Alright so I /was/ going to make this a single post, however I've woken up at 3 am and I literally can't find anything to do with my time while I wait for the city to wake up so here we are.
Now, things that have happened. (In varying camera quality)
Brand new interior from a Series 1 turbo with 67 thousand Ks on the clock, they're actually darker than this but camera flash - no stains, no rips, no problem!
Nismo horn button, so I can have an outlet of road rage when people drive like muppets
Painted my 3+ Inch system with high temp paint
IMMA FIREN MA LAZOR (Pictured - my mate Chase who has been helping me so much lately.. really gotta buy him a box of beer)
Size comparison
got a flange welded to the shoddy cat delete courtesy of the previous owner so that when I bolt my turbo on it won't be a headache.. which cost me 160 bucks... *OUCH*
The guy at the exhaust shop was incredibly rude, I was very disappointed with his attitude and I won't be using Whangarei Muffler Services again - he was talking down to me as if I knew nothing about cars saying things like "It's still going to be loud you know, you're just paying money to make it worse"
It's a 5 inch cannon of course it's going to be bloody loud, I wasn't installing it to be quiet, I was installing it so it would stop droaning on the highway giving me a splitting headache if I drove for more than 30 minutes.
He shut RIGHT up when I started the car up for the first time, he didn't apologise but you could see it in his eyes, he knew he was wrong.
JASMA approved is no joke people, this thing is such a pleasure to listen to (Though a bit raspy and asthmatic due to having too much flow.. this will soon be solved with the 45V1)
There's absolutely no drone what so ever, couldn't be happier with my investment, would've been better if I could've just bolted it straight on myself but such is the life of the used Nissan owner.
Performed a full service and cleaned up my engine bay while Chase attempted to install my alarm (Which failed due to the alarm being a dud, still waiting to get my monies back on that)
I also did little stuff like painting the bonnet stick thingy, installed a replacement for the overheat fan that the previous owner removed?? and the washer bottle which was also missing.. I don't have the words =/
Then I managed to track down a gear surround that was a reasonable price (Finally.. it's only been 7 months) and managed to talk him down even further to 40 bucks. The guy was located up north and since I've never been that way I figured I'd go for a drive
What a good thing I did too.. not only did I randomly stumble upon my mate Dave (The Skyline expert who has a 4 door R33 drift car) who was hitchhiking down south, the guy I bought the surround had some other misc goodies such as a new boot lock with the Nissan logo and various small plastic trim pieces that have been broken over the years..
Oh he also had this thing, which got broken on the drive home
7 bucks of epoxy (And eventual sanding and painting) later and it's as good as new - not bad for 100 bucks (Seriously, it's even genuine and the brake light works)
And that brings us up to date, today I go and get my new Proxy T1R's fitted
Install my R34 suspension
And
FINALLY collect my big brake kit after a month of waiting
I'll be doing a big build post for the installation of my gearbox and brakes
I probably won't take any photos of doing the suspension though since it will be a solo job and taking photos just complicates it - plus I doubt anyone cares anyhow lol
