Brendans Stagea RS4

[wgnZilla]

Well,

I haven't been here for a while... Let's catch up.



I went shopping quite a bit more.

Gauges came Last week so Did my spare Center vent, so I went to work;










Then to test.


All in, Just need to wait until I install the Sensors.. haha, Time to take it out and put the aircon vent back in to deal with summer :P

(yes I will match the colour, in time)


More Stuff Arrived.





The spare room started getting kinda full



More pretty bits;


All the parts came and shed access was arranged, So I packed the car on friday and headed over.


Cars now at its new home


Relevant sticker now...

[wgnZilla]

So its been at its new home since friday, However my housemates car got a yellow sticker last weekend so fixing that came first.

All I did on my car on friday was de-orange the dash cluster (stageas have a stupid orange film that means your lights are boring as hell orange (or red).. )
Oh and this;



Yesterday didn't see much done as still had to finish off the housemates car, I did de-orange the dash so I could fit super awesome Blue LED dash lights (finally!)

Sitting ontop of the hoist bleeding the gemmys brakes, good time for a photo


However today we knuckled down;

And it begins...


Exhaust off


Driveshaft out and ready to drop the box.


Dealing with some hard to reach bolts.


4ton Auto box out!


Keep watching this space! Manual coming soon!


Was going to take out the motor today, however realised the 26mm socket needed to drop the front shafts was left at home (45 minutes away) so just dropped all the fluids and that was it for the day.

Day 1 complete

[wgnZilla]

I hate being at work when I could be working on my car

[wgnZilla]

Back to the cave. Still have a lot to do on the house mates car.
Hopefully the stagea can get some attention tonight!

[wgnZilla]

Well I managed to come down with a cold and haven't had any chance to touch my car
This weekend regardless of how dead I feel I am going full hog and getting some progress done lol. I want it done

[wgnZilla]

Well, I appear to be over my sickness enough so tomorrow its on, friday and all weekend committed to this job!
Plenty of pics to follow im sure

[kingtube69]

WOOHOO!!!! Can't wait to see your progress!

[wgnZilla]

WOOHOO!!!! Can't wait to see your progress!

Cheers mate
Should be awesome when its done, Started a new savings fund for brakes now, really need some decent stopping power once all this is done :P

You getting a new car I read? any hints yet? :P

[RBenthusiast]

How much did the manifold set you back? Is it a top mount?

[wgnZilla]

Manifold came free with the Turbo lol so did a z32 AFM, Managed to get a bargain with that
Brand New Genuine Garrett GT35 with .63 rear, that top mount mani and AFM for 1200 bucks ;D

[RBenthusiast]

Nice score

[wgnZilla]

I thought so too
Will get more pics later of everything that i've got going on the car, its all shoved in a back room at the moment but theres about 8grand worth of bargain priced parts

[RBenthusiast]

8 grand worth? Shiet.

[wgnZilla]

Yea mate, kinda we a bit stupid with parts haha

But also saved a lot of money by being patient, I only paid 380 for the full manual console, if you were to look around you'd see (if you can actually find one) they are going for upwards of 700-800 bucks, over a grand if you try get a new one from nissan lol.

[RBenthusiast]

I see, sounds like you didn't do too bad then, some people go overboard and buy stuff cause its got a known brand on it