Member Profile - Bass_Straitener

[bass_straitener]

hey Bruce, what site were u getting all the cusco gear off and do they have pictures of what part goes where?

I got a lot of this stuff off a company in QLD 999Automotive. But in hindsight I should have just contacted Phat. Though I'm pretty happy with the prices I got so all good.

Plenty of images on this forum as to where everything goes. Have a search. The big H brace and triagular bits are up the front and all the others are for the rear.

[SH30RB]

I got a lot of this stuff off a company in QLD 999Automotive. But in hindsight I should have just contacted Phat. Though I'm pretty happy with the prices I got so all good.

Plenty of images on this forum as to where everything goes. Have a search. The big H brace and triagular bits are up the front and all the others are for the rear.

i've heard 999Automotive have pretty good prices, only a small difference to phat

[Rome_BRZ]

I got a lot of this stuff off a company in QLD 999Automotive. But in hindsight I should have just contacted Phat. Though I'm pretty happy with the prices I got so all good.

Plenty of images on this forum as to where everything goes. Have a search. The big H brace and triagular bits are up the front and all the others are for the rear.

i've heard 999Automotive have pretty good prices, only a small difference to phat

But then add postage differences, Phat's postage as pretty cheap and it's only NSW to VIC as opposed to QLD to VIC

[SH30RB]

I got a lot of this stuff off a company in QLD 999Automotive. But in hindsight I should have just contacted Phat. Though I'm pretty happy with the prices I got so all good.

Plenty of images on this forum as to where everything goes. Have a search. The big H brace and triagular bits are up the front and all the others are for the rear.

i've heard 999Automotive have pretty good prices, only a small difference to phat

But then add postage differences, Phat's postage as pretty cheap and it's only NSW to VIC as opposed to QLD to VIC

thats very true, or if you have someone that can pick it up for you in Sydney its even cheaper

[bass_straitener]

thats very true, or if you have someone that can pick it up for you in Sydney its even cheaper

Actually I've just come back from my tuner, who is a cusco dealer too, and his prices were similar 999 Automotive who also have a Sydney office too.

I did spend quite a bit of time getting the prices I did, going via Phat would probably have saved a bit of time.

[Rome_BRZ]

thats very true, or if you have someone that can pick it up for you in Sydney its even cheaper

Actually I've just come back from my tuner, who is a cusco dealer too, and his prices were similar 999 Automotive who also have a Sydney office too.

I did spend quite a bit of time getting the prices I did, going via Phat would probably have saved a bit of time.

At the end of the day they are installed in your car and you get to enjoy the handling increase so that's all that matters

[bass_straitener]

Update Time:

Woke early today and on a mission. Firstly I picked up a Snap on Blue Point Super Low trolley jack through a seller I met on ebay. Then on to SCA to buy some heavily reduced 3 ton jack stands $19.99 reduced from $59.99& a garage creeper $29.99 reduced from $69.00. Very happy with all purchases and the SCA stuff I thought was a bargain and it hasn't failed so far or Chaotic2050, or myself, wouldn't be here to type this update.

I was ready for the rest of the day to play grease monkey with Chaotic2050, Kieran and jaydece, Justin.

Well it was a great day and I got both front and rear Cusco sway bars installed. AVO HD rear mounts were also installed. Wasn't as easy as I thought as some of the bolts were done up extremely tight and I reckon had never been touched since leaving the FHI factory.

A big thanks to Kieran and Justin for coming over to give me a hand and share the day.

Here are a couple of pics of the rear sway being installed.

[<GB>]

Looks good

So the job was hard cause the bolts were tight? Did u round off the nuts or bolts or something?

[Kekotic]

Happy to help Bruce, was a good fun day!

Now clean those bloody wheel arches and springs
just kiddin.

Brandon, I most certainly didn't strip or thread any of the bolts....Bruce on the other hand.....

[bass_straitener]

Happy to help Bruce, was a good fun day!

Now clean those bloody wheel arches and springs
just kiddin.

Brandon, I most certainly didn't strip or thread any of the bolts....Bruce on the other hand.....

Was a bit more difficult than thought originally for the rear as the wheels had to come off as well as the exhaust.

I didn't strip any bolts either. Or round any off.

A perfect install with no noises on the test drive.

[<GB>]

How long did it take?

[Kekotic]

Rear maybe an hour of actual time working on it? Bit of stuffing around and having Bigbadbenny come around half way through put a hold on things for about 45 mins.
I was a bit hesitant to work fast on it because we had the whole day anyway, and it's not my car so I didn't want to thread or strip anything.
Bruce did the most of the front after I showed him what needed to be taken off to do it, as Justin and I were working on my car by that time. Well I should say Justin was working on my car and I was providing Moral support...

[<GB>]

Rear maybe an hour of actual time working on it? Bit of stuffing around and having Bigbadbenny come around half way through put a hold on things for about 45 mins.
I was a bit hesitant to work fast on it because we had the whole day anyway, and it's not my car so I didn't want to thread or strip anything.
Bruce did the most of the front after I showed him what needed to be taken off to do it, as Justin and I were working on my car by that time. Well I should say Justin was working on my car and I was providing Moral support...

Good times! Sounds like a working bee

[bass_straitener]

Update time:

Well I've done nothing new to the car. Everything is waiting parts or workshop time etc.

So I went out today and decided to take a quick vid of my exhaust sytem note. I'm running the AVO dump pipe with the AVO mid and Y section combined with the stock STI quad tip mufflers the car came with.

Enjoy.

[Corsair]

That sounds nice and mean when you rev it...I like! Good low end burble when idling also, without being over the top.
Most importantly, how much does it roar when you stab it down a freeway on-ramp?