Gball1973

D, although some of our more southern friends may not get it, what about some "Scotch & Wry"?

Callum good to see you finally made it on here

Can't beat a bit of cheese http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFZmRVjUJnY And a great cover

to the forum Mikey. Shame about the Celica Great looking car and, in my neck of the woods, don't see too many that have been nicely modded. As for your questions about the zed, most if not all have been answered before and can be found using search

Think what he means is that some aftermarket discs will not have been throught the same research and development/quality control as the ones made by Brembo themselves and possibly even a different grade of material used which may lead to excessive heat. IIRC, non-Brembo's are different thickness/diameter to Brembo fitted models. You'll be surprised at how little (if any) difference of durability there is with some of the upgraded discs. Vik and i had DBA and Performance Friction discs with no sign of decreased lifespan . Again, some insurance companies may not even charge for uprated brakes if you bought them cheaply( e.g. they cost cheaper than buying Brembo from Nissan)

to the forum, Nathan

Ricey has a challenger god help us if you two team up

to the forum

to the forum, Chris

As Yupp said, unless you're going like for like, you'll see/feel much better braking from uprated discs If cost is a factor, don't gamble by buying parts from eBay that might be up to Brembo quality - these thing can/will help save your life, or not as the case may be . If you're looking to stay at OEM spec, ask a few of our traders for prices. I'd recommend you Edit: Just noticed, the listing is for 02-, so looks like it's for JDM (non Brembo) spec brakes

+1 and no where near usable in snow. The next door neighbour is with these guys http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/

Fair enough each to their own. I just looked at the eBay link again and the seller doesn't even state which company made them, which would have me walking away.

Use the search function, there's been a few threads about similar problems but whatever you do don't take it to Nissan BTW, introductions here http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 to the forum

The track session would have only sped up the failure, the spacer was obviously flawed. The bigger (branded) manufacturers will always spend a stupid amount of time and money developing and stress testing their products to the limit and keep pushing them to destruction, then they will go through quality control. Only when they are satisfied their product will not kill someone (on or off track) will they put them on the market. Then, usually a while after, there is a smaller company who will copy the design but not use the same grade of materials to save money. Perfect example - the Crapspeed K1 being a copy of a branded exhaust, but, if you read through some of the previous posts, people have had issues ranging from fitment issues to (prematurely) having to get it re-welded due to poor manufacture. and that's only an exhaust

Sorry, can't help about part number but, he's probably got one

Are you mad? +1 Alex. I certainly wouldn't want to risk my life/car by skimping money on any part of the drivetrain. The R35 in the link Ian posted was very lucky it failed while at a relatively low speed. Although, as stated in the thread, he had been at a track session which undoubtedly sped up the failure, I believe it would have still happened through time . Yes they are cheaper than the likes of Eibach etc.. but that, to me anyway, shows that the manufacturer has spent very little on research and development and/or quality control but hey, it's your life/car

100% agree Colin, but, any industry/corporation growth shouldn't be measured in the report IMO. Call me naive, but, i thought that the Government were supposed to lobby for this on an ongoing basis for the purpose of creating jobs/careers and lowering the unemployed figures, thus improving the countrys welfare But in addition to that it has been public knowledge for some time now that Source - The Guardian 04/04/12 For those interested, the report is here http://www.visaeurope.com/en/newsroom/olympics_impact_report.aspx Luke, the point i was trying to make with that comment is the the UK has much more internationally famous/influential musical acts they could have used compared to those who were there. Using acts like Tinie Tempah is not what i would call the best representation of British musical talent If anyone put cliff on a stage in front of me the Archery and rifle games would begin early

As Vik said, Zedley arrived with us on Wednesday so far he's not managed to do much but has managed a day of sun worshipping

+1, although we only watched upto the athlete's parade. However to be a bit cotraversial, i kinda agree with George (Gman) with respect to the value of the event. The current estimated cost, including upgrading public transport links for the events etc., is (depending which news site you read) anywhere between £20 and £24bn. Which puts it upto 10 times higher than the 2005 initial estimate. http://goo.gl/S07Wg With one site stating With regards to the ceremony - it was a marvelous sight to see, but who chose all the music program? Tinie Tempah? Chemical Brothers? Surely the Rolling Stones woulds have made a bigger impact? Or some of our other home grown talent that has been around for more than a few years - Robert Plant/Jimmy Page, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd (could have used their lighting rig - would probably been cheaper ), The Who, Eric Clapton, Elton John (you know - the true internatioally known stars). God even Cliff Richards is more well known than half the acts they played

+1

Yup, pretty much just round the corner

About 8pm on Station Brae - was in the Astra that flashed you as you got near the bottom:wave: