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Hopefully a lot of the cash spent was for work/hardware that you've retrieved and the new shop can finalise putting it all together without much more pain. Congrats with the new bub, hopefully it's the start of a new, brighter stage

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I've got a spare 15kg's I can send you

So... nipple time?

Back on topic I think there are a few things that can cause shudder. Is it only while under brakes? Perhaps take it to the shop that did the work and get them to check what it is - also find out what they put on the car (a pic of the rotor would probably get you an answer on here)

What else would you need to support one on yours Don? Pics of the stock and the new side by side?

Will depend on how much more flow can be done with the system that's on it at the moment. I doubt there'd be anything worth trying for a secondary fuel system, or if the JTG would work with one. We originally tweaked it from standard for extra to allow for the tune and mods, but I aren't sure how much headroom is left in it. The standard system works ok with the F6 turbo's as far as I know, so maybe the work done to mine before install will leave the door open.

Am tipping they offered something at this stage to stop any negative feedback on the forums? And continued to shaft you? Hope you get it all sorted quickly and without any further pain - not a good thing to be going through.

Would come down to what can work with the lpg the best I'm thinking and what Mick's the most confident in being able to get to suit my preferences Who knows - will have to have a chat with him - perhaps the gas is at it's limits on the stock snail without some compromises I wouldn't want to make. All the talk though has gotten the wheels turning over in my head.

The top end is what's interesting me Car is perfect down low, but runs out of puff after half track. Same off the line as it is now and not running out of go at the top end would be the best of both worlds for me I'm thinking. No more stress on the driveline at the start or round town than current, but still have it pulling at the other end when the stock one is falling over is very, very tempting. Would to very nice to have some longer legs on the beast than it does at the moment.

Damn you - you've now got me looking at them Wonder how they'd go with the gas system

I got a paper cut once

Was the only thing I was disappointed in with the car when I bought it (new - 0kms) Zero bite and had to use a lot more pressure to stop at intersections etc that I should have had to - basically had to do an extra tap for a complete stop, the car just wanted to keep rolling with what should have been normal stopping pressure. This was for normal, suburban street driving. I'd never really given them a good flog and not up to the stage of them fading, so it wasn't the performance side of things I was annoyed with - they just felt weak and woeful from the get go. I was coming out of a 2002 Pajero with stock brakes, so it wasn't as if I was comparing them to something exotic. Maybe I got a bad batch of pads or fluid or something on my car from the factory, but I lasted 3 months with them like this and was constantly shaking my head at how woeful they were. T2 rotors and Bendix Ultimates bought the brakes straight up to what they should have been from the factory. I wasn't chasing track performance braking or hit your head on the windscreen stopping power, but something that was reliable and comfortable rather than something constantly having me thinking that they should be better. I do agree that the pads were probably the factor that made the most difference (perhaps all it needed was a fluid change), but if the NSW coppers tested in a car with the same brakes mine had then it's no wonder they demanded Bembro's on all service vehicles. You may be right and the stock brakes aren't usually that bad, but if there are enough people who had the same experiences as I did from mine then maybe there was some common denominator (maybe they changed OEM pads for a while to a crap supply)

Looks like this next years lineup will be well worth doing the same again

Would love to do that to mine - not confident I'd get all the trim back the way it was prior and without millions of loose bits, sagging roof or rattles

Nice purchase I'd probably go straight to slotted rotors and new pads rather than worry about machining the front discs. Stock brakes are absolutely woeful - am tipping that's why you're thinking of machining? They won't improve as much as you hope they will.

I think they kept the leafs solely to allow for the 1 tonne option?

You'll need to let shockworks know when ordering - I think they valve the dampers a little different depending on the leafs you have if different to stock

My son has a few mates staying over next weekend for his birthday - will be adding food dye to the mix and serving blue waffles for brekky - will see how many 15 year olds cotton on

I'll definitely be taking the waffle iron down to the caravan next time I head there   :P

Ouch Hopefully you get some answers. I haven't got any unfortunately and there may not be any on the forum, but lack of responses doesn't mean lack of care/interest. Did you do a REVS check on the car before handing over the money? How far did you go getting it registered into your name? 100% everything done, all yours then a knock on your door one day out of the blue? (edit: not meaning to sound like a dick, just interested - hope the questions seem normal, not entitled)

"Ok dear - if you insist"

Welcome to the forum. If you do go ahead and grab the car - make sure you only use the fuel it was tuned for (not sure what fuel options you have in NZ and not sure what the seller will explain to you.) If it's anything like here we have some higher RON fuels (ethanol) that would kill a car that wasn't tuned for it (but add a sh*tload more power to a car that was)

Would almost like my turbo to cark it - would mean I was "forced" to look for an upgrade (sure you didn't crimp the oil line so the snail would die and you didn't have to work hard to justify a new, better one to the misses?)