Louisa911

They can be replaced.

They all get scrapped and it tends to be the 1st thing to get rubbed b4 the bumper.

I left mine off when I got an aftermarket front bumper put on.

But answer to your question is yes they can most definately be replaced.

Cheers will bear this in mind. Guess it won't be an issue if I get a front lip sorted soon.... That and bumper touchup / black roof to come next I think! Or maybe spacers.... argh decisions!

Thanks chaps!

I've never looked closely, but after looking at todays pics, I'm slightly irritated at how scuffed the bottom strip of black plastic is on the very underside of the front bumper. Been scraped on lots of rocks and kerbs in its time probably! Can these be replaced or is it whole new bumper job? Never looked at how they fit.

Overspray was dead easy. just need to seperate it from the bit you need to stay stuck down by slicing it wirh a stanley blade. Then pick a corner up and it either peels off up to the slice like elastic, or you can rub it off with finger if too thin to pull off in a solid layer. a lot easier than anticipated.

As for the tyres, i think just the usual profile Vredestein Ultracs! Will be changing these soon for the Supersports to match the new rears.

Also forgot to mention my other mod, a nice orange metal Richbrook tax disk holder to match the Brembos! Reminds me... tax is due on tuesday

Thought I'd make the most of the sunshine we had this morning and borrowed a friend's garage!

Thanks to David I had a can of plastidip waiting ready for some decent weather, and also some chromey stuff I wanted to have a go with. (will come into that later...)

First job, thanks to lots of advice from a few lovely members on here, was to mask it off roughly. I had also rubbed the lip down with some degreaser to remove any wax etc. I didn't bother going right up to the edges with the masking as I'd been informed it rubbed off pretty easy if there was any excess overspray, and figured it'd make trimming the edges later on a bit easier.

All masked off and ready to go. Was 2 degrees outside or something silly so had a mini heater on for a little while to warm it up to room temp first:

After three mist coats it looked like this:

And just after spraying the 6th coat. Advice for anyone wanting to do this, some big drips seemed to come out of the can despite shaking for over a minute and then regularly between coats- looks awful after applying but if left to air dry slowly it settles and flattens down nicely and smoothly whilst drying:

The finished result outside:

Now moving onto some chrome trim strip, like that stuff you can buy to protect door edges etc. I bought 3m of it off ebay pretty cheap- its horrible to work with as keeps closing up and wants to bend into random shapes (probably be easier on a hot day) and could only find applying a full length strip of number plate foam tape along the front edge of the grill slat and pressing it on and around it would make it stick properly. Again, warm day probably be better! Didn't want to glue it incase all went awfully wrong or I got bored of it.

Had seen a couple of cars on here that had all the grill slats chromed with this trim, but wasn't too keen on the amount of bling, I'm not really a chrome fan. But to fill the large black void space I'd just created on the front of my car, I'd wondered if just one central strip would look good. Gave it a go and I think it works well, nice and subtle.

What do you reckon?

Only got this closeup shot, hadn't quite finished when I took it. Afterwards I trimmed the edges of the chrome trim into an angle rather than having a square edge like you can see here:

The final result! Gave her a good wash after this and a spray over with detail spray. Managed the 7 mile trip home without getting any chips or marks after 3 hours of drying time. Overall quite happy with todays progress!

Thanks

Lou

Welcome, looks cool!

Very nice clean car there! I've recently bought mine but not brave enough to start a project thread.

 

Same colour as yours and already has a black roof and wheels, I'll find the pictures if you need an idea what it might look like on yours?

 

I opted for the Scorpion exhaust as it fills out the bumper better than the Cobra IMO

Be interesting to see a black roof on a gunmetal, cheers!

Regarding the front lip I think I'll go for one of RT's which are hopefully going into production soon, made my mind up this morning! Think they look nice and subtle as I can't afford any big skirts to fill the sides out to match anything like the Nismo ones!

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This beastie... Bought as an ex builders van totally standard. Just got the R+R bed and cabinets fitted. Your profile pic looks like a lovely example!

Very nice Wish we had room for a Zed and the Bus but alas no triple garage and my missus cant afford to run a Zed as a daily driver. Sounds like you've done the same as with have with the van, ours came with a RIB R&R bed, lined and windows. Did the rest of the conversion myself, including fitting unit, gas (with locker), TV, swivel seat, etc. List is endless, I can see how it can be taking all your fella's money

Just had a quick browse through your bus thread, looks amazing! Nice work! Its crazy.... ours has already claimed about £4k on windows, body colouring, alloys and interior. In fact I think the only thing still the same as when he bought it are the roof bars which came with it... they quite suit it, and handy for the surfboards

Looks great - I have a soft spot for largely unfettled Zeds

 

Just tap your man for money, I thought that was how it worked?

 

Great photos btw.

 

He's pouring all his cash into the VW van conversion more of a money pit for finding all sorts of shiny and pretty things than mine will ever be!

What's he converting?

This beastie... Bought as an ex builders van totally standard. Just got the R+R bed and cabinets fitted. Your profile pic looks like a lovely example!

Answer to most of those will be in here

http://www.350z-uk.c...tential-buyers/

Just buy one, you won't regret it! (but make sure you pop premium in the tank )

Tax is almost £200 cheaper on the pre-2006 ones at £270 a year (iirc)

Fuel isn't too bad... my trip shows 22 mpg usually. And I do lots of short trips too!

Other plans I hope to carry out this year/next year:

-Either respray the Rays or buy new alloys (thinking Bronze... or some mad colour?)

-Bose iPod hack (got the bits, just need to arrange the assistance from a kind friend!)

-Cobra system

-Wheel spacers

-Repair slight tear / wear in drivers seat bolster

-Gloss black roof?

-Rear window, slightly darker tint

-Stillen front lip

-few interior scratches on the plastics - just small niggles

Hope to achieve at least half of those this year.... but typical i chose to take up expensive hobbies too

Just tap your man for money, I thought that was how it worked?

 

Great photos btw.

He's pouring all his cash into the VW van conversion more of a money pit for finding all sorts of shiny and pretty things than mine will ever be!

Amended!

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Ha, I might see how this itch goes before I treat it, need deeper pockets than I actually have but I'm sure it'll be rewarding

Also seems to help if you add someone else as a named driver to the policy. Adding my stepdad reduces my premium by around £100 then adding my boyfriend who has been driving 15 years reduces by a further £80 or so. Not tried adding a 3rd but you can have up to 3 on my policy, no idea if it'd drop again if I added a random friend onto the policy

Hi!

Thought I'd start my build thread, had my Zed a month now and the itch is starting to grow!

I have a 54 plate gunmetal UK GT, 70k on the clock and when I purchased it, totally standard apart from the smoked front indicators which I probably would have chosen anyway

Don't have massive ambitions to do anything crazy (yet) but will keep an update on the car as I do various bits and pieces!

Here she is as I collected her, at the garage I purchased from in Wigan:

First job was to get her home on some very dodgy Vredestein Ultracs, had turned up with a car trailer but the side skirts were having none of it, too low! So a nice sedate drive home it was, and got the totally bald rears replaced with some Michelin Super Sports.

Secondly I spent a day going over with a wash, clay bar, polish and wax.... also replacing the old aerial with a new stubby from Steve (looks great, cheers )

So here she is as she stands at the moment:

Since taking the pics unfortunately I no longer have possession of a nice private reg. which has been replaced with the old 54 plate - the original owner wanted it back and I'd agreed we would sort it out. So a new plate might get added to the list soon. Not too fussed but it definitely looks better with a 5-digit plate on!

I received a can of black Plastidip from the lovely David (tinyflier) this week, appreciated! So if we get some decent weather at the weekend I'm going to have a bit of a play- also have a couple of other plans for the front which I may also experiment with at the weekend - will keep you updated if I have some success

Lou

I have the SuperSports too, another thumbs up for them

23/yo female - was paying £650 for insurance on my VW T4 van. swapped over the policy to cover the Zed when I bought it and sold the van- went up to £1140 a year.... didn't want to cancel as I'd lose the 6 months towards another years no claims. When it comes up for renewal I should be able to find cover for about £650 again on the Zed.

ETA: good luck with finding a cheap quote- Zeds are pretty cheap to insure normally so not sure why you've had bad luck so far.... Elephant and Admiral, although a pain in the butt at times, have always been my cheapest ones.

Welcome, get some pics up!

Welcome to both of you!

Hello!

Hello

Hello and welcome! Same age as you. Had mine just over a month now and I absolutely love it. Good luck with the hunting!

Welcome! The 350z is probably one of the most reliable routes you can go down for the price, performance and the car you get for the cash. Had mine a month now and totally in love. Even look forward to driving to work now