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Quote: Price doesn't really matter but I would hate to take off virtually new Avons if the car behaves well on them. This is a marmite subject,you will get many variations on this, if you have only had the car a few weeks its too early to say. Stick with them for a month or two then you'll know. As per winter driving then your in for a treat the z is notorious for its very active rear wheel drive and your rallying experience will come in handy.

I would agree with this except for one thing, brake linings burn at about 200.c does Humbrol model paint cover this range?

Thought I would revive this old thread about caliper paint with this newish paint that STP make. Manufactured specifically for calipers and in a variety of colours, looks quite promising for a refurb. Quote from the site. "A one part brake caliper paint system which requires no mixing with hardners or priming and is therefore easy to use with no mess. It is easy to apply, quick drying and has an outstanding high quality, long lasting, lustre finish which will enhance your vehicle's brake calipers, wheel hubs or engine bay. Lead free paint. Kit includes paint (250ml), brake cleaner aerosol (500ml) and paint brush. Suitable for painting brake calipers, brake drums, wheel hubs or engine bay. Link below. http://www.carnoisseurdirect.com/brake- ... -156-c.asp

Two or three of us on here have used "Deepshine" at Lincoln, a first class professional detailer and he will travel. http://www.deep-shine.co.uk/about.html

A few of us have bought our scorpions through this link, be aware they are an approved registered seller for the manufacturers of scorpion exhausts, so not a back street dealer. Personally I went to their shop to get mine (Jct 26 at Nottingham) because one or two I read about got a few dents throught the post. I have had mine a year and I can fully recommend them, you will struggle to find much cheaper deals because most outlets adhere to the companies RRP, but still worth the money. You can of course keep it in house through Tarmac who is still selling these as above http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-350Z-E ... 35ac13de33

And this is a very, very select club to be in.

Yes drivers side.

no it's not. only the dual channel wideband controller+sensors and hfc's are installed. the rest is brand spanking new in box. Yep even I got that first time, hope it all goes well for you.

Hi Steve very, very nice

Big Megs fan myself, try the Ultimate quik wax as a top up and detailer, I made a few comments on this on the Megs site its very very good. Brings out the best wet look on my azure compared to their other products which in themselves are good.

Hi Steve Looking forward to seeing the finished product, looking good undercoat wise, so far.

Is this any good to you, Screwfix £3.32? http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsess ... +extractor

I changed brake pads to Ferodo a few weeks ago also and heard that the reas can move around (don't know if this makes a sound).

Interested to hear your evaluation have you managed to fit them yet?

Should be a plug in and play, but to be safe I went to a local meet and borrowed one from a member for a few mins just to be sure before I bought one.

I just did the reset as per the u-tube video on here and it works, I wasn't holding out that this would happen being Mr Cynical and I thought here we go its a trip to the dealer. Absolutely great something that does what it says.

Dead simple to replace, take out the round plastic cover in the recess that you pull to shut the door, remove the screw, gently prise off the whole unit and unclip the electrics on the inside, all done, the hardest bit is to get the replacement. You can re spray this part but you need undercoat and paint thats suitable for plastic. I bought a good quality carbon fibre kit that includes the arm cover from chilli-red last week for a £125 looks very good,but I think she has sold out now. Link below viewtopic.php?f=118&t=48166&hilit=chilli+red

There certainly are the "beez kneez" up here and of course the only garage north of Watford that can do a proper 350z uprev. The lad from Edinburgh, who came down in the morning and went back home at tea time was being allowed to do some work on his engine they were rebuilding using their garage space. Very friendly lot indeed.

Finally got round to getting my cats and stillen y pipe fitted. First of all many thanks to Tarmac for his fortitude when it got rough getting them from the states, well done and I am sure like others we do appreciate what you do for us . So I took the ride over to RS at Leeds and had the berks and stillen fitted by "specky", boy do these guys kow what they are doing, even met a lad who came down from Scotland because like me he believes these are probably the best car engineers in the north (a bit like Carling). During the fit I was able to go under the ramps and helped with bits and bobs and also he answered all my inane queries about who what and where was everything. The job was done within 45mins, yes you were right Tarmac this combination went on like a dream, straightening up the exhaust first time into it correct position, didn't even have to cut off any bolts or nuts. Paul the owner of RS took over next and undertook the remap using up-rev, as I had the licence from them it took under an hour and the cost was vastly below the original price,just the charge for dyno time per hour. I never expected any huge power increase and this was more about tailoring the new exhaust with the rest on the engine to get its best. However it took my 04 350z from 292 (previous remap) up to 300BHP and I was more than happy about this. On trial around the estate the sound does change from a stock scorpion to a pitch slightly higher and a unusual rasp sound that fits perfectly well with the car. My boy who has a BMW series 5 M3 had a run around with mine and came back saying how much better the torque was and given the choice he would go for the Z, there you go. A big thumbs up for Paul and Specky at RS leeds lots of free advice and good day spent with them. Costs were £100 uprev and £50 for the exhaust well worth the money. For those who want to know whats fitted to my car, and I know some out there are interested, a quite normal one, JWT popcharger, plenum spacer 5/16th, Scorpion box and middle pipe, Stillen Y pipe and Berks Hi-Flo cats, all combined with the Up-Rev re-map. So just to finish, well worth the mods and yep driving around the last few day with a stupid grin probably looks out of place on a 59 year old Pictures and graphs below. Cheers. Before After Graphs

Thats a bodged paint job with a split unpeeling like that.

I,ll stick chrome on for a day or two for comparison and see what happens.

Hi Chris this morning was the time you are on about, about 10am, last night Tarmac sent me a PM at 10.45 and I could not get on to answer it, gave up after half an hour. I am a regular user on the internet both at work and domestic and I never have any lockouts on any thing else, I have noted the previous tips and I will have a go with them. Cheers Jeff

Nope afraid not, give up after trying to get on to PM Tarmac last night about six attempts, appx over a half an hour, and it wouldnt have it, even this morning it locked out on me a few minutes ago, then the next attempt went staright on. Are we sure its a microsoft problem because I never have these issues on any other forums the same size as ours?

PM sent

Yep +1