Hayd350

True ^ I did a 1600 mile euro trip in mine in July and planning another next year. Never even gave a thought to weather we'd make it back.

On a HR with that low mileage i'd say you could just relax and enjoy your new purchase. I've had my HR 9 years, driven it daily and now kicking around the 115k mark. As already mentioned servicing and tyres is a part of ownership and your wheel bearing is just unfortunate. I literally got one of mine done last week and it's the first one I've had go. When all this gallery gasket talk started on here i panicked and found myself thinking pressures were low. Had it in at Abbey for a remap and he said all was well, pressures running good and no need to panic. Good enough for me. Granted i'll be getting it done for peace of mind but it doesn't keep me up at night. I changed my concentric slave when i did my clutch cos it was sensible. I did neither because they were due, i wanted a light weight fly. Clutch showed no signs of slipping or anything and i was at 105k at the time. It'll be reyt, soon enough you'll be spending hundreds on cosmetic stuff you don't need so when it comes to spending money on the things you do it won't bother you.

The hole hands-free element in my car is laughable at the moment. BT unit won't connect to my phone and the auxilary input is via a cassette adaptor. This sounds promising and at least the music side of things would be solved.

Cheers guys. Ill check out super sports, reviews seem good even if they are the same width they may be a better option over my Falkens. Think the Maxxis are best left for my pedal powered weapon though

Agreed, tyre selection is the more important thing here so it'll be the key factor in my decision making. To be perfectly honest trying to straighten the tyre wall and reduce the arch gap by the width of a pen is exactly my aim I'm in search of perfection and perfection is 4mil. Cheers for your help and thoughts

Ahhh really, i thought I'd gain circa 12mm on the rear side wall too with a 285 / 40. (although i listed the 285 first, it was meant for the rear) I'll look a little more closely at a 35 profile before completely dismissing it. The main aim is to increase side wall height thus reducing the appearance of arch gap but keeping everything within spec. Form and function.

Cheers Ekona , I was hoping you'd chime in on this one. I'm running a 255 / 40 upfront on a 9.5. I appreciate the fronts will need to change if i change the backs but it looks like I'll be sticking with the more conventional format after your comment. To be fair there's certainly nothing wrong with it, the wall just tapers off a tad too early and in a readily available world I'd opt for a 285 / 265 set up.

Morning chaps, Basically running a 275 / 40/18 on my 10.5 rim which i'd assume are pretty standard for uk 350z owners. Ideally for fitment I'd rather run a 285 / 40 however it seems to exist only in a run flat so it's a none starter. My question is in anyone's experience with tyres is there a brand that typically run wider which would give me that slightly taller side wall on their 275 when compared to say Falken's 275. Extremely reluctant to drop to a 35 profile on an 18 too. Any help is as always appreciated.

My Bluetooth module's not worked with my last 2 phones, it finds it but won't remain connected so in my opinion it's not worth sourcing one. I have the same woes and reluctantly settle for a retro Sony cassette Auxiliary in. I'll do the hack one day.

I had stock rays, 20/25 on Tein s techs and it sat perfectly for me.

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What brand of wrap did you use? It looks more shiny that I thought a none mirror wrap ever could.

Except today. Going to have to disagree with you on that one I'm afraid. The veilside and mines lips are very similar but the Mines is slightly more aggressive.

Came across a veilside wannabe lip for the HR on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FRONT-BUMPER-LIP-SPOILER-VALANCE-COMPATIBLE-WITH-NISSAN-350Z-350-FACELIFT-/122409401972?hash=item1c802b3e74:g:3~AAAOSwol5Y0kyL Yes it's from Poland but look on the bright side, no duty. I've read feedback and no ones said anything about fitting issues on this part. Any one purchased one of these? Think i'll tackle it for the sake of £100.00 delivered.

Hi Mate, Welcome. They'll be sourcing the part from Nissan and the price is mental. Have a word with one of the traders on here, there's a few selling after market arms these days and they're more than up to the job. I've got some installed on mine and I'm definitely not the only one. The banana arms, professionally known as the lower compression arms i believe are notorious for short life, either the bushes or the ball joint. Source the bits from here and get your local garage to fit and you'll find your bill halved i rekon. Hopefully that helps.

Morning mate, Can't do the Sunday unfortunately as me and the missus have a crazy busy weekend planned. Plus a pal of mine is racing Monday so the visit is geared up around that really.

Agreed, nice to meet you all.

Agreed, nice to meet you all.

I had my extreme clutch kit fitted and it was a little more challenging to get it into gear, not difficult as such, just a bit more notchy. A month later i had my car re mapped at abbey and after everything was silky smooth even the gear changes. Not sure what that tells you but maybe someone else with a bit more knowledge on lightweight fly wheels and tuning will pipe up and provide a logical explanation. At least you know it's not unique to your clutch kit i guess.

errr it's sold as an interior brace and to be honest with a central screw fixing I'm not sure I'd want to wrap a harness round it, in a high impact collision it's a potential weak spot i'd guess. I've not delved too deep into suitable harness mounting but my knowledge would suggest it's not suitable no.

Is there a reason you don't want to keep it all in pearl white? Black white and gold really works for me.

Here's mine mate. Ignore the comedy extinguisher, i've been waiting on a lifeline order for 2 months and i needed a substitute for a road trip. http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/Hayd350/media/Internal brace 350z.jpg.html

Ill get some posted up for you tomorrow mate. I like the look of mine so its worth considering.

I fitted one not that long ago. I'm yet to feel the benefit but to be honest i bought it because you can see it through the rear window not because i expected it to do anything. One thing to note that it doesn't show on any images, anywhere. It's a two piece design that screws together in the center of the cross bar, could be a deal breaker for some. Also if you do get one, fit it on a cool day. It's a frustrating bit of kit to fit, you'll get angry, you'll shout you'll swear and if you've got sweat pouring down you're noggin at 2 litre's a minute due to a baking hot cabbin it's likely to tempt you to take your own life.