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So the weekend just gone was the one, and it was time to get the new work wheels on. So it was new wheels, new steel wheel nuts, four yokohama advans, and removal of the wheel spacers. Went without a hitch and the car feels so much better to drive on without the spacers. Very happy with how it all went and how the wheels sit, the evenings spent working out sizes was well worth it Fronts 19x9.5 ET22 Rears 19x10.5 ET12

Been a while. Still waiting on the sill panels to come in from Japan and some steering rods from Australia. I have however received some bits back from powder coat which I'm very happy with. Decided to get the kidney braces done, even though they were brand new they already showed signs of rusting 🙄 Also received a care package from mishimoto, radiator, fans, intake and oil cooler. Thanks mishimoto for sponsoring the car!

Great work mate,the car is looking much better now 😁

Serious debts https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/35128998/car-firm-hq-sale-job-cuts/

The car from the beginning was giving me an intermittent limp mode issue, it wasn't very often in the beginning, but became more and more frequent, all 4 fault codes it was throwing was pointing towards one thing and unfortunately it is a fault with the stillen supercharger kit. Luckily for me Horsham Developments make a replacement loom for the throttle body and they fixed the issue quickly, as well as my exhaust leaks. I do have the say the new loom not only fixed the issue but also looks a lot nicer, so massive shout out to them. While I was there and now the car was running better than ever we decided to do a dyno run to see if the 530hp I was told when I bought the car was a fib like I thought it was...

I swapped out my spark plugs for some GTR plugs (one step colder) then went off the PetrolHeadism and took plenty of pictures that weekend, had a great time with great people

To show off the 2nd coolest mod on the car (boost), I decided to put my genuine Nismo V2 front bumper under the knife. I cut out the grill section and gave my charge cooler a clean and a coat of VHT silver. I used a multitool and a Dremel to perform the surgery and in all honestly its way cooler to see the cooler. I need to cover up those old license plate holes too.

Part 3 of the little things, the side skirt extensions 1) aren't to my taste 2) make it harder to jack up the car 3) were battered and loose in places So with a variety of 10, 8 and 7mm self tappers being removed, I took those extensions off and sold them for dirt cheap on market place

Around febuary is when I started to get frustrated with all of the little issues and decided to tackle all of them - first was the intake pipe and polishing in the last two posts. In this post is where I finally attempted to fix my squeaking chair, I removed it from the car, disassembled it and coated everything in spray on silicone. I destroyed the air quality in my house (because UK weather) but I could finally drive my 70 in peace

As shown in the last update the timing chain cover is also pretty dull, so I gave it two passes with alubright and tried to polish everything I could reach

This is a job I've been putting off... The intake pipe has been covered in gold heat tape - its peeling and it has been applied terribly, is bunched up in many places. I personally don't believe gold tape makes enough of a difference to intake temps to make it even remotely worth it for how bad it looks. So I first struggled with peeling it off and using a heat gun with plastic razors but that genuinely only made it worse. Then I used a chemical sticky stuff remover (goo gone wasn't strong enough) I then gave it a bath in some washing liquid and water before hitting it with a generous amount of metal polish on a drill attachment, I'm happy with the results

Keeping with the theme of improving the interior, I wanted to tie in the head unit with some more modern touches, I know Ambient lighting isn't to everyone's taste and it can easily be overdone. I removed the door cards, separated the suede part from the rest of the door and laid in my LED strips, then I removed the glovebox and used superglue to stick the glovebox section down as 3M tape wasn't strong enough.

On to prettier things, the carbon hatch I had bought had a lot of scratches and defects, I wet sanded and used several grades of polish to bring the carbon back to life and take out the majority of scratches. I then gave it a healthy coat of Bilt Hamber Double Speed wax. I also took to widening some of the clip holes which allowed me to finally put the interior plastics back in - this reduced a lot of rattle and cabin noise and made everything feel a lot more OE and complete.

During this time I had a frequent issue of the intake pipe popping out, on one of the pipes the ridged section that was supposed to help hold the silicone couplers was cut off and on the other it was dented and caved in. I ended up using a hammer to fix the dented section with some percussive maintenance and the other side is held on well enough as is so is going to have to wait until I eventually change my intake setup, don't mind the ugly peeling heatwrap

Had a little Christmas photoshoot as well to show off the new wheels

Been a while since I've updated this, so rewinding back to December I gave the set of Volk Racing SF Winning wheels a clean and was finally able to install them with new rubber all around I decided on Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires 255/45/19 up front and 275/45/19 in the rear

Great news. We've booked breakfast as well which youre welcome to join us at. Idea being get a good breakfast and get down there early enough to get parked up and enjoy the day

Booked, but will be coming down after work, so prob be there 930 ish.

I was looking for these for my z however they are now discontinued. Was wondering if anyone has a set of used ones for the front and back for sale in decent condition.

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Interesting, could be up for this if others are going?

Mine was about that last year to much hassle I've raised it to about 20mm Lower than stock.

Car sold yesterday! Please lock the thread. Thanks

Great shot guys!

I’m guessing 50mm