ddcboyle
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The other forums ive been on have been good, but I guess I must have been lucky with both the Mazda RX8 and Hyundai coupe club forums.
Maybe the less common cars are the better groups? i.e. with an a5, you have about 95 different versions, the 1.8t, 2.0t, diesels, high litres, s-lines, s5, rs5 etc. Where as our style of car are more select? or maybe its just down to certain people running the forum?
Just strange how you go on some forums and think "why the hell did you design it like this?"
granted, when i first came on the zed forum it was a bit confusing with so many different links, but after a week or so you get used to where you should be looking etc
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I made paper templates first and cut out the button slots slightly smaller than needed. This meant no cutting on the car , then I applied it to the wheel , heated until very soft and used a feeler gauge of all things to just tuck all the edges under. Simple....ish!
Ah ^^ sounds like easy way to do it actually, atleast you didnt have to remove them, seems like a nightmare to do. Looks good though
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what colour ???????????
Toe hook isnt centre???
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Big fan of the wheels, they do look good on the car. Not sure about the silver stubby though? Would have thought it'd look better black? But could be wrong.
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just slip it over the top if i were you like you would conduit. Wouldnt go this route myself personally though.
Would be good to see some photos if you do pursue this option.
Payco
Why wouldnt u go this route? Surely there would be no issue doing this? or just personal preference?
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Presuming that most car faults, when explained, can still be pinpointed down to common faults? i.e. when you get a knocking noise when braking etc, always points to the banana arm on a zed. Are things like that roughly the same on each car? Just curious if i could still use this forum for new cars?
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Was looking at these
But im not sure on the sizes of engine bay cables. Wether to remove the black cable cover and replace with the blue rubber, or to just put the blue rubber over the black cable cover?
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Quite expensive to be cutting through tbh. Its more just a blue rubber thing I can stick round, didn't know if there was ones that anyone had tried to use.
Trying to do my £20 a month mods, samco would take me 5months
edit: And I would just buy ebay blue rubber, but I have no idea on size, wouldn't want big blue toilet roll tubes anywhere, unless no-one has done it here then that's probably next option
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I believe its some kind of thin elastic tape so it bends without creasing. Personally im not a big fan, but I have seen some wheels that look awesome. I guess its just down to colour of car and wheels, and what type of wheels you got.
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That pink 350z is what my missus wanted me to wrap the zed in. I'd probably be able to pull it off because even though its pink, its still a zed. Im pretty sure it was so she could get all the blokes looking at her
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Seems this is a community, and the other forums are just... literally a place to post problems. Maybe its the rareness of the car, which makes us wave at each other
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Been looking at the engine bay hoses, not for the radiator, oil etc, but where the wires are. All I can find are coloured plastic looking covers, like the oem ones. The ones that look like cable wraps for behind your tv. Are there any brands that are rubber, and look like the samco style liquid hoses?
Ive tried searching, but at the same time don't know what their called.
Just curious as it could be part of my monthly cheap mod ^^
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Been looking at the audi a5 car forums, trying to ask some questions and the forums layouts are just horrendous. Theres no sub categories, or anything. Its just "a5 forum" and that's it. Registered to 4 of them so far and their all the same. Had a topic up there for 4days now, 55 views and not one reply, and it is simple questions.
Are most car forums like that, or are there forums quite similar to the zed forum? All im thinking now is, even if I get a new car in the future, ill stay on this forum for the community, forum help and sales team.
Was just shocked how different other car forums are. Granted there is only one 350z and one 370z. But It was just like a child made the forum.
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With regards to the wrap. It will chip quite easy on the bonnet if you do a lot of motorway driving. I had mine wrapped for 1year and 6month and the wrap never faded after I buffed it up every few weeks. Only issue is, coming to sell it. They have no idea of the paint work underneath and a higher than you expect % of garages could damage your paintwork. Also, most people don't buy wrapped cars as its a bit more to maintain, different product use, have to car more about jet washing certain locations, can always tell its wrapped when you closely inspect.
But, If your doing it yourself or the cost of getting it wrapped isn't too much of a concern, just have it removed if the car doesn't sell with the wrap on. Wrapping is cheaper and gives a perfect fresh look to the car at lower price than spraying.
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Looks way too big for me. Sorta like those big dildo looking ones that people have in their car.
What would be the benefit to havin adjustable? I think the height for normal zed stick is ideal?
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How did you find it in the button area for wrapping? I tried to interior wrap, maybe I was using the wrong stuff, but it didn't seem to stick properly and couldn't get a fine enough cut round the button controls
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I thought azure was one of the rarer colours
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gloss black is always a win for me, I don't really rate matt or carbon roofs
edit: you may find doing the bonnet and boot wont look right. As the bonnet doesn't meet the a pillars, and boot ends at a pillars. itll look a bit mis matched, worth getting it photoshopped at different angles before you try
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Haha I know it needs a clean
cant take hoover outside as its raining all the time haha.Whats purpose of a catchcan?
Blue led, good reminder I need some of them
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So now that I've given up on the big modifications for car (since at some point this year ill be selling *hopefully* if i get new job), Im looking at doing cheap mods that would make me smile a little
The sort of things im looking at is just temporary things. I.e. if you had a black zed, bit of red vinyl/wire tape to outline a grill (sort of like Golf Gti style), or cupholders, cubby phone holders etc. Any little cheap mod that you've done and your impressed
Things to keep me occupied without thinking, why did i spend that amount... So heres my two to start it off
My cubby phone holder. Fits in cubby perfectly, can open and close, and can fold up and down. Up to use phone as satnav, and down when i want to store things like wallet, phone etc in there. Cost £5
My arm rest cupholder. Cost £15, can hold any drink (except red bull cans), only issue is that you cant use the arm rest. But, its nice to have more than a passenger cupholder when your munching your mcdonalds ^^
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Use hot water from the tap, cold water will only freeze quicker again,
then dry it with some kitchen roll.
Hot water freezes faster than cold water.
I was just about to say the same thing
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So on one thread you discuss affordability of running a Zed and then you continue to mod the car....
Personally I wouldn't run spacers at all as it's money spent purely for looks and potentially worsening the handling.
Just my thoughts on it
Im curious for cheaper mods not expensive mods. 50pound a month is a cheap mod to me, but seems wheel spacers wont go any lower than eibach
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I wouldnt say its skimping though. Say there was 2 materials you could use. 1 is 100% and wouldnt break. And the other was made from nasa spacecraft metal that is 100%. Their both as good, 1metal us stronger but both do the job.
Superforma and ultralite, are they good brands?
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Hey, been looking at wheel spacers and only seem to be 2 brands coming up. Eibach and another (3 letter word cant remember name).
Are there any other brands without the high price tag? Im presuming these are made for ibdestructableness on track. But are there others? I know the cheap 4 pound ebay ones are not an option. But it does seem alot they charge for a piece of metal
Time to get back to the gym....
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Off topic, massively.
Decided im going to start hitting the gym again, properly this time since my mate has now got a gym membership. Got my 2 products selected already, N.O.Xplode pre-workout since that does the most for me energy wise (except grenade, but i get the shakes from that). And USN muscle fuel anobolic post-workout as thats one that requires water (free) and doesnt taste too bad.
Main question is, im 6ft 4, weight 78kg without any clothes. And even when i was in afghan hitting gym every day for 6months. I went upto benching 105kg, but stayed between 78-81kg. My aim is to hit 90kg, but my metabolism is too fast so dont put any weight on at all. Been 78kg since i was 18, and now 24.
May be a stupid question, but does your diet actually matter alot. For someone with my metabolism etc? I know for those who put weight on quite easily or are doing 4 or 5 hours a day at the gym as an instructor it would matter. But i intend on doing roughly 8-10hours a week, diet isnt my strong point since i hate cooking and love take aways.
Were any of you in the same boat, fast metabolism, couldnt put on weight but eventually did get bigger?
And those of you who say "YES! thats me! i done that!" What sort of routine did you do? Mate keeps talking about the "bi and tri" day, "back" day etc, ive always been, just go to gym and do everything.