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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....

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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.....

Wanted, you're in the Midlands? Are you coming to the West Mids meet on the weekend of the 23/24th Feb (date TBC)? http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/67614-west-mids-meet-and-eat-23rd24th-feb/ I have black leather in my GM Zed and I'm yet to see the Alezan in the flesh. I might be interested if they tickle my fancy.

Hello and Phil. Congrats on your new purchase

Fair enough, no worries I won't tell anyone....

I must admit, when I glanced at your first pic I thought "ooo that's nice". But then when I read your detailed description and looked further at the photo's, I can see you've got yourself quite a project Ben. Looking forward to seeing how it develops though. Keep us posted

Nice work. I thought about doing exactly the same with my wheels too, but I've managed to source some used 19's from another forum member. Can't help notice your sig says 'Tein springs'. Will these be up for grabs once the coilovers are fitted?

Great news, glad you've found one. I It may just be that the bungs are missing if its a K1 (which it looks like it is). I'm sure someone would help you find some to quieten it down a bit

Hello and Rob

G'day and let's see some pics then

Hello and

If all that was needed was new front discs and pads then agree, Kwik Fit handled this very badly. And they've lost a customer. But on the plus side, it looks like your son has found a local Indy he can trust. Every cloud....

OK, I appreciate this might be like throwing a stick at a wasps nest, but I'm gonna throw it anyway... Your son originally booked into Kwik Fit to have new pads fitted on the front. They then later contacted him and told him that he also needed new discs all round and quoted nearly £400 for the priviledge. Understandably he refused to have the work done as he just wanted the pads changed and Kwik Fit refused to change the pads, as he needed discs too. I do agree with this. I don't agree or accept the fact they told him he needed new discs and pads on the rear too, nor do I agree with the crazy prices the yquoted. After booking into the indy in Sheffield, it looks like he confirmed that new discs on the front were also needed, which kinda backs up Kwik Fits argument that they refused to carry out the work originally requested (just fit new pads to the front). I'm not saying Kwik Fit are great, and I'm not saying that they are honest. I'm certainly NOT taking their side in this and think most of their actions and pricing is very wrong. But refusing to fit new pads with discs that also need replacing. I'm with them on this one. (Awaits onslaught)

I'll take this if still available. Sending a PM now.....

Looking at the sellers registered business name etc, and the items he/they have for sale, I imagine they have a cheap source for cheap(er) parts and store them in a warehouse to flog on eBay. I maybe wrong though. I think it's safe to assume they're not an aftermarket performance parts expert. But, on the other hand, their feedback rating is very good. However eBayers (myself included) often leave feedback when the parts have been delivered and examined, rather than after a few months of use. However, it MAY be quite a good copy of an OK exhaust and with the notorious quality of Japspeed stuff, there's a chance it may even be better. If you can afford it and for the sake of £140, it might be worth a shot. If you do get one, and it fits perfectly, and it sounds good, and the build quality is decent, please let us all know. I'll most probably be interested in getting myself one. Possibly...

I'm by far no expert on exhausts (although I'd love a new one), but one thing I've gathered and learned from reading numerous posts and threads on the subject is that you get what you pay for. If its cheap, there's normally a reason.

Sounds like a great time was had by all. Wish I lived closer to The Z Shed. I really like spag bol....

Might be worth ringing your local Nissan dealer to get a price. If it does cost circa £160 you might be able to use it for a little bartering Mike Brewer stylee when it comes to finalising the deal. Wouldn't see it as a deal breaker, but might save you the cost of a tank of fuel.

Not sure if you've seen this thread, but lots of useful stuff in here: http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/22880-guide-for-new-memberspotential-buyers/

Hello and John. Congrats on your new purchase

and congrats on your new purchase.