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Just did mine. Must have taken me about 8 hours. I have burgundy mohair on silver grey car now and it looks the business and goes up and down smoothly. Mazda Hood store supplied it. I watched the YouTube video many times and also found the Nissan instructions. One nasty problem encountered was both side tension wires broken at the front A pillar end and corrosion at the point this secures on one side. I guess at 15 years old it was letting damp in. I found a work around to fix that. I have the old one for the tip unless I should save the rear window for someone.

They're on my 2005 GT roadster. Both heated and with electric adjustment.

Just read an Evo with long term test on a convertible and was taken aback by the stated depreciation over 12 months from new at £16k! Way past a grand a month before you even fill it up.

Ask the guy doing off the car balancing to balance for zero unbalance. Often they leave 20g or so residual unbalance as an acceptable level but on some cars it's still not acceptable. I put up with high speed vibs with 18"BBS on my 300ZXTT for a couple of years thinking it was as good as it could get after balancing a couple of times but when I explained to a tyre guy he said he could balance for zero unbalance. I thought duh! isn't that what you do anyway and it turns out no. Balanced for zero and my 300ZXTT is smooth as silk at any speed. I always ask this now.

Unfortunately the scrot fairy just paid my virtually flawless gunmetal 350z roadster a visit too. Was it because I washed it the previous weekend and it had lost the protective coating of grime and road salt? Did from the passenger door right onto and over the rear wheelarch. What kind of people breed these zombies? They see something nice then think I'll just do some destruction for kicks. Well if curses and witchcraft work this person will get what they deserve. My 300ZXTT has escaped this so far despite owning it for 10 years but my V8 engined MGZT also succumbed a couple of years back. I want a proximity or touch sensor that lets off high voltage or something effective now.

Check level is not too high in the reservoir. It could be a hydraulic effect on expansion. Make sure there is an air space.

I have something similar for years in the garage. It was well worth the £20 or so for even the first time I needed it to shift over tightened wheel nuts. It comes out now and again when needed. It's no use for a pro but you'd happily spend that when you have a stuck bolt or nut to shift and you don't have the muscle or leverage or time to waste faffing around to do it. It might only be used 10 times in its whole life but £2 a go is fine value.

Do these have an off switch? Mines has this fitted and it works quite well. I just have never found out how to turn it off. It seems wrong just to close the flap over a still on screen. Maybe I just missed the off button!

These are tough times! Keep on looking or look for another at least £1500 off it. Those wheels are pothole magnets and will cost you a bit extra on insurance. It has aftermarket rear lights fitted. Watch for other mods as they are all insurance excess charges. £143 road tax sounds sus. With a good look around and being prepared to travel you can find much better deals. I was lucky enough to find a sound, stock, UK GT roadster 55 plate way below this kind of asking price. No insurance hassles and still the pre March 06 road tax rate.

Did anyone get any? The site had said something like 20 sets available I think.

I had half a tank of 95 and topped it up with V power to full so I now have a full tank of 96 and it drives perfectly.

By Planetsurfer2 If you look at my dynos you'll see a difference of about 7 HP. First dyno was with 95RON fuel, second was with 98RON fuel. Is there a link? I am surprised that only 7bhp difference was measured. I doubt most people could even feel that. Is the torque down at lower rpm though?

I drove the whole of the last DTE. It shows flashing - after about 25 left and I drove more than that then some then chickened out and put in all of 75 litres and over £100 to fill it. That was sore. So on that basis DTE on mine is approx. whatever it says plus about 30 miles safety margin. I have run my 19 year old 300ZX TT completely dry and it didnt do it any harm either. Fuel filters catch anything iffy these days.

My 300ZX UK spec twin turbo is tuned for 95 and I tried running it on premium to see if there was a difference. There wasnt except at the till. I realise that it could be retuned timing wise to take advantage of premium but if it isnt then it is pointless. That said I have run the 350Z on 95 and I can hear pinking at low speed in high gears and now that I have tried 99 octane I can feel a real difference in the way the engine responds. What I didnt find was better fuel consumption but maybe that was because I was enjoying the better response and engine power.

Surely the knock sensor retards the timing if it senses pinking?