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mic-39

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  1. I assume you are talking about the wheel spacers. They will not affect your camber and if your tyres are already wearing to the inside i suspect a worn bush or some other element of the rear suspension. I have 25mm rear spacers fitted and do not have tyre wear issues OH in answer to your quest I fitted my own in about an hour just grab a mate to press the footbrake when you are tightening the fronts--makes life so much easier
  2. For the weight of the car and the engine size economy isn't bad. Best I have had over 70 miles was 34mpg and that was really hardly touching the pedal at all and driving at about 45mph and usually i average 23-25 mpg
  3. you got 10mpg--last track day i managed 8.3
  4. Have you tried poking about with one of them telescopic magnet thingies before you dismantle too much
  5. Does anyone have any feedback on the "ssentas" I always thought the tread pattern was a bit wierd and I know the last vredsteins i had were quite a hard compound
  6. Totally agree Ryan is going to carry out the washing when i need it done--Normally I would go to the local carwash guys but as he does it for £5 I might as well use him
  7. Here goes from memory--personal cars 1. metro 1.3 2. escort mk5 3. orion mk5/6--1992 4. cavalier sri 16v -93 5. astra 1.7td- 95--new 6. volvo s40 2.0 7. volvo v40 1.8--demo 8. zafira 2.0dti--new 9. ml270 cdi--02 10. ml270cdi--04 + mr2 roadster 11. c220cdi--07 + 350z--04 Company 1. fiesta 1.8d 2. pug 406 1.9 gt watever??? 3. renault xtra 4. vaux astravan 5. nissan terrano 2.7d 6. izuzu trooper 3.0 7. xtrail 2.2 dci When you sit down and think about it --its really sad that you can remember all the cars you owned
  8. Basically every car is different--I went for a part correction which removed 99% of any swirl marking plus an interiar tidy up seats etc. The entire job took about 10 hrs and cost £160 but again that is dependant on the finishing products used The car looks better than new again
  9. I have noticed that if the temperature is set pretty low the car automatically turns on recycled air and you have to switch it over to fresh air automatically. My Nissan jeep also has this annoying feature
  10. Hi Its been a few months since I bought the Z and over the weekend I left it into a local guy for some paint correction carried out I didnt have any pictures of the entire car before the work done but i have this taken from a local website Judge for yourselves on the improvement These were taken after machining with 3m Fine Compound. Later refined with 3m Ultrafina The car was finished in BiltHamber Autobalm and then layered with Finish Kare 1000 The work was done by---http://www.detailni.com/ Thanks for looking
  11. What are the problems with re050's--I have had these fitted for 7k miles and have no issues with grip whatsoever in fact on track they perform very well
  12. +1 very helpful --just received my brake pads within 2 days
  13. That would be a very interesting topic The same car dyno'd with standard fuel, 97 ron, 99 ron and 120ron!! Maybe also 97ron with an additive
  14. Just an interesting one--Has anyone run their Z on E85 fuel. Maybe not necessarily for ecomony (or green issues) but for performance alone--I was thinking of getting some for a track day Can the ecu adapt fuelling to cope with this??..... the octane is circa 100 to 105 ron
  15. Has anyone used NF octane booster--I have heard some good reports
  16. Personally I would ask them to check out the control arms and if they will come back and say they are fine and it subsequently transpires they are faulty then the problem will be theirs for mis-diagnosis of the fault. (they are the experts after all) Sorry its maybe a backhand way of apportioning blame at the dealers door but believe me if you pay to have the anti-roll bar bushes/links replaced and this is not the cause they will be quick to charge you more. I know from experience as i had both control arms replaced and they appear to be a weakness in the Z. as is the rear antiroll bar bushes and drop links. The droplinks are circa £35 each and you should be able to fit them yourself or a local independant could help
  17. My Zed and I believe a lot of others are a pain when cold however when warmed up it is fine when shifting from 1st to 2nd. I believe there is an issue with the synchro in sixth and i have noticed if I go from 4th to 6th or speedily from 5th to 6th it will crunch . You could always try changing the oil (remember it is a gl4 on the early models and DO NOT put in GL5 as this will destroy the synchro rings as they are bronze/brass) This may help your cold shifts
  18. Hi Sometimes I would experience the same--If you feel the passanger and driver footwell it will be quite warm--Nissan placed the cats directly below this area. I notice the smell sometimes basically if i have the window open a bit and if I have ragged the car on. I believe it is the exhaust fumes and the cat burning dealing with a build up after a lot off about town driving--Just to be safe i would get the car up on a ramp and have a look underneath to check that all heatshields are still in place
  19. I know where it is. Before some of the other guys bounce in -- They d'ont like text speak on here
  20. where abouts are you based over here. I see there are quite a few Z's knocking about here now--Im in Bangor/Ards area hope to see you about i have the jwt fitted if you want to have a look
  21. Hi I had the same problem and it turned out to be the springy thing in behind the steering wheel that needed to be replaced. It was under warranty but i believe that reading the srs(airbag) codes may be specialist nissan dealer thing
  22. thanks guys Think i will pass on this one for now
  23. thanks guys Will pm TADDY later--I just thought for the money and as the guy is only 15miles away it sounded like a good deal It says its stainless--surely that wont rust
  24. Have been looking for a reasonable priced exhaust and i came across this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0165424911 looks ok in the pics--has any members fitted one It looks good for the money considering it includes the y pipes aswell
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