Ultimate Design Tail Lights Installed

So today after work I installed those LED tail lights for the missus, Very easy to install and we had no dramas. One thing that I was a little worried about, Was that the USDM 240sx’s had a different wiring layout to the JD/AUDM 200sx’s, But thankfully this isn’t the case. The old lights are now for sale too, If anyone is interested. Some coilovers and Origin wheels are probably the next items on the list for the S14.

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The Bug Has Bitten

Well my car’s build might be slowing down, But it seems that Julie’s has just begun. She ordered a set of LED tail lights on saturday, And they are already here! We’ll be putting them in within a couple of days. Boy do they look nice.

Looks like the Roadster is going to throw the towel, I let it warm up for a few minutes whilst I was closing up the workshop, And the amount of junk that came out of the exhaust was shocking. Still deciding what to do at the moment.

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Random Snap – 024

This picture just needs to be shared, It’s so awesome!

Guard Rolling – Dave’s Mark II

Heres some quick pictures whilst rolling Dave’s guards today.

Guard roller mounted to the hub of the Mark II.

Heres some of the tools I use when rolling guards.

The end result, You can see where Dave has been scrubbing on the top of the wheel arch, gotta love it!

If you need your guards rolled, check this out, It has all you need to know about my services.

JDMST – April EOMM 2010 Coverage

Last night at Fox Studios was the JDMST – April EOMM, and what a great night it was. There were tons of cars, and a great atmosphere in general, There was also a dominance in Roadsters too!

I had the good old point and shoot with me, It’s nothing flash at night, but does the job.

more coverage can be found below.

http://forum.jdmstyletuning.com/showthread.php?t=24477

Random Snap – 003

I know, It’s not a Roadster, but random snaps can be anything!

Anyway, as some may know, this is Matt Meads (off JDMST) new daily, and a beautiful one at that.

This really makes me miss my old K11 Micra, shame I never ended up putting racks on it either, *sigh*.

A Day With The RX-8

On the weekend, my mum was in town, and she wanted me to babysit my 3-year-old sister whilst she went to work at Liverpool hospital.

Ever since she moved back into NSW, she has been traveling from Nelson Bay to Liverpool to work almost every week. Anyway, Seeing the baby seat is in the RX-8, I dropped mum off, looked after my Sister, and washed the car for her.

Her RX-8 is in great condition, with all the factory options like sunroof, 6 stacker and red/black leather interior. The car was filthy though due from all the long trips that she does, luckily I managed to give it a quick wash for her.

Anyway, enough talking i figured I’d take some pictures, as my mum probably wont see the car this clean in a while.

On another note, the ECV still hasn’t arrived! Not happy at all!

The Journey To National Park And Beyond

Words: Adam Zitka
Pics: Gian Cruz

Yesterday, a bunch of friends and I set out on a journey to revisit the Royal National Park. It has been a long while since any of us have actually been there, so we were all pretty keen to get out onto the exhilarating, winding pavement that RNP is renowned for.

The journey began at Top Secret Imports, where a small group of us met up before hand to get there. Seeing that I haven’t been there since they relocated to Blacktown, I took some time to have a look around. They had plenty of cool cars that are literally fresh off the boat! Top Secret have also started to import European exotics.

There were an abundance of those cool little Nissan Cubes hiding around the corner too.

Moments after, we all hear something angry had come to life, and slowly emerged out of the darkness. The Top Secret Nissan Skyline R34 GTR Vspec. With over 400KW at all four wheels, this thing is an absolute menace!

So at 11am, the group was ready, and we were on our on way to our favorite destination … The Royal National Park.

We went through Eastern creek, Onto Heathcote Rd and ended up on the princess highway. Unfortunately we overshot most of RNP and shortly after, we ended up at stanwell tops. The view is breathtaking, and never gets old no matter how many times you see it.

Speaking of which, anyone ever seen a biker with a dog on board? it was quite an interesting sight to say the least! Notice the “DOGGY” number plates on the bike beside it? The dog was prepared with some cool little goggles too.

Anyway, we decided its time to grab some lunch, as none of us had eaten anything on the day. We went through RNP back to Heathcote to grab some Maccas. Some of the group decided to go their separate ways.

So the rest of us had a discussion of where to go next, and it was quite simple, we all wanted to do it again! As Lionel said “I don’t want just an entre’, I want the main course!”. After the breakfast/lunch settled off, we went down to Loftus to do the complete run, And boy was Lionel happy!

We were so hooked on national park, that we did it again, and again, and again. We ended up doing one short run, and four long runs. It was sure great to catch up with everyone, and RNP.

I’m happy with how the MX-5 performed, it had a tonne of response, and the new-found height had my mind at ease, i no longer needed to worry about the banking in certain spots which used to cause grief to my oil pan. It held its own with cars that have twice the power too. I really missed driving the MX-5 like this again!

I offered Gian a ride in the 5 on the day so there wasn’t many pictures of my car in action but he did manage to get some snaps of it.

All in all I had a great time, and I’m sure most of the boys did too. Props go to Andrew C and Jason F for organising and everyone for turning up and creating a great day!

Till next time.