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Means I have to leave home a lot earlier than I used to, will out the house 12 hours a day and have to endure just over 30 mins each way of a train packed full of commuters However, I only have to drive to the station so I'll be doing 12 miles a day in the Zed, rather than just over 50 And flexib, is that a Steel Panther reference....?

Cheers Kev. I'm sure there will be many thinking that if I spend my time on here and eBay, I'm gonna need it

OK, so I started a new job today, so naturally I had a list of priorities. Top priority after being given a log on for my desktop was to see if I could get on the forum. I can! eBay's blocked though Now, to start reading up and learning about the things I should be doing...

Congrats on your new purchase. Best colour too

Thanks for keeping us updated. I really hope the new treatment goes well.

It looks great - price tag justified

For some reason this listing appeared in my "Recommended offers/You might also like" section when I was last on eBay. Think I've been browsing Zed suff a bit too much.... Sticker made me chuckle though http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Warning-98-RON-Decal-B-Fun-JDM-sticker-Supra-EVO-RX7-/290426068651?_trksid=p5197.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26itu%3DI%252BUA%26otn%3D3%26pmod%3D221187537971%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5690286598145880053&_qi=RTM1319885

Be good to ssee it when it's finished Dean. If you can (and as he's a mate), I'd see if you can spend a bit of time in his workshop when he's working on your car; ask if you can have a go and get your hands dirty so to speak. I'd never ventured into the world of detailing until I bought my Zed, but I will never forget the amazement after I clay-barred what I thought was already a clean car. As RTBisuit said, it sounds like a great opportunity for you to learn

There you go Bennett The seats are very much Marmite seats. I like Marmite, I like the seats too Looking good Kyle.

I've got a standard 2004 airbox with filter if you don't manage to sort things out with flyboy.

So those are the 'before' pictures right? What about after you'd washed it?

Ok guys, 2 - 3 weeks before she gets the car. What are the chances that in that time she'll already have bought her first mod in anticipation? My money's on a stubby....

Hello and Good luck with your search, keep us posted with any developments

Cheers guys. I know each amendment to a policy normally carries an 'admin fee', so although the pop charger might not put my premium up, I'll probably still end up paying about £25 as FUG said. I'm changing the wheels once the weather pics up a bit (and the salt/grit has gone), so looks like I'll hold fire on the filter and fit it at the same time as the wheels, to avoid paying an admin fee twice. Just hope my will power is strong enough to stop me from fitting the pop charger before the wheels....

Quite a list already David, looking good. Regarding mod #14.......

No, not another "Should I tell my insurance company" question I'm getting a JWT pop charger next week and will naturally be telling my insurance about the mod. What do you tell/how do you describe it to them? I imagine if I just say "I've fitted a JWT pop charger", it'll be me with a response along the lines of, "Huh? A what?". Do you call it an aftermarket air filter and/or induction kit? Cheers, Ian

Thanks for the comments guys Will, if you're after an aerial to improve reception, I can't recommend the short carbon one. When I first fitted it, I could only really get Radio 1. However, after removing the centre console (and HU) to carbon wrap it, I had to re-tune the radio and it seems much better now! I've got a lot more stations. It's worth a try for less than a tenner though mate. Certainly looks cool

Hello and congrats on your new purchase Yourself and Wanted should have a drive down next Sunday to our West Mids meet: http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/67614-west-mids-meet-and-eat-sun-24th-feb/ Wasso will be there and he's your man for detailing too

Sam (and Dave), not sure if it helps you out, but Paisley Freight do a courier collection/deliver service for exhausts (as long as the package is less than 2.5m) for £20. I've used them before for wheels and tyres and never had an issue.

Regarding your seat, drop forum member 4RE Leather a PM. Not local to you I'm afraid, but I'm sure will be able to offer some expert advice

Passed a silver 370Z on Stourbridge ring road today. You were in the left hand lane near the petrol station, I was in the middle lane on a blue and white Suzuki GSXR, therefore I didn't wave....

Hello and

Congrats on your new purchase Louisa. 2004 GM GT? Good choice!

OK, so my Zed and I are approaching our first anniversary together. When I bought my car, I was extremely happy with it, everything about it was just perfect. I didn’t want to change a thing, I just didn’t need to. I had just bought a 350Z and was in love. Then I started spending more time here on the forum, learning about my car and seeing what you guys were upto with your own Zeds. A few simple DIY jobs were done shortly after I picked her up for my own piece of mind including a new pair of Gates auxiliary belts, an oil and filter change and also a gearbox oil change with added Molyslip. I never started a build thread, as I never thought I’d be changing anything and certainly wouldn’t be doing anything worth documenting. This is also the reason some of the photos aren’t great quality as they were taken on my phone. Then I started to attend meets and took a drive upto the Wales weekender 2012 in my standard car. I’m sure you know where this is heading – I contracted Zeditis and I wanted to start changing things. Only little things, just tweaks to make a standard Zed, MY Zed. Here she is just after I bought her. At the risk of sounding like a total newbie, I asked a question about the way my boot opened (or rather didn’t open). My question was soon answered and my (apparently common) problem was solved by ‘the penny trick’. Well, 4p to be precise… My first ‘mod’ I guess. She was still fitted with the standard skippy BOSE head unit, so this needed to be changed as I was fed up of listening to the same songs on the radio. I did look into the iPod hack, but eventually a trip to Halfords saw me purchasing an Alpine head unit. For the sake of £30 and me not wanting to pull my new car apart, I let Halfords fit it (as it included a BT microphone that I had no idea how to route the cable behind the dash). All fitted it was OK, but not 100%. Spending a bit (OK a LOT) more time on the forum I found this guide from Buster http://www.350z-uk.c...lacing-oe-bose/ and along with another guide on how to remove the HU, I thought I’d get my hands dirty. A few hours and several mugs of tea later and it was all back in and sounding good Shortly after picking her up, I reached a significant mileage….. My driver’s door pull handle was also a bit scratched, so next job on the list was to tidy these up. Again, with the help of a removal guide found on the forum, I took both handles off and had my first go at wrapping in carbon vinyl. After a bit of practice, a lot of patience and a little swearing, I got a result I was happy with. Next task, feeling creative, was to have a go at making a boot divider/vertical tonneau cover. A fellow forum member kindly posted me a template of his OEM divider and I got to work with a jigsaw and some MDF. I have now made a number of the dividers for forum members. If you'd like one for yourself (and your Zed), please get in touch via this thread: http://www.350z-uk.c...r-boot-divider/ Next came the mandatory stubby. A carbon ‘Nismo’ one from eBay. Ordered from Hong Kong on a Monday and it was on the car by Friday – Result! Not bad for just over £8 Eventually the Zeditis forced me into looking at making a change to the car’s appearance. Tarmac helped out by sending me a Nismo style front splitter. After a trip to the body shop for some paint, it was fitted. Now my Zed started to look a bit different to stock. J During this time, my post count on the forum was increasing and once I hit the magic number of 350, I dropped Mike a message and asked him to send me my 350z-uk.com sticker for my window. I also bought one at the same time, so I could have one on each side of the car. All was quiet on the modification front for a while, but Zeditis only lays dormant for a short period and I soon felt the need to “do something elseâ€. So on a cold wet Sunday afternoon I wrapped my centre console to match the door handles. Then the snow came, Along with a few very nervous (but fortunately uneventful) drives to work Next up, and coming very soon after my first success as a For Sale section vulture – A JWT Pop Charger

Be great if you could make it to the meet mate. Nottingham to Beckett's Farm (Postcode B47 6AJ) is just over an hour (apparently) straight down the M42. There's a few of us meeting at Beckett's and the pub we're going to is about 10 mins away. Be a perfect way of running your new exhaust in.....