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I've always been happy with my standard GT 18's (so much so I even bought another set from 350Ad above - cheers mate after he'd sourced his Rays), but now reading this, I think I want some Rays action too!

However, at the risk of asking another dumbass question and making myself look foolish with the present company, I have another question...

If the major advantage of the Rays (apart from the looks) is the weight saving over other wheels and saving any weight (even small) from the unsprung weight makes dramatic improvements (as discovered above), wouldn't adding 20 and 25mm thick blocks of metal to each corner (i.e. spacers) and the weight in the aditional length wheel bolts etc reduce the advantage of having lighter wheels?

I haven't got spacers (yet ), so don't know how heavy they actually are, but I can't imagine they're feather weight?

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I'm after an OEM airbox for a 2004 350Z GT. It's a UK car (not sure if JDM are any different)?

I'm actually just after the part(s) pre air filter if anyone has any bits lying around, but fully understand I'll probably need the whole lot.

Cheers, Ian

Hope you persevere with it mate. With the work you've done/had done to it so far, it's a nice looking motor, rarer in red too

I had to shel out a fair few quid on my last car (a TT) to get it all sorted. But once you've got over the shock of the initial outlay, you can start enjoying the car. And as a lot of the parts you've replaced are 'servicable items', it'll be a while before you need to pay out for them again.

Stick with the Zed fella, once it's sorted, you'll forget the rocky start you've both had (then you can start modding it)

Nice car and nice mods (you chav)

I'll watch with interest any further additions as your car is the same year and colour as mine - it helps with my lack of imagination !

Keep up the good work

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So your first Zed modification was actually to your fencing rather than your car!

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I not 28, called Chris, or from Ipswich

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Hi Tom and to the forum.

A 350Z at 21?? Jeez, I had a Vauxhall Nova 1.4SR! The 'SR' is important!

Hi Shane and to the forum from a fellow bike nut. Your car looks

Hopefully see you around

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Hello, congrats on your new puirchase and to the forum.

Car looks great, even in the rain (nice colour too)

My bike has sat unused in the garage since I bought my Zed. (Might also have something to do with the cack weather we've had).

Enjoy!

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Hello, and congrats

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Good luck with your search, you will find the right car, it's out there somewhere.

Don't let the mileage be a deciding factor. The 3.5l engines are pretty bullet proof, so if you find the car you like, but with >60k, it maybe worth a serious look. As long as it's got FSH and ticks every other box, (aswell as price), I'd really consider it.

I recently bought my UK 2004 GT spec for sub £6k (privately) with 81k miles and it feels as strong (to me) as a car with half the mileage. I'd also seen cars with lower mileage, in a 'lesser' condition.

Keep us posted with your findings

Loulouj - Keep an eye on the Zeds for sale section here on the forum, there are a few cars on there at the moment within your budget.

Dannyp - (Apologies for the slight hijack), do you have any pics of your car? I'm interested to see what a carbon wrapped roof looks like on a GM Zed.

2 more sleeps!!!

That's assuming you'll sleep Tuesday night!

Exactly as CS says, for the sake of £30, I'd change them. I (well, me and my mechanically minded mate) changed mine at the weekend.

Really easy DIY job, you just need a socket set and this guide... http://www.350z-tech.com/wiki/index.php ... eplacement

I think the advice of listing it for just over £10k and expect to drop to about £9.5k is about right.

It depends how much you 'want' to sell your car. I'd also put it on eBay as a classified listing. Costs £19.95 for 28 days with free photos. That's how I recently sold my Audi TT (to buy my Zed).

You can also list it with a 'best offer' option, but also set a value where stupid offers (say below £9400) are automatically rejected.

If you list and price it sensibly, it will generate interest and sell. There were/are lots of similarly specced TT's as mine all listed between £3200 and £3400, so I listed mine for £3000 and it sold within a week (I was being offered £1500 part ex). I also removed all the 'non-standard' parts I'd bought for it (such as wheels etc) and have also sold these seperately to make some extra cash. I'd certainly do the same with your wheels.

These are just my thoughts (that worked for me). Good luck with the sale

Gutted for you that the one you thought was 'the one' wasn't, erm, the one.

Your car is out there, be patient and you'll soon be grinning behind the wheel of your very own Zed

I just drooled on my keyboard. Very nice

my set have an odd characteristic that they seem to exude white powder or crud from the rubber, which takes a bit if scraping to get off usually (and it keeps coming back).

Either that, or someone in your 'hood has seen how good the wipers are at scraping flat surfaces and are using them to make really long lines of coke! (Not the sugary drink variety) instead of the 'conventional' credit card method

At least they put them back when they're finished!

*NB. All drug use references are based on what I've seen in movies and not personal experience