HEADPHONES

Welcome to the OC.

Good to hear there are people still willing and able to show these cars some love.

Post up pics of your Zed's journey to inspire others👍

After 20 years ownership, my clutch finally surrendered after it's last "send" at the M6 toll gate.

It all started well.

Windows down as I tapped to pay the toll fee.

Barrier went up.

Revved her up and dumped the clutch and we were off.

Smiling like a Cheshire Cat as she took off , VQ trumpeting away sweetly through my Scorpion exhaust.

Changed to 2nd.....

Revs climbing sweetly

Reached for 3rd......WTF!

Was as if I was Captain Kirk with Scotty telling me "The dilithium crystals are smoking.......she canny take any more Captain"

Smelt that nasty burning clutch smell and it just wouldn't hook up.

Tried 4th gear.....NADA.

Tried 5th then 6ht.....NADA.

Just revved with no power.

After a couple seconds she finally engaged 6th and I cruised her gently back to Manchester.

It had had the odd slip before anyway so I bit the bullet and had a new clutch, dual mass flywheel, slave and master cylinder fitted.

Garage told me it was a nightmare it was to bleed.

Drove home and after 30 min the clutch pedal wouldn't come back up without me flicking it back up with my foot.

Back it went to the garage.

Pedal felt 90% better but again garage said they struggled to get any pedal feels at all to begin with and they "think" it's good but to bring it back if any problems......very confidence inspiring....NOT

Alas, same story. After spirited driving for 15in I lost pedal feel.

So I returned to the garage again armed with some tips from @davey_83 and another zed friend.

The garage was amazed...... INSTANT SUCCESS 

1. Was to pre fill the slave cylinder with fluid.

2 Was to bleed the clutch using the attached guide

Hope this helps people who have similar bleeding woes.

Welcome back to the OC.

Alot of O.G members names being mentioned which brings back so many good memories.

I remember the the old days with the "other" forum headed by Giles and his NA tuned 350z.

I actually joined there first and moved to here about a year later when Giles got an R35 and they changed to "Nissansprtz"

I've seen my Zed forum experience change over 2 decades from the heady excitement hearing everyone's experience with "Collinite" car wax, importing Nismo LMGT4 wheels on group buys via member/traders like ESR.

Now as I squint trying to type this as I can't find my reading glasses I'm more reading about people's battles with rot and rust........ failing parts, and how hard a time new members are having trying to find a half decent 350z to buy.

THE JOYS OF GETTING OLD

1 - davey_83

2. HEADPHONES 

That's a rare colour.

Great find👌

I'm guilty of not checking in as often as I used to.

I try to attend more meets now though.

Was nice bumping intol some club members at last year's Torqen meet.

Looking forward to seeing  people at Japfest next week.

9 hours ago, Andy_Muxlow said:

I have the same issue, I can't be bothered to take the wheels off or don't have the space and time 😆

Be thankful you don't have one of those multi spoke designs😬😂

On 07/03/2025 at 10:26, GranTurismoEra said:

 

All good. You considering a 370 to add? Interesting that when you parked the Cayman next to the 370 the rooflines were at l similar height. Just the design of the 370 makes it look bulkier. Anyway its still a decent looking car. Always nice to see them despite its current £730 tax on older models. Nice to see post 17 prices have crashed. My friends Nismo mk1 is up at 13k. High miler. 

I was literally looking on Auto trader and saw a white MK1 in Bradford for 13k. Is that your mates car?

The rims didn't look to bad from afar but whenever I parked next to @SHEZZAat a meet, his LMGT4s always put mine to shame particularly the barrels😄.

Only had time to do the driver's side and not around the lug nuts.

But hey ho......just do what you can do is my motto.

These rims have been run daily for 18 years.

Up until about 5 years ago I used to take them off the car every year or two and give them the full monty.

Shampoo.

Rinse and dry.

Tar remover.

Rinse and dry.

Fallout remover.

Wash.

Clay bar.

Rinse and dry.

Then Gtechniq C5.

I never have a whole day free anymore so on Friday I took a short cut.

Shampoo rinse and dry.

Then just Autoglym SRP.

Followed by a quick coat with TW Hybrid Sealant Wax spray.

I took the failing lacquer off the diamond cut lips about 2-3 years ago using paint stripper sprayed onto a brush then brushing on.

Just washing weekly with some regular spray sealant and the odd quick going over with SRP or AF Tripple seems to negate the need for re lacquer.

Loving the rear spoiler.

Welcome back.

So how do split your driving between the 2 Zeds?

Seeing as I have 2 kids, I was thinking it's only fair if I leave them one Zed each so possibly need to have another.......not being greedy or anything.......just to maintain the fairness 🤣

Now that's what you call a man cave😎👌.

I'm always paranoid about my clutch.

Not giving any problems yet but 20 yea6 on the original clutch and 93k miles is not confidence inspiring 🤣

Glad to see your zed back in good health.

Hope to see you all again at Japfest in a couple months 👍

My Zed is 20yrs old this year too.

A very tidy and classy looking Zed you have acquired.

Hope you can attend some of our meets.

I so regret not participating more iny younger years.

I used to be put off by the long drive to some of these, but if you have a local member also attending, you get the added benefit of a mini convoy and pre meet

I'm with eSure.

Due for renewal next week.

Gone down from £317 to £313 fully comp.

20+ yrs no claims.

eSure doesn't come up with comparethemarket, or confused comparison sites which were a good 30% more expensive!

Congratulations on acquiring a Zed 

If you're located near the Midlands, the team at Tarmacsportz can supply and fit most things Zed related.

Top bunch of guys there who are also Zed owners 👍

Gonna try this tomorrow 

Not just Nissan, even BMW have been sleeping on the job and leaving transport blocks on M cars

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/tuQV4AxxMT6TDtqS/

So sad to see Zeds written off by insurance companies as uneconomical to repair due to their low used prices.

I got a cousin overseas who rolled his BMW 328i THREE times in an accident.

Every panel was damaged, airbags all deployed etc.

Due to its high residual value at the time in Malaysia the insurance refused to write it off an repaired it.

I'm pretty emotionally attached to my Zed so if the numbers work I'd get mine repaired.

If there was alot of corrosion underneath or there was anything major due on the horizon like new clutch/flywheel etc, it may be an opportunity to just accept the offer and move on.

All the best with whatever path you choose 

The OEM performance stats sound scary enough for the road........I can't imagine me ever wanting to tune it FOR MORE😄.

Must bring a whole new perspective to seeing safe distances to overtake 😉👌

13 hours ago, Payco said:

Watch her do the TVR T350 review on YouTube. Say no more.

 

Was a bit nippy that day by the looks of it

I bet you and @ballistic surprise alot of modern machinery that try to muscle past thinking they're just standard Zeds😜

1. andy James x 1 ticket + track time D and J

2. Ledfut x 1 ticket ofz3145

3. Ollie Price x 1 club ticket + x 1 Passenger ticket (no track time)

4. Fozzydaz x 1 ticket

5. Oliver350z. 1 club stand + x 1 passenger

6. Stoker11- 1 x Club ticket and 1 x passenger ticket

7. JustTheJedi x 1 ticket

8.HEADPHONES X1 ticket 

Welcome to Zedlife .

Feel free to post up any questions.

There's some very knowledgeable zedheads here.

Bound to be someone who has encountered similar problems.

Looking like Swarovski crystals now