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[Shiv]

hay mate that sucks to hear they lost you rim...we used to
use tnt for work untill we occured some of the same problems!!
now we use startrack and dont have a problem
cept for the motor they brought up for me!!! it now has a smashed timing belt cog thingy
but looks like it will be covered by them!!!
and i didnt have insurance..
but back to topic car look great mate
what rims did you get???

I posted pics of the rims in the first post. Heres one more for the bottom of the page:


And that sucks man....I guess its inevitable some courier companies have problems fulfilling their jobs.

I now use Allied Express. Its easy to get a quote. Its fast. And its the same delivery guy everytime lol. He knows exactly where in the garage to place it without me telling him, haha.

[B4Cruiser]

Nice rims Only took 5 months no thanks to a company already named, but its finally on! Nice and clean car mate. Next step conversion to single!

[Shiv]

Nice rims Only took 5 months no thanks to a company already named, but its finally on! Nice and clean car mate. Next step conversion to single!

All thanks to that guy^^

Haha, we'd of never predicted back in December that it would have taken this long

Thanks so so much for handling this situation the way you did. You certainly didn't have to given you had the money and the rims were out of your hand. Its truly appreciated mate!

[B4Cruiser]

No probs mate. Was neither of our fault. Had to help out a fellow lib owner! Although I can't say the same about another owner whom i still awaiting for my oil filters.....

[Soop]

Meh, if it was off Ozlib. Don't hold your breath, it will result in brain damage. Then we'll have to send you back.

[Shiv]

No probs mate. Was neither of our fault. Had to help out a fellow lib owner! Although I can't say the same about another owner whom i still awaiting for my oil filters.....

Ah yes, the oil filters. You can blame OzLib to an extent.....but that member obviously isn't trying very hard to get in contact with you. Tsk tsk....

[Morgan]

well done shiv they look great!!!! definitely adds attitude to the beast! ...and SOOOO much easier to clean i can only imagine!!! what are the next plans for her? lowered? zorst?

[Shiv]

well done shiv they look great!!!!
definitely adds attitude to the beast! ...and SOOOO much easier to clean i can only imagine!!!
what are the next plans for her?
lowered? zorst?

Thanks mate, yeh they do look pretty good. Probably the only good thing about a gen3

I am so glad the days of cleaning those 16" BBS rims are gone Scuffed knuckles FTL

It is tempting to bite the bullet and do the obligatory extracters + zorst. But I really want to start saving my money so I can either do something to this car or buy a Legacy.

Not interested in lowering it. It bottoms out enough as it is.

You've got a 2.25" exhaust yeh? Hows that go with the auto? As in - does it drone? I've been meaning to ask you to take me for a drive in it to see if its worth the money.

[jOhn-e]

Looking good man

[Morgan]

yea good point with the lowering! the RX's are lower anyway!

funny you mention the exhaust! i have 2.25" as you say but last friday i took it in and asked them to put another ressy on it as it did drone heaps. i had 1 res and a muffler. now i have the 2 ressys and it makes a huge difference! under acceleration it gives me the note i want and while cruising its quiet ...well as quiet as you need it to be! haha!

over about 3000rpm the engine noise takes over which is good - the boxer noise is still there with out extractors as we know they are pretty non-existant for teh 2.5 goodness!!

are you coming to the meet at the end of may? we'll have to swap cars at some point and you can see how she rolls! ...i mean how he rolls. sorry brien!!

[Shiv]

yea good point with the lowering! the RX's are lower anyway!

funny you mention the exhaust! i have 2.25" as you say but last friday i took it in and asked them to put another ressy on it as it did drone heaps. i had 1 res and a muffler. now i have the 2 ressys and it makes a huge difference! under acceleration it gives me the note i want and while cruising its quiet ...well as quiet as you need it to be! haha!

over about 3000rpm the engine noise takes over which is good - the boxer noise is still there with out extractors as we know they are pretty non-existant for teh 2.5 goodness!!

are you coming to the meet at the end of may? we'll have to swap cars at some point and you can see how she rolls! ...i mean how he rolls. sorry brien!!

Hhmm interesting.

Well then maybe 2.25" + 2 resonators is the go...

Mine revs at about 2.8K at 110km/h. Add a zorst to that and the sound better be well contained for it to be reasonably quiet.


Thanks for that wheel cap John-e. Got it just in time

[jOhn-e]

Thanks for that wheel cap John-e. Got it just in time

np mate..

sorry had to cut it short as a site went down in bahrain..

thats the life of an IT worker lol..

nice to meet you mate and put a face to the name

[B4Cruiser]

funny you mention the exhaust! i have 2.25" as you say but last friday i took it in and asked them to put another ressy on it as it did drone heaps. i had 1 res and a muffler. now i have the 2 ressys and it makes a huge difference! under acceleration it gives me the note i want and while cruising its quiet ...well as quiet as you need it to be! haha!

over about 3000rpm the engine noise takes over which is good - the boxer noise is still there with out extractors as we know they are pretty non-existant for teh 2.5 goodness!!

Thats basically the same setup as mine; bar mine being 3" TBE. Slight rumble on idle but gives a great note under throttle.

[Morgan]

and dont forget the muffler! haha i still have that on there! without it i wouldnt be able to hear a thing! haha u coming to the cruise shiv?

[Shiv]

and dont forget the muffler! haha i still have that on there! without it i wouldnt be able to hear a thing! haha

u coming to the cruise shiv?

Which cruise, Morgs??

[Morgan]

30th may thornleigh maccas at 7 leave at 8 cruise to terrigal via old pac should be a big one:)

[Shiv]

30th may
thornleigh maccas at 7
leave at 8
cruise to terrigal via old pac
should be a big one:)

I just saw that posted up on OzLib....

....can't make it.

Def have to do a cruise some other time. Want to put these larger tyres to the test once they got a couple hunge on them

[Matt]

love the new rims Shiv!!! Good to see some Gen3 goodness on your car....

[Scuba-Roo]

Car looks good with the new rims shiv thought about a varex muffler?

[Shiv]

Thanks Matt As I said before - its probably the only good part of a gen3, haha.... You installed that STi front lip yet? Mark - Yeh they sound properly decent on a N/A. I think Aaron's got one on his GX and it sounds pretty good. I just can't justify the cost of one ATM.