Grumsby

Welcome, got my 350 at 21 and the insurance wasn't too bad at that stage, so if you keep hold of it for a while (and believe me, you'll want to) then you should be alright for road use after a couple of years. However it has skyrocketed recently for some reason after another year driving it, think the prices are on the rise big time. 

I've seen two white 370s on the Wirral, one looked standard and one yesterday with ARK grip exhaust driving through Ellesmere Port. I've got the silver 350 you've seen about though

Shared the original post on Facebook for you - Hopefully it's returned ASAP undamaged

Hdev quote £799, believe Abbey motorsport are little less than that

 

Depending on where you're based Mitz at Cougarstore, Zmanalex I believe and a few others also do this job quite regularly.

 

Think Nissan quote it being a 7 hour job.. It's on my list of things to have done next year.

 

What's your oil pressure reading hot and at what mileage? Just to strike fear in to me...

Thinking about doing mine myself with the uprated seals... Mileage at 112k (put 6k on her in 2 months) and when hot my oil pressure is reading around 10-15psi at idle, 30 or so at 70mph in 6th gear.

Welcome along to you, I've got a 2007 350Z and live in Ellesmere Port too. Drop me a PM if you fancy a meet at some point.

Dan

1.HiVarley16 - Stoke

2.martinmac - Southern Lake District

3.Unabashed - Northwich

4.AK350Z - West Cumbria

5.HEADPHONES - Manchester

6.Ricey - Chester

7.Greeny - Chester

8.ChrisS - Corwen

9.ste01 - St. Helens

10.Matt L - Stoke

11.Quavey - Lancaster

12.LukeaJones - Rhyl

13.Clarkie34 - Wigan

14.JetSet - Chester/Deeside

15.ray350gt4 - St helens/Rainhill

16.Marzman - Macclesfield

17.Brown7758 - Chorley

18.Jenni86 - Bolton

19.threefiftyz - Preston

20.Bakseedaa - Preston

21.M13KYF - Altrincham

22.370nel - Warrington

23.rogerxp - Stockport

24.|Chris| - Manchester

25.haz65 - Leicester

26.Beavis- Newcastle Under Lyme

27.Dillydot82 - Preston

28.iram - Manchester (black edition no.123)

29.ianphampton - Hyde (Gtr Manchester)

30.xstric9x - Wrexham

31.RichieB - NW Cumbria

32.cowie - West Cumbria

33.88291 - Chester

34.andyh83 - Bolton

35.Goodatcrashing - Altrincham (only during holidays)

36.andylb - Preston

37.Squee - Chester

38.manphibian - Blackpool

39.reddog6 2 st annes

40.Sickboy123 - Bolton

41.Philw99 - Macclesfield (Gtr Manchester)

42.dragon - Bury

43.Chee350 - Southport

44.blahblah - Wrexham

45.yellowspeedster - Colne

46.Mr mav - Wirral

47.bobmac - Lancaster

48.dave/cath - Manchester

49.Hubris - NW Cumbria

50.JohnPaul - Liverpool

51.TomS - Manchester

52.Swifty - Manchester

53.Bodeboo - Wirral

54.JAMIE MOY - Dundee, Tayside

55.LiamR - Lancaster

56.the.man - preston

57.Sharpen - Manchester

58.Patwudz - North west Cumbria

59.ray350gt4 - St Helens

60.Badger - Crewe

61.kew777 - Southport

62.MikejUK - Bolton

63.jhutch - Stockport

64.Moo8774 _ Crewe.

65.Gravy- Preston.

66.Mike - H Runcorn.

67.N9JAH - Stockport

68.Diab2005 - Chester

69.ian9r - Sandbach

70.Ridz - Wilmslow

71.Louisa911 - Kirkby Lonsdale

72.Flyboy - Stafford

73.Devilz101 - Stalybridge (Gtr Manchester)

74.Phil370z - W Cumbria

75.Hash - Bradford

76.Woods1 - Leyland

77.MrRoper - Leylan

78.Dayy - Warrington

79.csscallum - Lancaster

80.duke17_22 Holmes Chapel

81.Easty - Lowton (Warrington Area)

82.Chris "Doghead" Dorgan - Crosby Liverpool

83.maddog1982 - Sandbach (Cheshire East)

84.misterchris-Stockport

85.DJB55 - Grappenhall / Warrington

86.Andygore - Warrington

87.westy1304 - NW Cumbria

88.Spatt - Bury

89.Briggsybriggs1- clitheroe (blackburn area)

90.Patwudz - North West Cumbria

91.lbeddowscbr - warrington

92.Wayne370Z - Astley FINALLY, AT LAST, AFTER 6 MONTHS OF WAITING, HAVE MOVED TO LINCOLNSHIRE ......

93.SHEZZA - Newcastle under Lyme

94.Stanski - North Manchester

95. paulp4als- Cheshire

96.370Z-Warrington

97.Floydbax - Knutsford

98.Wilster - bolton

99.Varley16 - Stoke

100.Black bear - Bentham

101.VRichie - Manchester

102.cearnshaw85-Preston

103.G-girl -Lytham

104. CoximusMaximus - Lancashire

105. Ponsonby - Natwich

106. scooterboy - Rochdale

107. 98duffa - Warrington

108. GenralTB - Wigan

109. marmitethecat -Wigan

110. K155CHF -Clitheroe

111. A2Zed - Holmes Chapel

112. Jonnymonno - Stoke

113. Smc1992 (Scott) - Bradford

114. Slates - Colne

115 carquake - Chorley

116 TT350 - Gtr Manchester/Rossendale

117 Fire_eyes - Knutsford

118 350z_reside -- Cumbria

119 1101 (Nick) - Wigan

120 Simon A - Preston

121 Veilside Z - Gloucester

122 teejay - stoke

123 peggers350 - altrincham/manchester

124 hibbz (danny) - Rivington

125 flat4matt - Leyland

126 Carty - Helsby

127 Rob - clitheroe lancashire

128 Fen - Preston

129 Grumsby (Dan) - Heswall, Wirral

Don't feel too bad mate, I'm in the process of paying for my insurance today/tomorrow for the 9th with my driving ban being up (my own fault being banned and I know it was stupid so don't need the rants at me haha) at 21 with 2 years no claims and the cheapest is around £3950!! That's even including the specialists who seem happy with the fact I had a jaguar S-Type R at 19 so the high power RWD situation is covered.

Seeing a lot of this car shared all over Facebook recently - no surprise really, it's stunning

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That's odd, the centres of those leather seats aren't perforated - I some how thought all 350z coupe leathers were perforated?

 

I guess not haha. I havent actually seen any perforated ones i dont think..?

I don't think I've seen any without perforations either (of course, I could be wrong), all of the examples I viewed had them, and the one I bought does too!

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Impressed for the price! Have you done a compression test?

 

 

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Haven't even touched the car yet aside a good polish and seal of the headlights, however I could do so tomorrow

Very feminine hands.

 

Just saying

The Mrs drove the Zed home so that explains the femininity of the hands in question!

I can't clean up and sell now! I've been waiting years to get one of these things in this spec, and if I sell it I'll just spend the money made on buying another that's the same but at a higher price!! 😂 I'll make sure to have a look at Andy's Zed, cheers.

Dan.

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That's an unbelievable price for an HR z. Well done! The dealer must have thought it was a DE or something...

He didn't seem particularly well educated on the car as a whole, it was just a general used car dealership and I feel they're used to the likes of family hatches and small saloons really - if anything it was me picking out little bits and looking for the common faults that come with these cars (aside the exhaust, as you've read).

Nonetheless, I'm very pleased with the car and madly in love with her already without even having had a go!

HOW MUCH! :O i paid £5k for my 350 DE and it fell apart in a few weeks lmao!

 

Absolutely smashed it at that price, was expecting you to say it had 5000000 miles on it lol

I have read through your progress thread on the engine rebuild, it's a shame you've had to go through that and do it but at least now you know you'll be running a brand new engine (so to speak) and the car will be better than it ever has been since it left Nissan's door.

Yep, she actually exists, is sat at mine and is completely HPI clear and all engine codes/chassis number etc etc match all documentation and everything. Completely clean! 🎉

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I've seen this car a number of times parked up in Broughton, with a forum sticker in the rear quarter window - can't seem to find it about on the forum though, any ideas who owns it? Reg starts with OV07.

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Looks to be you may of picked a bargain here..!, just one question what the millage..?

She's on 107k... However has a complete documented service history with receipts from new, done at nissan until 102k when it had a timing chain and P3 done alongside an MOT at a halfords autocentre (of all places) at over £750!!

So, high ish miles but with a proper history and in such good condition I'm not TOO bothered.

Dan.

Those wheels are absolutely stunning!

Couple of shots of the drive home (from the passenger seat ) which was fairly enjoyable regardless of not being able to be at the helm legally for a while still.

and a couple I took when I got home, including some of the bumper damage I mentioned in my first post.

One downside to this is the dealership purchased from didn't have any ramps, so I didn't get a great look underneath just using the jack that came in the car for a brief inspection for my peace of mind before handing over the money. Fired her up and she was very loud and sounded pretty good to be fair, and he said he thought the exhaust had been done and that was all (as he knew I wanted one that was bone stock to toy with myself) so I took his word and left after inspecting everywhere else for bends, dents, twists or overspray etc. However when I got home and had a look to see what exhaust was on the car, I was bemused to see an embossed NISSAN logo in the rear box - Cue this discovery:

NOTE you can see the underside of the body of the car through the gap between the flanges in the exhaust where the gasket has completely gone and rust has taken over... This prompted the missus to say 'ooh, that's a little rusty don't you think, probably about time for a new one for your MOT when you get that done' (it's due in June) - This prompted me to think aftermarket, almost immediately, with no problems regarding expenditure as thus far she's just suggesting mods for me!

Edits: Photos didn't work

To do list:

New reg plates, as you can see they're not in great condition and I just want to spruce her up a little in the coming week or so before I go on holiday (got to keep funds for that before Zeditis takes over)

Polish up headlight units

Send bumper off to a mate (works at Bentley as a painter but has a booth in his garage) and the front one for stone chip repairs

Browse forum for videos - Source exhaust.

Long but there's my intro, and probably the cheapest HR 350 you'll see for a while that actually assimilated and wasn't a scam!

Dan.

As promised, some photos of the car... Not got many really as I've been in work and she really needs a good detailing session and repair on the rear bumper due to the aforementioned issue.

Some photos form the advert:

£4800 for a HR model is probably the cheapest in the country. Thats bordering on SCAM material as you may know about reading threads. Very well done

I paid 10300 for my HR a few months back and it was by no means perfect

Yeah well as you may have read in the 'Spotted on eBay or other' thread on here I did actually get into contact with one I found on eBay, a 57 plate with 32k miles that turned out to be a scam, as soon as they emailed about them being in Italy and delivering the car to me I just stopped all communication and walked away from that.

This one however, at £6k advertised seemed more plausible, photos were actually taken in the car sales place that the account name showed and there was a real phone number with it. A week of chatting with the guys there, a HPI check and bank withdrawal later, I went on down to Sheffield in my Dads car (diesel mondeo, cheap on fuel and meant me and mrs could go at the same time as she would be driving whatever I bought back home) with the cash and went out in the car for a test drive and what not to ensure it wasn't too good to be true. All was well and it didn't skip a beat for 190 miles of driving home (various detours for more fun roads) so I'm over the moon.

Evening everybody,

As you may notice by my profile I've actually been a member here for quite a while (nearly two years) and I've still not got myself a Zed, however the time has come and I had 3 viewings on Friday and another 3 on Saturday of the last cars that I whittled my search down to. If they're weren't exactly what I wanted then I'd walk away (been after a particular spec for quite some time), but if the right car is in that small group after a 12 month search, I'd take her home.

The time has now come to announce I found that car I was always after. Must haves were HR engine, GT pack w/sat nav, black leather, rays wheels and an unmolested model (or as little as possible).

Managed to find one newly listed at a small car dealers down in Sheffield (I'm near Chester) at £6k!! Headed down on the Saturday, went for a spin with the dealer man and he backed it into a post coming back into the forecourt resulting in a small crease in the rear bumper (pics to follow) and knocked me £500 off for that and then I knocked some off for a P3 and other bits. Anyhow, £4800 lighter and I have a 2007 registered HR engined GT spec blade silver 350Z and I'm utterly in love

Generally spent my time on this lovely forum trawling through tips for buying and maintaining the cars, read A LOT of build threads including very old ones and years worth of pages (pulling 9 hour work shifts on the forum reading 65+ pages worth of thread at once - I'm looking at you Wasso ) and still never said a word to anybody, just been sat in the corner watching you all have fun (as weird as that sounds) waiting for my insurance to come down enough for me to justify the expense of it on a Zed.

A driving ban last year for excessive speed in my old Jag meant 18 months off the road (and the wait for insurance to come down has doubled, but I can't wait any longer for a Zed), I'll get my license back on September the 9th, and this gives me plenty of time to become accustomed to the horrific side effects of Zeditus on the wallet - Thankfully a large pay rise is due in October, so that should come in handy once I get on the road again and feel for myself what I fancy changing. As it stands, I've paid the extra for the Missus to insure the Zed so I can still enjoy being in the cabin on the odd sunny weekend, can't just have it sit on the driveway and do nothing!!

Be great to get to know you all, and I'll keep you updated as to what I end up buying or not buying parts wise and I'll be sure to post some photos as soon as I've got some and worked out how to host them.

Dan.

The escrow indeed.

The good news however is that I finally managed to buy a 350Z yesterday and she's home and safe already. Will start a thread with pics soon!

Very good price, somebody backed into it that morning at the dealer (had a look at it yesterday and it was great, today a small crease in the rear bumper) and he knocked off the money for the repair and repaint of the bumper from 6k (He estimated 500?!), then I drove the price down a little further because it needed new tyres and a p2 service too. Going in for advice on Monday, and I'll be doing the bumper work myself (as good as it can be) whilst I save a little to start some mods.

Thanks all for your kind words. Currently on the M60 with the missus driving home, having paid 4800 for a 2007 350z GT with sat nav, heated seats etc etc and the full 313 HR engine. Needs a wheel refurb and a little paint work on the rear bumper due to a scrape that happened this morning before I arrived at the dealer, managed to knock 1200 off the asking price and I'm very very happy with the car.