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[Liberty]

Try and keep partsouq on the DL guys. Customs are starting to figure it out

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[Cam.]

Anything that comes in with a price declaration near $1k will have customs all over you. I used to have the same problem bringing in parts to build tube audio equipment. suuucks.

This.

[Liberty]

Well that's shit. Breaking orders up would help, but wouldn't help with multiple shipping prices I assume?

[Sven Smergberd]

Shipping price is irrelevant Gary, it's the monetary value of the item that is key. If the item/s is over a certain amount it is subject to duty (tax). Hence why you have duty free at airports, as soon as an item enters a country it is subject to that nation's taxation laws. The Govt allows you to purchase items under ~$1000 duty free, but anything above that they will tax.

 

For a parts order of $1000 you would need to pay $100 GST, ~$46 Duty and a $40 Import Processing Fee. They calculate it on the value of the package, regardless of if it's a group buy or it's separate parts.

 

 

 

ANNNNNYYYYWAY.

 

 

 

I'm liking the progress Rob, reaaaal nice. How much of the white car have you cannibalised? 

[Barbbachello]

You can change the value declaration when you order. Dodgy af but. Honestly who'd need $1000 worth of parts unless you're running a business. I spent 700 and that was basically everything I'd ever need

[Clown]

never bought parts for a Euro car I take it?

You can change the value declaration when you order. Dodgy af but. Honestly who'd need $1000 worth of parts unless you're running a business. I spent 700 and that was basically everything I'd ever need

[REXXYY]

Make sure the manifold is spotless
Use a high heat primer
Put the base coat (the wrinkle) on really thick
Like just keep layering it on

And put it in the sun to bake for a few hours
Ideally you want to put it in an oven or similar
But not everybody can do that

The heat is actually what makes it wrinkle

It's a fairly tough coating but make sure it's had a few days to cure before you resemble the manifold so you don't chip it

 

When i wrinkled blacked my intercooler piping a few years back I hung it up in the garage and heated it up with a heat gun. I also held the head gun in the end of the piping while I sprayed it and this worked really well. Would also work holding it in the throttle body opening to do an inlet manifold. 

[Robert]

When putting the rack in I managed to pull the thread out of the high pressure side

I blame the dicky thread on the hose side lol

Anyway 180 bucks later I was able to get it fixed phew...
A new quick rack was going to be about 500 bucks
So this was a live saver




All aligned up and feeling good



Got the headers installed, need to relocate a ground cause it was mighty close to the new headers



Haven't got the joiners for the slip joins anymore but I'll just chuck a tack weld between them
Ben at ichiban did this with his 2 door
Should work fine for me


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Control arms arrived from Japan
Will go nicely with the r180 hubs I've got on order




And here it sits waiting for me to install the turbo tomorrow

Should be able to get most of it back together pending any problems

[Robert]

As for the White car being canalised for this
Not really

Just swapped the rack
Clear side indicators
Wideband

That's about it really

[CRUISN]

You use a "generic" oil filter!!!

[Adam]

Yeah generic are shit....

I've had heaps of problems over the 200+ thousand kms

[Robert]

I just use whatever I can get my hands on easily

10 minute drive to work vs half an hour out to Subaru

Turbo and x-force dump on.


All new nuts and bolts for the exhaust bits are sooo nice to put on lol




Bit of a mock set up



Found the correct bend for the hot side pipe in my pile of junk

Lines up perfectly and will clear the cai
Just need to trim down the straight bit of pipe

[Adam]

Wooop woop!!!

 

I hope thats an old dump gasket on the ground

[Robert]

Hahahahah
Yeah it's an old one

Almost didn't put gaskets on the headers

[Adam]

lol. Done that plenty of times!

[Robert]

It works

Still a fair bit more to do but slowly getting though it

[Bumpty]

Is this the tractor in your avatar?
That's faaaantastic sis!

[Robert]

Alright so well needed update

Exhaust has been welded up
Mrt 3 inch muffler on the end, headers are leaking like a siv at the slip joins so that's annoying need to deal with that shortly


Fitted
Whiteline alk
Whiteline roll centre kit
Whiteline front control arm bushes
Gdb wide track arms
Mines h brace
Free Castor mod


Bought some re003's in 225/45r17


Bought a set of sti Ray's wheels


Rolling on the old Ray's for the time being

Still got a shitty idle so will be ordering a genuine air flow meter

The ebc died so I visited the boys at gfb and they fixed it free of charge for me
Awesome company


I think that's about it

still got a far bit to do before the end of the month when I get my full licence
But should be fine


Pics to come
Oh yeah
And just installed a wideband

[Lukeoly]

Awesome progress dude.
Love the Rays!