Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 04:52 pm, by: Nina Smart(050ara)
Hi All,
nice to finally find a forum for the soarer. I have 3 cars at the moment. The V8 Soarer (SC400), Celica GT4 & Nissan NX (soon to be daily)
Unfortunately the soarer is off the road and now unregistered. It has major power steering problems and the interior is falling apart. But I have big dreams for her that I hope in a year or so I should be able to start fulfilling.
So a big Hi to all fellow soarer lovers. I love my car..
Michael Brown TryHard Queensland V8 UZZ31 Limited, Ralliart Magna, Holden Camira
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 04:59 pm, by: Michael Brown(Madmike1491)
Welcome Nina thats a nice lookin ride you got there My Soarer was in poor condition when I bought her but with some TLC and good knowledge of mechanics i've fixed her up end result feels great.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 10:18 am, by: Aiden Cheese(Chillpen)
Welcome!
Interesting set of cars, the Soarer may be falling apart on the inside, but the outside looks fantastic.
The celica GT-four was always one of my favorite cars, they can really push power onto the road
The nissan NX is interesting, a friend considered that for about half a day before deciding in a blink of an eye on a toyota sera instead. I'm glad he did, sera's are awesome. But yeah, the NX is a pretty great daily car if thats the intent.
Where abouts in qld are you? It looks semi-tropical from the palm trees
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 11:46 am, by: Nina Smart(050ara)
Thanks all Im in the Goldie. yeah love the GT4.. Three very different rides which i love.
The NX was a spur of the moment choice. not a too bad of one. I got it quite cheap as it had a bit of hail damage.. after a lot of headaches - long story - its getting close to coming on the road. It will eventually go to my little brother i think... see what happens. Wont be hard to offload if i decide that as well. Even just for the engine. SR20s are quite popular.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 12:14 pm, by: Aiden Cheese(Chillpen)
Yeah thats an understatement
Good to have you around, I actually looked at probably 3 soarers on the goldcoast before I bought this one which was from a lovely middle aged woman in palm beach. While driving back I saw several more soarers. They are pretty popular around there i think
Of course I had my eye in, looking pretty actively for them.
When you say power steering issues, have you looked into it much? Is it something you can do yourself with a replacment/rebuilding pump?
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 03:10 pm, by: Nathan Machin(Nthside_soarer)
Welcome Nina good looking car there hope you get it to the standard that you want. Always remember you can ask anything you need here, everyone is always helpful and willing to offer suggestions.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 06:48 am, by: Matthew Sharpe(Madmatt)
NX is based on the AE Corolla platform, like the Levin etc isn't it? So its probably practically bullet proof. My wife had an AE101 for about six years, fantastic little car that I hardly ever had to do any work on - had done 170,000km's by the time we sold it and was still humming along just as good as when she bought it.
Interiors are one of the easiest bits of a car to work on, so quite a good idea to buy a car with a shabby interior but good body work.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 08:49 am, by: Nina Smart(050ara)
Lol, the NX is a beast that's all I can say
No I haven't really looked into the power steering prob as yet, though I have been told needs a new pump and hose with a few bearings etc... Had a look at getting hoses and min was around $600 so yeah been put on the back burner.
Have the nissan on first priority for time & $$ once that is on the road the celica has a few tid bits to get done.... as There is sooo much I want to get done to the soarer its last on the list so I can spend all I have on it
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 04:45 pm, by: Benjamin Anderson(Chicken)
I owned a NX for 4 years, they share the B13 platform with the US Sentra and many suspension components from the N14. The Aus spec NX came with AD22VF brakes from the GTiR which is pretty sweet, a common upgrade is the GTiR quad throttle SR20DET which isn't a lot of work to drop in.
Not a bad car apart from the cheap plastics which Nissan made at the time, and the ugly oval headlights.
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 10:24 am, by: Nina Smart(050ara)
body kit I have just bought for the NX has the round light holes, look pretty nice with it on. Getting paint quoted atm and somehow going to get someone to fit it as I wouldn't have a clue.. lol, yea if i dont give it to my brother may put the DET in it and bolt on a small turbo.
With the soarer. That's worried me a bit. It's been leaking for a long time and I was driving it for a while just before the celica was on the road. I guess I'll find out when i pull it all apart in the near future. Gotta love it hey.
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 10:53 am, by: Aiden Cheese(Chillpen)
I luckily found a 2nd hand alternator for $110, which is working well. So even in the worst case scenario you shouldn't be looking much more than that.
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 03:34 pm, by: Paul Drane(Paulwd)
Welcome Nina, and for your power steering hoses, just take the old ones to Enzed or some place that repairs hydraulic hoses and get the hoses repaired.
Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 12:13 pm, by: Jason Mankowski(7dska1jzgte)
Nice nina...I had a GT4 and was converted to a big boys car too...Miss my GT4 though....my twin turbos soarer has been the best choice i have ever made...
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I have 3 cars at the moment. The V8 Soarer (SC400), Celica GT4 & Nissan NX (soon to be daily) 
