Hands Up all the Aussies

[nuthed01]

Dugong Ace now due into Port Kembla on 7th July
Was hoping to try and go to look but will be in Hong Kong for a week. Hopefully car won't be long after I get back.
Got refund back from regional dealer without any problems, they were happy for me.
The local dealer on the other hand was a bit hesitant, said best to leave it in case Nissan didn't come through with the car and I would loose my place in the queue if they refunded now.
Haven't heard of anyone not getting their car once confirmed and actually on a ship headed to an Australian port. I think just sour grapes on their part. Choose to leave the deposit till car arrives from Sydney dealer

Sorry mate, i don't like your chances of the Dugong Ace being at Port Kembla by the 7th. It's still sitting out in bass straight as of 3 minutes ago, i've been checking it every day. Was supposed to make dock this morning but still sitting out in the same spot. From what i've been looking at there's also a bunch of other car carriers out there in bass straight now, plus 3 at anchor in port phillip bay, all waiting for a berth. Knowing the shipping industry like i do, my guess is this won't be finished in Melbourne for another 2 weeks, minimum, infact i'd be surprised if it made it port Kembla prior to August.

Sorry.

 

[peter]

Sorry mate, i don't like your chances of the Dugong Ace being at Port Kembla by the 7th. It's still sitting out in bass straight as of 3 minutes ago, i've been checking it every day. Was supposed to make dock this morning but still sitting out in the same spot. From what i've been looking at there's also a bunch of other car carriers out there in bass straight now, plus 3 at anchor in port phillip bay, all waiting for a berth. Knowing the shipping industry like i do, my guess is this won't be finished in Melbourne for another 2 weeks, minimum, infact i'd be surprised if it made it port Kembla prior to August.

Sorry.

What a bummer, I've been tracking the ship and noticed it wasn't moving.
At least on the positive I have a car on that ship and its sort of in Australia, again a waiting game, this time the culprit being shipping and not nissan.
I've waited 18 months a little extra won't hurt

 

[Proto Z]

xforce are in the process of developing a valved exhaust system for the Z. They have been working on it for about a month, no idea when it will be available for sale. I'll put a post up here when new information becomes available

I have a Varex valve in my system, but quite a few places cautioned me against an Xforce/Varex muffler. Apparently, as an integrated unit, they not only sound not quite as refined as you might want, but they're also a PITA to repair if the valve stops working.

I tried out about 4 mufflers until I found the one I liked the sound of the most. There is a ton of space in the back, so you can put something quite large that both free flowing and has a large resonance/anti-drone chamber. Then just put a standalone valve on it.

nah i've already got it, just figure if i've got someone working on the car already i'd rather they pop it on than fuck it up myself

You may have noticed the blue foam that comes with it - this is not just to protect it during shipping, but it's actually a template so that you can correctly place it on the spoiler.
Pretty hard to fuck it up, to be honest... Just make sure you clean/prep the surface well, especially if you have ceramic coat.

 

[cainen]

I have a Varex valve in my system, but quite a few places cautioned me against an Xforce/Varex muffler. Apparently, as an integrated unit, they not only sound not quite as refined as you might want, but they're also a PITA to repair if the valve stops working.

This is one reason I liked the HKS dual muffer. Although it's inconvenient to manually put the caps on and off to adjust the sound, at least it will last forever (unless you somehow lose the caps).

 

[Proto Z]

This is one reason I liked the HKS dual muffer. Although it's inconvenient to manually put the caps on and off to adjust the sound, at least it will last forever (unless you somehow lose the caps).

That would definitely be the most solid option.
I just don't like that its as visible as it is... defect magnet...

 

[nuthed01]

Dugong Ace has just made a bee-line for the heads, i think they're bringing it into Port Phillip bay right now! Exciting!

I don't think it'll be going straight on the dock however, looks like that dock is full up, but hopefully some time in the next day or two

 

[peter]

Dugong Ace has just made a bee-line for the heads, i think they're bringing it into Port Phillip bay right now! Exciting!

I don't think it'll be going straight on the dock however, looks like that dock is full up, but hopefully some time in the next day or two

what spec did you order, looks like price will also be less now due to changes in luxury car tax, going off Nissan website mine is approx $660 less than contract

 

[nuthed01]

what spec did you order, looks like price will also be less now due to changes in luxury car tax, going off Nissan website mine is approx $660 less than contract

Blue performance auto. (sorry for the edit, didn't realise i left out the auto part)

 

[peter]

Blue performance.

Same as me

 

[Mud]

Guys guys guys,
They're all "performance"

 

[nuthed01]

Guys guys guys,
They're all "performance"

No, there's a couple of guys with Proto's on this and on FB who've said theirs are on this ship.

 

[Beattie]

Dugong Ace has DOCKED!!

 

[nuthed01]

Stole my thunder, was coming in here to post this.

You want the even better news? That's AAT. As you can see from the picture, there's no cars on that dock. It's essentially an all purpose dock, so it stands to reason that there's not a lot of cars coming off at this particular dock. If that's the case, this will likely be a quick unload and might even get through that dock quite quickly.

I don't wanna speculate too much, but there's a small chance that some of us might have our cars before the end of the month. We'll know more when the vessel departs, that'll give us some indication as to how many were taken off the vessel.

 

[Mud]

No, there's a couple of guys with Proto's on this and on FB who've said theirs are on this ship.

True

 

[Hammo25]

Very excited for you all! It’s worth the wait and I know a lot of you waited a lot longer than me.