Scully

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750miles all of them worth it! Just EPIC

Did a couple of Evo triangle runs this morning in the sunshine, awesome! There was a massive jump up in the police presence on the roads today, we kept it sensible though... Just

Big thanks to all!

Don't forget tomorrow morning as well! Haha

Just realised, the Moreton isn't actually in Wales! Nor the premier inn!

I hope there is a huge sign on the road for the boarder!

A little excited

Am I doing something wrong? opening the links on my laptop is fine. Great I thought... all the routes are there.

Open the links on my iphone, google maps opens (all going to plan) but the routes never show up just shows my current location. Doesn't even look like I can enter a route in manually to have waypoints, just A to B

Stupid iCrap

I didn't receive an email on the 20th either, last one was 19th

saw this about an hour ago on one of may "buy another zed moments"

just read through this thread - would have loved to have seen that FB post

Thanks for the comments guys,

I did it in four stages, so times include dismantling and rebuilding the relevant parts and are rough as I wasn't clock watching:

Main dials about 3hrs

Climate controls 2.5hrs (changing the pointer colour is pretty delicate)

Centre triple guage 1.5hrs

Window switches , cup holders & steering wheel maybe 1.5hrs

Will, do you mean can I switch between 256million colours like the mustangs? Unfortunately not ha

It's pretty straight forward as long as you have a steady hand! The guide is pretty comprehensive on my350z.com

Nice! Just completed mine as well. Looks good

Really happy with the outcome, and in time for Wales too!

I went for a new dial design and white lettering and as red/magenta pointers and needles.

Just need to get a new head unit now.

1 brillomaster

2 ChrisBroughton

3 mattross1313

4 iainp

5 shire350Z

6 naz2k5

7 Jaz 350z ~ 4 - Food

8 Vlad

9 steve916 – Food x 1

10 davedutch +1 – Food x 2

11 ZEUS

12 Shane Brede

13 Ken

14 kbeast35

15 slipstream

16 Baidan

17 gangzoom

18 cyberfella = 1 – Food x 2

19 Nicholas Hollingsworth

20 Craigward + 1 – Food x 2

21 Michelle

22 RVSV2824

23 Scully - Food

Ford Fiesta Zetec S TDCi

Custom OTT stripes

Side GT stripes

Painted front grill surround

Painted rear ST valence

Jap Can fart box exhaust

Lowered on Eibach's

20mm spacers each side on the rear

Goodyear eagle F1 rubber with painted lettering

Mapped to 115bhp & 200ftlb @ RS Tuning

Little clip

ERZ HFC's, japspeed Y and non res cobra

I will be making my own funny one to stick in, probably a joke about tax haha

I work in Hornsey but get the train to work and I'm on nights this week, I was considering driving in on Thursday though. But I'll Let you know.

Will have HFC's, y-pipe, non res cobra

What part if London?

My +1 is Liene pronounced Lee-ena before anyone gets it wrong.

And because he's lazy

Roscoe's +1 is Lauren

Will there be any point at which all of us are driving together as one epic convoy?

1. glrnet+1 £28.40 Blackbery Tart & Brulee

2. JZA70 +1 £28.40

3. The bounty bar kid +1 £28.40 (Brownie & Trifle - both for me anyways )

4. M13KYF £14.20

5. Toothy +1 £28.40

6. Ken £14.20

7. 14N £14.20

8. Bockaaarck + 1 £28.40

9. Andyvvc +1 £28.40

10. davedutch +1 £28.40

11. Gudzy +1 £28.40 - Brownie x2

12. Screamer +1 £28.40

13. Ebized +1 £28.40 puds = 1 x WCB + 1 x VCB

14. Andy James + 1 £28.40

15. Spursmaddave + 1 £28.40

16. gort + 1 £28.40

17. 350zedd + 1 £28.40 Warm Chocolate Brownie & Chocolate Sauce X 2

18.SHEZZA + 1 £28.40

19. Mrs Buster + Buster £28.40 Lemon Blackberry Tart & Choc Brownie

20. Humpy +1 £28.40 - Warm Chocolate Brownie & Chocolate Sauce X 2

21. jjt £14.20

22. Paddy78 +1 £28.40 Lemon & Blackberry Tart x 2

23. Sharpen +1 £28.40 Veg x1 WCB x2

24. Rickdon +1 £28.40

25. Wizurd £14.20 Warm Chocolate Brownie & Chocolate Sauce

26. Roscoe +1 £28.40 vanilla Creme brûlée with shortbread + warm chocolate brownie & chocolate sauce

27. Scully +1 £28.40 creme brûlée x2

28.

1. How far you drive per day on average as part of your job - 0

2. What do you drive, what do you do - 350z/206cc

3. Best bit of about driving - Adrenaline

4. Worst bits - traffic

5. Do you have admin to complete with your job - yes

6. How many times do you fill up per week - 0.25 a tank a every 4

7. Where else do you stop off during the day apart from a petrol station - photographic opportunities

8. Do you use the same place - yes

9. Is filling up a pain - no

10. What is the biggest pain about filling up - traffic

11. Do you use BP, and if so what makes you come back - the ultimate and M&S

12. What would make you use BP more - using a reward system that isnt nectar points

13. What petrol station brand do you use most - BP

success!

and before anyone says I know the red LED on the left is smaller, its because I melted the original. The intensity looks the same though so I'll see if its noticeable through the needles when back together - the different angles on that LED shouldn't have much effect when just lighting up the needle.

cheers for your input guys

What soldering iron are you using.

I got a digital temperature controlled solder station for mine which was about £50 but ensured i diddnt burn out the leds.

When you move onto the leds near to the tacho and speedo you must make sure you have a very short heat cycle next to the shafts as you can damage them easily.

If you want some clear needles to play about wiith to change the needle colours then PM me I bought extra from the ststes when I did mine.

its only a cheap maplins one like the ones back in school. it turns on, gets hot, and melts stuff! I've adjusted my technique accordingly though.

got the new meter, really helping... always meant to get one.

its allowed me to bin half a dozen LED's, but my polarities were all good so I'm going to put it down to being to heavy handed with heat like you said.

ill let you know how i get on

Hmm, it's been a few too many years for me to remember exactly which pads do what. But you need to look at the orientation of them before they come off, you can use a multimeter set to continuity to test the LED polarity. The multimeter sends out a very low current that will very dimly light up the LED if the correct polarity is found.

 

So, check the polarity of the LED (and which pads to use) before you take it off of the board by touching combinations of pins with the multimeter, once it lights you know you found the right ones, mark them up with a pen. Then check the polarity of your new LED's, once you find the right way round, pop them on.

 

What I would say, is that it is very easy to overheat them, best to get some proper flux, dip the LED in it then touch it onto the tinned iron. it'll wick up the solder nicely, make sure the board pads are nice and clean and put the two together.

checks for the quick reply, going to pop to maplins to get a new multi meter

would you suggest testing whilst the board is connected to the car? some of the LED's work in pairs in series as well which i can image meaning probing over the both of them

I'm working my way through the conversion and its all going well

completed the window switches, cup holders and the climate gages.

start on the centre triple gauge and hit a road block

the original LED's have 4 contacts 1 pos and 3 neg, the guide says that just the top pair of contacts should be used (because the new LED's have 2 contacts). I know I'm getting the polarity correct but they are just not lighting up. when I put the original LED's back in they work again.

Tried a few LED's now just in case one was dead but still no luck...

should I try and soulder all the negative contacts on the board to make one big negative? i havent tried that yet as im not sure how the current passes through the original contacts, whether all negs are equal or not