Louisa911

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Thinking of leaving us Lou?

I'm having to have serious words with myself! Having to rely on my boyfriend and mates for transportation regarding my two main hobbies (biking and surfing) is taking its toll and not having the practicality of a van means I'm going out on the bike once a fortnight rather than several times a week like I used to. Its such a difficult decision! Don't worry, I'll announce officially on here and of course put my beloved Zed up available for fellow members to buy on here before if I do come to any particular decisions

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Thanks for that, will try upload a picture this evening if I get chance At work at the moment so will update when i get home. There are the usual orange scratches which would be nice to get sorted too, shame having something like that putting a downer on an otherwise very clean car!

Be good to hear your expert opinion before I go hunting down another seat.

Can you keep me in the loop Louisa?

I will see if I can source a drivers seat an restore it for you then we can just swap it over.

I ill then take your seat and repair it if I can.

The seats are infact a frame with swabbing on then a 2 piece cover placed over it.

I am trying to remember what it looked like, but I am sure repairing is not the issue.

More like getting it to me.

Stick a picture up on here when you get time?

If we were on a meet I would get it done on the day provided someone kept the sunlight off my back!

The black ones were keysers and they sold about 30 mins after I restored them at the Zed shed a few weeks ago.

Dont go spending out or listening to reupholsterers who say they cant match the colour?

I did a blown airbag panel in a seat by having it repaired in black and colouring it Anthracite myself.

Cheers, shall keep an eye out on here and ebay. Might be worth messaging breakers etc too. Fingers crossed! Can't afford anything for a month or two until after this holiday so will keep you all updated.

Took my car over to see this chap - unfortunately he didn't seem too keen on doing it, and said it'd be a tricky job to do as well as matching the orange stitching and leather colour etc.... seemed a bit concerned about taking my seat in bits. He said it'd cost me a small fortune if he went ahead with it anyway. So yeah.... once I get back from my Alps trip mid August I'll be on the lookout for a new to me seat! If anyone has one and would consider saving it for me, that would be amazing. Otherwise will start my hunt when i get back

I'm sure somebody will come along soon with a guesstimation! Anybody? Haha. If its over the £120 region it'd have to be new 2nd hand seat option I think. They go for something around that mark don't they? Two on ebay at the moment bid only... end in 4 hours and the bidding its at £205 but not reached their reserve, whatever that is. If you are that seller, please split and I'll buy the drivers one off you

I will see what this chap quotes me... will be interesting to see. I can imagine the stitching down that side being a bit of a pain but you never know! If I get a silly quote then the hunt will definitely be on for a new seat. Thanks guys

Cheers for the offer Dave but unfortunately you're the other side of the country to me

I had a chat with Pete when I first bought the car 5 months ago (the tears had only just started to form) who suggested a retrim might be the only option and its quite a lengthy job with labour. Now they've started splitting a bit more, I think it will have to be a case of new leather panel or new seat unfortunately.

Hey guys

Just weighing up my options regarding the bolster on my drivers side black leather seat. Its suffering from the usual wear, scratched quite a bit and one or two of these scratches have now torn right through to the foam. Bummer.

I've called a chap who lives 10 mins away from me, who restores interior trim and upholsters mainly classic buses and stuff like that. He's said he will take a look at it when I get chance to take it over... however he asked if there was a lot of stitching or not, and seemed to stress that the seat would need removing and the cover taking off (of course...?) which made me imagine it might be rather expensive to get this repaired. Will take it over anyway next week and see what he says.

Otherwise, the only option must be sourcing a better condition second hand seat. Does anybody have one laying around they would be looking to sell? Only cloth ones on ebay.

If anybody wants to take a guess at the repair cost too, please do... might soften the blow a bit!

Happy to hear any opinions or ideas on this subject... I can't stand having something damaged but not exactly drowning in cash at the moment either

Cheers

Lou

Welcome! Not far from me, I'm near Kirkby Lonsdale. Enjoy

This looks great! Sold me on the idea! but think I'll have to either re-paint the roof of mine in GM first and then apply the wrap, or paint it black to get rid of that tiny corrosion spot. At least my desire to change the roof colour means I have to get that bit sorted anyway Great job they've done there!

Welcome! How far North West? I'm around the South Lakes / North West Yorkshire if you're anywhere nearby

Spotted a black '56 plate 350z with dark anthracite Rays this weekend, came and parked in the main car park in Saltburn by the sea yesterday around 10:30am! Noticed a Pistonheads sticker on the back bumper too, so will surely have chatted with you on either of the forums I was in the light blue T5 van with some surfboards.

Sorry guys gonna have to pull the plug on this - wanted a lip for ages but the timing has fallen wrong for me, got so much to pay for our biking trip to the Alps and have just bought a surfboard so won't be any spare cash for a few months.

Updated list:

1. Downhuman facelift/carbon

2. Arran prefacelift/carbon

3. sx Dave prefacelift/carbon

4. Hennerz prefacelift/FRP

5. Kyler prefacelift/Carbon

6. Kyte350 facelift/????

7. Bobbyheinz facelift/ carbon

8. Squanchy pre facelift/ carbon

9. Ceejay29 Pre-facelift / Carbon

10. Payco facelift / carbon

11. s1an1de facelift/carbon

12. Mattross1313 pre-facelift/FRP

13. dan-bourne facelift/frp

14. StevoD pre-facelft/frp

15. FxN facelift/carbon

16. Notfub pre-facelift/carbon

17. brummiestormer facelift/both

18. Aidan pre-facelift /frp lip

19. Parsnip pre-facelift/carbon

20. Scottyd preface lift /carbon

21. MartynB85 Pre-Facelift / Carbon

22. Fluke Pre-Facelift/frp

No chance of postage on the spacers? I'll have them if you would post! Finally see a set for sale in time but live too far away!

How does this compare to the OEM exhaust and to the scorpion system?

Hello and welcome! Looks great, glad to hear you're enjoying it

Thats pretty much the colour I'm after! The shade of gunmetal the 350z seems to have is a tricky one.... sometimes it looks to have a slight purply tint and other times a more blue tint! Reckon when I get some spare cash I might just go for it and see.

I'd also be interested in the cubby where the satnav usually is - mine's a non-satnav model and my cubby door is quite scratched. If its not already gone, PM me a price!

Reckon you'd get a lot of hassle and abuse from it.... worth it? I reckon it'd look a bit tacky to be honest! I know if I saw a nice Zed like yours, my admiration would be obliterated if I saw a pic like that plastered down the side! Just my 2p

Hi and welcome!

Hello and welcome! Looking forward to seeing some pics

Looks great

Hi and welcome! Nice colour too. (behind gunmetal of course....)

Thanks for the responses guys- will go through it with him and see what he thinks is the best solution. Have ordered one of those leads just in case! Thanks!