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Latest update on engine bay UHT Wrinkle Plus finish on the upper plenum Gold heat tape Some carbon

Possibly, but there is no visible join on the plastic, you can see when the airbag is removed from behind the airbag "door" is split in the middle, so if it can break the thin plastic, i would be pretty sure it will tear some flimsy thin fabric, or just rip the whole lot off.

Some engine bay tidying but happy as it is apart from the things to do when money allows, bonnet & 370z side repeaters and some small superficial changes. Spent too long modifying Rx7's and you end up with something your always working on and never driving

Only whats listed in the spec

This is the pain of it all, no cel light so no fault code, so just trying to put myself in the right ballpark to start the process of elimination. The only thing that throws a spanner in the works for me is the vvti as i presume if this isnt functioning correctly it could give these symptoms? It does also appear worse under load, i.e i am climbing a hill from slow speeds or pull out onto a gradient, or the lack of power is just amplified because of the gradient. Thanks for your thoughts gents, where would you start if you were in my position, sadly cant test the timing as its integrated coil/plugs.

I keep looking but found it by chance, use key words, like self adhesive, suede style, seem to remember something like that.

I did think of this, would it send a varying signal though, if it detected knocking (which the car isnt), would it say, ah its not so bad retard the ignition by x amount or simply just send a signal to the ecu to say its detecting knock, retard the ignition?

Consul out and then you can get the two plastic dash trims out to the left and right (airbag to the left and behind instruments to the right), the instruments need removing obviously.

Sorry should have added, swapped the vvti solenoid for a new one and fuel pressure checked out fine. I have pretty much gone through everything at my mates garage. Bar just swapping sensors i am lost. The only reason i made the assumption of timing is the varying degrees to which it does or doesnt want to perform, i.e its not just good or bad, it can be anything in between.

Maybe some engine gurus might be able to add some thought. I have a daily Toyota Bb, its basically a 1.5vvti Yaris engine. When pulling away its flat as a pancake mostly until the revs rise, on occasion its fine on other occasions its somewhere in between. I am guessing or presuming the timing is being retarded. It is not running rough or hesitating, just varying degrees of flatness, on brief occasions its fine. I have checked and swapped the obvious maf sensor, no change, fuelling via lamda checked, all fine, plugs changed, even ran without an exhaust to check for blocked cat/ehaust, no change. Apart from ecu, what sensors on a car would send a signal of varying degrees to the ecu to retard the ignition? Or could it be vvti at fault. P.s No engine light and no codes.

Done a similar thing but the other way round in my build thread below. Personally think the above highlights the plasticky interior more, a lovely trimmed centre consul and then two massive slabs of plastic either side. http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/84921-best-of-both-worlds/

I generally dont drive in the wet as the zed is a weekend car, but was out the other weekend in some heavy rain for 2 days solid and they seemed ok, maybe that view would change if i had to have stopped quickly. As mentioned if this was my only set of wheels and i would want something better, but for normal driving, they do what i need of them.

Currently running Nankangs NS2's and for the price i am pretty pleased, more than enough grip for road use imho. I have a set of track wheels so not bothered about something better for the road or something i would need extra grip from on track, if you find the limits on the road with Nankangs, i would say your driving like a c**k or are ham footed with your right peddle. If i wanted something that offered more grip as you liked the odd track day or a very very spirited drive i would go for Eagle F1's.

If i quote, that is the price, if it takes me more or less time. I have done jobs which have taken a week longer and if its my error in pricing, i suck it up, if a situation arises where something doesnt allow me to do the work i priced for, i immediately inform the client something unexpected was found which isnt in the pricing, i.e last year i did a job and we found asbestos, work had to stop and it be removed, there was no way i could allow for that within a price, sometimes you just cant cover all eventualities or you would never get any work. Most clients in those situations are very reasonable and understanding and realise its not something i could have predicted. However, if its something i should have realised myself, again, i stump up as consider it unprofessional that i had not made an allowance for it. The building game is not a precise art and sometimes you never know what you may find that someone else has done previously. I personally dont like working day rates for the very reasons in my first post, people want their pound of flesh, irrespective of how much work you have done, i might do 1.5 times as much as another guy in a day, we are not all the same pace, but their mentality in some cases is all they want to see you do is an 8 hour day, they dont consider what was achieved. I have actually been called by a friend saying, i want my offices painted whats your day rate, "x", ah but i can get him for "x" (less), my response is, use him then. Its not an level playing field, but the ££££ does mysterious things to people

I did try and make her realise that I physically couldnt do anything else on those days as I had to wait for this or that to dry and it is the nature of the beast and in essence still had to allow a day at the job. Its a no win situation, i would feel guilty if i had just sculked around pretending to have something to do until 5 or dragged the day out. Anyway, back to the old format, signed quote returned.

I hate to say it, but the only issues i have ever had on site is with women

The only reason i mentioned the price on this job was my rates have just gone up and this particular customer previously paid my old rate, so felt i should mention my new daily rate, so as to explain how it gets to "x". So question for mrt, if your hedge cutting dude said its £30 per hour + waste removal and will take 6 hours, would you still have used him?

Exactly, one of the reasons for going self employed was because it encouraged me to work hard, when i was employed i was paid the same regardless of how much work i did in a day or week. Some weeks were busy, some easy, you took the rough with the smooth. I felt being self employed i was in the power of my own destiny, if i work hard i would reap the rewards so it aggrieves me when a customer preaches about the principals of the length of the day, not what you have achieved in that day!! I vividly remember clocking in and out of work, didnt realise it was the same when you were self employed....

The worse thing to me is, she even said, i reckon it will take about a week..... The situation is complicated so sadly cant tell her what i think, it will come round to bite her in the end though, that is the only consolation. A figure was settled on because of the surrounding complications (friend of a friend)

Views welcome: I am self employed and have been fortunate enough not to have had many issues when it comes to payment for jobs, a few incidents over time, but have got myself quite wound up today. A friend of a friend who i have previously done work for contacted me about a job they wanted doing, i went round to see what they wanted, they went through it, even said, i reckon it will take you a about week, i agreed, said i charge "x" a day so plus materials it will be "x", fine, when can you start. So went in this week, got the job done, a couple of days finished at 4 as waiting for things to dry, filler, coat of paint etc, today comes and money is discussed, so what do i owe you, "x" was the reply, ah, but not very happy with that as you didnt do a full days work on Monday & Wednesday........I explained i got to a point where i physically had nothing more i could do in the day as was waiting for things to dry etc and its still primarily a days work and perhaps i just worked quicker than someone else etc etc I understand, but you havent done a full days work.........a day is 9 - 5. I tried explaining again, i mentioned that they were happy at the overall price and felt like i was being punished for working hard, but you havent done a full days work, so i am not paying you for 5 full days! OK, lessons learnt, if ever i am not sure about a customer i usually get a signed quote returned that they agree to the price, on this occasion and i have had no problems before hand i didnt feel it necessary. My thoughts: What would that customer have said if it taken a day longer and i wanted an extra "£x"? Was i working an hourly rate? Do you go to Tescos, buy your food, go back the next day and say, i loved your steak, but i was getting what i thought i was, i want a refund?

The range they do is stunning, but not its not cheap as paint goes Would love to see the outcome if you go down that route!

If your looking for something really eye catching, plumb for a house of kolor kandy base or shimrin pearl. They do an awesome purple which I had my Volks in or if you want something more red, check out their colour, brandywine

Such a shame Cal crashed out but, made up for Brad, was welling up myself, its great to see it means so much to these boys Would be great to see them both on a full factory ride!!

Well that was eventful, not sure i have ever seen so many world class riders loosing the front without any warning. Was it the tyre or track? Also not sure if anyone caught the brief interview with Stoner and they mentioned testing and coming back, not in this lifetime was the reply.........I wonder if it will be a different story if he is on the pace when he tests??

Seems the days of rally reps are well and truly over, i am sure i read the other day Mitsubishi have no intention of any more Evos Gt86 was a good effort to grab a little bit of a fun focussed car back, but for me, it just seemed too expensive and they perhaps over estimated the amount of people that did actually want a fine handling, na, rwd car. Lets hope they release the FT1/Supra and put something sensible in it and most importantly of all, its well priced as if it looks anything like the below and has some performance it will sell by the bucket load. I would take that any day over a GTR if it was the same money and even if it was not as quick