HEADPHONES

Are you a high ranking police officer keeping your Zed in a secure police car park at night by any chance?

Difficult to catch beads well on white but you've nailed it

Wing mirror casing? Exhaust tailpipe covers?

Welcome to the OC from a fellow Cheshire member. Nice to see another sunset. If you ever see a sunset orange in Cheadle it's probably me

Looking good Daisy. Much better than slash cut

Did you go for the new rolled tips or the original tuner slash cut ones? I also seem to remember that Scorpion are so confident with their quality they give a lifetime warranty.

Your heads up prompted me to dig my PINGI outta my boot. It's been sitting there for months. Well I weighed it and assuming it's reached max saturation by now it came in at 376gm After 6min at 500w in the microwave and leaving to "let off steam" it weighed in at 330gm So it's only really capable of holding about 45ml of water which looked a little bit lame! Alas, like the Tesco advert goes EVERY LITTLE HELPS

Zeds definitely carry off mods well.

Was a gorgeous sunny day up here in the NW today. Perfect roof down weather to listen to the V6 rumble away.

Oooooo.....gotta love a Neeeezzzzmo Not many affordable performance coupes leaving Japan anymore I don't even count the new NSX or Supra etc as they are out of most of our reaches . Thankfully Nissan are still hanging in there.

Amazing how something so simple can make such a difference Also amazing how some people drive around with such foggy lights it looks like they have been left wet sanded........and don't even seem to notice or be bothered. It always seems to be old Micras and Yarises that are the worst culprits!

To save elbow grease, buy these for £6.19 https://www.amazon.co.uk/WINOMO-Polishing-Sponge-Buffing-Adapter/dp/B071LFWJ3Y Put on your cordless drill using your chosen polish and away you go Don't forget to tape around surrounding paintwork to protect from the polishing.

It will flash the code stored as above

Any codes stored and given with the pedal dance? If so post up and someoneay know.

You'll need a warning light on the dash for "LUDICROUS SPEED" Definitely will be looking forward to video footage of you joining around in that

The right hand side of the black Range Rover was done by hand with the Scratch Clear Wax and the left untouched showing the damage created when he drove along shrubs and bushes. On my orange zed I used a cheap random orbital polished I had along with an Orange Menzerna polishing pad which feels quite firm. Next time I'll see how it goes using a really soft pad from this set on my cordless drill and minimal pressure. This pad set was under £7 from Amazon! I mainly use it to apply my SRP/Amigo or polish my headlights. It'll tell me whether it's the fillers doit most of the job or whether it's the physical abrasion from the pad and polish

As for using a filler type product. I've had good results with Soft99 Scratch Clear Wax on a very badly swirled Range Rover and my zeds rear where my fingers have induced light swirls on popping the boot open over the years. Click the below to see video of my results.

Only just saw this thread after answering your questions on mopping. I can see you're already pampering your gorgeous zed and rims so apologies for implying anything else in my other post Over the past 10 years or so I have used a few different things but now my goto products are. Powermaxed Jetwash and Wax prewash. Simoniz wash and wax shampoo. Costco Kirkland Signature MF coated wash sponge. Kent car care MF drying towel. 50:50 mix of Chemical Guys Hybrid V07 spray sealant and Sonax Brilliant shine detailer as a drying aid. Optimum Optiseal wipe on and walk away on the rims after washing them. Autoglym instant tyre dressing Meguires Metal Polysh for tailpipes. Occasionally I'll use Carpro IronX fallout remover. ValetPro tar remover. Farecla Clay Mitt. Autoglym SRP or Prima Amigo paint cleanser/glaze Soft99 Fusso wax. Gtechniq C5 on rims once a year. Gtechniq C4 on plastic trim when needed and every year or two on the headlights after polishing them. Dr Leather wipes for the seats. RainX for glass (awaits to be ridiculed ) Got a bunch of other stuff that I rarely use but do similar jobs to what I have above.

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=392589&highlight=Porsche&page=2 Shows what kind of damage poor washing can do and what transformationed can be achieved with machine polishing or "mopping"

Basically you are being told to use a machine to polish the paint using abrasive pads and polishes. You can check out www.detailingworld.com and spend the next few years reading up on all the different machines, pads and polishes. It truly is a science and an art. Get it wrong as a DIY job and you're looking at another respray as you burn or strike through your paint. Get it right and marvel at the mirror finish you have achieved. Personally I'd either get a pro to do it or spend alot of time practicing on a scrap panel first. You could always use a safer less aggressive approach for now and use a heavy filler type polish by hand or dual action machine machine (with a very soft pad) to mask the defect temporarily, sealing the gloss enhancing fillers in under a coat of wax. This would last a good few months and be much less risky as a first DIY job than using a more powerful machine with more abrasive pads and polishes to mechanically remove the imperfections in the surface thus thinning the clear top coat down. ........and after all that you'll be needing to read up on the various "safe" ways to wash, dry and wax your car to maintain the glossy finish and not dull it with washing induced fine scratches. Sounds a bit OTT but it's a bit of a MATRIX BLUE PILL RED PILL moment. Part of you will wish you remained uneducated in the science of car detailing and could blissfully continue to just wash your car with a bucket and sponge or go to the local car wash. Then on the other hand you'll discover a whole new "scene" of detailing being able to see the true levels of gloss that can be achieved in your paint

Welcome to the OC As mentioned above wait at least a few hours before checking oil level. Preferably overnight. It's about 1 litre between the low and high markers on the dipstick. Run it on 98/99 Ron fuel only. Using standard unleaded can lead to detonation at higher rpm. Ok in emergency as long as you keep the revs down (not sure exactly what the limit is) say about 3000rpm. Now the weather is getting colder the boot struts may struggle to keep the boot open and the boot can slam shut unexpectedly. CAUTION when loading your boot. My tailgate has almost beheaded me once! Check the engine belts at the front of the engine. With such low mileage they may not have been changed yet and may be cracking. But above all enjoy the car and the forum

Want massive rims. Fed up with heavy unsprung weight. Fed up with expensive rims and rubber. Fed up with harsh ride. Well.....think outside the box. ......TADA!

Happy birthday mate. ^ check to make sure you have a return ticket and not just an outward one wayer

Was yours the Nismo for £30k? If so......a true bargain! I actually had to haggle the price DOWN to 30. 350 coupe GT with Nismo Aero kit and STANDARD touring rims came to £31500! Wanted an extra £3.5k for the 19' LMGT4 rims which I couldn't stretch to at the time. Got them in 07 from a trader new for a bargain £1200 via US

Really nicely kept long termers there peeps. Although not the pinnacle of performance cars, the zed is still fun to drive, looks good and rare enough to to make it feel special. Couple that to the fact that depreciation gives all these old examples a book value of only a few thousand pounds makes it harder and harder to justify selling them on. Especially as we've kept and pampered them so many years truly knowing the cars history and reliability. For example, if I was looking for a track Zed with FI and Zmanalex was selling, his chariot would be my first choice. Where else would you find such a car with 13 years proven history! Lets see if we're still here for the "who's owned their zed for 15-20 years" thread