Filling up Eastern Creek’s skid pad during WTAC was the show’n’shine organised by Meguiar’s. While the majority of our attention was focused towards the on-track action, on the Saturday afternoon I spent a couple of hours wandering through the cars on display.
Seeing an S15 in drag-guise isn’t an every day occurence.
Australia is a breeding ground for tough street GT-Rs, and the R32 is still proving popular.
Gold plated RAYS wheels anyone?
Candy apple red works quite well on an FD.
Rubbing shoulders with the Japanese cars was a tasty selection of European rides.
Jerry Wang from J Racing showed off his now wide-body C63 AMG. It’s a good eight-hour round trip for Jerry, who resides in the ACT.
Nico Tjen, who owns a wide-body NSX, traded in his Gallardo for something a little meaner.
Natalie brought out her all-motor DC5 that puts out 272hp at the front wheels.
Her husband Dale, had his S15 there as well.
QSR, the folk who brought you that 24k gold plated BMW drag car, had this Ferrari 360 on display.
The VIP scene isn’t very big in Sydney, but there still is a presence.
It was refreshing to see some cars, like this Corolla, kept to a sane ride height with restrained offsets.
Australia has a fascination with GT-Rs and power. This R34 combined them both.
Stroked to 2.8 litres with a nice Garrett single hanging off the side…
…Along with a set of forged monoblock TEs.
Seriously who doesn’t have a soft spot for Stageas?
Over the past few years, the number of tuned Evos has grown markedly in Sydney. The entire back row of the show’n’shine was filled with Lancers. As you can see, the dark clouds started rolling in!
This IX with RE30s caught my eye.
And finally, I’ll leave you with this photo of Mark Tarabay’s amazing ‘SUBLIME’ S15. This show car is powered by a 20B triple rotor. The last time I saw it on the dyno – when it was running off the ‘gate – it produced 700hp at the wheels.
– Charles Kha
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Love the wheels on that purple R33, what are they?
so many winnings on this post, love that dale s15
dale's s15 loses for using silver gt-c's.
silver is the worst color.
also gt-c's that aren't face 2 aren't as cool as face 2....gotta have the concave spokes son!
sooooooo wish i lived in australia so i could have an s15 or skyline
isnt that lamborghini an murceliago?
ANY MORE PHOTOS OF THE WHIRE R34 AND THE YELLOW R34 BEHING IT.
Nice work photographing all of the cars from The-Lowdown's stand without a mention. *sarcasm*
That's a Murcielago! not a Gallardo
I need to find a Job in in the Land Down Under. They have way better cars than in the U.S.
subaru thijs it is....and if you read the writing again you'll see that it says he traded his Gallardo FOR a murcielago...!
Not gonna lie... didn't love all the cars in this post. Definitely a lot of nice stuff though & gotta commend all of the owners for keeping their cars in such great shape.
Tony240Z: I might be wrong, but I believe GRACER's wheels are Veilside Andrews
Subaru: Yes it is a Murcielago. Nico traded in his Gallardo for a Murcielago. Hope that clears it up
@ T54
Charles says that Nico traded in his Gallardo, for the Murcielago.
No mention of the boys from the-lowdown.com yet you shot 3/4's of their cars?!?!?
"traded in his Gallardo for something a little meaner." Just read and understand.
damn is that GRACER?? thought that car was game over all along its been is aus haha nice to see it still around and still looking as good as ever
Pretty sure that is a Precision Turbo on the white R34, not a Garrett..
At everyone trying to correct charles. As he says Nico traded his gallardo in for somthing a little bit meaner.
Nico use to own a gallardo and traded it for the murcielago, Maybe next time you should read the entire sentence.
BTW CHARLES. I WANT MY STICKERS.... I HUNTED FOR HOURS AND THE 3 GUYS WITH SPEEDHUNTERS ON THEIR CAMERAS THAT I FOUND WERENT YOUR BOYS!!!! GIMMIE NOW!!
i want that 20b in my car, and then make it dirty
Lol 8 hour round trip from the ACT? Did he push the car there or something?
That Ferrari is disgusting.
The turbo on the r34 is a precision PT7175. Antilag anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7B_lYa5fO4&playnext=1&list=PL7D513C8A6A1AA921
The turbo on the r34 is a precision PT7175. Antilage anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7B_lYa5fO4&playnext=1&list=PL7D513C8A6A1AA921
The front guards on those FD's make me sick, whats the point of them, they look broken!
Holy shniizt, this is so cool thank you.
The only problem I have with the candy R32 GT-R is that it looks too pretty to drive. IMHO GT-Rs are made to be driven, and driven hard. Would you take a car with paint like that on a track?
This is just my personal opinion, but I think sex-spec paint jobs should be reserved for cars that aren't such high-performance beasts. To each their own, I guess