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I had them fail quite close together, something like 185k and 192k. You never know if me adding spacers to the car had an adverse effect. Or that I swap between summer and winter wheels. But no problems since replacement.

I would like the wheels...pm sent now. Massive dibs!,

do i remember rightly in someone saying that you can just dab it with a sharpie pen to do a good cover up???

my memory doesn't always work though!

So I broke my nuts....

My OEM boot divider was removed so i could carry a larger item. Problem was, i left my brackets attached to the strut. Cue my item hitting them and breaking both captive nuts hidden in the strut. The divider is fine, brackets, fixings all good...i just can't screw them into anything! Expect it on sale shortly.

So I knew that one of Ian's push fit solutions would be my best long term fix, and fortunately SUPRAWOOKIE came to the rescue as he was selling one.

It arrived last Friday and last night I got to fitting it

and the obligatory fitting shots

I then went about removing my boot weight...something i've been meaning to do since I had my spoiler fitted. No photos as it was already dark but i'm sure you all know what that looks like! The good news is that my boot pops with one press again and my boot doesn't try to eat me after i let go.

I'm determined to get my head unit inststalled next as her 200K bday present....did I mention that much yet???

I am going to do a big for sale thread soon. All of the items in the very first post will be up for grabs

Back in 2012 I made the following post originally here http://www.350z-uk.c...ine-power-test/

Now when I got my 350 in with all the history and handbooks I had reprints of magazine articles from Japanese Performance and Autocar.

 

The Autocar roadtest had figures for acceleration in gears which you probably all know ( ) but I'll write them anyway

 

mph	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd
20-40	9.4	6.6	4.6	3.6	2.4
30-50	8.6	6.0	4.4	3.4	2.4
40-60	8.4	58	4.4	3.2	2.4
50-70	8.2	5.6	4.4	3.2	
60-80	8.4	5.8	4.4	3.4	
70-90	9.0	6.2	4.6		
80-100	9.6	6.4	5.0		
90-110		 6.6			

 

After clearing my CEL and reading the thread about the Rolling Road day and how dissapointed you can be on actual hp, I took the car out for a spin and thought I'd test my time in 4th from 40-60. 4th gear seemed the best choice given how uniform the 4th gear times are and would balance out any inacuracy in my speedo as it wouldn't matter if I was going 38-58 as it should still be 4.4

 

I used the onboard stopwatch to take readings as it is only 2 presses.

 

I did 6 runs in total, 3 first were with my windows down and 3 with them up

 

4.65

4.63

4.67

 

4.42

4.44

4.45

 

Now I appreciate that there is alot of scope for tenths to be innacurate due to reaction times/road levels but that is what I got watching the speedo go up in a 20 mile per hour increment.

 

Now, I'm really pleased with that result given the 174K miles my 04 has done and it is due its service...I was imagining far worse figures given that the figures would've come from a brand spanking new car.

 

I was wondering what you guys get especially those of you who have dyno results.

 

EDIT: Improve table layout

The autocar test is a nice an easy way to test as you take wheelspin out of the equation for the most part and is (fairly) safe to do on a straight road without taking your eyes off the road and you don't have to change gear

Issues have been relatively minor for me. Couple of wheel bearings replacements but nothing you would claim of being as high mileage related. Just normal wear. My drivers seat is probably the biggest giveaway

Of course there is an increase of oil consumption and so I have increased viscosity to compensate for it a little after a recommendation from Opie Oils. I would say my consumption is around 1l pe thousand miles. The I like to think of it as that i'm always running clean oil!

As they always say, you can never over maintain a car.

With regards to performance, I have never had a problem keeping up with other zeds at the meets. I still can do an in gear 4th test of 20 mph intervals in 4.4 seconds.

No idea what that would relate to in terms of horses lost. If anyone wants to give me free dyno time to find out, shout out!

The good news is that now I can stop watching the mileage as I drive. The West Midlands will be safer now

Spotted on the way towards J9 coming out of a side street, he caught up with me by the time we got to the Broadway.

We overtook a ( unbelievably slow) car together before a wave and goodbye

That A is for Awesome!

Last night as I reversed onto my drive, she ticked over

Happy 200kday to my Zed...i will buy her a cake and possibly give her good wash to celebrate

What a car...

I'll take it off you...just broken my original nissan one.

Didn't know there was an OEM one...?

Quite rare and quite rubbish! I will sell it shortly as the divider itself isn't broken. I had it out of the car so that I could transport a larger item.

problem was I left the bolt and bracket that it connects with into the captive nut, my item hit that and snapped the captive nut somewhere into my rear strut!

So all the fixings and brackets are intact, it is my car that is broken.

So i knew at that point a push fit solution would be my only option as the concept of stripping my rear strut and welding a nut backinto place really wasn't going to be worth the effort. Plus I knew how good Ian's dividers are when I saw the first ones he was making for himself.

I'll take it off you...just broken my original nissan one.

Wow some of the shots here are amazing. We decided to get a new camera for our trip to Silverstone F1, nothing too fancy but a Panasonic DMC-FZ72 and i'm still getting used to it. I'm not really up to speed with full editing of photos yet. Simple photoshopping I can do but really editing photos to make them better is something I need to do a lot more reading up on.

Here are a couple of shots i've taken that i'm fond of, Red Arrows at Silverstone and some Lake District. I'm not at your guys standard but hope to improve with time. All hand held, as I'd forgotten my tripod, doh!

The trick is having the correct rear end to suit them. I have the other variant of Depo lights, mine are angular, which is why i paired them up with a wider wing and the spats to keep the look consistent, (shameless photo moment).

For the curvy, rounded lights then i think a different approach is needed, you would want a softer rear end to make it look right perhaps like this pink beast if you then took the stock spoiler off to make it a proper bubble butt

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scared me to death when it happened....though I had a massive engine failure. I drove to a restaurant in daylight - no issues, then the drama started on the return drive home at night. took me a day to figure

ditto on rear lights..i had a short there when putting mine in...exactly same issue

I could detect it by turning my lights off....engine back to normal then instantly...damn the dark nights

Just spotted this on the segment about the Smart motorways...a simulation. Something tells me that someone has been racing on their simulator!

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Zed tyres yO! These Avon's are meant to be decent

I hope so, so far not ended in a ditch yet!

But yes, they feel good so far and it isn't like they are a budget tyre. I'll be interested in grip and wear rate as they age

what's this...2 posts in 1 night!

Well yes, I have also had my tints and roof wrapped ... yay!

A fellow golfer at my club put me touch with two local Darlaston lads who had done his work for him. A few phone calls later and two appointments were set

So first of all I popped down to Matthew Brumwell's lockup for a little tinting application.

He did a tremendous job on the car, if anyone needs anything doing in this way

Prep prep prep and an epic concentration face

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After freehand scalple work it was time to peel, lift and get it onto the glass

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The only way to reach the window is to take a seat

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Rear glass done

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Onto the rears

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After that I travelled to Lukes Wraps who could squeeze me some time on his drive way.

First off was to clean all of the rubbish off my roof...which was considerable.

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Luke waxed it to death to get rid of tree sap i had stuck to the roof and worked his magic while I had a pint...tough work!

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But then hey presto, one wrapped roof!

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Absolutely thrilled with the results and would recommend the pair of them for any of this work you need. Matt is available on 07584079600 and Luke 07714632216

So, the obligatory shots I mentioned

First off...Popcharger

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As always, the honest look of a near 200k engine bay!

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And my new Knob, feels great in the hand!

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Now onto some other items. I needed two new front tyres and so I have gone for a different tyre than I normally would

Avon ZZ5 tyres, I must say I was surprised to find the sidewall pattern...kinda suits the car and was unexpected

I'll let you know how I find them but after 300-400 miles on them I can say the they are holding up very well for grip. I will need the rear Potenzas swapping soon so will have a matching across the car which will give me a clearer idea.

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My wife and I will be there. Just deciding on whether or not to book the hotel as we are only 1 hr away.

although...if i stay...I can drink ...and If i can drink then people can buy me a birthday drink for the 19th How many are going??? I may need to book more than 1 night to sober up!

Well I now have a JWT popcharger installed and my new Tomei Duracon gearknob (both thanks to PaulJames90) . Does mean I will have my neo chrome for sale shortly I think.

I will add some obligatory shots of an air intake that we have all seen before, and my knob..fnur fnur.

My tints and wrap are almost done...as in I have almost made a booking

I'll take the pop charger an the gearknob please

Hi folks, been a while!

Reference. D89136615

Paid up and excited.

I came into this thread with £20, I see no reason to change it. Great spirit from everyone.