KUGT4

Personally avoid non OEM parts that get a lot of hammer ie driveshafts, bearings and ball joints 

Had some non OEM components last around 10K before wearing out

False economy 

Personally park mine on a steep hill and it always takes a while to settle down when you start driving 

Its dependant on the angle of the car

Nothing's changed since buying mine a decade ago

Wanted something cheap with a bit of grunt....

This post includes part codes....

Negative, isolate with a disposable rubber glove wrapped around it

Wow, havent checked prices for years, paid 10.5K for my unmolested GT4 10 years ago....

Possible cheaper option - install a half bar shifter to replace stock gear knob and check the clutch fluid for absorption - used to crunch mine all the time before doing this

Personally bought new W brace, kidney brackets and all the bolts (£80 on their own) for when mine falls off/fails MOT

Have 10x Kuro black spray cans knocking around, gonna give it a go

Etch or regular primer?

Nasty...

Nice

Weapons of choice for now

Stiff brush and an old can of Collinite super wax bought for my previous car....still good after 15 years

Just noticed my Kuro black sprayed GT4 alloys (previous owner) are heavily oxidizing around the entire nut area, cracked, broken black paint and white powder oxidisation everywhere (post picture at some point)

Was going to brush off most of it for now and go over it with heavy duty wax 

Anybody come across this with the GT4 alloys?

Chickened out and got rears fitted for £160

Not sure if the guy had worked on a 350 before, took him around 1.5 hours 

No issues removing any of the bolts, just preapplied loosener, though he was concerned that he had no chassis mount replacement nuts if they had failed

Don't notice any difference in handling yet, might change when the fronts are fitted

I'd also run your aircon for a while before leaving it any length of time as issues can arise if left for months without use

Tempted at the prices being charged to just buy a jack and do it myself

£99 per hour are Nissan dealer rates but the local Nissan dealer now won't fit anything other that Nissan supplied parts so left to the mercy of local garages....

If batteries are useless after 2 months disconnected how do battery manufacturers store/sell them?

On 26/08/2022 at 22:16, davey_83 said:

I can check book time tomorrow, at a guest 1hr for the rears and 2hrs for the fronts as more involved. She'll be feeling great after swapping out the tired dampers, trust me. 

First quote 2 hours for £200 to fit rears only

Main Nissan dealer used for years, had no problem supplying self diagnostic, supplying own parts for fitting etc suddenly doesn't want to know anymore, 'change of management' apparently

Fine, no problem, looking elsewhere now for maintenance

Just letting the wider community know my experience....

If the battery is new could be the computer is faulty if nothing is logging....

As per ZMANALEX, new battery first

Any results from ODBC diagnostic?

Aquired a new stainless steel cat back (looks OEM) but the last garage aborting fitting due to the diff being in the way 

Anybody else come across this issue?

Advised to get the thing bent before second  attempt

Bought load of these years ago off ebay for next to nothing when the engine bay ones atrified and broke apart

Still good years later

Thanks for the heads up

Spotted these on Torqen - £40 + fitting seems more appealing than Nissans £1200 solution....

https://www.torqen.uk/nissan/350z/suspension-steering/bushes/879-350z-de-spd-front-knuckle-lower-control-arm-ball-joint-boot-03-04-1010163-b.html

Anybody with experience of removing the lower bolts holding the rear shocks in place?

Most YT videos show the bolt having to be cut off or it shears

Looking at buying a couple of bolts prior to fitment, otherwise going to be left without the car until fixed

Part number is 56280-AQ00A

2 hours ago, davey_83 said:

I would say you need to utilise the old ones 

Yep, agree, KYB are supposed to be OEM straight swap shocks so ordered a couple of new OEM bolts just to be on the safe side

55269-4U00A Nissan part code for reference if anybody gets the same issue