Soarer Central: Archive through May 03, 2006

Soarer Central General Soarer Chat European style tail lights Archive through May 03, 2006

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Adam Peterson
TryHard
Western Australia
V8

Posts: 114
Reg: 04-2006

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Friday, April 28, 2006 - 03:37 pm, by: Adam Peterson (President)

Well its a NO from me

Bruce Passfield
Tinkerer
Qld
TT

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Reg: 09-2005

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Friday, April 28, 2006 - 04:31 pm, by: Bruce Passfield (Bruce)

Group buy maybe?? (Somebody know how to purchase from Japan?

Jeff Harper
Trader
NSW
UZZ32 Active V8

Posts: 1093
Reg: 07-2005

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Friday, April 28, 2006 - 05:02 pm, by: Jeff Harper (Jeffh)

I doubt the circle lights would be $286.00.

The clear one's possibly I or Aaron could get.

Ben Evans
TryHard
Qld
"Master Power" Turbo 1J With Xtras

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Reg: 07-2005

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Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 07:15 am, by: Ben Evans (Sbyder)

id buy em, rip em apart and paint the shiny stuff black... then it might look alright... MIGHT!

Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
I have LESS Soarers than Hayden :-(

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Reg: 05-2005

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Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 09:58 am, by: Don Bagnall (Baggs)

There's a thought

Lars Olsson
Tinkerer
NSW
30 V8

Posts: 60
Reg: 08-2005

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Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 11:05 am, by: Lars Olsson (Lars)

I want a set so if someone gets them in let me know my number is in my profile

Gareth Richards
TryHard
Bristol UK
GTT-L twin turbo auto

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Reg: 07-2005

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Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 08:38 pm, by: Gareth Richards (Garethr)

European style? Don't blame us!

We Europeans call them "Lexus style" (and that's not a cue for another Lexus vs Toyota "discussion"), although Lexus have stopped using them, can't think why.

Ken Cornell
TryHard
Western Australia
4.0GT V8 Soarer

Posts: 202
Reg: 01-2006

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Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 09:36 pm, by: Ken Cornell (Dunadan)

I still think the standard tail lights look better than both. As they say, if it aint broke...

Robin Giles
Tinkerer
WA
Limited UZZ31

Posts: 73
Reg: 08-2005

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Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 08:55 pm, by: Robin Giles (Rob)

How about if the glass was smoky? That would probably look good on a dark car. I saw a 380VRX today with that kind of look and I didn't mind it.

Matthew Sharpe
DieHard
North Island
3.0 GT

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Reg: 10-2005

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Monday, May 01, 2006 - 08:39 am, by: Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt)

Gareth Richards wrote on Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 08:38 pm:
European style? Don't blame us!

Bah, Brits aren't European, no matter what their status in the EEC says... they have way better taste when it comes to cars than Eurotrash

Lars Olsson
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NSW
30 V8

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Monday, May 01, 2006 - 06:49 pm, by: Lars Olsson (Lars)

I still want who's going to get them in. I have money at the moment and I need to spend.

Jeff Harper
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NSW
UZZ32 Active V8

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Monday, May 01, 2006 - 07:37 pm, by: Jeff Harper (Jeffh)

I like these lamps, one way to personalise your car.

Ok, I have sussed them out, unlike all the other lamps previously sold these are made in a factory. Probably from 2nd hand bases though.

I can land them for APPROX 44,000 yen, today that is $525. My profit you wonder? 3870 yen or $45.00 I have to either charge at the going currency rate, or take more profit. I have chosen the currency way.

I reckon postage is 4000 yen and then there is my agents fee and paypal fees etc etc. Postage is by sea and will take 4~6 weeks.

It's possible that there is no internal postage either (in Japan) which will reduce it by about 1500 yen.

Right now, I don't know till we buy 1 set.

As I am not selling these but only acting as a buying agent I offer not comment about colour, fitment, warranty, quality or anything else. OK people?

Darryn Dewar
TryHard
Gisborne
UZZ30 Soarer

Posts: 262
Reg: 09-2005

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 07:31 am, by: Darryn Dewar (Mrphreak)

I think they'd probably look better on a Black/Silver or White Snoarer too, but I can think of a lot of things I could spend half a grand on before them.

Daniel Czechowski
DieHard
Western Australia
Soarer GT-T

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 11:03 am, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

That Barina (or Corsa as it is called in the UK) makes me wanna puke! You can tell the RHS exhaust pipe isn't even real, it's very clean compared to the LHS one. Looks like rice is a world plague now...

Matthew Sharpe wrote on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 08:39 am:
Bah, Brits aren't European, no matter what their status in the EEC says... they have way better taste when it comes to cars than Eurotrash

You call Rovers, Jaguars, and Vauxhalls better taste that Beemers, Mercs and Ferraris???

Ollie Ernst
DieHard
ACT
Soarer V8 Limited

Posts: 564
Reg: 07-2005

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 12:30 pm, by: Ollie Ernst (Oli_g)

For once I agree with you Daniel.

Daniel Czechowski
DieHard
Western Australia
Soarer GT-T

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 12:41 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Hahaha Ollie, first time's always the hardest

Lars Olsson
Tinkerer
NSW
30 V8

Posts: 69
Reg: 08-2005

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 04:51 pm, by: Lars Olsson (Lars)

just sent jeff an email will post pics when I have them

Nick Petkovic
TryHard
WA
Soarer V8 Limited

Posts: 134
Reg: 02-2006

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 05:05 pm, by: Nick Petkovic (Naissus96)

Dan is right. British cars are supposed to be good (excluding GM) but from what i've heard they are not better than an average jap car if not worse (Rover/MG, Jaguar etc).

Joshua Rowland
TryHard
Victoria
TT (Manual)

Posts: 487
Reg: 08-2005

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 05:23 pm, by: Joshua Rowland (Jnr)

Nothing wrong with RICE, but thats my opinion of course.
i love the tail lights and i would get anything like that formy car.
so yes my soarer is RICE and i dont care.(hahaha)

Daniel Czechowski
DieHard
Western Australia
Soarer GT-T

Posts: 888
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 05:38 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Nick, you're comparing quality made cars (jap ones) with poorly designed cars (british ones). Almost every mechanic will tell you ALL british cars piss oil since new. Cars like Jaguars spend more time in the workshop getting fixed than on the road. Whatever good skills the British have, car manufacturing and design is not one of them.

Nick Petkovic
TryHard
WA
Soarer V8 Limited

Posts: 137
Reg: 02-2006

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 05:45 pm, by: Nick Petkovic (Naissus96)

Amen to that, brother

Gareth Richards
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Bristol UK
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 06:35 pm, by: Gareth Richards (Garethr)

Daniel Czechowski wrote on Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 05:38 pm:
Nick, you're comparing quality made cars (Jap ones) with poorly designed cars (British ones). Almost every mechanic will tell you ALL British cars piss oil since new. Cars like Jaguars spend more time in the workshop getting fixed than on the road. Whatever good skills the British have, car manufacturing and design is not one of them.

What British cars?

Jaguar and Aston Martin are Ford, Rover/MG (if it comes back) is Chinese, Nissan make cars in the North-East, Honda are in Swindon, VAG own Bentley, BMW own Rolls-Royce and MINI, TVR is Russian and is closing down ..... I think Morgan must be the biggest British car maker now.

Daniel Czechowski
DieHard
Western Australia
Soarer GT-T

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 06:51 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Gareth, I was referring to both now and then. I know today most are foreign owned, though some still made locally in the UK... I guess the only quality car there is the Rolls-Royce and the mini, as BMW has high QC standards, though I'm not sure if they are made locally. However Ford definately won't help Jag fix its quality flaws for example. Fords piss oil themselves.

Matthew Sharpe
DieHard
North Island
3.0 GT

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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 07:24 am, by: Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt)

Putting aside who actually owns the companies, I'd totally agree that Brits can't design and build reliable cars - but as for style and class - they definitely have it. Jags, Astin Martin, Lotus make some nice looking cars - TVR, Morgan all make really nice looking cars too - Brits have good car taste.

Ferrari's are nice to look at for a bit, but really when you think about it totally over done. BMW's are boring looking, and for the most part designed in the US now (OK, I do like the new 6 series) I do like Mercs, but again, no better looking than many Brit cars.

Mike Triggs
DieHard
Norfolk Island
3.0GT G-Pack

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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 08:54 am, by: Mike Triggs (Mikeandimah)

Matthew Sharpe wrote on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 07:24 am:
Putting aside who actually owns the companies, I'd totally agree that Brits can't design and build reliable cars - but as for style and class - they definitely have it. Jags, Astin Martin, Lotus make some nice looking cars - TVR, Morgan all make really nice looking cars too - Brits have good car taste.

Ferrari's are nice to look at for a bit, but really when you think about it totally over done. BMW's are boring looking, and for the most part designed in the US now (OK, I do like the new 6 series) I do like Mercs, but again, no better looking than many Brit cars.

I agree, British cars are stylish. Their designs (at least the skin & interior) are (or were)fabulous but execution was flawed. For many years Japanese cars were whitegoods on wheels, boring as hell, but very reliable. Eventually they also became stylish as well. So we have stylish and reliable cars, something the British had difficulty achieving.

We shouldn't forget some British innovations either, like superchargers, the jet engine, the Wolf cycle engine etc.

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