Demolition49

Good luck, i hate kwik fit! Had my tracking done on my old car... bushes were knackered but they couldnt spot that and i had to get it tracked 4 times(because i had a go at them) and go to another mechanic before he told me, why are those idiots trying to track knacered bushes... anyway he did it for me and heypresto not a prob. Kwik fit is run by 16 y/o apprentices who dont know diddily squat!

Thanks for the advice, i have heard bad stuff about it, but ill talk to envy and see what they say first, if no luck wonder wheels it is then! do you mean the discs? the dics are v hot as for the wheels i dont think so but next time i drive her ill be sure to check! if the calipers arnt releasing fully what's the solution? By the way i get a very strange sqeaking/squarking somtimes that sounds like its somthing more than just brake squeal, cant explain it! Thanks husky for the advice, i get what you mean with the first gear, i always blip when down shifting though, its like second nature now the only problem is when i use engine braking im scared people behind will go flying in to me as almost 99% of the time people are always too close!

please do post up some pics of the new Z

Ive gone down the motorway at 70ish various times giving them extreme braking late at night in fustration, the more i use them, the louder they get, the hotter the brakes are the louder the squeal, and once hot enough... this happens... i just took this video 30 mins ago. And i bed these pads in using Zmanalex's braking in guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JFCUzfdZEA Plus... I never used to have a lip on my dics and after just getting in and checking the dics i have noticed they have a lip on them now.

I find this song very calming and relaxing

Im very sorry to hear the bad news, my thoughts and prayers are with you.

Thanks mate. Do you get squeaking aswell? I will NEVER use these pads again they have totally ruined my Z unless there is some reasonable explanation?

Some of you may or may not know ive been not posting untill recently as times got hard with studying and various other things... and just wanted to fill you on what has happened in the last few months. Well first of all my car got broken in to in the middle of the night about 3 months ago, all the change stolen out of it (which was mainly stored in the little try on the passenger side) which they decided to rip out and take with them! Even my ipod headphones! Everything inside the car was ruffled around, petrol receipts and so on... disgusted at the fact of somebody being in my car, i went to my boot, could see it wasn't closed properly, they took my gym bag, and leather bag with various books for studying in it which was more an inconvenience than anything else... The worst thing was i left my wallet in the car and that got nicked... all my cards and driving licence were in there so im still a bit worried with somebody using my driving licence and so on... yes, i know silly to leave my wallet but i got home late about 10pm been working all day and just was so tired i left all my stuff in the car. This all happened on the one night I decided to leave my car off the drive. Now this is the bit that really sucks... im not sure if my car locked when i pushed the button the night before all this happened... i could of sworn i did but maybe not... So yeah no alarms went off or anything im guessing it was open, although im pretty religeous when it comes to locking my car but obviously i must not have because no alarm went off. So yeah... all my fault I guess! BUT just incase reported everything to police the next morn. The next thing is my wheels are not coated in VERY thick brake dust that will not budge after putting so many different types of wheel cleaners on them for example... Autoglym wheel cleaner, Nano Xtreme Wheel Cleaner, Halfords Advanced Wheel Cleaner. I still have big great horrible black parts along the spokes of the rays, i fear its so bad ill have to refurb, although the rears clean up fine. Im not sure what the reason is for this, perhaps its the fact im using Performance friction pads... 01 compound up front and z on rear. These from the install have been very stubborn when cleaning weekly, admittedly I have neglected my car of late and as a result didn't clean the car for a month... now i have these really bad deposits on the wheels which i will post some pics up of soon. (only thing i can see getting this stuff off is wire wool) These pads also have been squeaking so loud i dont want to drive the Z anymore its completely ruined my experience of driving the Z, ever since having them on ive been using engine braking alot more to slow the car down than brakes as one tap of the brakes results in a squeak and after 4 or 5 normal applications of the brake i get a horrifiying squeak (the anti squeal shims not on the back of these pf pads) perhaps because of my engine braking i have caused my next problem.... Now i know the Z gearbox is notchy when changing gears but when warm 2nd is still clanking 90% of the time, and when downshifting to 1st (its very resistant to go in, and when it does it makes a whirring as if the 1st gear is engaged already but i havnt even let the clutch up... i fear i will need a new box) This is only when moving though, all other gears when clutch down moving at any speed go in fine and don't whirr. The whirr is kind of like you just lifting the clutch up at high speed to a lower gear and you get a whirring as the car matches up with the revs if that makes sense oh and how can I forget somebody scraped my rear bumper while my car was parked and drove off so I had to get a total rear bumper respray for 200... I parked the car in a bay along the side of the road on the end one as far away as possible (within the lines) from any other car. Good news i have an extended warranty but bad news is i need to service the car im over by like 1000 miles and havnt got round to booking it in. if i remember correctly im at 22.5k last service was a p1 and one before that was a p1 also. So im probably looking at a p3 because my car is an 06? Sorry for such a long post I just really have been tied up lately and wanted to get this all out of my system! I have missed the forum And most of all, i just want my Z back to how it was...

Any updates husky?

Anders, where are you?

Im pretty sure its down to Set your cruise control, where as up is to resume the speed you set your cruise at previously... if you put your foot down to overtake or something (After turning it on of-course)

GTR modded with switzer 800hp i think, pretty cool what you can do gotta love that Bugatti interior though, and given enough space itll overpower the GTR.

+1

its not great is it... i fear ill have to follow soon

Chavtastic!

what about one that cant be seen, perhaps near numberplate lights?

interested indeed

Makes me sick to see how much they have dropped in price... perhaps i should get rid of mine before i make an even bigger loss!

hope it works.... my cat doesnt walk on my car, but likes to get inside the car and go for a drive with me

Gratz! and welcome pics!

Mine is an 06 GT UK and i can confirm i noly have an ESP button, its to turn of the TCS though so meh im pretty sure its normal for all the cars?

i really have to disagree that wing chun is an ineffective way of protecting yourself, at competition level you can never say one style is better than the other it is my belief it is a combination of things... fitness, strength, speed, accuracy, technique all play an important roll, who ever has the best combination can win, to say wing chun techniques are ineffective against muy thai i think would be wrong... there are people out there at different levels, and the most talented wing chun master will obviously defeat an intermediate muy thai so its not a fair comparison... it is all about who is at a higher level, that is my belief, i also believe each fighting style has its weaknesses... no one style is better than the other and that is why bruce lee used a mixture.

I hope you have a speedy recovery just keep headstrong! As for the Z mate if your not driving it surely doesn't cost 500 per month?

I think its because we import alot more outside of europe and therefore pay more in to the european union or somthing... which in turn means the rest of Europe benefits I THINK.

Hmm that engine bay needs a clean up ... so does mine! P.S get a stock box 06 in there! What are your planned mods/changes to this car, if any?