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Not too sure mate but I believe its quite a bit of labour most of the time taking a day or two which would be where alot of cost is

Nissan quoted me 2300

Any ideas on decent quality brands? I know bosch do a few kits but I wouldnt have a clue any other brands

How much is a set of belts? My uncle is a diesel fitter and im still waiting to her back from him about his diagnosis but he can fit new belts which is probably worth doing anyway. I have read a fair bit aboit the tensioner taking its time to build oil pressure up to tension the chain so...

Gday guys I have a 2011 yd25 and for the last 30 000 ks its been making a weird clanging noise when it starts cold. It makes it for a little while then warms up and disappears. Its matched to the engine revs so I got nissan to check and adjust all the belts each time I got it serviced. It woukd...

Guys Just doing a bit of research into upgrading the sound system in my d22. I was thinking about putting in one of the navigation media units like Polaris or VMS. For those who have these what are they like? Easy to use ect? Or am I better off just getting a proper audio one like alpine or...

Guys, I've got some good news for those who were looking at the Tjm rear bar but couldn't get one because of the long tray. Last time I saw this brought up months ago Tjm needed a car to prototype a new bar on and over the last six months I gave them my 2011 STR to do the job. I'm happy to say...

I'll eventually be lookin at a boost tee but I'm hopeless with how turbos and what pipes are what because it all looks like solid metal piping. I'm guessing ill eventually have to replace it with some soft pipe ect

Anyone got anything? I want to do this soon

gday guys im looking at getting a boost gauge for my 2.5cr nav and ive seen a few of you guys have found that you get a more stable reading by putting the sensor into the cold side of the intercooler. I also know that some of you guys have tee'd into the wastegate piping aswell. Ive looked at...

Yeh mate thanks that helps a load. Least ill have some sort of an idea of what to tell the bloke doin it. Looks like a pretty neat job too.

That'd be good mate. Did you do it yourself or take it to an auto upholsterer or something?

G'day everyone. I'm thinking of putting some of the chrome ladder racks on the back of my d22 and wondering what people have done with their tonneau. I have a factory nissan one that isn't currently fitted but is it worth keeping to modify somehow to make it work or should I be looking at...

How much did you pay for the type r's mate? I'm tossing up between paying the extra for them or getting the type s

Mate how much did it cost to knock that up? I'm looking at doing something similar