brillomaster

hes off to maccaman next... zedleys got his bags packed ready, the long flight to stafford (about 60 miles) will (probably) be leaving tomorrow.

First vote! And its put the stock 18s on and stop moaning. If you're driving it through winter on motorways its gonna be caked in roadgrim and salt anyways - so very quickly it'll turn a nice shade of browny grey, no matter what wheels you have on. Use the money you would have spent on a third set of rims and get some decent winter tyres, so that when the time comes to put the Volks back on again, you still have a car to put them on to

but theres a big difference between her driving the car home one evening with the OP in the car, and her doing a 200mile round trip on her own... that sounds like throwing her in the deep end to me! I'd have her out with the OP a good half dozen times, before even allowing her to drive anywhere on her own. im sorry, but its still a definite no from me! she cant have seriously thought you'd let her after you said emergencies only - especially considering her car is considerably better for the task at hand as well.

I have to say, i disagree with the comments about it just being a car, and if it get dented its only metal, etc etc... i dont know about the OP but my zed is my pride and joy - saved up for a year to buy it outright and i'd be beside myself if anything ever happened to it. and car park dings cost - had a little bump when someone reversed into me and it cost me near £400 to put right, which is a lot for a guy in my position. Its nothing against women drivers - i wouldnt let my brother drive my car either, as he has no experience of rwd, or anywhere near the amount of power the zed has. I let my dad drive my car with me in it as i trust him, but no one else. if the OPs other half wants to go driving sports cars, theres a simple solution - get shot of the diseasel and buy an mx5 for a grand - if she can manage to keep that out the hedgerows for a year, then maybe she'd be qualified to drive a zed. Just cos there is a nice car in the household, doesnt mean its fair game to be borrowed! if she wants a nice car then get her to buy a nice car!

This. firstly, If she wants to take your zed over her economic diesel, then she can darn well pay the petrol. secondly, if her car has just one battle scar, thats one too many. someone who has car park bumps is not someone you want driving your car. especially since the zed will be a fair bit longer and wider, just increases the chance of a car park accident. In addition, whats the state of her car like? Is it filled to the rafters with empty coke cans, tissues, spent parking tickets and the like? if so, then you've got to expect the zed will come back in a similar state. And finally, whats her attitude to car servicing? if she doesnt service hers, it doesnt fill me with confidence she'll be mechanically sympathetic with yours. If she wants to drive your car, i'd let her drive it along some country lanes, with you in the car to watch over her. i think if someone is let off the leash in a 280bhp rwd sports coupe they might get a bit overexcited. alternatively, if she likes fast cars, then get her a trackday or a car control day

Mmmm christmas should start early November... at the moment, all the xmas stuff goes out in october, then you live with it for 6 weeks, but then get massively depressed when you then realise xmas is still 6 weeks away If they're gonna have mince pies on sale in Mid september, they might as well just stock them all year round. Clearly the only people who would buy them this early would buy them all year round if they were available.

Bruges was pretty sweet and easy to get to from England - see who can try the most belgian beers, as there are literally thousands to choose from, and most are a proper fighting 6-8%

As for engine bay advice, theres a thread running right now with so many shiny 350Z engine bays your eyes will burn http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=65931

Mmmmm, gotta be a Kinetix Plenum for me! Looks so good! This one or this one for me: And I'm sorry, but the cosworth plenum just looks like a six balled scrotum

Howdy folks! Another update from little old me on my adventures with Brillo! Today the plan was originally to go out for a drive with Brillo and his dad - 'go east' they said, originally the plan was to look at a triangular lodge in Rushton, however, just as we were driving through Market Harborough, Brillo spotted a sign for 'Armourgeddon'... And it seems they were recruiting! First off we were given a little tour of the barracks... which were very well defended! Anything within a few miles of the camp was fair game with this little peashooter! Next up was the armoury, where we found this! I hitched a ride, but was a bit blinded by the spotlights! All was going well until... BATTLESTATIONS! Got a call from the General that there were enemies spotted... Being a brave little chap I hopped straight in to an APC, but errrm... couldn't reach the steering wheel. Or the pedals. Guess I wouldnt make a brilliant driver... big on heart, but small in stature Still things I could do though to help the cause. So I saddled up and got in the back with our brothers in arms Things got pretty tense out there - there was shrapnel flying everywhere! Luckily i had proper protection on... And was packing some serious firepower! Take that, Nazis! Then i got a play with more big guns... heres me lining up an enemy target All was going well, until we moved onto the tracked vehicles... something about them i just couldnt get. managed to just about miss being run over by one of these megaton beasts, but i did get caught up in the wheels... And then, to top it all off i was dishonourably discharged for incorrect shell loading technique.... And failure to realise that sitting on gigantic bombs is detrimental to your health Ah well... probably best they reassigned me with the communications! So my days in the allied forces were short lived... seemly not suitable for active duty on the ground... maybe i'd get on better in the air? Anyways, thats all from me for now, so i'll sign off using my skills on the morse code machine .... .- .--. .--. -.-- / --.. . -.. -.. .. -. --. All the best Zedley

Question is, does it make any difference to the noise with the foam removed? Gotta love a bit of induction noise if available, the zed is pretty muted on the induction front as standard

Mmmm up at 5 is the best time for a drive... remember doing bracknell down to dover just as the sun was coming up last december, not a soul on the roads and a nice crisp air. I love early morning runs, the early morning airport run is the best - something about empty lit dual carriageways that makes me think of driving in Tokyo for some reason. Enjoy the car, you'll want to drive it everywhere with a new exhaust and a remap!

tsk, the legit amongst us are going to use serious posts to get our numbers up to 1000... even if that means posting in such topics as this...

haha wow well its certainly worth more than the zed is! hope you werent planning any long distance cruises, the zed will probably go 4 times further on a tank than that will!

Use the Will They Fit website. If i remember correctly the standard zed rims are 225/45 R18 8J ET+33 on the front, and 245/45 R18 8.5J ET+30 on the rear. However its commonly agreed that the standard rims look better when spaced out by 20mm front and 25 rear, effectively making them +13 and +5. Hope this helps

Welcome to the forum! Seen you address and there are two other members in Shanklin... and reading it it seems they're keen for IOW meets!

AFAIK you can rent them on the day if required, £10 if memory serves. I'll be bringing mine down for passenger rides - everyone on track needs a lid of some description. Mine was a just a cheapo lid of fleabay, bout £40 i think.

5 more to go! 'with' is narrowly edging out 'without' at the final furlong!

i always find a bit of degreaser like some WD-40 does the trick?

How long is a piece of string? Tyre wear will depend on: how you drive what roads you drive on what tyres you have fitted! If you have rock solid linglongs fitted and do mainly motorways at 60mph, one set of tyres will probably do several years. if however, you have a penchant for drift days, that same set of tyres will last about 10 minutes. As for costs - well, if you get budget tyres, perhaps as cheap as £300 for all 4 - if you want decent tread, probably factor around £800. More if you have wider tyres or larger diameter rims.

Yep its come on leaps and bounds in the last few years - I would say that their newest ride the Swarm is possibly now the best rollercoaster in the UK, it really is very good! plus its backed up by Nemesis Inferno, Colossus, Stealth and Saw so its certainly got speed and g's covered!

Nice i think that the difference is obvious when with the valve closed, you can only really hear the car once its driven past, but with the valve open you can hear it a quarter mile down the road in both directions! Any chance of some in car footage? just find a nice bit of road and run it once with the valve closed and then again when open!

Mmmm, i do wish you could get a replica JGTC kit for the zed... looks so mean with the wide arches and vented bonnet!

After a spot of lunch we went to chill out in the sun in Amity cove... I found a lovely little spot amongst the reeds to have a snooze in the sun. Uh Oh... Suddenly i decided that might not be the best spot to catch 40 winks! After i wrung out my fur from that downpour, i thought it best to stick with Brillo. He seems like a sensible chap, after all, whats the worst that could happen? After Amity Cove, it was off to Stealth to cool off. That thing is biiig! I wouldnt want to be the person who has to go up the top for maintenance! Thankfully i was safely strapped in and the ride went off without a hitch - 0-80mph is unreal - now i like a fast car, but this is insane! it was all over in just 19 seconds! The girls werent feeling too good at this point so we left them and went to visit Jigsaw... not something i'd normally do by choice! Thankfully we managed to escape his clutches and made it out alive - although we came awfully close to those razorblades! All in all we had a very good day! The sun was shining all day and we went on all the big rides. Im exhausted! I dont have the longest legs and i was on my feet all day, im pooped! Thats all from me for now, will update you with more travels soon! Zedley

Howdy folks! Another update from little old me... had a chilled week for me but then today it was down to Thorpe Park for some rollercoasters! Here is my chaperone for the 80mile trip down there - lovely cruise controlled, air conditioned comfort, even managed 33mpg before the traffic on the A404(M) put a stop to that. Good to see that Brillo is proud to be a 350z-uk member - more freebies for that man, hes a top bloke! We got to the park nice and early, but first thing we did when we got in was... go sit down and have a coffee! Well, the ladies in the group have to get their caffeine fix! With so much to do, we weren't really sure where to start... best consult the map! First ride of the day was two rounds on the rapids, followed by Nemesis Inferno. Got a little damp on the rapids, but soon dried out, what with being in an active volcano and all. Despite being a monkey I dont always have a head for heights - you'll not catch me going on Colossus! I fancied a go on Rush and Vortex - fancied a nice swing in the trees! However, i'm not sure on the safety of these restraints... i think i might fall out! However Brillo had a little word with the attendants and we were ok! After that it was off to the new ride, Swarm. Looks like something big went down... theres a grounded plane, upturned ambulance, helicopter, and a fire engine, that was apparently still on fire! And to top it all off there was some freaky alien creature swooping down and snatching people right off the pavement! Frankly, the shock of it all was too much for me - had to have a little lie down. Thankfully someone had provided a stretcher for me! Thankfully Brillo revived me with a sugary bananary snack - more to follow!