Hayd350

I'm just in the middle of planning next years Euro trip.

Last year we took the overnight ferry from Hull to Rotterdam, on to Heppenheim Germany, Glarus Switzerland, Beaune France, Spa Belgium then Rotterdam home. Stunning scenery in Switzerland and driving in Europe is so straight forward.

With that you've got about 4.5 driving in between destinations. You'll need a Vignette for driving in Switzerland but you can purchase this as soon as you get over the boarder and it's only 50 quid. Also the speed cameras are on the tunnel entry so watch your speed, someone i know was relieved of his vehicle in Switzerland and the police had it for 3 months before they'd release it.

Next year is much the same but including Le Mans for the classic 24h and the Italian lakes. Debating the Southampton ferry but the trek

down south for 8:15 Am doesn't sound appealing. The cost of a southern hotel puts the cost up to the Hull / Rotterdam ferry so swings and roundabouts.

As for everything else, Hi Vis, Breathalyzer etc etc, plenty of low cost euro kits kicking about ont tinterweb.

28 minutes ago, cs2000 said:

 Technically yes. So, the module does support handling Bluetooth calls, if you did actually want the module to do this, I could do it on a case by case basis. The reason for me deciding to do it this way is that although the stock Bluetooth calls system is pretty rubbish, my personal experience with these is that they're all basically the same. Mostly, people just want to retain their steering wheel controls for the Bluetooth system, even if said system is pretty terrible.

 

The only issues are that you'd lose the ability to answer with steering wheel controls, and you have to purchase and then wire in a suitable microphone to this module. Everything is do-able, but cant see why you'd go to the hassle

Ahh yes, I'd be relying on the phones microphone wouldn't I. Ok understood thanks for the explanation 

You mentioned in a previous post about disabling the call aspect of the Bluetooth unit. Is there an option to retain it for those folk who struggle with the stock hands-free system? I appreciate calls would be answered on  the handset but it would be nice to get my girlfriends voice through the speakers again. Wait...what am I saying...scrap that, its been so peaceful 

6 minutes ago, leonk said:

I think it's all in the mind and how you feel or "bond" with a particular car. I (over) stretched myself to buy an exotic Italian car and would drive it listening for every little strange noise and worrying about where I parked it. To be honest I never really enjoyed it worrying instead about a massive repair build. The 911 before that, I would just jump in and enjoy without even worrying it was going to break down. This was before the Internet even existed to panic me.

Jumping to present day, driving my wife's Mercedes I had to be towed off a busy motorway because the throttle pedal decided it didn't want to talk to the ecu. Now I can't drive the thing without thinking it's going to happen again and having flashbacks of nearly being killed on the outside lane of the M6.

My old Seat diesel I'd happily drive to the South of France without even checking the oil. 

 

Happily for me the Zed fell into the jump in and enjoy category. 

 

All in the mind 

 

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 11/12/2017 at 22:52, sgtarg said:

 Not to mention the wires..... I don't like wires......

 

I feel your pain.

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 

7 minutes ago, Ekona said:

If you reduce sidewall, you reduce arch gap We are talking fractions here: I'm not convinced that a 285/40 would look noticeably different from a 275/35 if I'm honest, not from the side. 10/12/15mm is nothing, bearing in mind that's over the diameter so just 5/6/7.5mm top or bottom. On a car that's 4m long and 1.3m high it's going to be almost impossible to tell. I'd be more concerned about buying decent tyres than worrying about the width of a pen in arch gap.

 

The guys that run 19s have got it right in terms of looks, but I prefer to stick with 18s as well because I don't want the extra weight.

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

18 minutes ago, Ekona said:

Interestingly you've gained 12mm sidewall at the front using that combo, whilst losing a gnat's **** at the rear. I agree that going to a 275/35 on the rear would look a little odd, however if you dropped to a 245/35 at the front then went 275/35 at the rear you'd find them looking much better with just a 10mm difference between them. 245 is within spec for a 9.5 wheel (just!), so maybe another option?

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.

17 minutes ago, Ekona said:

Short answer is no. Some may appear to sit wider due to the increased rim protection (Michelin especially have HUGE ones), but that won't give you a bigger sidewall as that will still be calculated from the 275mm width.

 

What size are you running on the front?

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.

Right up my street is this, when I've finished with the outside I'll give you a shout.

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

Best colour

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

15 hours ago, valy said:

looks like a Mines lip replica all day everyday

 

veilside is something else...

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.

On 19/08/2017 at 20:54, slates said:

Hey bud,

The Gold Cup's always a good event, I'll be heading over on the Sunday as I'm working Monday, if you could do the Sunday, we can have a minimeet... 

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.

21 hours ago, The Chubby Ninja said:

That's pretty cool @Hayd350 so does that double up as a harness bar? I've already got a harness bar I'm just curious

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.