speedwell

Black.

Used in my car boot but there is no wear and tear, looks new, no stains or dirt.

This will have to be rolled to be posted .

Price £35 including postage

Enjoy the car.

We'll be glad to see you anytime you are around here.

Is your Dad happy how it drives?

Hi Sam.

Looks like you it didn't take you long to get your number plate on.

Have you been able to drive it properly yet or is the insurance still on the Mini?

I never turned off the traction control but no doubt you will!

John.

NOW SOLD

Deposit now taken

Sadly decided to sell my Z, it's getting very little use.Here's the link to the Pistonheads ad: http://www.pistonhea...-uk-car/2196615

Need a new set of 19" tyres for the 370 and from what I've read here and elsewhere Michelin Pilot Super Sports are easily the top choice,disregarding price of course.

It was between these or sticking to the oem Bridgestones,but I'll go with the Michelin unless anyone disagrees,or something better has just come out.

Just for fast road use,no trackdays.

Worth £8k at least IMO...might not sell mine next year.

The prices will go up...but in about 5 years time!!!

Sorry,should have been on the 350 section not the 370,but plenty of replies anyway.

Car will have a very low mileage on it,about 25k,so I'll want a good price for the year.

I was thinking Falkens,or something else mid range like Uniroyal or Avon.I would think a good matching set of these wouldn't put anyone off given it's more than 8 years old and so isn't going to be worth a fortune.

My 05 Zed will need new tyres soon .It's a second car and does very little mileage.

Later in the year I'll be selling it and at that stage I guess the new tyres will only be 10% worn.

So I'm reluctant to spend on the most expensive tyres but neither do I want to put anything on dangerously cheap that would tend also to put off a private buyer of the car.

So,any recomendations?

Was the Griffith a bit too powerful for you then?

 

No No, just a joke honest

 

Thanks for the viewpoint. I think this chap is a bit extreme and anyway anyone who comes up with that kind of boasting and thinks it impresses to own a Metro or an MGB has 'issues'.

 

By the way, have you seen this on you tube.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edPmpur6gLs

Actually,I'd consider a Griffith in the future,mainly because the old V8 engines don't have the reliability issues of the later engines...and I like the shape.

The Z has,in some ways,a bit of the character of a TVR...but unlikely to breakdown!!

Well I know. The view this chap expressed was well meaning I am sure but I can't understand it. This is the follow up note I got....

 

"The S2000 had no torque and not a true drivers car. It was too heavy, too cumbersome and too detached from the road. Looks great and at silly RPM, so silly speeds, it impressed, but just didn't feel as sharp as I feel it should.

 

A bit about me, raced go karts for ages, ran a go kart track in my last unit. Raced motorbikes from 15yrs old for 5 yrs and had gsxr 1000 Ducati 748 and a 916... As well as several others. But that's where I'm coming from. My road cars were a 1976 mini 1275 as a first car, had it 8 years and had pretty much every fast road component and twin webers that spat flames by the time it was stolen! Had many other cars at the same time including Alfa 156 GTA, MGBGT, MG Midget (which I loved and put several engines in and ended up with a MG Metro 1530cc turbo when I sold it). So my driving likes are raw components and feeling an organic part of the car.

 

I found the 350z a bit of a plastic toy to impress lady's and blokes down the pub. I didn't find the ride accurate and delicate enough... Basically same kinda story as the S2000. I borrowed my mums 1985 911 for a few months, that was amazing to drive. So I feel it is a personal preference. I feel everyone's choice in car will be different. In a few years I may want comfort, warmth and a smooth magic carpet style ride and buy a Jaguar.

 

I just think most people that sell a Westfield want another one..."

 

I still fancy a 350z

What a dog's breakfast of an opinion.

Firstly,what have motor bikes to do with cars?If he's had a million bikes how is this relevant to any car buying decision?

Minis are little budget rattle traps that were designed over 50 years ago...so again irrelevant

Metros were just a joke and the MGB was one of the worse handling and fastest rusting cars ever made.

A Westfield is just a poor man's Caterham,it may handle well, but it's light years in concept from a modern sports /GT car like a Z.

The guy has no experience of owning any thing like a Z so I fail to see how he even dares to express any sort of opinion about them.

I'll not go into the strength and weaknesses of the Z,but based on my previous ownership of the following I'll just say a good Z is a GREAT car...

TVR Tuscan 4.0

TVR Cerbera 4.5

Nissan 200SX

Toyota MR 2 mk2

Honda Prelude 2.2 v-tec

Mercedes SLK

Audi TT Quattro Sport

Etc,Etc.

P.S

I have actually owned all the above cars,I didn't have to " borrow any of them from my mum"

I'm also glad you fixed it...others take note...it often seems the noise is from the back when it's actually from the front.

banana bar deffo ... front LHS ... solution ? ... replace ... how ?

 

 

and ...

 

 

relax

I think I already said that...just a little more coherently

It's probably coming from the front,I thought my noise was at back at first, but it proved to be n/s compression("banana") arm.

Very common, there are loads of threads about it,do a seach.

Get a passenger to listen for you,leaning forward towards the footwell,to see if the noise really is from the front.

Because the wear in the ball joint only needs to be very little for a rattle/knock to appear,garages find it hard to find with just a quick look underneath.

Fronts now also provisionally sold.

Rear ones provisionally sold.

Unused,in original packaging,bought by me but not required.

Front pair £25,post free UK.SOLD

Rear pair £20,post free UK.SOLD

Please note these are NOT Nissan oem.

I love Chris Harris and his videos, but even I disagreed with the outcome of this one.

 

He's right about the 370Z though, but I don't think that's such a bad thing. There's very, very few times you can go 10/10ths anywhere these days, the argument that you shouldn't do so on the roads notwithstanding. That's pretty much what the car was designed for, and it does it very well. Interesting on his comments about the seat position being off, I was quite impressed with how much better than the 350 it was when I sat in Colin's.

 

The 370 is too heavy, but we all know that and the 350 was the same. We know the 370 sounds anaemic when pushed on as stock, that's why we all slap new exhausts on them. Putting it next to the 86 shows just how good looking the 370 is too, so no shame there.

 

Given that the Cayman S was on the PSS9 suspension, I'm even more surprised that Harris chose the 86. That is a seriously good set of dampers and springs there, much better than the PASM setup Porsche offer on the car, so his comments are of the highest praise. I still think you'd be mad to take the 86 over a used Cayman at the RRP of the Toyota.

Being cynical,I wouldn't assume necessarily that's what he really thinks,sometimes jounalists come to their conclusions for other reasons.

http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/350Z/coupe/2006/fsu.pdf

 

 

Follow menus through NVH...Front Suspension Assembly...On Vehicle Inspection...Inspection of Ball Joint End Play of Each Link. Page 4 I think.

 

It's the usual; stick a lever in and test for play routine. Problem is, it's difficult to replicate the force that is transmitted by a tonne and a half of metal crashing over a pot hole that will easily cause a knock on a worn joint.

 

Plumped for an '06 as I was guessing, but they're probably all the same or similar. Just use the parent directory for other options.

Thanks for the link. As you say, I'm not convinced that this method would find it.

Are any of the Traders on here able to source just the OE balljoint? There has to be a way of removing the old worn out one and replacing it with a new one, but unless new ones are available, there is no point in investigating this any further.

 

Steve

With no offence meant to the traders,I don't think they are bothered as long as replacement arms are available for then to supply or supply and fit.There are aftermarket arms available (quality unknown) for which balljoints have obviously been obtained from another source other than Nissan.

 

 

With respect I do not think that is the case.

 

The traders on here are very much bothered and we do our level best to serve you guys with quality products at huge savings and at times you have us jumping through hoops.

 

I find your comments offensive and uncalled for

 

So just to be clear:

 

The ball joint for the compression rod is not available on its own and if this ball joint fails, then you have no option but to purchase a complete new compression rod.

 

Alex.

I find your reply quite offensive,and no offence was intended by me I can assure you.

How much research have you put into the matter?

If,for instance,an engineering firm could be found who would recondition the arms with a suitable balljoint sourced elsewhere at say £100 each for a bulk order and a trader could order a batch to be made and sell them at,say, £150 each then that indeed would be a better service.By far the the highest value in the item must be the alloy arm itself,and this bit is perfectly serviceable yet is thrown in the scrap bin at the moment.

If you read my earlier post you would see that I had suggested as much but agreed that it might not be possible because such an exercise might cost out at more that the new arms anyway,in which case I would totally agree with you.

...and might I offer you some advice that it's not best business practice to get on your high horse unnecssarily with people like me who have already spent good money with you.

Are any of the Traders on here able to source just the OE balljoint? There has to be a way of removing the old worn out one and replacing it with a new one, but unless new ones are available, there is no point in investigating this any further.

 

Steve

With no offence meant to the traders,I don't think they are bothered as long as replacement arms are available for then to supply or supply and fit.There are aftermarket arms available (quality unknown) for which balljoints have obviously been obtained from another source other than Nissan.

Very common for no movement to be found on the compression rod ball joint by mechanics.

 

However I can assure you if your ball joint was checked as per the procedures in the service manual then it would be found to be unserviceable.

 

It takes very little for the ball joint to knock and the movement is hard to detect by the naked eye.

 

Alex

What are the procedures in the service manual?...i've not come across them on a forum search .

 

 

Have a read of the service manual mate, it will explain the procedures better than I can

Can someone please provide a link to the relevant part of the service manual?

Has nobody been able to source just the ball joint and devise a method for changing it?

 

Steve

The ball joint is integral to the arm,i.e sealed in at manufacture.

However, the thought has certainly ocurred to me that it should not be beyond the ability of an engineering firm with the right facilities to recon these arms with a new ball joint at one end and a new rubber bush at the other,then offering them on an exchange basis.

It's all a question of cost.Alex supplies them at below the cost from Nisssan,perhaps he's looked at the re-con idea but it comes out as just as expensive?

Very common for no movement to be found on the compression rod ball joint by mechanics.

 

However I can assure you if your ball joint was checked as per the procedures in the service manual then it would be found to be unserviceable.

 

It takes very little for the ball joint to knock and the movement is hard to detect by the naked eye.

 

Alex