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I have owned my lil' beast for near on three years and I've driven it all around Australia from the outback to the city and it's still on fire despite my lack of tlc. I've owned cars from the old reliable to the ultra quick rotary and she's proven to be a perfect combination of all my past cars. I got her straight off the boat from Japan after she'd supposedly done only 77000km. However, she's now strugglin' and instread of palming it off I've decided to sent it on the come back trail and I'm seeking hints and sources in this anti-import car market we call Australia. Bloody Holdens, Fords and insurance companies....who needs 'em. arrrrghh.

Im doin the 3 inch mandrel bent exhaust, Whiteline sway bar kit and hopefully either a coilover strut/spring set or Bilstein inserts depending on the cash flow and the effectiveness.

If anyone has any words of advise please feel free. Don't leave me hangin'...........please!?

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #1 on: Aug 29, 2005, 09:11PM »
Welcome Jack ;)

Post up some pics of your ATTESA champ.  If you dunno how, email some to me and I will post them for you- [email protected]

I've answered alot of your questions on the NZ bluebird forum, so I won't repeat it all again.  How many ks has your car got on it now?
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #2 on: Aug 29, 2005, 09:14PM »
Swabars = goodness. Its great they are finally available. Rear swaybar is my most effective mod.


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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #3 on: Aug 29, 2005, 09:16PM »
Until the mounts snap and stab your CV boot :P

Nah, with more solid mounts on the rear bar you can't go wrong.  My car was awesome until the rear mount snapped in half!
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #4 on: Aug 29, 2005, 09:47PM »
where you from buddy?

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #5 on: Aug 29, 2005, 09:48PM »
Oh, hes from the Gold Coast I think milford.
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #6 on: Aug 29, 2005, 10:17PM »
hey another like mine,    :P

good to here there is another, good stuff!!!

sounds the same as mine before i started modding it, but if you have questions bout it, ziin and i have probably seen it in our cars but the import section is full of info for you

pics??? i wanna see
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #7 on: Aug 29, 2005, 10:20PM »
If hes from the GC i should see him around, will keep an eye out!

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #8 on: Aug 29, 2005, 11:18PM »
Yeah....the Budgie was right.....I'm from the Gold Coast. Thanks for the replies Budgie at the NZ site..haven't checked them out just yet but will soon.

Mine's still totally stock with kangaroo imprints still visible...looks pretty shitty at the moment. Nevertheless, after a wash I'll put up some pics. Its GREAT to find others with the version as mine because I've only EVER seen one that was the same as mine.

Since I got it in June '02 from RMA its now sitting at 180 odd thou km's.....there was a 10+ thou km stint when the odemeter died in the arse.....spewing I ever got it fixed...oops...however it gave me the impression that someone from over the border had messed with it otherwise it would have kept ticking over......didgits noit aligned and all.

Im now really excited about getting her back up to horny spec so again thanks for any input yous (sorry Kiwi's...bahhh) can gimme.

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #9 on: Aug 30, 2005, 12:23AM »
Where's the 'Import Section' on this forum?

& Is there a complete 1990 U12 Nissan Bluebird Attesa AWD Owners Manual available anywhere??

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #10 on: Aug 30, 2005, 10:12AM »
Where's the 'Import Section' on this forum?

& Is there a complete 1990 U12 Nissan Bluebird Attesa AWD Owners Manual available anywhere??
The import specific section is a subcategory of the U12 tech board.

I'm pretty sure there isn't a user's manual available on here, and it'd probably be in Japanese, anyway.
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #11 on: Aug 30, 2005, 10:38AM »
There is a manual, a member on here ATTESA-X who is from japan and a members of 'club U12' has posted up images from it before.

Its 100% japanese however!  Fraz would argue that there are some in English, but I don't know if he has ever found an AWD one?...
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #12 on: Aug 30, 2005, 10:57AM »
We will have to catch up some time as I work down the coast.
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #13 on: Aug 30, 2005, 11:53AM »
There's actually a U12 club!?....What a trip...If its accessible from Qld, I'm in baby!! Keen to see others like mine (Counterpunch) if they're ever on the Goldy. Just pm me.

With regards to the Japanese Manual....if anyone has an AWD Manual it could be translated via a program. If I can get ahold of it I could translate and save in a PDF format. Can someone get the ATTESA-X or Fraz guys to play ball??

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #14 on: Aug 30, 2005, 12:39PM »
This club/forum is the closest thing you're gonna get to a U12 club. I'd estimate 1/2 to 2/3 of us own U12s (or UA Corsairs). On the last cruise in the Brisbane area we had 20 cars, 10 of which were U12s :D
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #15 on: Aug 30, 2005, 01:35PM »
I'll put up some pics soon but in the meantime these aren't of mine but they're of the same model and color.



These are of the same rear headlights as mine just I have no spoiler...dunno if I like these spoilers or why one would feel them neccessary but each to their own I suppose.


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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #16 on: Aug 30, 2005, 01:39PM »
I own a pillarless one of the same model pretty much (as seen in my avatar) if you have any questions just ask mate

good to see another one with the rare cars we have
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #17 on: Aug 30, 2005, 01:43PM »
This club/forum is the closest thing you're gonna get to a U12 club. I'd estimate 1/2 to 2/3 of us own U12s (or UA Corsairs). On the last cruise in the Brisbane area we had 20 cars, 10 of which were U12s :D
Check out the cruise here --> http://www.antrx.com/smf/index.php?topic=7992.0

Thanks for that info...will try and get to the next one in Bris Vegas or even the one in Melbourne if Im down that way and get enough notice.

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #18 on: Aug 30, 2005, 01:47PM »
I own a pillarless one of the same model pretty much (as seen in my avatar) if you have any questions just ask mate

good to see another one with the rare cars we have

Thats a sweet looking ride man...I like the pillarless but being a tall bloke Im glad Ive got the added head room.

Yeah...will watch for your comments once I find my way around here a bit better. I've only scratched the surface at this point. 

Who else here has the imported U12 SSS model???

Love this pic but its too big for the signature
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #19 on: Aug 30, 2005, 01:53PM »
Jack, that image is WAY to big to use for your signature.  If you want to use it make it the same size as mine or smaller...

EDIT- Don't worry mate, looks like you figured that out yourself!  Also, looks like your car is exactly the same as Hughs ATTESA (Craazy HNU12).
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #20 on: Aug 30, 2005, 02:13PM »
....looks like your car is exactly the same as Hughs ATTESA (Craazy HNU12).

Does his have a front mounted intercooler ? Ive seen a white manual in the Goldy a couple of years back....it also had a baby seat

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #21 on: Aug 30, 2005, 02:26PM »
Yeah his is the one with the FMIC.

This is his project car thread, all 16 pages of it :P- http://www.antrx.com/smf/index.php?topic=4804.0
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #22 on: Aug 30, 2005, 02:30PM »
Thanks for the directions brother. I'm checking it out now and drooling already....

This site rocks!!
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #23 on: Aug 30, 2005, 05:39PM »
Nah....Craazys' wasn't the same one I saw a couple of years back in Robina Town Centre (GC). The one I saw a couple of years back had a smaller FMIC (as well as bonnet scoop...huh?). But it was also white, pillars and a manual.

Btw....Craazy.....the time consuming and no doubt frustrating work you've just completed is a huge motivation...thanks and congrats! I was in Melbourne a few months back....(I'm originally from Eltham)....thought I saw one in Donny or somewhere near Box Hill etc...may have been yours? However, I didn't drive mine down. 

Did yours come with those skinny perspex visors on all four doors when you got it....mine had all four when I got mine but they disintegrated over time and no one knows where to get them from...are they possible to find?...I'm thinking not...arrgh...liked 'em.

I'm about to take some photo's before it gets dark so I'll put some up tonight....haven't washed it but give a fuck....I still love her.


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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #24 on: Aug 30, 2005, 09:41PM »
Nice Jack.  Did you fit the scoop yourself?

At least on this car its functional! :)
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #25 on: Aug 30, 2005, 09:56PM »
I ran up the rear of one brake riding old fella 6 months after I got it... :-[....twas insurance job so I just made sure I chucked in the scoop with the repair work. Never wanted to do it (loose sleeper appeal) but was becoming concerned that in the heat of nth qld (where I was moving to at the time) that I needed it, which I certainly did. Im glad I opted for the scoop at that point instead of the initial plan of FMIC as I hit a bloody kangaroo 18 mths later :P.

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #26 on: Aug 30, 2005, 10:47PM »
i have the u12 users manual in japanese. fraz sent it over to me from nz.

and yes, as jono said, this is the u12 site ;)

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #27 on: Aug 30, 2005, 10:53PM »
Fraz is a gun....sooooo...when do we get to see a copy in PDF?? :D I live near Bond Uni...plenty of Japanese students..hinthint ;)

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #28 on: Aug 30, 2005, 11:43PM »
i'll see if i can take it into work and scan it up

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #29 on: Aug 30, 2005, 11:46PM »
just occured to me that either i am confused, or budgie is confused.. i think its budge, caue he's an asshat :P the book i have is the one that comes with the car, not the fsm. its got a lot more info in it than what the domestic models would have, but not stuff like aligning your power windows :P

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #30 on: Aug 31, 2005, 12:04AM »
Fraz is a gun....sooooo...when do we get to see a copy in PDF?? :D I live near Bond Uni...plenty of Japanese students..hinthint ;)

No shit? u live about 2 mins away from me. Im At Mudgee. I should definatly see u around then. Right now look for the ugly ass red trx with no body kit on it, sh*t tint and a crappy spoiler with massive amounts of vibrations comming from the boot. Will keep an eye out for u.

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #31 on: Aug 31, 2005, 07:19AM »
just occured to me that either i am confused, or budgie is confused.. i think its budge, caue he's an asshat :P the book i have is the one that comes with the car, not the fsm. its got a lot more info in it than what the domestic models would have, but not stuff like aligning your power windows :P

I didn't notice he had said 'owners manual' in the begining... for some reason thought 'FSM'.  I have an owners manual as well, they are damn funny :)
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #32 on: Aug 31, 2005, 12:12PM »
just occured to me that either i am confused, or budgie is confused.. i think its budge, caue he's an asshat :P the book i have is the one that comes with the car, not the fsm. its got a lot more info in it than what the domestic models would have, but not stuff like aligning your power windows :P

When I got mine RMA gave me this crappy lil' photocopied booklet with absolute sweet FA useful info in it. I just want the original Owners Manual/Guide booklet...you know with all the factory specs and glossy stuff inside? The Service Manual would be a gem if anyone can get it also.

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #33 on: Aug 31, 2005, 12:13PM »
No shit? u live about 2 mins away from me. Im At Mudgee. I should definatly see u around then. Right now look for the ugly ass red trx with no body kit on it, sh*t tint and a crappy spoiler with massive amounts of vibrations comming from the boot. Will keep an eye out for u.

If you hear someone tooting for no reason that'll be me :) Massive amounts of vibrations coming from the boot?? Why...Isnt your misses good enough for the front seat ;)
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #34 on: Aug 31, 2005, 10:40PM »
yeah mine was identical to yours when i got it, save for the different wheels and no bonnet scoop, brings back memories, but i would say that if you saw it around box hill or somewhere near that than it was me coz i was living round there for a while

as for the little booklet i have one with my car but all in japanese and hard to make sense of, still in good nick, has all the standard stuff for checking your oil and stuff in it

i didnt get the car with the perspex wisors but it looks as though it had them but they had died and come off

any questions when you sart goin the route of engine tuning let me know coz have done a fair bit recently and have some info that would benefit you, especially in the exhaust area


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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #35 on: Sep 1, 2005, 12:35AM »
I've still got the standard brown/gold spoke alloys wheels that came with the car but I interchange between those and the ones in the pic above at the moment. Been using the larger rubber and shitty wheels for driving out to the mines up north Qld cos I find 'em better for off road (more cushion). But I'm looking for some black and subtle 17" wheels now....only hwy travel thesedays.

Those side window visors are on all those tricked up Nismo's I'm only now noticing....just not see through. Can we still get them from anywhere....Nissan Aust. says no. >:( My bloody dog kept head butting them and cracking them...arrgh.

Hey...did yours come with a checker plated steel stone guard below the front bar?? I had to wait ages for mine to reach compliance and they took it off the bastards...not allowed here (very low clearance). It was extremely strong and fitted underneath the front chassis connected by a chrome bar...yours probably has the threads (2 aligned just inside either foglamp) for them and maybe a good idea so as to protect that sick ass FMIC...seeing though those Nismo bumpers are so dam fucking rare.

The stone guard protected just underneath the bumper and then bent up 45 degrees in front of the radiator...it looked good too. When mine was taken off I asked for it back, despite no compliance but they 'threw it away'...can you believe that....I was mega pissed.

Oh yeah...my new exhaust system is coming soon...drooling....Did you have to take out the AC condenser to get to the really tight section just below the turbo? Any other specific exhaust knowledge on our model would be GREATLY appreciated.  :D

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #36 on: Sep 1, 2005, 02:00PM »
I'm trying to cource a 'under car sheild' like you describe from a fella in brissy.  He has one from a CA18DET halfcut.  Still waiting to buy it!
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #37 on: Sep 1, 2005, 07:27PM »
hmmm, thick steel stoneguard, i would have liked to have known if it came with one, but i dont know, will have to find out when i go see the guy at the wreckers, he imported and complied the car so he would know the deal.

you shouldnt have to remove the ac condensor to get into it, it is a tight fit, i have done it. once the front pipe is removed it gives your hands some room to play but should get it off. also make sure they pay special attention to clearances over the rear diff and through to just in front of the catalytic convertor. it would also pay to get some new exhaust hangers, they make a difference too. but it is just basically clearances and mandrel bends that i stress and then you should have something that will make a difference.

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #38 on: Sep 1, 2005, 07:37PM »
Omg compliancer officers stole your stone guard! Shocker!

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #39 on: Sep 1, 2005, 09:29PM »
I noticed clearance maybe a problem with the 3"...but yeah good idea to get new (shorter) hangers. Reseting the ECU...must admit never thought of that...but of course...thanks. :D

Mine came stock standard straight off the boat from the UK (Came from Japan before that but not sold at auction in UK so sent down under)....no mods at all...I'm confident of that. The RMA owner that sold it to me for $12800 (hasn't that price plumeted) in '01.He used to have a similar U12...that is before some bastard stole it on the Gold Coast. He told me that the 'stone guard' was an extra off the showroom floor. There's threads for it on my front axle so it must be true...check yours they're probably there somewhere.

Omg compliancer officers stole your stone guard! Shocker!

It was one of the things I really liked about the car. The way it was installed was so f'ing cool...checker plated steel was cream in color and suited the ivory whiteness of the car. It curved beautifully from underneath and approx. 150mm up in front of the radiator. Chrome bar was around the bottom of the stone guard...visible from the front.

I'm not thinking about FMIC for some time yet (about $3500 to spend on exhaust, sways, coilovers and wheels first) but it WILL happen one day in the next 6-12 months....driveline next & body will be last. Nevertheless, do you want me to draw somekind of picture so explain the stone guard thang?
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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #40 on: Sep 1, 2005, 11:15PM »
If you hear someone tooting for no reason that'll be me :) Massive amounts of vibrations coming from the boot?? Why...Isnt your misses good enough for the front seat ;)

Yeha will keep an eye out. Now it has the repainted body kit back on it as well as a cannon with the boot noises. Im at the towny alot so i'll keep an eye out.

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Re: Newby with '90 U12 Attesa SR20DET AWD manual with pillars
« Reply #41 on: Nov 20, 2005, 07:29PM »
holy crap, i would kill to have a u12 with a sr20det!!!! ARRRGH!
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