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  1. I am looking to change the tyres on my black edition ,what do u guys recommend ?? Reducing the road noise is a major consideration along with general wear grip etc

  2. Hi can someone give me the paint code for my quartz black edition,i recall some one getting a touch up from paints4u?? my booklet states kava as the colour but nothing shows on there website.whats the best kit to buy?? thxs

  3. ssm is superb just the right blend no booming then a refined exotic sound from 4k,i am not an expert but the research i did led me to hks,not cheap but,development,research and quality second to none.the akropvic again very good carbon tips add to the look, but hks for me. ....had the exhaust and uprev fitted by abbey. faultless...car goes and sounds like it should

  4. yes but m25 and m3,love driving car around the perbecks,there.s something special about the z having previously had a e46 m3 and b7 rs4....trouble is i forever looking at the gtr on pistonheads but feel if i had one ,one day!!!it would just sit there not wanting to put to many miles on the clock!!!..there is hundreds on the used car market wonder why

  5. I'm always surprised how much more you find out about a car once you physically own it, regardless of how much time you spend in showrooms or looking at pictures or even on test drives. You need to drive, clean it and even walk back towards it from different angles in a car park etc to fully appreciate the finer or less finer details.

     

    After chopping in my 350z (313GT) for a 370z back in November, I feel that I'm able to form a proper opinion about the new car, although everyone has their own take on these sort of things.

     

    Looks:

    Like the 350, I think the worst view is front on, especially with the fangs. All the other angles are improved upon and it looks great from the back and sides. (my wife followed me to work last week and said is looks a bit TVR T350 ish from the back). Looking down the car from the front, the chunky rear arches look great with the wider 19'' alloys.

     

    Performance:

    Noticable but not huge gains over the 313bhp model, although the power band feels more even. It's certainly less dramatic than the 350z, which with a mashed right pedal from 4000 revs felt and sounded a bit like the Millenium Falcon trying to make the jump to hyper space (sorry, Star Wars reference). The handling initially feels improved and if it stops snowing or raining for long enough, I may actually find out!

     

    Interior:

    Certainly its visually a big improvement over the 350z, although I never had a problem with the interior on the 350z, at least not in the last generation 313bhp version and there are actually a couple of controls in the 370z that in my opinion are worse than in the 350z. The seats also seem less comfortable than in the 350z, although I've read that they are the same design.

     

    Dislikes:

    Not many in truth. I had the tonneau cover in my old 350z and I think this helped a bit with noise from the rear wheels, which appears louder in the 370z.

     

    The engine/exhaust is also a bit dull sounding and at times doesn't even sound like a V6. A tuned exhaust that changes the sound charactistics at around 4000 revs would help.

     

    No space saver......I'm not convinced that the tyre glue and compressor is going to get me of of the s**t on a cold January night in the middle of Northamptonshire!

     

    The visibility also seems a bit worse in the 370z, espcially when you are trying to back out of a space and need to see towards the side/rear of the car. Probably best to use 'the force' instead! (sorry, another Star Wars reference)

     

    Overall:

    Very good really. It gets a lot of attention (especially in yellow!), which is partly down to the fact that there are not too many around yet. People in the know were aware of how good the 350z was, but the 370z seems to attact people's attention purely on the way it looks, which can't be bad!

     

    I'm not sure how well it will do in the current climate, with petrol prices so high and the economy still struggling, but I think that in terms of a sports car, the 370z has moved up another from the 350z.

     

    It's not a Cayman S beater (at least not on the track) but it's probalby around 15k less that a similarly specced Porche.

     

    8/10 for Nissan. Make it sound a bit more exciting and I may stretch to a 9

     

    hi i have a black edition in quartz also had a 350z 313 bhp version,had a few cars since.i have done a few minor mods to get the car how it should have come out of the factory,hks ssm exhaust and air filters ,uprev by abbey and eibach wheel spacers and finally slightly tinted the windows.

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