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Iunno, I thought carpet overlay was ok for road noise? Seems to be the best thing is Mass Loaded Vinyl, but jute and/or underlay would presumably have some effect too? Brown bread is just lead sheeting IIRC and isn't going to have much effect on road noise, think dave will be able to confirm that.

+1 You need either some hardcore 4mm+ deadening or a barrier. Dynamat is pretty rubbish tbh and overpriced. I wanted to go with luxury liner pro but it wouldn't fit under the spare

Dynamat really doesn't make much difference with road noise. The equivalent from second skin does seem to help a little with exhaust drone though.

You haven't mentioned polish? Did you get some? If you're polishing the zed by hand I hope you've got massive arms and a lot of patience

If your budget allows I'd go along the lines of dodo lime prime then a dodo wax of your choice, but I prefer victoria concours for wax. Zaino z2 is also rather nice...

It's an all in one product for when you're feeling lazy tbh and I believe it does offer reasonable protection and is good for hiding swirls (full of fillers) It's not strictly a polish although it's called so.

One other thing, jdm performance are no longer trading as far as I'm aware. I'd be pm'ing alex though for brakes

Yup ! It's blistered. It's a raised blemish. When i pressed it it cracked and paint fell off. Digusted. I wondered if anyone here might have an inside track on how I should proceed with Nissan. with the dealer or direct with customer services? Bugger Surely the dealer you got it from?

Gloss on gloss

Pictures? You sure it's past the clearcoat? Clay bar/paint cleanser would be first port of call if you haven't tried them already.

That is pretty darn nice, loving the concavity of the rims also

Tein S or even smaller drop H tech?

Depends on what you're after. Of course there are things more special but they have a price tag to match and I bet I'd be damned if I could tell the difference between a pot of zymol vintage and dodo supernatural.

F me, 3 threads? I don't know much, but I seem to recall bad egg smell being cats?

What pads are they out of curiousity? I'm personally not a fan of ebc, but apparently they've changed their compounds at least. May be worth just trying some different pads rather than discs as well. I had issues with yellowstuff on drilled rotors, but maybe you'd be ok with their newer compounds? However, personally from that experience and seeing some pictures of pads disintegrating I'd be trying something else like ferodo/endless/performance friction/dixcel.

Damn

That's cool, no worries where did you get your dixcels? from? Never heard of that make lol Indirectly from dixon motorsport. MWTech supplied me them http://www.dixcel.co.jp/en/rotor_fcr.html

Tools will drive like tools no matter what they're driving. Just means it's more expensive for them if they crash something which costs more.

I don't want to step on toes, but quite honestly, the oem brembos are rubbish compared to the dixcels at least and i'm guessing it would be similar with the ferodos. I wouldn't want to put them back on. My dixcels did seem to have a slight squeak until they were bedded in though, but they've been fine since.

The RX8 has a 1.3 litre engine Had an m3 at 23 and didn't crash it so does that make me nothing like the norm? However, putting a 20 year old with sod all experience into a gumpert apollo is a slightly different affair to a 350z/m3/similar. If they had experience though, I don't see how you can base it on age?

Nah, those were the ones on the m3 drilled rotors. Not good on a track and weren't brilliant on road either. I think they're fine on slotted/flat discs, but I'd still rather have performance friction/dixcel/endless/ferodo.

Don't like them Well, at least not on drilled rotors.

Hah, well, my dixcels aren't noisy at least, may have been mixed reports on the ds2500's from what I've seen. Ah, yes, ages back zmanalex mentioned to me the z compound had been discontinued for a new compound. Think you're best off asking him how the z replacement pads compare.

Ferodos from Though my dixcel z pads aren't bad either. Think I remember from a while ago the 01's were their track pads and performance friction also did z rated more street based pads? Sure alex knows either way.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165581 Edge is a little cheaper. Honestly, for £20 sake, I really wouldn't skimp on oil.