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Was it Topgear exhausts in Stockport by any chance?

Was at my local Longlife exhaust franchise yesterday. Wife's Mini exhaust was blowing from midpipe somewhere. The original 2006 Mini exhaust corroded and died in 2015 so had a stainless steel cat back customised for £375. Had a new center silencer made and fitted free under lifetime warranty. Not sure why it failed at just 5 years though While there I got 2 quotes for the zed. £760 fitted for Scorpion Y pipe and cat back with rolled tips, or £900 custom made Longlife system. Came home and looking around the back box of the zed all seems fairly solid still. Even at the flange connecting back box to mid pipe things seemed solid. What aftermarket exhausts have you had fail on you and how old were they at failure? Also, anyone got an original 350z exhaust older than 15 years?

My Zed only spends a few days a year in my garage normally for some detailing in the evening. It's my daily and it's a bit of a faff moving our weekend family car out and getting the zed in so the zed lived outdoors for all of it's 15 years. To be honest. As long as there's not overhanging trees with heavy bird bombings and sap, all it needs is regular washing and maintenance. Not even a ceramic coating. Just some wax or spray on sealant every month or so. A good paint decon once or twice a year. The paint will feel smooth and pristine. It'll be dirty when you can't be bothered to clean it. It'll be a glowing orange fireball when you can. Plus, without a cover, even after 15 years ownership, I still walk past it and say to myself "Damn....... that's a mighty fine car with a mighty fine orange paint job" I don't think I'd be walking past going "Damn......check out that mighty fine dusty car cover"

I got the clear too. On the garage shelf waiting for an opportunity to polish headlights before applying

What gets done at 8000miles that costs £1580? New brakes? Surely it'd be just coolant and brake fluid change at the most

Welcome to the OC The Nismo looks mean and purposeful just stationary let alone at full pelt

Nice little kit that. Everything you need bar the drill in one affordable package. Try to update us yearly on how the UV coating holds up. Ive tried the similar Turtlewax pack and the coating only lasted a year or so. Same with Gtechniq C4. Gonna try a clear wrap after polishing next time.

A paintless dent removal guy will get to the door ding in seconds. Literally a couple of minutes and it'll be much better. If the paint hasn't been damaged past the clear coat you can then polish out any superficial marks. Up here in Manchester there are loads of small dent guys operating from home. I drove to one on a Saturday morning he popped out. Popped in his widget between glass and door. Ding popped out. I parted with a couple of twenties and he popped back in to finish his coffee.

Welcome to the OC We never get tired of photos of new members cars so when you're free, post some up

Mighty fine 370z Post up some pics of how that paint looks at night too

Good to have you back.... again. You're the original Mr Boomerang! We can't get rid of you. Just keep coming Looking forward to your next Zed chapter

Some nice concaveness going on with those rims.

A true fan........ returning with a second Zed

Can't beat some nice beading If it's as easy as you report, it only needs to last until the next wash and you can give it another "blast" as long as it doesn't work out too expensive for you.

I got sent this top tip today and cracked up If you glue a dead wasp to your palm, You can slap your boss at the back of his head as hard as you want and act like you saved him.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who washes the car at night Round my way the council fitted rubbish LED street light replacements. They must be 2w or something as the street looks so much gloomier. This was years ago so I reckon like all technology things have moved on and you and Coldel are luckily getting the new stuff.

Looking good there ready for Valentine's Day. Ps good shout on the alcohol swabs. My missus always has plenty of those in and I'm almost out so saves me buying more

So we've all probably noticed how the driver's door will often swing shut if left partially open. We've also all heard of how delicate the finishing material is on the interior door handle. After 15 years ownership I wondered why it is that my interior door handles haven't scratched to kingdom come. It's because often I don't actually open the door to the max meaning I hop on and it closes itself. Then on opening from the inside I normally push on the handle with a flat palm so no scratching from fingernails. So the self closing doors do have a plus point of sorts

According to my uncle in the far East, it's not a Zed or a Zee....... it'll always be a FAIRLADY

That zee was damn fast. Love the look and sound of that car

Very rare colour. Must be getting alot of attention driving that zed. Even the personalized plate is class Definitely need to post up more pics of that beauty

Literally JUST watched a Panorama documentary on this. Horrific video footage of cars broken down on live motorways with no hard shoulder to escape to. Just sitting ducks with an average wait time of 37 minutes before help arrives. Dashcam footage showing the car Infront swerving at the last minute avoiding a stationary car ahead leaving the camera car literally a millisecond to follow suit as the stationary car appears in view like a brick wall. Just pure luck the cars didn't sideswipe the middle lane cars as they swerved. Another fatality was on a flyover with no embankment to escape to. Just sat like sitting ducks. 42 seconds later they were hit from behind killing the poor kid sitting in the back. Very very sad

Just in case you've not seen the sunset orange under NON FLATTERING light, here's a few photos of mine where the paint looks dead and a bit Meh Even freshly cleaned the orange isn't saying much. But under the sun..... In a car park... Or at night... I wouldn't have ANY other colour