Hey people! anyone from nz here? - Lookin for lantis/astina people in nz

[LantisV6 NZ]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Hey, I'm new to this place so be gentle

Is there anyone around here from NZ and maybe even wellington? There is absolutly nothing like this forum for us Lantis/Astina people over here! (not that i can find)

Also like to add, there are some PHAT rides on here, keep up the good work![/colorost_uid0]

[BigBoyLemonade]

[color=#006666ost_uid0]Hey! welcome!

We dont discriminate! this is astina site.. doesnet matter if you are from another country..

got any pics of you car? it looks nice in the avatar! is it straight black?[/colorost_uid0]

[Toyboy]

[color=#000000ost_uid2]Yeah [bost_uid2]WELCOME[/bost_uid2] from me too Send some pics off your ride [/colorost_uid2]

[sik astina]

[color=#0000FFost_uid5]Welcome, your pic of ya car in your avatar looks smooth ::


-Mick[/colorost_uid5]

[LantisV6 NZ]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Just my luck! Going to my mates house this afternoon and I rooted my clutch! lol
Oh well, these things happen...

Here's a bigger pic of the front and one of the side...

http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/la...ntis_front.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/la...antis_side.jpg[/colorost_uid0]

[Sandyman]

[color=#FF0000ost_uid0]welcome to astina gt.
good to have more 6's[/colorost_uid0]

[chuky]

[color=#FF0000ost_uid0]sweet lookin ride... and welcome,

just wonderin if anyone else has had to replace the clutch on their V6's??? it was the first thing i had to do to mine when i got it last year (1995 Hatch 50,000 miles)... now the bloody CV joints have gone...i hate irish roads, they kill cars quick :angry:

has anyone else with a V6 ever noticed a really bad ticking sound coming from the engine, appears to be getting worse and sounds suspiciously, ominously like a cam problem :O ...perhaps i got the only dodgy V6 hatch ever made *[/colorost_uid0]

[Sandyman]

[color=#FF0000ost_uid0]sounds like it. u said "50 000 miles"? u mean miles or ks, cuz u can never be sure what a person meant to say.[/colorost_uid0]

[IZG-00D]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]what pics??? there's no links.[/colorost_uid0]

[sik astina]

[color=#0000FFost_uid5]Try this pete,

pic 1

pic 2

if that doesnt work, copy and paste the link.


-Mick[/colorost_uid5]

[IZG-00D]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]yeh... thanks
got e[/colorost_uid0]

[Toyboy]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]I still cant get it to work [/colorost_uid0]

[sik astina]

[color=#0000FFost_uid2]lol theo,

http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/la...ntis_front.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/la...antis_side.jpg


copy and paste that.


-Mick[/colorost_uid2]

[LantisV6 NZ]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]My mates dad helped me tow my car back to his place with his XR6 today, so it isnt sitting on the side of the road screaming "BREAK INTO ME!!" and "TAKE MY MAGS!!" lol
Also his friend is gonna do the clutch for me for $400nz including parts and labour!! So its not what you know, its who you know...

I'm also interested in the difference between a Type R/X/S lantis, does anyone know?[/colorost_uid0]

[.::Astina|Brad::.]

[color=#728FCEost_uid0]Hey CHUKY. i had the same ticking noise once b4 too, it seemed to be related to not having much oil in the engine... i filled it up with some decent oil (i'm using Shell Ultra, anyone know anything better???) and it stoped and now is running sooo smooooth would anyone like to enlighten me as to why my engine goes though soo much oil? i find i'm filling it up once a month... there's no oil on my driveway... so i don't think there's a leak... i do like to change gears late (around 6000 RPM) that got anything to do with it???

the other brad...[/colorost_uid0]

[chuky]

[color=#FF0000ost_uid0]i'll certainly give that a try... the guy i got to "clean" up the car had a mx-3 1.8 V6 in at the same time and commented that the owner had to replace the oil every 4,000 miles because it sounded very "Tappety" otherwise... so i was wondering about that too,,, i can only give it a try i guess ut the suggestion is appreciated none the less...

as for y does it use so much oil... try this some time... stand behind ur car and get somone to start it from cold... then get them to to rev to about 4,000 + rpm... hold a white sheet or something similar about a foot behind the exhaust.... black spatters on the sheet???... dont know if its carbon deposit or oil traces ut it could be that until the engine warms up that there is a little oil getting past the pistons and into the exhaust... just a theory and probably a bit dodgy... again, my engine block doesnt appear to be leaking...[/colorost_uid0]

[mrpayner]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Hey LantisV6,

Have you got any other nice pics of your ride. It looks pretty sweet.

Adam[/colorost_uid0]

[BigMal]

[color=#000000ost_uid1]Welcome LantisV6,
Whats the availability like in NZ for parts and bodykits for
Lantis/Astina's over there.

Thanks

Mal[/colorost_uid1]

[LantisV6 NZ]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Hey MrPayner, I dont have anymore pics yet... My car is getting a new clutch (which seems to be taking AGES) and my digital camera is at my mates house... I'll take some fresh pics once I have my car and camera back.

Hey BigMal, I have looked all over the net for bodykits for Lantis's and Astina's in NZ, but there is nothing! The best i have been able to come up with is a completly custom kit for about $3000nz
There are quite a few second hand parts at most wreckers for my car because of all the imports over here, but there are very little performance aftermarket things for lantis's and astina's unfortunatly... I made my own cold air intake with 3" steel exhaust, rubber connectors a pod filter and engine paint. Seems to work really well![/colorost_uid0]

[BigMal]

[color=#000000ost_uid1]Thanks,
I saw a thread on another forum of a Astina with a yoursports
front bumper for sale in NZ and I wouldn't mind one. Except I
don't want to pay $1000 to get it from japan. Was hoping
someone may be selling them there.

Thanks anyway

Regards

Mal[/colorost_uid1]