KyleR

You might see 1MPG difference, but not enough to make any real difference to your wallet, or even be able to measure accurately, fluctuations in the weather (cold vs warm) will make more difference

 

Tesco Momentum is good as you get the benefits of Super Unleaded without the expense of Shell or BP

I see your point with the weather factor, but with a tank lasting me approx. 2 weeks and living in Northern Ireland, the weather stays pretty much the same until about May due to the huge amount of water around and in the centre of the country. So, if I even seen a difference of 1MPG that would be great, considering that's around 5% more based on an average 20MPG for approx. 2% less money giving me around 7% more MP£. This of course doesn't take into account any 10-15p off per litre deals that Tesco may have on at any given date, which then gives up to 17% more MP£.

Would this be applicable to our cars as well, even though they are mapped for higher Octane levels?

No because the Zed REQUIRES 97RON (or better). It is not applicable to run a Zed on 95RON. If you do you will damage your car.

What I meant was, if the TT is getting +6 with 99 compared to 95, then say for the sake of argument, they may get 3 more than using say, 97. So seeing as our cars are mapped for 97ish, maybe we would see a slight increase in MPG with Tesco 99 compared to BP which is 97...?

Tesco is pretty close to me and they're Super is about the same price give or take a penny or 2 than most other local garages are offering 95. So I'll be trying a few tanks of this 99, resetting the computer each fill to see if I can get a noticeable difference of a couple MPG.

6.5 is perfect, although there is no guarantee the fixings will be in the same place, as I found out when I tried to swap out the underpowered Bose sub for a superior 10 inch 600w unit I had hidden away. The holes weren't even close!

http://www.tesco.com/Momentum99/productBenefits.asp

Would this be applicable to our cars as well, even though they are mapped for higher Octane levels?

Those cars all have small engines compared to ours, but I guess the TT would also be mapped for 97/98. It's getting a whole 6 extra mpg which equates to 1/6th more or 16.7%. With me running currently about 20mpg, am I likely to get an extra 3 or 4? The car is currently being ran on 97, but i've not long had it and god knows what it's been ran on before.

For the sake of an extra 5 pence per liter (3.5% more where I live) it would be extremely worth using 99 if it would squeeze even another 2 mpg out.

I recently bought an 04, but if I could have afforded it, i'd have went with the newer 07 onwards car. Another thing that made me choose the 04 was the tax, cars registered March(?) 06 onwards will be int he highest tax bracket which is £400+, pre 06 is £260. I know it's only a couple of hundred quid but it mattered to me.

28 and it's my second car, first since passing my test... 2 weeks ago

It's a perfect example of the roadster in the best colour in my opinion, however I think it's downfall is the fact it is a roadster. I believe the Coupe's a much nicer shape and it probably would have sold a long time ago. With the roof down it's stunning, but with the roof up I think the back end looks a little odd.

Anyway, I hope you get it sold sooner rather than later.

I flash and toot everytime I drive past Shelbourne Nissan, not once have I got a response

On a more serious note, I've only seen one Zed whilst being in mine since I got it. He was behind me so couldn't flash, but I did wave and flash hazards to no response...

Try Pro Bolt for some stainless ones or if you have the cash, go for Titanium

Buying prices are very good at the moment, I only bought my Zed 3 weeks ago. Black 04 GT with 67k for £6.5. You can knock £500 off if it's a non GT and in my region, colour isn't affecting the price at all. Ginger, white, black, silver and gunmetal all listed at £7k for 04's with around 60k, private or trade.

I have husky skinned seats in my Zed...

I actually wonder why Nissan didn't make the roof black in the first place considering there is no beige anywhere else on the trim

I would go 2-way in the rear and 3-way in the doors. Not sure of how many speakers the base model has, but the Bose has 6 + 1. 1 Sub, 2 behind and 2 in each door (one 6.5" and one tweeter I believe) The only problem with fitting door speakers in the limited fitting depth you'll have. I'm not sure exactly way it is but I'm sure I read it on the forum somewhere.

Something like these would be good for your doors providing they're not too deep. They are also 5mm too wide, but still may fit. These ones also have 35 watt RMS and a max output of 300 watts which makes them upgrade proof if you decide to change out the HU too. http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65707#tab1

P.s - yes, I believe component means there is a separate tweeter to be fitted in near by.

I think ZMANALEX has OEM ones in both colours if I can remember correctly from a thread I was trolling. I however decided to go with a £30 one from Richbrook. Looks better than the Nismo/Sparco/OMP etc in my opinion.

Is the drop link the same thing as stabilizer bar link and sway bar link, just different names, as they all look the same in the pictures to me, but could be just a generic photo.

TBH i think with the Bose set up it must be the HU as it's made by Clarion. I have the GT and the sound isn't that great, especially the bass. I really can't see Bose putting out crap speakers considering the quality of their home audio equipment, so I think someday when I get the cash i'll try a different HU then see, and maybe change the amp because it's pretty puny. Plus, I don't think i'd have the heart to remove 7 Bose speakers and replace them with Sony or whatever, to me that just seems like a step backwards.

As for the stock audio, I'd go for a full swap out, HU and speakers, but if I couldn't afford to all at once, i'd go for the speakers first, starting with the rear to get a bit more bass.

Booked it in for a service on the 30th and they'll have a look at the lights and other problems including the rust on the bonnet that I pointed out.

My cousins fiancé is a mechanic there, so hopefully he'll have the time to come have a look at everything and get it sorted before I bring it into Nissan and save me a few quid.

I can see this is also going to cost me a fortune! Even if it turns out to be just the bushes which aren't TOO expensive, I'd have to either buy the tool or pay someone to do it. This coupled with getting the lights sorted for MoT is going to see me pounding the credit card again this month

Think I have the same problem, is it a hard job to replace the bushes if it turns out that's the problem, or the arm for that matter?

cost

 

Would it really be cheaper to buy and fit a complete HID kit rather than buy a ballast from a breakers? (providing it was a blown/fused ballast in the first place)

Yep defo, if somebody has went to nissan and got a price they would have shat their pants at the price. Most people wont go round breakers yards. Id hazard a guess they have taken it to an auto shop to get repaired and the guys and thrown in any old crap tbh

And that is the very reason you, me and many others join forums regarding the car/bike that they own, the money that can be saved is astronomical.

ZMANALEX or R35LEE do second hand

Cheers, I've already PM'd Alex, I'll try Lee too.

cost

Would it really be cheaper to buy and fit a complete HID kit rather than buy a ballast from a breakers? (providing it was a blown/fused ballast in the first place)

H7 will be the high beam, DR2 the HID. All the headlights are designed to take HID so get a ballast/bulb from ZMANALEX or R35LEE. They will be cheapest and best option

Thanks Chris, so look like I'm just going to have to buy a new ballast and bulb connector or even 2nd hand. Think I'll still have to strip out the headlamp to fit it all though.

Has anyone any idea why someone would do this? I mean, taking out the factory HID ballast and fitting a cheap HID kit?

Can any one tell me if it's possible to convert a standard halogen headlamp to xenon if Leonk is right? I'm sure that would be much cheaper than buying a whole new headlamp!

Edit: I just checked the headlight glass, both say D2R and H7 underneath. Can someone with an import or who didn't have Xenons as standard take a few seconds of they're time and check theirs please?

I'm assuming the lamp is ok though, as I believe the high beam is an H7, so maybe I just need the OEM ballast and connector lead or even better just the connector lead if it fits the aftermarket HID kit.

Has it had a bump and someone replaced it with the wrong spec headlight?

Actually Leonk that's a good point, I guess it's possible, but the bumper and side panels seem to be originals but the far side wheel well was only put in last year going by the date on the sticker on the inside that I found when taking it apart, I just put it down to being broke when changing the bulb out or something.

Now I'm starting to wonder what else is wrong!