believe every word :-P

There are always going to be idiots on the road, It would seem they only get worse as time goes on lol

As was suggested previously, I usually park between two cars that look half decent and haven't had a problem with anyone doing this to my car yet in a parking lot...however I have had family members open their car doors on mine...I mean seriously?!?!?! you would think family would have the...

wondering whether to remove the plastic side strips on the doors? what do you think? One of them is already loose and hanging off, and it's started to annoy me, so I am trying to decide whether to get some more glue and put it back on, or to remove it?

so I didn't find the time to do this last night, but I'll get them up when i can lol

Good pics mate, i was at motorvation 24 also and got over 400 pics, will try and get some of the better ones up here tonight

lol nice, well there's lots of guys in the car scene Melissa, just go on a few cruises lol, but beware of the import drivers, most of them are jerks :P

I taught myself to play the harmonica by ear, have a MS Hohner in the key of C...don't practice too much anymore, and playing in a band is difficult when you need to get around to purchasing the other keys and also want to spend time and money on teh car :D

Thanks for your responses, I'd like to deflect for a minute from the crushing cars debate and look at the idea of speed limiting cars, do you think it would be effective? do you think the device would be bypassed? do you think it will stop the "hoon" from ripping skids? I mean after all...

Apparently the Victorian Govt is considering installing speed limiters and crushing cars with regards to "hoons" due to a teenage road death caused by high speed: Crushing hoon cars 'being considered' - The West Australian read and discuss

for me it's potential costs, such as possible repairs on panels, engine, and replacing tyres, buying a helmet and also the possibility of having to find a car trailer to get the car home on so that it doesn't get defected on the way out of the strip that makes me think twice about taking it down...

thanks mate, I have actually started half considering turbo, at the same time it is a little rice...meh we'll see. Well it's been a little while since I last was on, and a couple of things have changed; Firstly, I now have Alpine 3 way S-type 250w 6x9's in the car. The story behind it is not...

I bet they were trying to park, came in to the parking bay on the opposite side, and as they went for the brakes, they hit the accelerator instead :-P

saw this Honda Accord today:

personally I've used Mac's once or twice, the interface is straightforward, but I have no use for them and I can build a PC cheaper than it would cost me to buy a Mac. With regards to Windows, XP was pretty good and even though the interface wasn't so great it did what it needed to do...

I prefer manual, I drive an auto but only because I needed a car at the time and couldn't be bothered sourcing manual over auto...on the plus side auto has cruise control which saved me from being hoon lawed (suspected drag racing) once :-P

Well considering the Assistant CEO from what sounds like a small town out of Melbourne wrote the Ad...I'd say a) he (or whoever wrote the ad for him) is more of a people person than someone with technical understanding b) The lack of technical information means either he thinks the position is a...

seems like whoever wrote the advert knows nothing about IT lol, basically they're saying "we have a small office, we don't know what our phones do or how to use them, we have a bunch of printers that need moving and re-configuring and you'll probably have to carry them (OH&S hazard), also fix...

OK so I've tested it, the shift is a lot more solid, it launches through the gears pretty good now, the gears are a lot more equal in their changes too, so it was worth doing, but apart from quicker changes through the gears (and slightly harsher) and therefore quicker take off, there was no...

nah man, don't stress eh, hazard is frickin easy, just think about it, if it's not safe to go then don't click the bloody mouse lol besides you can get the whole practice test on cd anyway from your local licensing centre it runs on flash so you should be able to play it fine on your MAC, it was...

had the Billet Servo fitted, has made a difference to the feel of the shift, not sure how much yet though as I haven't had much of a chance to test it, but there is a difference :)

NFS was good with the mcclaren f1, NFS3 was fun to play hot pursuit, NFSU2 was also pretty fun, NFS: Most Wanted was the best in my opinion, had awesome graphics and playability, and running around free roam doing burnouts in the Porsche in the stadium carpark was good fun until you got picked...