Marc's old school cruiser - 1984 Nissan Bluebird - Page 3

marcs_sp20 · 30-09-2010, 10:21 PM

Gotta understand this all has to a be to a budget, and where I can save $$$ I will

Yeah not the smartest thing to do in regards to car security...

This is the unit I am looking at getting - Rhino GTR - Comes with everything I want...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-RHINO-GTR...#ht_1290wt_930

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1 Point Built In Engine Immobilisation
2 x Remote Controls
Flashes Indicators
Protects Doors, Boot, Bonnet
Flashing Red Dash Light
Car Body Impact Sensor
Multi-Tone Backup Battery Siren
Central locking control kit included (full keyless entry)
Arm/Disarm Beep
Door Ajar Warning
Emergency Panic via Remote
Car Finder Function
Automatic Siren Reset (30 seconds)
Security Override Mode
Boot Release via Remote (where fitted)
Pager and Extra Sensors Option
Can be wired with a turbo timer

4 Door Central Locking kit
Strong quality actuators
Quite operation mechanism
360 degree rotation head
1 Master (5 wire) and 3 Slave (2 wire) actuators
Can be used as a 4, 3 or 2 door kit
Will work with most cars
Negative trigger switching
Easy to install
Can connect to any alarm or immobiliser

Opinions?

rodhog · 30-09-2010, 10:22 PM

Nice one. It's not series 3 with the crappy Ca20 twin spark. So your on a winner.
I had S3 bluebird wagon in blue. best thing for carrying crap and not fuel consumption

it's got the better rear end for hardcore stuff - AKA leaf rear end for drag racing - if you went that way.

It's a nice clean find.
Don't listen to crap about the old L engine being crap they are so strong you can do all sorts of crap too them. Both positive and negative. If you Full retro, there was in the mid 80's a tuning company that put on blow through turbo kits onto the TRX's. Find one of them if your lucky.
Power-steering is not even needed on it. it's RWD and so easy my mother parked mine.

Noble323 · 01-10-2010, 04:08 AM

Hey there,

never seen the gtr model, but the gts is honeslty pretty dam good, and loud, i have the gts my miss car, and honestly great and easy, cause i think the gtr has a smaller siren ? and maybe other things.

but rhino is a good brand my opinion . regarding gts never heard it on a car, again gts is pretty good, i mean money wise and what it does .

PS : your bluebird looks super clean as if it came out of the showroom - lol - in the picture .

marcs_sp20 · 02-10-2010, 10:39 PM

So this morning, got up early, and headed to Toowoomba to visit the family, but more importantly pick up and bring home the Bluebird!

So after signing all the necessary paperwork, I am now the owner of a Bluebird

Here's some photos of it at the inlaws place

And one of the Odometer, and no, they are original k's

Driving it is pretty good to any early 80's car, but will be replacing the shocks & springs sometime soon anyways. Also the window has perished, as I was getting noise coming in when on the highway,

So what needs doing?

Vacuum & cleanout
Degrease, wash & polish
Replace Drivers Window rubber
Fit Cd Player
Purchase & fit front speakers
rims (TRX 15" rims)
Shocks & lowered Springs

So the next thing to happen will be to transfer rego & get some insurance, not that it will be too hard

Cheers
Marc

Clean_Cookie · 02-10-2010, 11:40 PM

cool. question is, who drove which car

Brisbane_boy · 03-10-2010, 10:21 AM

mad colour blend halfway through the hatch.

marcs_sp20 · 03-10-2010, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by tc3_racer_001

cool. question is, who drove which car

I drove the bluey, Tash drove the SP20. was strange looking in the rear vision mirror to see my car

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Originally Posted by Brisbane_boy

mad colour blend halfway through the hatch.

Yeah not sure aye, I know that half of the side decal is gone, but unsure about the odd colour match

Not that im overly worried about paint...

Rupewrecht · 03-10-2010, 12:04 PM

The nerf bar is the perfect place to hang an oil cooler from

marcs_sp20 · 03-10-2010, 12:52 PM

hahaha, I found out that the nudge bar was an optional extra from factory!

Ghoru · 03-10-2010, 01:52 PM

you really need t do something about that engine bay though...if only my wife was that dirty etc etc

Brisbane_boy · 03-10-2010, 05:25 PM

what are the plans for it marc?

marcs_sp20 · 04-10-2010, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoru

you really need t do something about that engine bay though...if only my wife was that dirty etc etc

It'll be receiving a good degreasing over the next couple days, inside the doors are the worst!

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Originally Posted by Brisbane_boy

what are the plans for it marc?

Vacuum & cleanout
Degrease, wash & polish
Replace Drivers Window rubber
Cd Player & fit front speakers
rims (TRX 15" rims or Old school Work Emotions (15x6.5"))
Shocks & lowered Springs
Alarm
Tint windows
Little exhaust (maybe!)
Insure!

This is a budget daily, so I dont wanna be spending too much on it, wedding comes first

I installed Cadence 6.5" speakers into the Bluebird this afternoon, along with half installing a Pioneer head deck

Why its only half done is cause all of the signal wires for the speakers are all white with different coloured stripes!

Ghoru · 04-10-2010, 12:18 AM

9v battery...touch wires till you hear a speker make a pop sound

marcs_sp20 · 04-10-2010, 12:39 AM

Ah I'll give that a try tomorrow arv, going to go to supercheap after work and get some more connectors & multimeter just to be on the safe side

after that I'll be ripping out the dremel & making a new fascia for the new headunit to sit on

project.r.racing · 04-10-2010, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by marcs_sp20

rims (TRX 15" rims or Old school Work Emotions (15x6.5"))

Must buy Long Champs!!!

Cosmo Dude · 04-10-2010, 11:11 AM

Have a look around for a set of 180B SSS carbs. Not the easiest to tune but would be a nice addition to the L20B, along with a set of extractors.

Cosmo Dude · 04-10-2010, 02:20 PM

http://datnet.org/classifieds/ad/59-...ss-twin-carbs/
Come on do it... You know you want to...
Would sound awsome.

project.r.racing · 04-10-2010, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by marcs_sp20

was strange looking in the rear vision mirror to see my car

not strange to us, we are used to you not being able to keep up on cruises.

marcs_sp20 · 04-10-2010, 11:45 PM

Nothing wrong with taking in the scenery

Well after 3.5hrs of farkin around, I finally got it wired up, had to run a battery cable from the battery, and just played around with the wires till they were all good in regards to speakers... Never doing that again!

marcs_sp20 · 05-10-2010, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by project.r.racing

Must buy Long Champs!!!

Details on rims?

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Originally Posted by Cosmo Dude

http://datnet.org/classifieds/ad/59-...ss-twin-carbs/
Come on do it... You know you want to...
Would sound awsome.

They sold this afternoon

02-10-2010, 10:39 PM	#44
marcs_sp20 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Car: 2002 Mazda Astina SP20 2006 Mazda 6 GY Wagon Posts: 9,769 View Photos By: marcs_sp20	So this morning, got up early, and headed to Toowoomba to visit the family, but more importantly pick up and bring home the Bluebird! So after signing all the necessary paperwork, I am now the owner of a Bluebird Here's some photos of it at the inlaws place And one of the Odometer, and no, they are original k's Driving it is pretty good to any early 80's car, but will be replacing the shocks & springs sometime soon anyways. Also the window has perished, as I was getting noise coming in when on the highway, So what needs doing? Vacuum & cleanout Degrease, wash & polish Replace Drivers Window rubber Fit Cd Player Purchase & fit front speakers rims (TRX 15" rims) Shocks & lowered Springs So the next thing to happen will be to transfer rego & get some insurance, not that it will be too hard Cheers Marc __________________

02-10-2010, 11:40 PM	#45
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03-10-2010, 10:21 AM	#46
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03-10-2010, 12:04 PM	#48
Rupewrecht Administrator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: melb.vic.au Car: AZ-1, Astina Hardtop Turbo, BJ Protege, Beetle Posts: 16,525 View Photos By: Rupewrecht	The nerf bar is the perfect place to hang an oil cooler from __________________ jdmparts.rupewrecht.com Sourcing your not-quite-overnight parts from Japan WRECHT--\|--SLOWTEGE--\|--BEETLE--\|--SUBSTITUTE--\|--AZ-1

03-10-2010, 12:52 PM	#49
marcs_sp20 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Car: 2002 Mazda Astina SP20 2006 Mazda 6 GY Wagon Posts: 9,769 View Photos By: marcs_sp20	hahaha, I found out that the nudge bar was an optional extra from factory! __________________

30-09-2010, 10:22 PM	#42
rodhog Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney Lakemba Car: mx-6 626 Gs300 Maz2 was 95 KF BA-HT Posts: 2,024 View Photos By: rodhog	Nice one. It's not series 3 with the crappy Ca20 twin spark. So your on a winner. I had S3 bluebird wagon in blue. best thing for carrying crap and not fuel consumption it's got the better rear end for hardcore stuff - AKA leaf rear end for drag racing - if you went that way. It's a nice clean find. Don't listen to crap about the old L engine being crap they are so strong you can do all sorts of crap too them. Both positive and negative. If you Full retro, there was in the mid 80's a tuning company that put on blow through turbo kits onto the TRX's. Find one of them if your lucky. Power-steering is not even needed on it. it's RWD and so easy my mother parked mine.

01-10-2010, 04:08 AM	#43
Noble323 E74A Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sydney Car: SP20 Posts: 1,248	Hey there, never seen the gtr model, but the gts is honeslty pretty dam good, and loud, i have the gts my miss car, and honestly great and easy, cause i think the gtr has a smaller siren ? and maybe other things. but rhino is a good brand my opinion . regarding gts never heard it on a car, again gts is pretty good, i mean money wise and what it does . PS : your bluebird looks super clean as if it came out of the showroom - lol - in the picture .

03-10-2010, 01:52 PM	#50
Ghoru Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rockhampton Car: '92 BG Astina Sp Posts: 999 View Photos By: Ghoru	you really need t do something about that engine bay though...if only my wife was that dirty etc etc __________________ BG Astina - work in progress.... Scooters are like fat chicks, fun to ride until your mates find out... NOS is like a hot chick with AIDS, you know you wanna hit that,your just afraid of the consequences... http://www.eveonline.com/

03-10-2010, 05:25 PM	#51
Brisbane_boy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Brisbane QLD Car: 2002 323 astina Posts: 1,059	what are the plans for it marc? __________________ If your not allowed to go fast, you might as well look fast

04-10-2010, 12:18 AM	#53
Ghoru Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rockhampton Car: '92 BG Astina Sp Posts: 999 View Photos By: Ghoru	9v battery...touch wires till you hear a speker make a pop sound __________________ BG Astina - work in progress.... Scooters are like fat chicks, fun to ride until your mates find out... NOS is like a hot chick with AIDS, you know you wanna hit that,your just afraid of the consequences... http://www.eveonline.com/

04-10-2010, 12:39 AM	#54
marcs_sp20 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Car: 2002 Mazda Astina SP20 2006 Mazda 6 GY Wagon Posts: 9,769 View Photos By: marcs_sp20	Ah I'll give that a try tomorrow arv, going to go to supercheap after work and get some more connectors & multimeter just to be on the safe side after that I'll be ripping out the dremel & making a new fascia for the new headunit to sit on __________________

04-10-2010, 11:11 AM	#56
Cosmo Dude コスモ Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Location: Vic Car: Mazda '95 Astina I4, '86 B2K and '10 3 MZR-CD Posts: 7,888 View Photos By: Cosmo Dude	Have a look around for a set of 180B SSS carbs. Not the easiest to tune but would be a nice addition to the L20B, along with a set of extractors. __________________ My 'stina Hatch

04-10-2010, 02:20 PM	#57
Cosmo Dude コスモ Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Location: Vic Car: Mazda '95 Astina I4, '86 B2K and '10 3 MZR-CD Posts: 7,888 View Photos By: Cosmo Dude	http://datnet.org/classifieds/ad/59-...ss-twin-carbs/ Come on do it... You know you want to... Would sound awsome. __________________ My 'stina Hatch

04-10-2010, 11:45 PM	#59
marcs_sp20 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Car: 2002 Mazda Astina SP20 2006 Mazda 6 GY Wagon Posts: 9,769 View Photos By: marcs_sp20	Nothing wrong with taking in the scenery Well after 3.5hrs of farkin around, I finally got it wired up, had to run a battery cable from the battery, and just played around with the wires till they were all good in regards to speakers... Never doing that again! __________________