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Hey guys Late last night i was driving down a country road, and my passenger side wheel hit the biggest pothole known to mankind! The end result was the wheel was left slightly buckled but whats worse is the wheel its self has set back in the wheel Arch about half an inch/an inch, not mentioning wrecking my front bumper. The wheel is off to get fixed today so thats cool, but my question is what is the most likely component to be bent? I took the wheel off this morning to have a look and to me i could not see anything, i mean the A arm at the top is at a slope but i was thinking something like this would be something lower. I need to get this fixed b4 the end of the week as im going away and the day im back i have it booked in for a whole body refresh in a place quite far from me. Thanks Guys

Hi guys. Just bought a new satnav to go with the double din unit ive got. I need help in locating and knowing which wires these are and will be found. *Reverse Lamp Harness *Parking Brake Detection Switch *Vehicle Speed Sensor Harness Ive consulted the Service manual but i only have the US one and couldnt find anything on it. It would be great if someone could tell me the location of these wired and the colour of them. Well as always, any help is appreciated...thanks

Definatly visit the website www.blackcatcustom.com the only limit is your imagination...you can get greens galore if u wish if you take this avenue keep us posted

Its called weight reduction my friend...weight reduction Steve it reads over by 4 - 5mph.....but if you have cruise control this is not even a problem as you can put the needle in accuratly. Although and this might be normal or not i cant remember but £17 worth of petrol from empty filled it to the second from bottom line...is that right? i think im jus bein paranoid lol how much to fill the tank fully? then ill halve it and see if the needle settles in the middle lol.

Yeah will definatly be up for it. last one i was in spain and couldnt make it but let me know when the next one is and ill be there

I am, just a bit dissapointed with the whole colour thing, but same as stock so cant really complain.....loks awesome in the day though. Goes well with the interior.

Should be working now

yeh it should be, i edited teh post and deleted the html codes n replaced them with the image codes....i can see it now.

done

Oh god, ok lemme try fix it.

OK guys... Fitted the new dials today, it actually went all quite well with no complications.....Heres how it was done 1. Take you gorgeous Z for a drive, atleast for 20mins, just make sure that lovely engine is properly warmed up! 2. Park up and with the engine running and the car in neutral make a note of all the needle positions on all the dials including the ancillary dials....make sure that your aircon is off etc for a pure idle reading.....If it helps take a picture of them so you can see where the needles are, helped me 3. Turn your engine off. Remove the rubber ring around the ignition, this just pops off if you pull it. 4. Undo these three screws, as they hold in some plastic trim that will get in the way when you remove the cowling. These are located under the button you press to open the fuel cap. Also take out the 4 screws underneatht the lower cowling, you will need a long crosshead screwdriver for the 2 at the back. 5. Place a butter knife or flat screwdriver under the cowling by the indicator stalk, then gently but firmly prise it up. Also make sure its prised up behind the indicator stalk. 6. Do the same on the other side..... 7. Pull the plastic trim on the left down so its not in the way 8. Do the same for the trim on the right. 9. Now you should be able to loosen the cowling. Please note that the upper cowling is attatched to the spedo housing so please dont try to remove it 10. You dont even have to take the plastic trim off, you just need enough so that you can remove the lower cowling. 11. Now with a 10mm socket remove the 4 bolts that hold the speedo housing in. The other 2 bolts are in the same place on the other side. 12. Unplug the white plug from the back of the speedo and take you clocks inside.....your doing fine so far 13. At the back of the clocks you will see 2 big and 4 small screws that hold the upper cowling in place.....Take cthese out and remove it. 14. Pull off the 3 round plastic caps on the bak. note the middle one is held in with a plastic clip so be careful not to break it. 15. And you will be left with this . Un plug the two white plugs.... 16. Then gently prise up the black plastic back, its fitted well so be aggresive....but not...if you get me 17. Once thats off pull the two black parts under the side button 18. Then turn it around and pull off the plastic front Be careful of the reset button thing. 19. Loosen the black clips holding the front of the speedo on, prise forward and do the same for the clips on the bottom 20. Tadaa.....the dials, bare as a babys bum. 21. Now with 2 butterknifes, slide them under the needles, each in turn. Then slowly prise up, making sure u apply even pressure and they will pop off! Some are on quite stiff so u need to give a little umpff. 22. Once all off, slide a butterknife underneath the dials as they are very lightly stuck on. Heres the back of them. 23. Dials are off... Here are the bulbs, so if you want to change them u need to solder them. 24. Now to remove the black rest needles are very tricky, the best way i found is to grip it between your thumb and pointing finger and push againt the table and they should pop out. 25. Now fit hte black rest needles on the new dials, this can be hard but the best way is to hold the dials and push the needle like this. 26. Now place your new dials on the pod...perfect fit! 27. Take your dials to the car along with your needles, but do not fit your needles yet. Plug the speedo in, to allow more leeway u can pulkl this grey tab out to allow the speedos more freedom of movement. 28. Start the car and let it run for 10mins, this is to make sure the engine is warm as it could have cooled whilst you were doing all the above. 29. When you are sure its properly warm now its a case of fitting the needles to the same readings you made a note of or took a pic of before. (Step 2.). Once all is back in, unplug the speedo and fit everything back together again. Plug back in and admire your handy work! IMPORTANT. Calibrating the needles this way proved very accurate. Only putting the speedo needle in at 0 is not accurate. Comparing speeds with the ancillary dial shows my dial is 4mph innacurate. So i suggest setting your cruise control to like 20mph or even 10mph then put the needle in then. For me i hardly look at the speedo, always the ancillary so ill correct this at a later date as its not major and i dont have cruise control so will be harder for me, but all the other Voltmeter, Oil PSI, REV, FUEL, TEMP guage read accurate. ALSO, the bulbs are unfortunatly orange so to get the desired coulour on your dash requires you to buy and solder on new bulbs, what a headache lol. Hope this helps guys and i hope it encourages some people to consider this mod as it took me all off 40mins. Here is a quick piccy i took of my Baby with the V3 spoiler....loads of you guy hate it, i dont know why it looks sexy lol. Thanks guys!!

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic ... highlight= I wrote this up a while ago...hope it helps

Sweet guys thanks a lot! Yeah the guys had a lot of problems fitting the spoiler apparently. They had to sand down most of it because it wudnt fit flat etc. It looks awesome on the car, i love it but looking closely u can see the issues they had as fitment isnt perfect.......nothing but trouble with this spoiler but as long as people loof from afar they wont notice the bad bits lol. Ill get some pics up when i fitted the dials so hopefully satuday Chris I, they didnt remove it. Is it something i can do? If so any guides or how to's? Thanks

ok cool, thanks....where can i buy them from?

yep it is andy, but it worked fine when came out the garage :S I take it you had the same problem?