Oh No What Have I Done!!!

[Gly]

well, the time had come for me to move on from my legnum
moving on to something else.....

i have been for test drive, hummm'd and haaaarrr'd,
talked/negotiated with the misses...

put down a deposit on a new car....
will know tomorrow if the finance has been approved.

once the approval comes thru,

i will no longer own my legnum,
how ever it will stay close to me,

it will become the property of my misses,
less a few hot bits (mags/brembos/exhaust/ice/battery box/recaros/coilovers)

they will be going on/in to my new ride


http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=63089237


will know tomorrow afternoon, if this is what ill be driving round in from now on

[djb160]

Yeah baby wooop wooop

[mpau009]

/Welcome2 /rally /bounce /Banana /Poms /woot

Yes, very good.

The Easiest 100hp mod ever...:scholar:


What did insurance have to say though?

[Gly]

havent asked mine,

but have had a quote from pioneer for $100 per month, only $30 more than i pay now

[djb160]

Whats been done to it?

[Kieran]

Congratulations Gly - Been a long time coming, hasn't it?:afro:

[bradc]

but but but it's ugly purple!

Looks great though, reminds me of my car when stock. I assume you're going to just swap everything nice across?

[Gly]

the new one?

zip zero nada, completely stock, not even a turbo timer,

bonus is thats its already had a new clutch put in and new cambelt.

after i get it...

it will get right away...

alarm,
brembo brakes,
18" mags,
3" fujitsubo exhaust,
full I.C.E. install,
cusco coil over suspension,
camber adjustment,
battery relocation to boot,
evo 5 recaros,

future mods... (havent bought these yet)

crux kit,
guages,
turbo timer,
boost controller,

[ShadyNZer]

shot bro..:thumbsup: bout time u got a turb lol damn whats your missus guna be left wit on the leggie? just the kit? :)

[bradc]

Gly, I'm keen as to help you out for all the install / swap over

Can't wait to see it if you get it

[Gly]

yeh pretty much,

will move the sounds out of her car into it,
she'll have facelift hubs,
(stock wheels for now)
lowering springs,
vr4 interior from my new car,
guages,
will leave the battery in the boot for her but ill be taking my alloy box,
she'll keep the cold air intake,
and have the vr4 exhaust on.

[Gly]

Congratulations Gly - Been a long time coming, hasn't it?:afro:

yeh, have owned my 25ST for 3 years, 3months now.

[bradc]

So you're putting the fujizzibo onto the vr4 and the stock vr4 exhaust onto the 25st?

[Gly]

yep.

all interchangable

[rayray24]

About time aye! It a 1999 to yeah boy! Bro you just know that the missus going to want to "borrow it" every now and then aye! Nice buy thou! Well done!

[bradc]

sounds like we will have a lot of work to do next weekend :D

[berg1987]

nice looking car gly veery nice

[Gly]

yeh, ill be pretty happy if it all goes ahead,

especially since i wont have to fork out for a cambelt change,
or a new clutch for a while.

the colour wasnt my first choice,
but the price was good, and its had its most major/expensive service work done,

and it has a massive sunroof!

i had the choice between this and a black one,
the black one was a 2000, but with higher kms, and no indication or proof of cambelt change.

ill be looking into getting a front kit sometime this year
funds permitting,

anyone got a pic of a purple galant or legnum withe the crux front on,
ive seen it befor but i can find it!

[bradc]

thats another thing that reminds me of my purple car, the big hole in the roof :D

The only pic I've got of a purple vr-4 with a front bumper is this one

[Gly]

well thers is/will be 2 purple legnums with that kit on,

found the pic of the purple galant with the crux kit,
quite like it so i think ill be getting one later

uploaded/1576/1172994224.jpg

[bradc]

pm me your email addy, I've found 2 nice big pics of that car for you

[william]

Very happy for you Carsten. I agree, it's about time!!

[White Lightning]

Excellent news ... Congrats ... I bet you can't wait to take her for a spin /rally

[Dan_G]

what have you done? Well; the only sensible thing you could do in the circumstances.... :D

and thats buy a VR4... :thumbsup: /Steeringw

[Gly]

yeh,
will hopefully have it mid/end of the week,

approval should be fine,
having them install an alarm, and a WOF and REGO and plates.

ill be the first NZ owner :D

had the dealer and misses, pooing there pants when i nailed it getting onto the motorway :P

cant wait to get some performace mods onto it :P
and then out for a bit of a blast,

[Axeboy]

Nice one mate...

Looking forward to seeing it with all the bits... :)

[Nick VR4]

Nice looking car hope all comes to plan :D

[jaimz]

Hey well done dude... all your dreams are fulfilled..!
:afro:

[djb160]

Your not gonna get the crux skirts are you or the odd looking arse are you? If you can I rekon a dark coloured FMIC will look awesome on the car. GGgggrrrr

[CANDEE]

Looks good dude!! I like those facelift wheels.. :P

[Gly]

well, ive now had my car for 3 hours /rally

im very happy! :D

got a call this morning at 10am,
finance has been approved, we're geting a rego sorted and alarm installed as we speak!

wooop!! wooop!!

will get started on swapping over parts this weekend!



not worried about the wheels on it...
as my 18 x 8.5 ANZ Drift RS wheels will be going on.


kit wise ill just get the crux front for now (before the end of the year)

ill see if i can get some cash together in the next few weeks for a BOV and Turbo timer

[bradc]

congrats dude :) how much fun has it been?

[Paul Beazer]

Nice one! Hope it works out for you! And its got a proper gearbox!!

[Gly]

got stuck in auckland peak traffic on the way back, that sucked,
forgot how bad having a clutch in auckland was,

but still im stoked i got a manual,
auto never again.

nice to hear the turbos wind up :P

i just need more noise from the exhaust and psssshhhh, when changing gears :P

looking at getting a sard r2d2 bov



oh and as bonus,
call my insurance today,

there not raising the premium or excess, now that i have a vr4,
still $70 per month :D

thru mobile insurance consultants

[mpau009]

ill see if i can get some cash together in the next few weeks for a BOV

I wouldnt bother unless you want it just to annoy people, if your running stock boost then it should be fine, too many hassles with overfuelling in my book..

If you want a hand id be keen to see your new toy, and iv already done an interior swap around. Is the glove box plastic stuff, and seatbelts the same colour? That was the main pain with mine..

One had a sunroof, one didnt so i couldnt swap headliners, which was fine... until i realised i wanted the seatbelt height adjusters to match the roof ..but had to have the tan belts in the VR4.. I generally dont tell people i restitched my own seatbelts:afro: (actually i had mum do it:2thumbsup)

P.S bet you have most of it done before the weekend anyway:P

[bradc]

I feel sorry for your insurance company :) Just kidding.

This morning when it took me 45 minutes to drive 10km I was happy I didn't have a clutch either.

[Gly]

ive always wanted a tubro with an annoying BOV,
there is no way im not getting one :P

i might buy kens map ecu to sort the over fueling,

im not looking for huge power mods, just some simple,
thought out ones like what ken had.

his did a respectable 180kw atw's?

im just swaping the seats around,
coz the ST has grey/blue interior,

and my vr4 has black/red,
im gonna either get the fabric in the arm rests changed,
or look for some all black ones.

[bradc]

Mike, I'm never getting into your car then :) Scary!

I don't think he's swapping the interior though, just the seats and the important bits

[ShadyNZer]

oh and as bonus,
call my insurance today,

there not raising the premium or excess, now that i have a vr4,
still $70 per month :D

thru mobile insurance consultants
my insurance sucks, im paying bout 50 a week!!! are u on your full or restricted? man im gettin ripped a new anus hard out...

[Gly]

full, and im almost 26,

and my driving history sucks, LOL!

[d i c k i e s]

damn $50-$70 week.

im only paying $30 a fortnight for my VR4 and my house and contents insurance. HONEST!

[Subaru ETA]

i just had issues with pionner about payment... basiclly you have to pay thru GE credit line who cocked up when i took my insurance out and didnt bill me for a few months so i was quite pissed off when they said they want there money NOW! and want $212 for the nex 4 months! i told GE to get ****ed as it was there fault and i would pay it back in away that i could afford. they didnt like this so i have told pionner to sort it or im going to ASB whos premium is cheaper but excess is higer.

o yeah and congrats on the upgrade!

[BraindG]

Hey Congrats on the new Car Gly!... proper one too! /GJ

HF!

[OSiRiS]

Wow congrats it's been a long time huh :)

[SimonNZ]

I have a similar vr4 and am paying $700 and something a year - through Axiom, and I'm under 25... Anyway nice looking car mate!

[berg1987]

huh!? really! man im geting ripped im paying $2000 but im old 19, i have a clean driving record tho haha

[bradc]

$1000 for my white one and $2400 for the purple one

[Kenneth]

$1000 for my white one and $2400 for the purple one

hehe, you should try applying for mechanical insurance on your purple leggy.

[bradc]

heh yeah. I'm thinking about it for the white one though, the trans is just going to die again, and I do about 30000km a year in it

[Gly]

puts my 18s on it today,
recaros also in...

damn it looks rude not lowered,


atm my ST is up on jack stands at my parents place

will pull some more parts out of it tomorrow.

[Gly]

I have a similar vr4 and am paying $700 and something a year - through Axiom, and I'm under 25... Anyway nice looking car mate!


i coundnt afford the lump sum, would only have been $740ish if i paid up in one go, had to go for the montly payment

[rayray24]

Aye? I only pay $650 for my vr4 and that includes cover for 20k on the car and over 5k in mods! AND my exess is only $500, I'm 25 and have had 3 speeding tickets but no claims, i think i'm getting a good deal looking at all your posts. All with state!!!!! OMG.

[Gly]

lucky for you,
i dont think i could count my fines on my fingers and toes,
LOL! i was a naughty boy,

oh and not to mention i was disqualified for a year at one stage!

[bradc]

ray, you're very lucky, especially with state, they are normally quite expensive

[d i c k i e s]

im also with state. theyre pretty good.

[detonate]

Good **** dude!

[KiwiTT]

Well done Gly. A "real" VR-4.

You'll never look back.

[djb160]

You'll never look back.

Of course he will, at all the slow arse cars he's flying past

[KHK]

gly , congratulation ! a manual VR4! great!

you would love the hugh sky roof

[Gly]

the VR4 got alot closer to the ground today,
fitted my cusco coilovers,

also took the fujitsubo off the ST,
having a leak in the de-cat pipe welded tomorrow,
will be fitting it to the VR4 on saturday.

gonna pull of the brembos tomorrow,
and putting bits back on the ST. (brakes, shocks, wheels)

wont have as much time to work on it tomorrow as im donating blood :)

[KHK]

can the brembo bolt straight onto the hubs?

i'm using mitsubishi GTO caliper, cannot bolt straight on; need a cast iron metal bridge

[Gly]

GTO calipers dont fit without custom brakets

brembos only fit on the 99+ facelift VR4s,

you'll need the hub carriers and abs sensors from the front of a 99+ vr4,
if you have prefacelift (96-98)

and the rear brake lines need to changed to the evo 5+ ones.

[SHOWVR]

Where the pics @!!!???

[Gly]

its been dark every time ive gotten home!

at work all day, then parents house swapping parts,
then home and by then its to dark to get a good pic!

[Gly]

EXCITING UPDATE!

MY CARS NOT TRIGGER MAUVE

ITS INDUGO BLUE METALLIC!!!


yah its not purple!! LOL!

[Gly]

just bought a apexi turbo timer

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.asp?id=90888093

only $80 :P

[d i c k i e s]

nice!

[You See]

I think Don (SHOWVR) has an Apexi, so if needed I'm sure he'll be more than happy to provide a copy of his manual. :P

[KHK]

EXCITING UPDATE!

MY CARS NOT TRIGGER MAUVE

ITS INDUGO BLUE METALLIC!!!


yah its not purple!! LOL!


how funny you are:inquisiti , not knowing the colour of car beforehand and then bought it

[KHK]

GTO calipers dont fit without custom brakets

brembos only fit on the 99+ facelift VR4s,

you'll need the hub carriers and abs sensors from the front of a 99+ vr4,
if you have prefacelift (96-98)

and the rear brake lines need to changed to the evo 5+ ones.


i have custom braket but have doubt on the quality of craftsmanship.

Luckily i have a 99 facelift parts for me to fit my GTO calipers.
Unfortunately, i cannot unwind the very big nut.
What size of wrench needed?

Removing the caliper and disc are easy, then come the big lock nut in the middle of spindle, just can't remove it.

Gly, "hub carrier" = caliper mount?

[Kieran]

I presume you're on about the driveshaft nut. It's a 32mm and it's also got a split pin securing it. Remove the split pin, and with the car off the ground and started, get someone to stand on the brakes. Then use a dam great breaker bar (mines a meter long) and crack it off. I'm built like a garden cane and I can do it, so you'll be fine.

[bradc]

you dork it took you 3 or 4 days to figure out what colour it was!

[Gly]

its all that pearl and metallic crap its deceiving LOL!

i thought i would pop the bonnet and have look at the colour code,
and have a read of the colour charts,

YAH ITS BLUE!

not ass bandit purple!

[OSiRiS]

lol :P

[dickytim]

got stuck in auckland peak traffic on the way back, that sucked,
forgot how bad having a clutch in auckland was,

but still im stoked i got a manual,
auto never again.

nice to hear the turbos wind up :P

i just need more noise from the exhaust and psssshhhh, when changing gears :P

looking at getting a sard r2d2 bov



oh and as bonus,
call my insurance today,

there not raising the premium or excess, now that i have a vr4,
still $70 per month :D

thru mobile insurance consultants

I'm with them as well, I wonder if we should look at a club deal with them...

[Gly]

sorry bout the poor pics,
just got home,
and its dark!!

anyway,

now on are the....

18x8.5 ANZ Drift RS wheels,
cusco coil overs,
fujitsubo 3" cat back exhaust, (not as loud as it was on the ST)
3" de-cat,

[d i c k i e s]

looks damn nice to me already!

[You See]

At least you don't have to worry about any clearance issues! :P

[Gly]

its lowered,


just funny angles and the way the cars parked

[White Lightning]

Looking good ...

[You See]

That Fujitsubo just doesn't look quite right dude....think we'd better trial it on my car?...yeah?? :idea2:

[bradc]

looks good, but not as low as before, you haven't done your full audio install yet have you?

It definately looks indigo in those pics, not ugly purple :) It is the same colour as that facelift one we looked at in manukau with the super vr4 front

[Gly]

yeh it is,

that one we look at in manuaku has been sold,
i parked next to it when i went to the backery this morning,

waited to see if the new owner came back to tell him/her bout the club,
no one showed, so i drove off....


and no none of the audio is in yet.

[pezza]

A few days too late, but congrats Carsten, I know what it was like wanting more power ... talk about not wasting anytime modding the car just purchasing! must be close to a club record!

I suspected you bought mods with the thought of transferring to VR4 tho (ie brakes, zorst, coilovers, seats etc)

If only I could've transferred my moonroof across from my V6 too :thinking:
The ONLY I still really miss....

Anymore pix?

[Gly]

both cars have had all the major bits swapped over,

the ST sits extremely low (lowering springs on VR4 shocks)
on 16" VR4 wheels, VR4 Brakes, and VR4 exhaust,

uploaded/1576/1173508583.jpg


the VR4 has all the good bits, cusco coils overs, FGK, 18s, recaros, boost guage, cheap BOV ive borrowed, and Brembos (yet to be fitted)

uploaded/1576/1173508660.jpg


all thats left to swap over is the I.C.E. and the momo wheel.
and i gotta wire in the apexi turbo timer,

[d i c k i e s]

are u gonna swap over the skirts aswell?

[Gly]

nope.
there stayin on the ST,

the VR4 will get a different kit

[berg1987]

looking very nice gly, thats a hot looking legnum

[valmes]

Congrats!
VR-4 will be hell of a Ride, compared to ST-R! ;)

Although I doubt you will not be "bitten by a mod bug"... don't know how well that expression translates into English, but when you are at 180kw you WILL want more! ;)

[Gly]

Congrats!
VR-4 will be hell of a Ride, compared to ST-R! ;)

Although I doubt you will not be "bitten by a mod bug"... don't know how well that expression translates into English, but when you are at 180kw you WILL want more! ;)

i was bitten a long time ago,
i never stop modding :P

performance or looks, i like doing both :P

will be getting a SARD R2D2 BOV in the near future,
and some custom-ish piping and aftermarket intercooler,
all ready know what kit i want to buy (unless i find something no one else has)
cold airbox + feed
some sort of piggy back ecu.

some better down pipes to go with the 3"de-cat and 3" cat-back FGK

[Dan_G]

looks absolutely great already! :2thumbsup don't spoil it with a nasty looking kit... :P

Although; I doubt you will get it wrong! the ST-R looked pretty tastefully done...

and a side note.... I hate living in Britain with all the salt on the roads... its an everyday battle to stop your car turning into iron oxide........... the underside of your car is spotless ... zero rust!... great condition.. nice car

[Gly]

i wont spoil it...
ill keep all the stock parts this time thou, (sold all the original ST parts)

will still work on the ST, will be getting the skirts painted,
and the misses plans to fit a set of larger wheels... and coil overs,
its just to damn low.

[Gly]

oh and what doz every one think....

while i have the brembos out should i colour match them to the car,
or leave them red?

[bradc]

I think that red will make them stand out better on what basically looks like a black car to most people. If not you could go with a silver, but they won't stand out as much

[d i c k i e s]

agreed. leave em.

[djb160]

I third leaving them as they are. Is that a standard facelift rear bumper or something else? Are they different from pre/facelift?

[Gly]

yes fully standard kit on the vr4,

they are different to the prefacelift.

[rayray24]

Leave them red bro! That's the brembo trade mark! The car is looking damn nice too by the way, good buy!

[Gly]

well,
not much left to transfer over now...

so far on/in the vr4,

mags,
brembos,
FGK exhaust,
de-cat,
cusco coil overs,
recaros,
cd/mp3 player,
indash tv,
bluetooth hands free kit,
momo gear knob,
Gizzmo IBC,
smoke face boost gauge,
apexi turbo timer,
full new set of NGK Iridium IX plugs,
hard pipe where the rear turbo joins to the Y piece
clear/crystal side indicators

what i have left to do...

speakers, sub, amps, (and all wiring & power cables)
momo stearing wheel,
battery box, and battery

[bradc]

looks great in the photo's, looks fantastic in real life!

[djb160]

Im so jealous

[Wouter]

Im so jealous

Me too!!!!

[Gly]

well today was a very busy and frantic day,
all audio in & battery in boot.

50mm^2 welding cable is not fun to run the lenght of a legnum
(0 Guage cable)

all was going well till it started raining (was working outside)
and i had left the moon roof and windows open.

quickly put the battery back in, and instead off putting + on + and - on -
i put the + on the - and - on the +

needless to say i poped alot of fuses.. big and little.
and on a public holiday and everywhere is bloody closed!

found some spares after a 1hour hunt,
all good, dont seam to have nuked anything

only fuse i couldnt replace was a main one 120amps
so theres a jumper wire on that as a temp fix.

then my deep cycle battery that was going in was flat as! (sittying in the ST for a month and hadnt been run)

jumped it from the old one,

sweet as,

only issue now is low charing voltage, (starts of fine 13.5v then after a 5 min run it sorta struggles to get abouve 12.8v)

wasnt like that befor moving the battery and nuking the car :(

dunno if its coz of the jumper wire (not very big)
or if its a poor earth,

will look into it tomorrow,

had enough for today.

[KHK]

LOL
no helping hand nearby that moment?

[bradc]

Thats not a good thing to do at all! Hope you haven't caused any serious damage

[Gly]

apart from the charging voltage
everything is fine,

all the dash lights come on and go off as they should,
everything still works.

[Kieran]

Uh-oh! When I shorted out the dashboard clocks on my GLS it popped a the voltage regulator in the alternator - Battery light on and although it charged the battery, the readings were inconsistent. Hope that's not just happened to you!:inquisiti

[Gly]

will know tomorrow,

if i have popped the volt reg, wouldnt it just be low all the time?

the battery light doz'nt come on...
except for the startup check. and then goes off.

ill take it for a decent spin after ive chnaged to a 120amp use instead of a bit of 12ga speaker wire

its gonna be a bitch of a job to change isnt it? (alternator... if ive cooked it?)

[Wouter]

its gonna be a bitch of a job to change isnt it? (alternator... if ive cooked it?)

Yup... much swearing involved.

[Kenneth]

well if you still need any fuses, i have a full set of spares :D

[Gly]

got the right fuse,

voltage is as stable as it was before :P

now i just have a huge gap in my engine bay to do something with

[d i c k i e s]

mean bro!

[Gly]

well today the car got treated to new oil and filter,

Supercheap had a 25% of all store stock sale so at $45 for full synthetic oil and $7 for a filter,
i couldnt pass it up....

used Castrol Edge fully synthetic 5-30w oil, (anyone used this before?)
and a valvoline filter,

also flushed/bleed the clutch with new dot 5.1 fluid,
man the old stuff was black!!
gear changes feel easier/smoother clutch feels better (bit softer?)

will be changing the gearbox fluid to some Royal purple stuff later this month,
also looking at aftermarket coolers/piping,

[Subaru ETA]

i used edge 5-30 once but it was too thin (blew a little blue smoke at idle) but thats jsut coz the v6 mitsis are shockers for valve stem seals...
i use 10-30. no tapping and no smoke :D

[Gly]

newest shiney bit that will be fitted, 600x300x76
bar and plate, 3" inlet/outlet

got a larger throtal body lined up to im gonna pick up this week,
will be going for 3" from the turbos Y joiner to the throtal body

[MunkyWrench]

wanna sell the hub carriers from the ST??

The alternator has 3 phases, if you pop one it'll still go reasonably well. Mine blew a rectifier diode (went short circuit), so the car ran with charge light on, but discharged the battery when off.

hammer a soft socket over the drive shaft nut, possibly a size too small - it'll be wrecked after ward, but thats how we got my tight one off without wrecking the nut.

[BraindG]

newest shiney bit that will be fitted, 600x300x76
bar and plate, 3" inlet/outlet
hmmm shiney bits - oh! i want money /toycar

[Gly]

sorry keeping them on,
no parts to put it back to preface lift,

and its all camber fixed and fully aligned,
sick of swapping parts around on it now, so its staying as is.

also what am i forcing a nut over? and why?