Arran

What area do you live? Seems to be a lot of midlands I believe

Omfg! Can imagine the anger your feeling fella. I'd be absolutely livid, No insurance and hit and run, can't believe these bastards get away with it so easily. Hope you get it sorted and it looks even better than new

What? A ****?

Yes I know mine has been

So when you come to sell it on here, it's been run on 95 for 30k miles should be alright (maybe) but yeah super from now on mate, 99 if possible I'd say. I keep all the petrol receipts for mine (v power or momentum) so it's all documented, did that with my last car and the new owner said he's never seen such an anal enthusiast I mean keeping 3 and a half years of petrol receipts just to prove to the new owner it's was run on 99 how many would do that? Was about 4inches thick (ooh eer) of receipts

Thing with part worns is you don't know their history, would only use them as drift tyres if it was me. What's your budget? You doing all 4?

For the price thats inbetween budget and top level your better off buying vredstein ultrac sessantas, loads of dry drip with good wet grip and very well priced.

Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole imo they come under my term 'Chinese ditch finder' you get what you pay for in most instances I find

I used to use it when I had sitting water one the screen but the line it used to make pi**ed me off so off it went don't even think about using it now Do it!

Where'd you get the gear gaiter from? Looks great I want one

Thanks Mitz, glad you managed to get whiteline around and get them straight out would have been a real pain otherwise! Excellent bushes though really have improved the rear combined with the camber arms, drives amazing now. That's a bummer matt, at least it's not like a tenner a pot, will test it on one chip and see what it's like if its pants then il get out bodyshop guy to make some up from a sample

On the weekend i decided to go halfords and get the required grommets needed to delete the rear wiper, didnt pay a penny as i had some money left on a gift card, touch. Got home and followed the guide on here, ten minutes later it was done, not much effort needed at all for a much better end product imo looks so much cleaner with a wiper arm. Gave the beast a wash and Zaino Z8 tonight as the weather was good, anyone wanting a sealant that gives protection and a show stopping gloss thats so easy to apply should get some, honestly its the best stuff ive used for gloss and depth And in my true anal fashion after stripping all the boot plastics out the clean and protect them etc a few clips busted so had a genius idea of matching up some new BMW clips with rubber and cushion washers that sandwhich inbetween both contact points to stop any rattles etc wasnt rattling anyway but cant do any harm Also ordered some of that enamel humbrol #54 paint to touch two of the calipers up, apparently its a perfect match so for £2 its a no brainer just two little chips bugging the hell out of me so thats another thing to tick off the list Wheels will be getting done very soon, in need of doing i must say

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Can number 2 be taken off the list please, really can't stretch to it now as getting the car ready for Europe has taken all my budget

Sell those for a set of rays, they are so much nicer. Never been a fan of those on a Z, winter or track wheels maybe but they don't look 'special' enough for me imo Wheels and spacers with a couple other minor touches would make this stand out and look great, never seen a red one personally

Delete the rear wiper for a much cleaner look. Nice to see a red Z, I reckon a set of rays and Eibach spacers would set this off lovely.

Either driftworks flywheel or competition clutch I would go for

Would love to Jordan mate but can't spend that much on them now plus would need to be stripped and painted gold again

Balls I wanted these first time round

I'm sure the NGK platinums are what the manual/Nissan recommends and the Denso iridiums are what Alex sells as an upgrade. I'm pretty sure that's right would be good to get confirmation as the next service il be doing plugs. As for the 530, yes you should have left that behind quite easily.

I'm sure the plugs are meant to be denso iridiums, someone will be along shortly to confirm. Popcharger will just be sucking hot air in so that's losing a bit imo, best thing that's proven power wise for the DE engines are the 2006+ velocity stack mod and a decent panel filter (hks) in the stock airbox Id have it dyno'd just to see what the engine is running like as a whole

A 350Z is capable of keeping with a 46 M3, tbh I find the Z handles better than the M3, certainly out brakes it aswell I'd have yours checked over just incase, they take a while to get used to. Mine did but after the 'bedding in' period I've found it a fantastically rewarding car to drive and own

Seeing as they are for lhd, do you have to fit it all opposite or is it fitted the same as per the instructions. Just wondering as I'm sure in remember someone saying you had to fit it in reverse basically

Love it, had mine gloss black wrapped last weekend, getting the windows done soon with led rears, also removed the rear wiper today looks much better

Yet another update for the books, Whilst installing the HSD coilovers I noticed that the rear subframe diff bush was leaking its fluid so thought before i head of to stelvio pass and the nurburgring next month i need to get it sorted. I had the wheel allignment done a week before at Kaizer motors and was hoping Sly wouldnt tell me i needed adjustable camber arms/bolts, but after adjusting the fronts back to normal (even when lowered around 1" or more, so you dont need front camber arms like most believe when lowering the front that much) the rear wouldnt go back beyond 2.5 degress of camber it was at 3.5! So that only meant one thing after talking to Sly about doing the whole lot in one hit, and that was to get on the phone to Mitz at Cougar Store (Again fantastic service from these guys, if anyone does need anything fast and at the best price on the market these guys cant really be beaten imo) to order the Whiteline rear subframe kit and Eibach adjustable camber arms and toe bolts. Booked in with Sly to have it all done and alligned again, Always done alot of research about places before ive taken any of my cars in for work, had a recommendation from Jordan (Smudgedon) that Sly was the man for the work. Certainly proved a great choice as all the work was done perfectly and at a more than competitive price, If anyone needs anywork done no matter what it is I do urge you to get in contact with Kaizer to see what Sly can do, really pleased ive found somewhere i can go to if i need something done thats out of my abillity, Thanks Sly So heres some snaps of it all The car feels so much better to drive now, the coilovers have settled in and ive found a perfect damping setting for handling and comfort. The allignment is spot on so it holds the road perfect and the Whiteline kit has made a nice difference to the way the car shoots out of corners and accelerates as theres very little movement at the back end now, also the gearchange has got a little smoother so thats a bonus! All in all for such an unexpected big bill the car is alot better for it and the handling is unbelievable on it now really happy with it, just aswell for all the money its cost Not long now to the trip, all thats left to do before i go is change the oil, fit rear braided brake and clutch lines, bleed brakes and clutch out with Ate superblue, fit another new rear tyre to match the Conti Sport 3 ive had fitted today (wanted to try MPSS but have Conti's on the front and only needed one rear tyre so will get the MPSS next time round) now one has 8mm and the other 4mm may aswell get another match So updates coming thick and fast, going to debadge the 350Z and delete the rear wiper this weekend to Cheers Arran