Demolition49

Where are you based mate? Im in london and the roads couldnt be worse.... potholes everywhere... crappy repairs that break up and create larger potholes once it gets cold... I find it hard to get a decent road where there are no flaws in the work done... it may have something to do with the 10k a day damages if the roadworks company are late on completion! Saying that i quite like the firm ride of the Z, not too hard but feels as if your in a sports car, i quite enjoy hard suspension, but not like the GTR, god that is awful to drive on bad roads... 20" wheels with runflats and extreme suspension =

the vreds are utterly superb in the wet, but this was flooding. +1 glad your ok mate! i had one of those moments on the A3 and it was like

Thanks mate, i know that you have to practise frequently i have a thai friend who i train with in the gym and practise what we learnt at the wing tsun lessons i also have heard of ip man and "unconscious competence" .... but i think that will take years to master! So better get started! Also i did know you can spell it "tsun" but wasnt sure which to use, now i know

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Be happy to help mate once my PF pads are fitted to my stock brembos mate

That's when you learn Muay Thai so that when he block's or palms, you break his arm and ribs and send him across the room I dont believe one style is better than the other, but a mixture of martial arts should be used to improve the weaknesses in the techniques used... wing chun is very good with the hands but i think thai boxing is good with the legs, i think it also depends on the level of each competitor.

Its not for attacking or violence, it is for self defence, fitness and wellbeing, wing chun is a way of life not a form of aggression, somtimes you are forced to protect yourself in certain situations.

One day i hope to reach that level

On my way home last week i saw martial arts training banner for "wing chun"..... (thats the one bruce lee mainly used) I have been looking in to it for a while now and ive always wanted to do martial arts! I wasnt sure what to expect when i arrived at the place felt a little out of place and the people have some talent there, so fast its unbelievable, looks like this is going to take me years of practise before i could ever actually use it! There are some vids on youtube from master wong wing chun who seems very good, based in ipswitch, if you look at his lessons he is very good. Those who are interested check it out! http://masterwong.tv/ There are lots of different wing chun schools around the UK and now ive done a bit im really addicted Dont laugh at his accent hes good... watch at 4.27... Well anyway let me know if any of you are interested or already wing chun masters

Congratz On the Z, It looks What's to come for this Z?

Would be good to sell them Josh... but I don;t have the cash to buy new/seconds hand ones at the moment AND put good rubber on. I am sure that if I put £400's worth of tires on the back wheels they will be fine till next year when I will be able to afford something. Plus, I will then I will be able to keep these ones as well and use them for winter and/or track days Sounds good mate, or you can give them to me for drifting

Better than nothing I suppose. But still pretty that the car has pants alloys on it. You could argue they look good... (Not exactly my taste, the colour looks good, but they are a little "bling" for me) But they are too damn thin! These things happen... but don't worry too much, sell those rims online or somthing and buy a decent set + tyres instead of buying tyres now and then selling off those rims to lose money then buy new rims?

Yeah... Great thing for me to "sort" ... by spending a load of money Don't have the cash for new alloys at the mo. But I presume the best/cheapest/safest thing to do in the sort term is to stick some vredestein ultrac sessanta that FIT on the back wheels. That was I can save up and buy some wheels and tyres that FIT soon. but still be safe(ish) ... yeah? make sure they match up with the original rolling radius and i think you will be fine + vreds are good tyres... avons are shocking on the rear, i still have 2 in my shed at home - virtually new...

Go to a nissan high performance dealership, they handle things better with the performance Nissans, hmm dont think there are many about though!

Sorry mate didnt see that

Im sure you will be fine running spacers mate, im just a bit OCD and extra cautious i guess

found this on another forum and describes it well for me Here's why: pick up a 10-pound weight. Easy, right? Now put that 10-pound weight at the end of a foot-long stick. Now try to lift it, keeping the stick horizontal. Huge extra load on your wrist, see? Your wrist is the wheel bearings and ball joints.

if you are going with spacers, definitely get extended struts just to stay safe, running spacers minimizes the struts threads that you bolt the wheels lugs on, which causes stress on them and they might fail and make the wheels fall off the car .... although dont get scared this is unlikely as you have small spacers... In my opinion if your going for new wheels, get some that have the proper offset I suggest staying on the safe side and getting wheels with proper offset in the first place! People will thing im going over the top, and they are probably right

That would **** me off... just mention trading standards to them

follow this guide, i did works pretty well viewtopic.php?f=35&t=13777&hilit=refurb+guide

The Z has a set rolling radius... your limited slip differential wont be affected by this so having larger wheels is OK in that respect... As for your traction control it works off your rolling radius.... if you look on your drivers side door shut you will see the stock sizes for the Z which I believe are 225/45/18 for the front and the rear and 245/45/18... i think. Now if you work off that using the tyre rolling radius calculator I posted earlier using the sizes of your wheels it should work out how big a difference there is in the rolling radius which will help you find what tyre size you need... http://www.etyres.co.uk/tyre-size-calculator.htm you said your tyre sizes are: 225/40/19 front 255/40/19 rear - is that the correct size? it looked like it from the picture As for spacers mate i dont like them, they do look nice but in my opinion they don't do your car any good mehcanically

hope all gets sorted quickly

By the way, regarding the price of the tyres, cam-skill offer to beat anything you give them so if you find something cheaper than cam-skill, let them know!

Sorry mate i just meant the car feels really edgy and unstable, for example going around motorway bend at 60mph and having all four corners off the car in the dry wobbling around. The drive back from the dealers I put my foot down a few times on the 60 mile trip and she wobbled all over the motorway at 100 felt really unsafe! Basically the car is really unpredictable with MIXED TYRES, and if there is one thing you spend on the Z make sure it is 4 decent tyres all around... i never spun out mate, i was just pointing out dont turn the TCS off with mixed tyres i think your more likely to spin out... after experience mixed tyres i will never use a mix on ANY car again.