George Dredd

Good idea... Nice one

Just thought I would show you yesterdays wrapping/ wrapping repairs and my gearknob. My new gearknob, what do you think I should do about the gaiter? my ocd got the better of me so I had to repair the front bumper at the edges. Same with the pocket on the door. Next was the ashtray Then the seatbelt things. And finally last weeks passenger door wraps and b pillars that I have already shown. Likey or no likey?

Sorry, stupid question, if you were both beating rs300s then obviously not stock... Oh well as soon as I have hundreds of pounds spare, I can be as cool as you eh Neil

Were either of the zeds stock at this point?

What he said ^^^^ First off: I don't condone such behaviour on public roads. And neither does the forum. Second: YOu'll be surprised just how many cars out there carn embarass a Zed in a straight line. You gotta remember a Zed is bloody heavy, and at 280ish bhp, its not much more than most hot hatches nowadays. Hell, a Mazda 3MPS would probably have you to 60. +1. A mate of mine has a Mazda 3 mps and he is under the impression that the zed is a bit quicker, I'm not so sure, I just hope we never meet at the lights because I don't think I could ever live it down if his boring, bland, undercover demon beat the zed. The stats say the zed is quicker but the Mazda is lighter and has more torque

My mate said he thinks it could be the exhaust that needs tightening as it makes the noise in all gears, but would this be so noticeable around the gearstick if it was the exhaust? I might try putting the oem gearknob back on to see if its something to do with that.

You can ditch the seats in my bin if you want.

No its definatly not a humming/buzzing. If you can imagine a loose washer around a bolt vibrating, that's what I would say it sounds like. Does anyone know if you can remove the rubber thing under the gaiter that is cover in cotton wool like stuff? Again does anyone know how to tighten the gearstick not the gearknob? Thanks

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It's definatly coming from the gearstick area, it just sounds like its coming from behind the dash until you put your ear close to everything

I had a noise before when a bloke from halfrauds took my gearknob off and he didn't tighten it up properly, I tightened it, then it stopped. Now with my new gearknob my gaiter is quite loose and does not sit touching the bottom of the gearknob, so it could be that except if I try and rattle the gaiter myself scant get it to replicate the sound in the slightest. How do I tighten the gearstick then?

Why? Lol, I know what your saying but I did anyway, just incase he has the answer. poor guy is t rying to wind things down, pming him when your car makes a noise doesnt help everyone says and :pmr35lee: for everything, you see it you do it

Mine only started today and doesn't seem to stop as I drove back from japfest it was still doing it when I was home, its not loud, it sounds a bit like a loose washer jingling around the gearstick, but there is not one there. I have an aftermarket gearknob that is quite small and there is a couple of inches of gearstick exposed.

Why? Lol, I know what your saying but I did anyway, just incase he has the answer.

I did try that in my back garden but it was so loud I couldn't do it for long enough because of the other residents, I'm sure it did not make the noise plus in neutral you don't get the feedback through the gearstick which is where I'm sure its coming from. It seems more of a vibration thing

I know what you are saying and it does sound like that but I have tried to tighten the gearknob and no joy. I tried lifting the gaiter and plastic surround to see anything still no joy, its quite difficult to pinpoint it in time as it doesn't take long to get through this part of the rev range at legal speeds.

Hi guys, my zed seems to have developed a rattle between 4500-6000 rpm, when you are driving it sounds like it is coming from behind the dash, but if you put your head near the gear knob you can tell it is definatly coming from there, I tried while my mate drove and vice versa. It's not loud and it doesn't sound worrying but then again it could be bad so if anyone has any idea please let me know. Thanks

Who do I have to get the pass from when I get to the premier inn?

Hi mate, I'm not going wales but can you give me a price for the shoulder pad trim thing that sits to the right of the silver piece on the strut brace please, if you are not sure what I mean, I will take a picture. Thanks

I look at that picture and think I have to give it a try, it looks perfect mate and so much better than standard.

Thanks for the offer mate but I only paid twenty quid for that vinyl and managed to do all those bits, now I'm saving my dough for japfest I'm after a nice new gearknob, just hope there is someone selling them there.

Mate, I was planning on doing the centre console too but after trying wrapping fo the first time I think I will give it a miss, it is quite tedious and even the graphics guy that I bought it from would not even give me a quote to do the centre console and he does it for a living! Thanks for the input so far guys.

Today I wrapped a few bits on the zed that were scratched but I made a bit of a pigs ear of one so here is what happened, I started with the b-pillars no problems here, they turned out perfect and look much better. Next I wrapped the plate around the electric window switches, they are not perfect but compared to what they looked like before, they will be staying for a while. Ok here is the worst of the bits, its the front bumper bottom lip, it started well and then got a bit messy at the end. So on the close up you can see there is a tiny bit of paintwork exposed at the top of the lip and also to the right of the lip and also the vinyl got a bit scrunched. Underneath the vinyl is a 5 inch scratch which imo looks worse than the mentioned bits, do you think I should rip it off and re-expose the scratch, or do I get a thin strip of something to run along the top and down the side where the vinyl ends(maybe black paint with a really fine brush). I don't know what to do, I'm off to japfest on Saturday and wanted the car looking better, now I'm thinking does it look worse or is it a case of its bugging me because I know its there? So what's your opinion?

Hi, can you give me any idea of what gains could be achieved on a stock car and also would it matter if I had the remap and then added a plenum at a later date? Or would it need a second remap to get further gains from the plenum? Thanks