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Bit of Drum and Bass but perfect for the car........

They dont fit, they just supply.......

Well theres a back order of the falken 452's in 20's Im waiting for 2x 285/30/20 and 2x 245/30/20 I been told early July as an approximation.......I hope so! I have not seen these cheaper anywhere else Just the trouble of waiting!

Yeah put the bungs in?? I have my bungs in all the time and it sounds fine, only ever take them out rarely for meets...

Ok as requested... My new wheels are Front:- 8.5j et20....4mm spacer required (with 5mm spacer im -1) Rear:- 10j et40....13mm spacer required (with 20mm spacer im -7) On my old wheels, I had 20mm spacers all round, which looked fine Front:- 8.5j et35....19mm spacer required (with 20mm spacer im -1) Rear:- 9.5j et35....14mm spacer required (with 20mm spacer -6) So basically, I thought my stance was spot on with 20mm spacers all round on my old wheel set up And on my new wheel set up, Id pretty much be keeping the same stance, which is all good...

Yeah worked ok, means I need 4mm on the front, and 13mm on the rear Im gonna keep my 20mm on the rear, and maybe get 5mm spacers for the front... Im an aggressive stance fan....

Really good writeup, makes perfect sense to me. Its just financially, its not always the practical thing to do thats all. When i bought my car last year, it had good front tyres, good years I think, but bad rear ones, so before I took delivery, I made sure he replced them, which he did. However he fitted an avon to one side and a yokohama to the other.... (both had very similar tread pattern so I thought fine) After 7 months, I damaged one of the fronts, so decided to replace the both as a pair, and got a brand new set of kumho ecstas (which i always found very good on previous cars) However I wasnt getting the grip i was expecting, (maybe now realising i had 3 different makes of tyre) I also lowered the car, and fitted 20mm spacer and had a full laser allignment done. Having taken the wheels off last week to sell, i noticed the yokohama tyre has worn significantly more than the avon tyre (now i first thought, maybe i need allignment done again) now i realise its having different tyres... Anyway, I have bought a new set of wheels and reassured (after reading this) that I have bought falkens for all 4 corners! hopefully I will notice the difference in handling now!

I not got a pic, but I'll test fit a front and rear on the Z tomoz and take some pics....

Yeah very good price, just need to get some rubber on them when they arrive tomorrow, but Im in no rush, as I cant drive for another 4 weeks at least due to a left hand injury... Looking forward to getting them, I only seen one pic of them, they look a bit bling...

They are mine!!! Hopefully get them tomorrow!! Watch this space.......... Dan

Its just 4 screws, if you pop the bonnet up, its not hard to see......

Cool stuff

Well I cant see it either......

Yeah, thats how I do it...... Good quick guide Marky.... Thats pretty much it really! Enough said....

Ok I assume I have it pretty spot on then???

Ok the spark plugs, you have 3 either side of the engine, where the yellow dipstick is, behind that, and exactly the same opposite side of the engine, or plenum chamber. And I hope you know where the battery is............

I recognise that pic............. I jet washed mine, just be careful where you point the nozzle thats all, obviously away from battery compartment, and any exposed areas. Safest thing to do, is wrap any exposed parts, spark plug housings etc in carrier bags first, well tied up.... Can add a detergent to get rid of grime and oil etc, and agitate with an alloy wheel brush, then make sure you rinse it off well Then finish the whole lot off with dashboard spray/shine..... brings up the plastics and rubbers really well......

Sounds really good

Yes i agree... Your lucky I didnt put any TRD or Rallisport stickers in there, ha ha Then you could proper flame me!!

Ok cool, Im now discovering how expensive tyres are for 20's!! I dont want to put cheap tyres on, after all the effort Im making with the car..... I found Falken 452's £260 for the fronts and £340 for the rears, which makes £600 for all 4 tyres, plus i need to get them fitted, most garages fit tyres for around £20 a pop, so £80 for fitting, makes a grand total of £680 for the tyres alone....... (£170 each) When shopping they been as high as £350 each though.......mega ouch! So with a bit of shopping around you can pretty much get tyres half price! The funny thing is, the rims I've seen are only £600! Whats all your experiences???

Well I have 20mm all round anyway, maybe hopefully keep the 20mm on the rears (less aggressive than 25) and saves me buying new spacers! And i love aggressive!

Yeah ok ok, Im thinking just keep the ones by the bumper, lose the ones by the battery covers etc... You should see the underside of the bonnet, I've attacked that too! ha ha I bought 17 sheets of JDM stickers from china for about £5, an ebay bargain, so I got a bit sticker happer, using them up! ha ha

Cheers, the stickers Im thinking now, are a bit overkill, but 90% of the time its covered up by the bonnet anyway! And one good thing about stickers is, they can always come off very easily...... That Blue washer cap is bugging me now........ ha ha

When the guys say take a while it does, but while I been off work with my hand, I been happily sat in the garden with my palm sander and a plenum to work on..... Itsw getting all the dimples out which is the hardest part, once you have a smooth surface, its time to attack it with the wet and dry grit papers, working up, then i mopped it with varying compounds, before a final few rounds of autosol..... Takes a few hours for the first stage........

Ok some updates! Busted my hand up pretty bad 5 weeks ago, which means I cant drive for 10 weeks, big time bummer, and means i miss quite a few shows, meets and events, bad times! Anyway, as the car is sat on the drive, and im off work, i set about tarting it up a bit, one handed style! Mainly the engine bay........ I decided to take it apart, and give it a good polish, add a few shiney bits to it, and after 5 weeks, i finally finished today, shame i gotta wait another 5 weeks till i can drive it!! doh!! Anyway, here's the standard, 350z engine bay, with an aftermarket AEM air filter:- The plenum chamber has a very dull finish on it.... why dont they come out the factory polished??? I then gave it a steam clean and a bit of a polish..... However I still wasnt satisfied with it, and definately not enough to show it off........ I decided to take the plenum apart, and polish it up, took hours, but so happy with the results, also added a plenum spacer while i had the plenum apart. Added coolant hoses, and a new strut bar where I sprayed the end bits red..... Heres the result..... Oh yeah I even sprayed the battery and brake covers red, to keep with the theme! Check the difference in the Plenum! Anyway, I added the shiney new strut bar, carbon fibre, red weave engine cover, and a few JDM stickers around the bay, and here are the results!!! Theres a few bits Im still to do, like red hosing on the electrics, and adding a polished cusco oil catch can, a few more polished lids for the power steering etc, and after the engine mods, its now time for a remap!!! Oh and the monster stickers are sure to make it go faster....... def need that remap!!! Hope you appreciate the work!!