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Brilliant - Can someone please lock this?

Yeah its all the leads you will need. Just remove the bose and plug the harness in. I had it in my z before I sold it and it did sound better than the Bose - but it also was better audio for Bluetooth on the phone compared to the standard Z Bluetooth. The wiring harness has the steering remote so your steering wheel controls will still work.

I think the 601 is a 2012 model so not that old really

Yeah its got a CD player. Even plays DVDs has a front and rear USB. I ran the rear USB into the arm rest. Really tidy

It says that model is compatible on the sony website http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/content/cnt-comp/XAV-601BT/list?f=conn-mirrlink It's pretty cool how it works, you touch the head unit and it controls the phone.

Attempting to post again as I can't read the rules for posting *doh I've got a now spare Sony double din XAV-601BT head unit and incartec wiring loom & fasica to suit a facelifted 350z after selling my Z. The head unit comes boxed with all the accessories, it's loaded with features and even can mirror your phone screen on the head unit if you have a compatible phone (Sony or Samsung i think) - the built in bluetooth is also miles ahead of what comes with the Z if you had it. The only thing it doesn't have is Navigation - but you can use the navigation on a phone mirrired on the head unit screen. It's in good condition with no marks on the screen and just a few super light scratches on the glossy black surround. http://www.sony.co.u...T/compatibility The wiring loom\fasica is the incartec one for the BOSE system, it includes the steering wheel controls adaptor for the sony head unit, i've added on an extra plug to do "busters mod" but done this slightly differently to avoid hacking up the sony head unit harness - this worked great and I got great volume out of the stock speakers. http://www.350z-uk.c...d-unit-harness/ This is what I added to the harness. More pics: Looking for £225 delivered or collection is available. If you are local to the South Lanarkshire area I can help fit.

Yeah the wheels look a bit small - budget won't stretch for anything worth putting on it for a while. Don't like cheap alloys. I prefer oem-plus so a set of 19" mk2 RS wheels would be nice. I quite like the rear lights - that is one of my favourite bits.

There's two of possibly the worst photos of cars anyone ever taken. The one of the ST was done walking back from the supermarket with my hands full of shopping though!

Just picked up my new to my Race Red 2013 Focus ST-2, First impressions are very good - seems very fast - a bit of turbo lag (a lot of the reviews say there isn't - that's just not true!), the sound "symposer" that pipes induction sound to the cabin sounds really good actually - only comes in > 3.5k revs so it's very quiet unless you are ragging it. Downsides - it is slower than the Z, no doubt about it - handling isnt as good, steering lock is much shorter than it should be making even normal turns take 2 goes plus the NOISE my god i miss the noise. I knew i would but without the growl you'd think you were in a basic focus. The focus has a few options - Style pack (lights on the sill protectors\grey alloys), tinted rear windows, reverse sensors, Sony DAB, and seems pretty well screwed together. Looks more modern than the Z, but ultimately has less luxury (no heated leather/electric seats or sat nav). Enjoyed the 100 miles i've put on it in the last 5 hours - 100 more till it hits 10k miles so hopefully see that at the weekend! Pictures to follow if anyone's interested once I get it properly cleaned and polished at the weekend!

Looks awesome - much more modern than what they come with

A bad dealer experience can ruin your enjoyment of a car, and there are plenty of them about unfortunately. I have owned an ST and thought it was great. In fact, when buying my 350Z it was a toss up between another ST and the 350Z. The Z won on looks, style, rarity and sound more than anything else. My ST was a 5 cylinder though which sounded good, not sure how the new 4 pot sounds. I am sure you will not be disappointed with the ST though. I think the new ST has a "Symposer" so sounds pants from the outside but inside with the windows up it's meant to sound good - not as good as the 5-pot though. Ahh i forgot about the sound - I will miss the V6 blasting through a tunnel.

I came from a mk2 Leon cupra to the Z and while the Z is more exciting I find that i personally cover ground slower in the zed maybe due to my driving style. I'm excited to be back in a hot hatch, however the reason for the z in the first place was to get some big n/a proper rwd power so I imagine I will have mixed feelings when I say goodbye I like the relaxed easy always there power but I did always think the shunt off a turbo was more excitinh for 99% of on the road driving. I am always surprised at how fast I'm.going in the Z as its really not dramatic. In a hot hatch you know your pushing it!

Could be - guess it's their problem now. Car arrives tomorrow so collection Saturday or Monday - just filled the Bloody Z up as well with £70 of the good stuff!

Yeah mate - never did come to a meet. If you see a red ST go past you starting BG13 you know who it was ;-)

I think the mat in mine is coated with silicon, it's so slippery even to touch. Bit of rubber mat sorted that though! OR you need to buy enough to jam the boot full