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Is he into his Z clothing and watches? Hope not, but if he is that could make a nice gift

Also someone was selling some Z memorabilia on here, can’t remember if it was a dvd or book

54 minutes ago, Bry said:

He likes the stock look of the exterior. Think I need to make more of an effort for his 70th than a magic tree and a key ring :-)  Here's his Z

Yea was thinking shipping wouldn’t make an oz present worthwhile 

With the key ring I didn’t mean that alone, that would be a bit crap

I think he meant he’s in oz and his dad is here?

A detail is a good idea. He’ll appreciate it looking at it and driving and easy to organise from afar 

Is he into exterior mods? If you want something subtle could do side steps or zunsport grille etc

Keyrings and air fresheners always work well too

It’s not so bad at home. Was worse when I was using a watering can at a show. True story

But you’re probably right it’s more the rinsing than the shampoo 

Quite impressed with the we’ve managed to hijack this thread.... sorry stan!

I have bathe+ and was looking for a new detailer as well so might go with the wetcoat 

Quick question re bathe+, I get really odd streak marks if I do t dry it straight away. Almost like someone has tried to airbrush some flames onto the paint   Only used a small amount of it in a full bucket but didn’t measure it am I using too much?

It’s gloss red so yep looking for a slick gloss

On the first detail I did clay, poorboys black hole, then the nattys blue. The black hole left a nice finish but couldn’t see the difference after the wax

Its due a machine polish which I’ll do at some point this month but looking for a decent wax to top it off. Unless I go down the ceramic coating route

The first wax I used was megs tech wax which is still the glossiest I’ve used yet  

Dodo juice purple haze gave me excellent water repelling but was still less glossy

In summary, yes I want glossy 

Looks good. I was more concerned about  the finish on a dry car than beading

Is the auto balm a sealant?

@ilogikal1 how did you find the blue wax compared to others?

Ah ok I didn’t know that. I’ve got the blue one. Bought it on polished bliss I think, that was the only one I saw when looking didn’t see any others 

Which nattys paste wax? I didn’t realise there were different types, thought there was just one. I’ll check 

Pics?

I bought nattys paste wax after seeing it mentioned a few times. Easy to apply but didn’t have a glossy finish like most waxes. Least glossy wax I’ve used, didn’t like it 

Ok thanks I’ll check the size tonight 

Yep but it’s different to the exterior badges. Smaller and flat from what I can see

Anyone have one lying around? For a 350gt so needs to be a Nissan badge not a Z. Mine came with an Infiniti badge but it doesn’t fit well

Asked Asad but he doesn’t have these badges 

When I’ve forgotten to add something into a for sale thread I’ve been sent messages asking me to edit. As col says it’s probably just been missed with other things going on for admin

pm @SuperStu he will probably locate it without you having to retype it

I booked Japfest Donington instead. Was tempted by trax but went with the all jap show and hopefully better weather than October 

Only 5 on our stand and the majority from Scotland

Did a bit on the battery cover and surround, will do the same to the brake fluid cover when I source one 

Needs a bit more work before lacquer but happy with the look so far

https://www.350z-uk.com/topic/124028-engine-cover-project/?do=getNewComment

Been playing around with spray paint in the engine bay 

Wanted to do something with the engine cover as it’s bugger than the zed and takes up a big chunk of the bay

Went for a jap theme with rising sun but not white, wanted to keep with the red and black theme. Had a look online for some ideas and then youtube videos for the effects with paint using plastic bags

Drew the ninja myself and used it as a template 

 Sanded down briefly, clear primer, red base coat, black once masked up, added effects for that graffiti look

Some touching up and lacquer next week. Well chuffed with the results. Will extend onto the battery covers

I was gonna say Skye lol. I’m thinking of doing Arran when we have a nice weekend forecast 

Behind the spokes is a no for me. If you don’t have deep dish wheels I’d give it a miss

This

On a standard car with aftermarket wheels, or a clean modified car it would look wrong. Saw it on a drift car and it worked, can’t find pics

11 hours ago, Richn370 said:

It would be on that wheel jr21x11 so quite wide plus it would be done properly not letters I just cut out

I meant on the outside of the wheel not behind the spokes

Depends on the car/wheels/sticker. That looks naff but it can work

Would look better on a wide dish

I had a similar issue (G35), no EML for ages, eventually it came it and it was the camshaft position sensor

On my zed the same sensor went and symptoms were a bit different. It would lose power for a split second then drive fine, but didn’t cut out. EML came on immediately 

Zed was manual, G is auto. Not sure if that’s where the difference lies?