Jase

thanks for the ideas hayden :-- )

also, my air-con has gone crazy.. :--\

when i turn on my air-con, the little light in the middle of the 3 air-con knobs (u guys know what i'm talkin about? that one which can be switched on or off to let outside air into the car) switches from one to the other every 5 seconds or so.

it is really annoying, cuz if you're following a truck or something, it sucks in all the exhaust fume into the car. And if I turn the air conditioning off, its all fine.

have you guys had similar problems?

how did u clean it? did you remove the high beam bulb and somehow using a chopstick and some tissue to dry it out?

hey Matt

So how much are a set of headlights, the black housing ones?

I have water drops inside of my front head light.. >:--O

Does that mean it has a crack somewhere? How can i get rid of the moisture?

Should I buy a new set of lights (those smoked ones :-- P) or fix it somehow?

It looks really ugly!!

welcome! :---D!

talkin about the rear view mirror right? mine is on the roof :-- )

did u refil your radiator with more coolant after u let some of it out? (That liter of so which u caught with your ice cream container)

i agree with hayden..

drive it like a integra typeR, rev it hard man

going down in power from a turbo car to a NA car, takes some time to get used to and to "forget" what turbo power is like, i guess, hahah

VVTi kicks in at around 5000 ay? maybe you should only change gear after that point :--p

hi kiwinz

don't you like the beep? I love the beep man, it's saved my car's ass a couple of times! haha..

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...&hl=revers+beep

try this man, from the UK forum

you're talkin about the round bit in the center of the brake discs right?

it was last year, i saw a yellow altezza with the same black mags with yellow writing on them in autotrader or something.. maybe the same car?

anyway, your car sure looks hot! do you have other pics of your car?

:- D

about the suspension, i heard from the WOF dudes next door to my work that coilovers can pass WOF now, as they changed the law in november. I think that means, you don't need a cert? I think I should double check to make sure, as i don't want to give out wrong info.

The snow button, haha i use that when i'm in a traffic jam with people in my car, so when you put your foot down on the accelerator in first gear, you get less pull and it feels more comfortable to the passengers. and i have never used it on snowy roads.

i guess the TRC button is used most often right? hahah :P

My work uses ELF oil, and i guess it is alright ay since no-one has complained yet. I use mobil 1 myself, don't know if its the best, but sure its quite $$$! I can't feel significant difference over different brands, but I'm sure its doing a good job inside my engine protecting it haha.

I thought you're supposed to change the oil filter every time you change oil? Don't know, thats what I do :-- )

hey guys don't mock his English..!

hahah :-- p

but next time, don't use +'s, kinda hard to understand really haha :-- )

i agree with keith about the sparkplugs, i dont' think the problem is from the sparkplugs either, cuz i have asked my boss about them, and he told me that the original sparkplugs should last about 100,000ks. maybe check your engine oil?

sorry i havn't got any experience with S-AFC, but yea, i heard somethin about restarting the ECU and it makes a noticable difference (my friend did that on his VTIR integra after a couple of mods and he said it works) i havn't done this on my car as i havn't got any performance mods yet :-- p

hey matt! got the springs today, awsome man, thanks..!!

will get them put in sometime this week ay! thanks alot! --b !

everyone seems to have the factory 6disc changer? mine came with the factory single disc CD and MD player with that frame thing if you know what i mean

My problem with the CD player is that it doesn't let me put any CDs in, it goes in half way, pauses, then the CD player spits the CD out.. -_-

im now stuck with MDs and its a pain in the ass having to dub CDs to MDs :-- \

need to save up for a new player i guess.. MP3 ones should be the way to go..! :-- D

you chose the right car to buy :--- D!

wana turn that useless dash tray into something more useful?

this is wot i learnt from a jap altezza site a while ago, and thought i'd share it with you guys :-- )

1) Take out the dash tray by using a screw driver, i put tape on the tip so i don't scratch the plastic.

2) Underneath the dash tray, you should see two screws, undo them and that useless surface will come off.

3) Trim a non-slip rubber mat to the size of that surface, but leave about 1 inch on all 4 edges, so you can fold them and by using tape or whatever, tape them down. And make sure they are taped on tight, otherwise when you turn it around the surface will look gay.

4) There you have it..! Put you sunnies on that and they won't slide off..! 8--- )

nice haha --b

i've read in a car magazine that, the altezza was put out to compete with BMWs in the euro market.

is the BMW you're talkin about the new or the old model?

if its the old model, i'd get altezza man, newer car, newer technology wahaha :-- p

howick for me

i see there are a couple of members from howick area too, which is cool :-- D

greeneyes, i think i have seen u before, like, around top of macleans road, near where i used to live :)

ouch thats painful man :--- ( sorry to hear that man

i had an accident in mine last year but wasn't as bad

bent the rear door fowards while backin out of a drive way n had to get a new door :--\

good luck with the repairs man..!

Jason

Auckland, Howick

1999 RS200 silver purchased in mid 2002

stock standard man :--- p

previous ride: 1994 WRX wagon

by the way, im new :) /