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Okay so who is up for reading jap meet next Tuesday? Ill be there

 

I'll be there mate. Where you coming from?

 

 

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Farnborough mate.

Ok, cya there hopefully it doesn't rain!

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Okay so who is up for reading jap meet next Tuesday? Ill be there

I'll be there mate. Where you coming from?

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I've just noticed I get the same thing. Then I noticed my revs very slightly go up and down on idle. I think this started when I fitted my induction kit, I'm just gunna spray the throttle body with CRC cleaner and hope for the best!

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I think it depends on the HU? Mines just got a number or pre-set car makes under the settings menu

Sorry, I completely missed out the plenum bit in your to do list lol.. Good choice

Nice Zed so far mate, keep it up. Looks like you need the same thing as I do - a polished plenum!

Nice work! I've never fitted bushes myself before, are special tools needed? What site did you buy your bushes from?

Mine judders a little bit too when breaking at high speeds. It was extremely bad, then I change my discs and pads and now it's not bad, but it still does it.

 

What's a DTV Alex?

 

 

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Disk Thickness Variation

 

Info http://www.bendix.com.au/news/disc-thickness-variation-dtv-issue-14

 

Can also be warped disks (not quite the same thing)

Cheers keyser

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Mine judders a little bit too when breaking at high speeds. It was extremely bad, then I change my discs and pads and now it's not bad, but it still does it.

What's a DTV Alex?

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I'm from reading and up for a meet also the karting sounds good!

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Just went out for a quick drive down a bumpy industrial estate and the noise seems to have gone! just in time as heading to the nurburgring and the stelvio pass on wednesday!!

 

I brought my bits from CS and my garage fitted them

 

I changed the compression arm aka banana arm

Good stuff, I bet it's a relief driving with no knocking now!

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Just went out for a quick drive down a bumpy industrial estate and the noise seems to have gone! just in time as heading to the nurburgring and the stelvio pass on wednesday!!

 

I brought my bits from CS and my garage fitted them

 

I changed the compression arm aka banana arm

Good stuff, I bet it's a relief driving with no knocking now!

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Sounds good to me Put me down +1 if im not too late please

Welcome mate, nice car! Its a shame that its not a Nismo exhaust, woulda made it worth a little more. If you have rattleing underneath I wouldn't put your hopes on it being a rusty strut as there is a lot of common issues that cause knock/rattles

P.s fair play to you for owning a Z at 18! I'm 26 and (without sounding big headed) my Z is far faster than any of my closest mates cars.. Your mates must be intimidated Enjoy the Zed

I would say I'd defo be there, but everytime I do something seems to pop up last minute so I cant make it lol. But I should be there

I guess it's on the 15th?

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Awesome work mate! I wish I had access to the stuff you do lol. Your zed looks 10x better IMO

Great work Chriag! What colour paint did you use to spray your engine bay orange and where did you get it from?

Anti roll bar drop links maybe ?

Nope, arb bushes and both drop links I replaced first

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You will only get a knock from the bush if the arm is touching the sub frame.

 

Alex.

Not even if the ball joint is gone? It's a very loud rattle when driving on uneven road from both sides of the front wheels. One mechanic said he thinks it's the something on the top of the shocks that's knackered? But he guessed that without looking and because he couldn't find anything obvious underneath

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Ok thanks guys. It's not quite resting on the subframe but it's not far from it. I'll get them replaced first and hope for the best

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Before I spend the money I just wanna see if anyone can confirm that the bush is worn, I've been told that my knocking noice could be a couple of things but I think I'll replace the BA's first..

On the first picture you can see some fresh black rubber by the looks of it, is that a sign of a worn bush?

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To be honest, I'm useless my dad is quite handy and has a go at anyting tho lol, very usefull!

Great work really coming along nicely.

 

Did you lacquer the rear strut brace cover after dipping or just leave it as it was? Looks good either way.

Cheers guys. I didn't lacquer it straight after, but I took it off a week later and lacquered it, so in the first pic it's not, but it's got a couple of coats on in the picture with the sub in lol

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Few bits I've been up to over the last few weekends

Break discs and pads:

I went for the Kinetic discs and bembo pads after hearing good things about them. After taking off my discs it all made sence why my car felt like it as going to crumble to pieces when breaking hard at high speeds!

Inner rear discs absoutley knackered:

A may fly pokng his nose

New ones fitted

Hydrodipped rear strut platic:

My dad brought a hydrographic kit, hes basicly dipped everything in his house apart from the dog Got him to do this for me:

Using the bath cause his tank wasn't big enough lol

Sorted out the carbon air intake, just took off the rusty old screws and used self tappers which brought it to the bumper properly and closed the gap! Ill be painting the tappers in black soon:

Greedy inducton kit installed, sounds wicked. Makes a loud "tssst" when you accelerate as it sucks in the air (No picture yet)

New sub box

This is the new box we built for my 12" 3000w vibe:

Gold/bronze lug nuts:

I wasnt sure on these as they looked gold in the pics, but it turns out they are a great match to the body work! I have a couple of sets of these for sale which ill post up soon. Still need to spray the center caps though

Tinted rear window:

Again, DIY with my dad and a heat gun. Couple of small bubbles but turned out nicely

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Next to be sorted is new banana arms, spray center caps, coilovers and spacers.Thanks for reading