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Anyone seen the Alexa ad. Young girl loses football match and is in a mood. Later that night mum is woken by her kicking a football against the garden wall. "Alexa.....what time is it?" "4.40AM" "Alexa.... SWITCH ON the garden light" then gives daughter Camera pans out and it's not a house in the middle of nowhere but with neighbours

Was crawling in traffic and in the next lane was a 66 plate 911. Two kids in the back about 11 yes old. One tapping on the other and pointing. Result was both leaning against the window giving the Zed the They'd probably not seen an orange zed in the flesh very often if not at all

Sounds like you got really nice neighbours. By the way, what happened to the other rims?

Never seen that colour in the flesh but from photos the paint looks so deep you'd think you could dive in and swim around! They say jap paint is thin but that almost looks like it's got 20 coats of lacquer

Ahhhh.....Nismo seats. I thought you had a 350z. Sounds like you got the mighty Nismo 370z. My bad. Ignor my comment then

If your zed has cloth seats it may be a non GT zed that came without leather or Bose. General consensus is that aftermarket sub and amp is much better than the Bose.

My friend has asked me to share this police missing persons photo of his son. If anyone sees him please call 101 quoting the ref below Missing person by Andy Ten, on Flickr

Looking alot meaner than a standard Zed now.

There's a roundabout where someone has layed paving slabs making a massive "Z". Had a lovely early morning McDonald's breakfast run passing a string of roundabouts, THIS being the icing on the cake

Love this perfectly proportioned Nismo decals. Discrete yet purposeful

The red detailing on the back bumper really sets it off. Zeds carry off mods so well, be they mild or wild

Ferrari certainly know how to design beautiful cars and their red paint simply looks the business.

Really looking forward to seeing this project. I remember always seeing project cars in Banzai and Japanese Performance magazines which ND had worked their magic on. So will you be looking for a donor car now or waiting til all the funds are in place?

Welcome to the OC from a fellow sunset orange owner

Can't believe the stupid switch has failed AGAIN after 10 months. Luckily I ordered a spare last time. Stopped the car, swapped out the switch and all was well. Ordered another TWO spares at £12.34 including delivery.

If I had black lip and skirts I'd definitely copy your idea of red piping

So tell is how they differ. Not often we see a man in possession of a 370z and a Nismo 370z at the same time

I can see used prices of special petrol performance cars possibly increasing if the supply of new ones is banned. Obviously they'll put heavier taxes on petrol cars, but they won't be able to make it unaffordable for the masses as the majority of car owners wouldn't be able to afford ditching their run of the mill older petrol cars and splashing out on a new electric one EVEN IF the charging facilities are in place.

Love how the tips look OEM and how the back box looks

This zed is too good to be true. Going to be one lucky soul who gets this. And lots of unlucky souls kicking themselves that they missed out!

Oh dear..........thank goodness they give a lifetime warranty and it's local I could be seeing them every few years with our Mini then

Like Hannibal from the A-Team used to say "I love it when a plan comes together"

Here's some extra reading that educated me many moons ago Bear in mind these are VERY OLD and new products like ceramic coatings and drying aids are around but it's good sound information that's quite detailed and gives a good understanding of the basic principles written by one of the most respected people on detailing world at the time Dave KG. In fact I've not seen anyone there that has put so much info out since! Safe washing technique https://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=222657&highlight=Wash+guide Basic information on bonded contaminants and clay https://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4829&highlight=Guide Fallout remover information https://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=168433&highlight=Iron Polishing guide http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/images/misc/dapolishing.pdf Can be done by hand to a lesser degree and ALOT slower and hard going. Protecting the paint https://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4915&highlight=Guide

As far as looking after the paintwork, or to be specific, the clear coat on the paint, rarely will you find 2 people who use identical steps/products. The principles I think can be categorised into the following. 1. Prevent inflicting damage/scratches during superficial/basic washing. 2. Removing tar 3. Removing iron fallout 4. Removing other miscellaneous bonded contamination that makes the paint feel "bumpy" with clay/clay cloth /clay mitt 5. Paint cleanser to remove ingrained dirt that is so fine you can't feel it. 6. Polishing and/or filling imperfections in the clearcoat once it is clean 7. Protecting the clearcoat from the elements to make future washing easier........and show off lovely water beading I do steps 1 to 7 once a year or so due to family commitments. Normally I just do step 1 then goto step 7 sometimes just applying the Last Stage Protection in the form of a drying aid where you spray a specific product onto the wet car after washing/rinsing and dry the car to spread the product onto the paint. The Turtlewax Hydrophobic Spray Sealant can be used like this. Last week I didn't have time for steps 2,3,4, bit still had a little time spare so used an All In One product "Autofinesse Tripple" that deep cleans the paint, lightly polishes the paint, temporarily fills in minor defects and swirls and adds a little protection. Autoglym Super Resin Polish is another example of this. My applicator pad would go black after just doing half the door! Then a couple minutes spent applying the Turtlewax spray sealant at the end. So pretty much what you've already planned. If I didn't have kids I'd use a tar remover every couple months and fallout remover maybe twice a year. I've two other white cars and the fallout really stands out as little yellow specs embedded in the rear hatch. The orange paint masks this well

It's a 2005 DE zed. Ordered it new with the full Nismo N1 Aero kit comprising a whole fibreglass front bumper, side skirts, rear spats and wing. Got some led rear clusters off Zmanalex in 2007. Got the Nismo LMGT4 rims in 2007. No other mods since then really. Just enjoy driving it, and detailing it. As you already know, when the light hits that orange paint, the glow is outta this world which is why I reckon you'd be missing out on a visual treat each time you arrive and leave your zed if you cover it up. As a coincidence I just applied Autofinesse Tripple by hand to the zed last week. A lovely All In One product that gets the this up from our club detailing fanatic Ilogikal. Then I topped it off with Turtlewax Hydrophobic Spray Sealant which goes on like thin baby oil and wipes off easy leaving a slippery slick finish that has class leading durability according to many detailing channels on YouTube (also cheap as chips ) It's also known as Seal n Shine in US.