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Oooh! Can't wait, and shouldn't really be spending this money, getting married at the end of the month - but what the hell, she spend loads on her dress! The missus doesn't know about this.....

"Steve, has your car got louder?"

"Err....nope, you look gorgeous today babe..."

Hi mate,

I have one available - Nantwich, Cheshire. (about 2hrs drive from Leeds - cup of tea waiting my end!) PM me if interested. I'm free all weekend

Count me in fellas,

Berks HFC - 350Z '03-'06 please

I'm currently running a CobraSport cat back and Takeda SRI - will try post up some video/sound when it's all fitted. Roll on Easter!

Cheers!

I was lucky enough to spend the day rock climbing on the Welsh coast, down near barmouth. Absolutely fantastic, soul reviving weather and scenery.

Back to work tomorrow...

I think it's the markets in general keeping us down with Range - and it's a time when private investors with small stakes (but maybe large to them) could be tempted to cut their losses and run for it. Personally, range is killing me at the moment as I'm about 33% down and am averaged at 17p.

That said, I'm going to wait it out as I think Range has such massive potential - I don't know when the price will rise significantly as I'm no expert - much may depend on the economy as a whole but I think patience, frustrating though it is, will be rewarded. Getting married in April though - so hopefully my share of the funds will be in the green by then!

Good luck!

Cheers mate - do you remember what fuse you used for the line booster? The 3amp it came with blows every time - but using a 10amp causes the mirror fuse in the dash box to blow. Guess I could try a 5amp and see!

Karl, Ian,

Bang on the money fellas - I've found the blown 10A fuse - it was the mirror fuse which I hadn't thought to check before now. Anyway, power restored, HU working - just gotta tackle the line-booster again - I think if I use a 10A in it this time, I should be ok - will post up some pics when the install is complete.

Thanks for your help on this - very much appreciated, what a top forum!

Well just been out to pick up a curry and have no power to the centre console pods or the speedo/rev etc dimmers. So perhaps its one of the other fuses rather than the radio ones I have checked.

Even though i put an overated fuse in the line-booster - would that not just affect the line-booster itself? Hope I haven't melted a cable - sounds difficult to sort out! Don't have a volt meter but can probably get one from work next week.

Have re-checked fuses, all are okay but still getting no power to the HU?!

Cheers mate - am I right in thinking the only places to check are the box on the driver side footwell, and the two boxes in the battery bay?

If it's not a fuse then I'm all out of ideas!

Yeah I re-grounded it using the wire directly off the HU loom but this didn't help. As the OEM HU is not getting power either I reckon its a problem somewhere else - I'll re-check all fuses since this seems likely problem, but I'm pretty sure they were all ok.

Forgive the new thread but I now face a different problem. In a previous thread http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=52993&start=0 I was at the stage of having installed my new HU - all working fine - and was trying to wire up a line-booster PC9-460.

The 3amp fuse that the booster came with kept blowing so I decided to put in a 15amp fuse (350z manual says ignition power to the radio goes through a 15 amp fuse), figuring that the worst that could happen would be to ruin the line-booster.

This didn't work and now I have got no power to the HU at all - it won't switch. So I undid the steps taken above, but still no power. I have checked all fuses - box on driver side and two boxes in battery bay - all good. To check that I haven't somehow ruined the new HU, I put the OEM HU back in and still I have no power (it whirs on connection but will not switch on).

I think I've probably gone out of my depth and need to take it to a specialist to sort out, but anybody got any ideas what I have done here?

Cheers

Cheers matey!

I had a really deep growling/vibrating noise when at low revs which had me worried - it then developed into a clanging rattling sound - which had me even more worried BUT the car was running perfectly. Still, I was worried about an expensive clutch repair coming my way.

Turned out that the insulator panel above the backbox has corroded around the nuts (done 90K+) and was practically hanging off. The low revs were cause the vibration and noise.

Couple of quid for some wide washers and five minutes later - sound gone!

Good morning all!

Anybody go any ideas on my previous post? I want to try and get it done today.

Much obliged

If you buy this then you've got the centre and back section included. K1 is pretty loud.

What fuse are people running in the PC9-460 line-booster? It came with a 3amp fuse but according to the 350Z technical manual the power from the ignition goes through a 15 amp fuse - this should explain why the line-booster fuse keep blowing!

Is it okay to simply put a 15amp fuse in the line booster - would this cause any problems?

Cheers,

Cheers fella, I'll have a crack at it in the morning

All fitted and everything now working! Thanks to those above who helped me.

Next issue:

As it was a bit quiet I have purchased the line level booster (Autoleads PC9-460) and having some issues connecting it (didn't come with any instructions) Connecting it to the ignition lead off the main loom (red-red) keeps blowing the fuse (3amp). Do I need to put a bigger fuse in there? (is this safe, since it came with 3amp?) or am I connecting it to the wrong wire?

Cheers

Nice one - the adaptor is only £1.85 so worth a shot!

Thanks for your help guys - quick too! If this doesn't work I'll re-post with pics next week.

Karlp - Sorry no pics, it installed at the mo but will take it out next week and get some pics up.

grlnet - Thanks for the link - I've had a quick look at their adaptors - Could it be that the original fitment is ISO and my new HU is DIN? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Hi all,

I've installed a new HU today - Alpine iDA- x311rr using the various looms required etc...

The power, iPod input, steering wheel controls, sound ect is all okay BUT I couldn't connect the antenna as the antenna connector from the car (the bit you need pliers to remove from the clarion unit, right?) is too big to mate with the antenna receiver jack from the new HU (which I assume is standard size?).

Does anybody know if an adaptor is usually needed to make this connection with new headunits and if so, any idea which one?

Cheers,

I think a single just looks a bit strange in such an impressive car, I feel I need to keep the ICE up to the standard of the Zed and not let him down by trying to save myself some money haha

Shame Nissan didn't feel the same when they put that lump of Clarion in there!

I can see where you are coming from with going double din and there are some sexy looking units out there. But I do like the idea of freeing up a single din space to do something else with though. Hmmm... will think on...

Cheers

Finally decided I need to replace my OEM/ghetto iPod setup with something that will sound much better! I was looking for a simple system for great sound - not with loads of features that I'll never use.

Like the Alpine reputation so I'm currently planning to get the Alpine iDA-X311RR single din unit (pictured below) - made for iPod and no CD mechanism (sold all mine on Music Magpie!). I may also get new speakers and possibly and amp further down the line.

Any thoughts on this system?

This will give me the iPod control I want along with an extra tray space in the cockpit!

Can anybody suggest some decent speakers to go with it?

Finally - I'm no expert so how good is the Bose amp; is it worth me looking to get a new one?

Cheers

Some have speculated that the RRL SP was being manipulated in order to activate peoples' stop-loss limits, making more shares available for top-up by those expecting a rise soon. Maybe that's a bit cynical as other oil companies have experienced a fairly sharp drop in their SP (XEL, for example) and so perhaps it was down to overall market forces.

Either way, I'm comfortable to hold on, RRL has released some positive news recently so hopefully this has just been a blip in what should be a great investment.