Richf

Nice to see another club jap regular

Are insurers ok with wheel spacers ?

I've heard this can be due to an ecu fault

Has anything been apart recently , have you checked for fault codes?

You can run 10w40 and it does state this in the service manual.

+1 its fine , don't worry about it

Took me 5 mins ! Used a stopwatch on my phone it was a doddle

Was a very special GTR ! Surprised how many of your old rides I remember Nigel

Looking good, be interested to see what you've done previously

There is a thread in "other cars" with some of my cars and bikes

No it's not UK law to have washers and self levellers as stated many cars never had this feature

So next job was to get some mats , just a set of OEM ones for now

Then I did the BOSE hack so I can use my ipod in the car , dont need a pic of that or the new Supersports fitted on the back

This weekend I fitted my Blackvue dashcam which I removed from my old car , its too the right of the rear view mirror in this pic

Also plastic dipped the lower front bumper , not so sure about this but will live with it for a bit .

And marmite though it may be , I had some flyeyes stuff left over so applied some to the front reflectors as they are far too orange for my liking

Went to a local meet and someone took a nice pic under the lights which show the depth of gloss a little better

Bought my car a couple of weeks ago on the 14th November 2013 so thought i'd document the project

It was a stock '07 HR model with the GT pack , only two owners the first one did 34,000 miles in two years the last owner only did 20k in four , full main dealer history

Few chips and scrapes on what is essentially an "honest" car its been enjoyed but not enthusiast owned so needs a bit of TLC

Few issues when i bought it :

Rear tyres low

Idle too high

Oil pressure reading too low

Service due in Dec

No mats throughout

Bit grubby

First pics the day after i collected it

First job a proper detail

Snow foamed and washed , then clayed ,washed again, then polished with Blackfire Gloss enhancer applied with a DA, LSP was Supernatural Hybrid then Supernatural Acrylic spritz

Didnt remove the wheels as I normally do but just a good clean with Espuma revolution then Zaino ZAIO and then rimwax and supernatural spritz

Interior washed with warm water and fairy liquid , seats treated with Zaino leather in a bottle

Windows cleaned with isoprop and water and then polished and treated with Carlack , side windows just have Supernatural on them

Under the bonnet cleaned with Surfex and then treated with 303 protector

Also popped up to Horsham developments for a pair of air filters (They were filthy) and a gallon of oil to see if that made any difference to the reading (It didnt)

Some afters

You will almost certainly need to do the idle relearn afterwards , you will need to do the "pedal dance" or use "consult" an obd reader wont do it for you

So what we are saying is that this proceedure does a full ECU reset not just the throttle bodies, air flow and pedal trims ?

Thats certainly what it feels like

Does look much better

Think its more than £100 for each remap as well more like £250 so ive seen

Had an issue where the rpm was hanging at 1500-1600 when coming to a stop and that idle was around 1100rpm .

So did the throttle pedal reset, throttle valve reset and then the idle relearn , all worked great idle now is 750rpm or so .

But

The car drives much differently , feels like some ignition timing has been added , the car picks up easier and seems to rev cleaner

Really wasn't expecting this so feels like a full ecu reset but is that what happened ?

Will look good. The trouble with that design, is that the wheels look smaller than they actually are, but thats not always a bad thing. What colour car they going on?

 

They would be going on this just not 100% sure as the rays are quite nice

Might look for something simular to the rays bit look a bit more agressive

 

 

 

Have you got spacers on that ?

Yeah read about this , saw some Evo owners with pipe work taped to the bumper just for the mot .

My r34 had xenons but no washers and not self levelling either but not an issue over here

House insurance will usually cover the replacement cost

Anti roll bar bush?

+1 too little mileage can be bad also , I always buy on condition , you can make a higher mileage car look and drive like new, cheaper and easier than get a scruffy car good .

My 57 plate has 55k on it

Can actually cause the gearbox to overheat as well , totally pointless IMO

Did anyone suggest lsp doesnt add something extra?? Just that if the paint doesnt look great before waxing dont expect it to afterwards

I'm very reluctant to put high pressure water anywhere near a modern cars engine bay , a decent degreaser and a water can will often do the job well without any risk

It was fun but had no brakes, since they were essentially stock