lrh
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The Z has plenty of weight on the back... It just has even more weight on wide tyres at the front which have to plough through the snow/slush. Would be interesting to stick two space-savers on the front and see if it helped...
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3) Has anyone solved the problem of the cd jumping while the car is cold?
It's a problem with all in-dash changers and why you don't see many on the after-market. Even the owners manual mentions it will happen!
+1 on the "Tape deck hack" (aux line-in) http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=507429#p507429
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I havent changed the batteries since I bought the car in May this year. I will try the new battery approach and see what happens.
The Z uses a passive transponder chip in the key so changing the batteries won't make any difference.
Sounds like a fault with the ignition barrel unfortunately. If you turn the key and the stereo says "WAIT" then it's definitely having problems talking to the chip and not disabling the immobiliser.
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...having read some of the technical pages, I could become very paranoid very quickly.
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It is worryingly cheap but you never know maybe they just need to shift it.
Down to £14k now
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I recently put some equally soft Kumho Ecsta's on my car... Improvement in noise and ride was massive but the fronts felt very floppy @ 35psi
Upped them to 38psi and I got most of the steering feel back, although they still feel a bit squishy, like the tyres are softer than the suspension.
With 800kg on the front wheels I think the 350 prefers stiffer tyres with a high load index.
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am in surrey mate is this a calsonic box??
Yep, Calsonic. You can just about see the name stamped on it in the second photo.
Are the studs the only thing wrong with this? Will I be able to use the studs from jdm in replacement and can this fit straight on?Considering one stud snapped I think it would be worth replacing them with new ones. Apart from that it'll go straight on a JDM
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Well I have checked now and the music streams throught the front drive main door speaker. Very strange!!!
Looks like you've found some hack as the 350 Bluetooth is too ancient (~2003) to support music streaming. When making calls only the drivers speaker is used so it obviously thinks your music is a call.
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Looks clean for an early car
Watch those Nankang tyres! 
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Yes just add a Bluetooth module. Get the dealer to throw one in, otherwise there's usually one or two for sale on the forum for £60+
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That's at the Infiniti dealer in Reading... I'm sure they wouldn't be selling a dodgy car without history!
Those seats were a £400 option so learn to love them
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whats the chances of doing this, and the keyfob losing sync for both? so that none work, need to give this a try, but worried if i mess it up somehow I'll get stuck with 2 dud keyfobs and be stranded on my drive lol
I did exactly that when I tried to re-program my new fob ... It was pretty scary stuff
Me too! I locked myself in the car without a working key and with the door handle disabled! Then I locked myself out without a working key!
Luckily putting the original key through the registration process (with the alarm going off in my ear) got it working. I won't be trying that again... Serious brown trousers moment
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Bump, still for sale JDM owners
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My UK backbox is still for sale. One of the studs has snapped but hey I'm only after £50 collected
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As with all cheap exhausts, expect the fit to be slightly off and that you'll need a friendly garage to tweak it. See previous threads about this exhaust:
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I just adjusted the lock-nut to lower my pedal and take out 1cm of slack it had... Made a massive difference to changing gear
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Buy another key on ebay (get one that looks the same - x-trail?... Here is the procedure to add the key into your immobiliser.
The success rate for people trying this seems to be zero! I and a few others have tried buying and coding used keys without success. For a start there are 2 types of key that look the same but work completely differently 
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There are a couple of long plastic teeth under the cover that stick through holes in the strut bar... They don't hold it in place and can only make make a brittle, nails-on-a-blackboard sound. Get rid of them!
You have to pop off all the black parts around it to get it off though, which is a pain.
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Cold weather skipping can't be fixed... It's a problem with all in-dash changers and mentioned in the owners manual!
If you're handy with a soldering iron you can add an aux line-in:
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when it is actually 40g/km lower than the 350 and therefor falls in a lower tax bracket.
Cleanest 350Z (273 g/km) - cleanest 370Z (245 g/km) = 28 g/km difference.
245 g/km = Highest possible Company Car Tax (35%) + £425 Road Tax (Only £10 cheaper than the next band)
Every recent Cayman, TT, and Z4 costs £245 or less to tax thanks to direct injection or turbos. Unfortunately Nissan's solution will be basing the next Z on a Merc platform and engine
If the temporary pre-06 discount is removed next year all 350Z owners will be back to paying £435
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BTW are these inspections (AA and the like) worth going for?.
Not really, they won't know the trouble spots to look for.
As long as the exhaust isn't rattling, there's no clicking from the rear axle, the clutch isn't slipping, and the electric windows work, there isn't much else goes wrong
If the tyres are on their last legs, get money off because your looking at £500 for a set. -
Non-GT is not to be underrated.
+1 When I bought last year, tatty high-mileage GTs were going for £2k more than I paid at a main dealer for a mint low mileage base model.
Cloth seats don't need heating, the standard wheels look bigger than the Rays and less than 10% heavier, you still get the hands-free kit, the stereo/speakers are a lot easier to replace... Cruise control is as much use as an ash-tray on a motorbike if you live in the south-east
Rays were a £1k option on both models until the 2006 facelift when they became standard on all cars.
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...im unsure but something tells me this is too much of a bargain, i'l hopefully speak to this guy as i want to clarify the what "some service history" means...
Definetly too cheap, a dealer would normally have this up at £9.5k
Missing history could mean it's clocked
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I'm almost 6' 2" and also feel the 350Z seat is a bit high and doesn't quite go back far enough. Japanese cars are definitely biased towards shorter people... When I get in a Golf and put the seat all the way back I can barely touch the pedals!
My previous S14 200SX fitted me like a glove though... Position of the seat, wheel, pedals, handbrake, all perfect
Shame it was noisy as hell
Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas low stock?!?
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Did you check across the whole width of the tyre? Uneven wear isn't unheard of, although I think it's more common on the fronts.