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Katalyst

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  1. have got 6 1/4s in, had to cut out the kickpanel plastic speaker grill, and to retain the bonet release cut into the glovebox to allow to open properly - could avoid by having a rip cord style bonet release (way less effort than chopping up glovebox) or a more slim speaker have infinty reference's in, which i belive are on the bigger side could take some pics if u like?
  2. Have you checked radiator coolant levels?? will drop when ur going fast cause ur ramming cool air through the engine bay test it by running ur car and let it heat up, watch it, listen to it, too see if ur fan kicks in and cools things down hope tht it helps
  3. yeah bro box off tht whole area, also not sure wot kinda adaptor plate ur using to connect it to ur afm, but make tht brace nice and strong!! have recently cracked mine on the e30 Looks good bro aswel!
  4. yeah Hydrofoils are kool - the little moths are quite a cool class would defnitly scare the pants of ppl - oh 2 have a mil or 2 to bring one down here!
  5. have heard rumors through work that theres guna be some major changes in the class, time will tell i guess!! would be kool to something like an orma 60 burning up the gulf thou!! have some video somewhere of a dude caining it on a single ski behind an orma somewhere, il try and dig it up boss is currently in Velencia, watchin the LV, hes going out on a 142ftr (oh to be the boss - well sorta) with the owner trying our new s/y airbatten system so shuld be good! also the superyacht cup later this week aswell
  6. thts a good spot on the JAWS cover, but i stil hve an eyebrow raised bout the Basic Instinct one????
  7. not north but west (titirangi) but spare room with double bed base, urs if u need it
  8. where is a good place to get springs compressed?? the only place ive ben told is snells, has nebody used them before??
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    Nice doggy....

    isnt weird how the world works, was lookin at this on the weekend and talking bout it at work today unfortunatley, the dog in tht pic is photoshoped and here is the real dog it refers to http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/o...s/Hercules.html althou the first pi is so much better, but check out this dog worlds tallest tog Gibson, 7ft + on hind legs!!!!!!!!!!!11
  10. are they 18s?? looking at some dtms but worried about rubbing also how wide r ur tyres? have u had any issues yet? looking fully sic m8!!!!
  11. so ur saying theres 2 push on wires????????? this must be the problem, i only can find 1 now im really confused
  12. oh - well its the push on wires im talking about and both are the same size??? which has made it harder - will post up the outcome, which with no doubt be a simple oversight which will really rip me, but i guess tht wot happens to part timers
  13. yea bro, thts it knocked a wire off the the solinoid and now it wont have a bar of it! was turning over and starting before, and then just idling badly and now nothing, could be the starter just seems weird, didnt show any sign of dying before tht ohwell toe it to the mechanics 2moro ive had enuf its startin to mess with my head!!!!
  14. hey does anybody know whch terminal on the solinoid the ground wire goes onto? top or bottom?? knocked this off while doing something else to it cheers
  15. so now feeling completley demoralised!!!! fixed all that i thought that was wrong, put everything back together..... turned the key and....NOTHING!!! checked the starter motor connections, battery voltage and there fine, even tried hooking the battery straight to the starter and still nothing so any ideas??? being in the place tht they are , how hard r they to take out???
  16. alrite boys and girls, cant get the bemma goin!! hve found a broken breather hose and in the process of trying to rangi up a solution til i can get a new 1!!!! also from the sounds of things there is another air leak somewhere..... shes havin trouble idling and also sounds like its missing abit at bout 4000rpm and then when it settles down all of a sudden drops out and dies!!! was wondering if theres any west auckland guys or gals with a pre facelift parts car tht i could borrow some parts off to get her back on the road, and get me off to work in the morning any help would be much appreciated cheers Dan
  17. i know magwarehouse carries longers bolts, werent cheap thou(eyes popped when they mentioned the price!!), try a fastners warehouse theres a good 1 on rosebank road, name eludes me - but would be the best place to start
  18. bro prety sure wont fit bmw is 5x120 they look alot like advanti stalkers, shuld beable to find a set of those in 18s cheaper than those lexus 1s
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    Random stuff

    bro keen as on the spongebob toy, the missis will love me for it!! well maybe for a few minutes anyway!! same price as on trademe?
  20. currently foreman for small composite company making carbon sailbattens for most of the worlds racing boats and competitive/high end superyacts, also other spars and tubing to fill on the gaps (which arnt to many at the mo!!!!!!!!!) all out of the west auckland bush!! very partitail to favours if the bmw part is right!! hehehe spend weekends moonlighting as builder come mechanic come boosehead!!
  21. bro pick a bolt near your amp, and make sure its part of the main body, sratch away all the paint (most important part) arond the bolt area, then bolt it with lug terminal betwenn car body and wotever the bolt holds to the car, and bolt up really tight and shuld be done also if u have a soldering iron tin the ends of your wires makes them better, also a good size cable helps aswell
  22. yeah it has turned to sh*t, steve the old owner was alot better, much nicer to deal with and quite helpful was there not to long ago for one of there sales - prety crap really quite low end!! also dropped some of the high end better brand stuff, which was there loss as i was guna spend some good dosh there if u want good advice and help paul moneys off diminion rd is good, 1 dude there moonlights as an installer but other than tht nothin in tht regard alot of the places are feelin the pinch from trademe and parallel importers, and also abit of a down turn in car audio at the moment aswell next time shout out im sure theres a few ppl on here who r willing to help out
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