nowhereboy

haha "private road"

My advice would be save a little more and get a one in good nick.

I paid £5,800 for mine, it's an 04 with 58k on the clock, full history and that was from a dealer.

I really need to learn how to use photoshop so I can mess about with my pictures and try out a few different wheel colours etc....

Anyone fancy helping me make the first pictures wheels black??

Thanks mate, They do look really nice OEM like, I'm trying to find more pictures of Z's in my colour that have been subtly modded.

heh, to be fair the astra VXR that was trying to get me to bite today would have destroyed me haha. It was obviously well modded.

I still crave another turbo car sometimes. I will probably end up getting an evo 6 by the end of the year

Can't decide whether to keep a proper OEM look going on. Or to go the opposite direction and make it a bit lairy. I'm thinking black wheels, tinted windows and a black front splitter might look pretty sweet.

Can anyone recommend a decent front splitter? Is it something I could paint/fit myself?

The front bumper could really do with a respray too.

Sup guys, it dawned on me today that I've not yet posted any decent pics of my new Z. I've went a bit quiet since my initial posts, been busy working and enjoying the car.

I'm about 2 weeks into ownership now and I'm loving it, at first I wasn't too sure but it has definitely grown on me. The rush hour traffic in the mornings is a bit of a ball ache mind, I just sit their watching the fuel gauge drop haha.

It's funny how many guys in hot hatches feel the need to rev the tits out of their cars and scream past like lunatics when they see the Z. Not sure what they are trying to prove exactly. Tho to be honest 5 year ago I would have probably done the same.

Anyway, here she is.... needs a good clay barring and proper clean but here is how it stands at the minute 100% standard. Still undecided on what colour to do the wheels. I'm not sure whether to get them furbed next month or take it to get a proper service/inspection from the guys at falcon performance. Can't really afford both. Really keen to get modding it tho.

As far as I know high oil pressure on start up is normal?? Mine does it too.

For that sort of money I'd not be looking at either car's to be honest.

If I had to pick one it would be the 350 all day.

Awesome will do. Thanks guys.

My zed is missing the cover off the small light on the side of the car, just under where the Z logo is.

I'm trying to find somewhere to buy one but can't find anything online. I'm not to sure what the part is called either so my searches keep bringing up bulbs for the front of the car etc.

Help me out guys!!

If it happens again it will be going straight back in and I'll demand they replace the faulty sensor. I've actually had a couple of PM's from people on this forum who have told me the exact same thing happens to them occasionally, so it might not be "common" as such but I'm not the only one.

Anyway time to start enjoying the car! I will probably post some pictures of her up later once I've gave it a proper clean,

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Update!

The car went back to the garage today, it still hadn't missed a beat since the first incident. The sales guy was really canny actually, I drove it straight into their garage and the mechanic put the code reader on it straight away. Takes one look and says "yup, its just a sensor" Had a quick fiddle about then reset the ECU. He said it's pretty common with these cars, he told me to see how it goes within the next couple of days....

After a slow half hour drive about everything seemed ok so I went for my first slightly spirited drive around some local country roads. It didn't miss a beat. Tho I am super paranoid that it's going to do it again while driving at pace and try to kill me.

I'm also super paranoid about every little noise I hear too, it's like I'm just waiting for something else to break. Hopefully that paranoia will fade in time.

On another note, this thing is so nice too drive, it's my first rear wheel drive car and it's so much more fun in the twistys than a hot hatch in my opinion.

Hopefully nothing else will arise in the next month and I will take it for a full check over with the guys at falcon when I get paid. I'm off to clean it again now (obsessed)

The pedal dance can do both.

The first half of the procedure will bring up the code.

Rank.

Orange is a massive gamble like, could either look really good, or realy really bad! haha.

haha yea it does. It looks really clean, I like it.

I actually much prefer the look of these wheels over the GT ones. Just a shame their doesn't seem to be many pictures of different colour combinations of them kicking about.

I will probably play it safe and either go gunmetal or black.

I remember reading your post before I bought my Z.

Looks nice, pretty ballsy tho, not sure I'd have the bottle.

Has your Z been lowered? Are the windows tinted too?

Good point, all of the above colour combos work well!

I really like the look of the black ones with the tinted windows mind.... Think thats just helped me make my decision.

I'm planning on getting my standard wheels refurbed next month. At first I was thinking keep it OEM and just get them done in the standard colour but now I'm not so sure.

I quite like the idea of getting em done in white..... I know its a bit of a risk as it might end up looking crap!

Anyone got any pics or a silverstone with white wheels? I cant find anything with the search function. I've seen a few s2000's with white wheels and they look pretty hot.

Edit.... Sorry this was meant for the alloys sub forum.

I'd say that P1135 (difficult to know without seeing the flashes myself)

Intake Valve Timing Control RH Bank 2.

Any idea what that actually means then?

Searched that code on another forum and some people just re-set ecu and it doesn't seem to happen again.........

First off, yes I bought the car from the garage with a dodgy rep, they stuck to their word and tidied up the paint and even replaced the side skirt for me before the test drive so I was happy to do business with them.

Secondly I have recorded the error code on my phone but I can't upload the bloody thing.

I have read it should flash ten times before the code starts but mine jumps straight into the code once I've done the dance.

Its coming up as 1 1 1 111 11111. Three slow flashes then the rest is fast.

I make that P1135 Intake Valve Timing Control, RH Bank 2

​Correct? Hope not, doesn't sound too promising.haha.

Almost forgot, I will try and record the pedal dance lights tonight after work.

Just a quick post as I'm at work guys...

Turns out Im working all next weekend, the only day I have to get it looked at this week is thursday, I'm unsure if I should take it to the dealership first or just suck it up and pay for the guys at falcon performance to look at it? At least I trust these guys and can leave with peace of mind after they have looked at it.

Obviously if they point out anything of major concern I will take it right back to the dealership.

I have drove it in to work today again with no problems what so ever apart from the light being on.

I tried the pedal dance and the light just went mental, had no clue when it started, stopped or anything. It's pretty hard to read.

The garage was whitley bay motors off the silverlink on the A19. I don't wanna give them a bad rep until I go down their and see what they say first. They might be super helpful and sort it straight out for me.

Tho I am a little doubtful of that.

Oh and I've just noticed the MPG on the dash says 7mpg

It's not flashing, In that case I'll wait until I get a day off to take it in. Should only be a few days anyway.

Beginning to think I've over exaggerated this whole thing and that everything is going to be fine!