H1979

I'd pop the vent outs first to check the seal, you'll know straight away if they're the culprit to save you time taking the lights out.

The water will be coming in through that flappy vent thing. It clips in place from the outside and the seal that's used it pretty shite and decays over time. Easy and cheap replace, I seem to remember it being a Renault part number, but obvs available from Nissan.

Thats a really good idea. I had a look at portable jump start kits but a lot of them say they won't work on engines over 2.5l. Why is this? I assume because it takes a bigger spark to ignite?

No expert, but isn't it down to the number of amps required to turn the big 3.5l lump over.

As has already been said, if money is tight, get a sleeve welded as a temp fix and save for a proper stainless replacement, ark grip FTW BTW

Car now paid for and collected. Thanks to m4nn13 for the smooth transaction. Gutted to see her go, but pleased it's with someone who'll enjoy and hopefully look after it.

Mods, please lock thread.

Holy moly, that's some transformation, that was a reet mess - top work.

Cheers guys.

I've looked at a lot of other cars for sale on here, autotrader and gumtree and while I appreciate they may not sell at advertised prices I thought I'd priced mine fairly reasonably and didn't really think mods added value unless supercharged obviously. Appreciate the feedback though.

Cheers

Cheers guys.

m4nn13, feel free to pm me through here instead of autotrader if you're still interested.

The time has come for me to part with my z after just over two years ownership. The reason being I've recently started a new job just round the corner from me so cycle to work and I'm just not getting the time use the car, so it needs to go to a new owner who'll be able to enjoy it more than I can/do.

• 2008 Nissan 350Z HR GT (313) – 41,000 Miles.
  
• Serviced at the following mileage:
  
  • 9,369 (Nissan)
    
  • 20,791 (Nissan)
    
  • 20,891 (Nissan)
    
  • 23,635 (Nissan)
    
  • 24,617 (Nissan)
    
  • 31,134 (Cougar Store)
    
  • 37,651 (Cougar Store)
    

  [*]The service at 31,134 included Transmission and Differential fluid, aux belts and new plugs (5 yearly ones).

  [*]Next MOT due in November. No advisories.

  [*]Only ever run on Shell VPower during my ownership.

  [*]Metallic Silver with black leather interior, all the other standard goodies for this model (Cruise, Heated electronically adjusted seats, folding mirrors, Bose sound system)

  [*]OEM 350z carpet mats

  [*]Later HR engine with 313PS.

  [*]Runs perfectly, starts first time every time - never any problems during my ownership (apart from the blowing OEM exhaust).

  [*]4 previous owners.

  [*]2 keys.

  [*]UK Car (not import).

  [*]The car is in excellent condition throughout although does have some scuffing on the rear strut brace plastic trim and all wheels do have some kerbing (previous owner/s by the way), hopefully this is clear in the pics.

Now for the upgrades:

• ARK GRiP catback stainless steel exhaust system (£1,200) fitted by Mitz at Cougar Store- I wish I'd upgraded this as soon as I got the car and not waited for the OEM exhaust to go. It sounds incredible - IMO it's subtle when pottering around town taking things easy and when cruising on the motorway, but when pushing on it comes alive and really emphasises the 3.5l V6.
  
• Tinted rear window and rear quarter windows.
  
• Stubby (of course)
  
• Boot divider bought from 14N on this site (http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/69257-350z-vertical-tonneau-cover-boot-divider/)
  
• Although not in all the pics and not currently on the car I will throw in the "Blinged Custom gear knob" bought from a seller on this site (http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/107048-blinged-custom-gear-knobs/)
  

Car is located in Derby, about 15 minutes from the M1 J25.

£9,450

No expert, but I'd say a new battery is in order here, should easily last over a week without draining. And not sure if it's just over cautious but I'm sure it says in the manual not to bump start the car.

Excellent, thanks for the quick response chaps. Wish I'd gone with her now - lesson learned. Think a politely worded e-mail could be in order.

Hi, so my wife has got a puncture on a virtually brand new tyre with a screw (5-6mm width) in the centre portion (see pic). She took it to f1 auto centre nearby which is about the only place open today and they told her they couldn't repair it as "it had gone right through". When she told me this I was a little confused as won't all punctures be right through??

So before wasting my time taking it somewhere else what do you peeps think about this being repaired?

Cheers for your input.

Ark Grip exhaust system with Berk HFC fitted - sounds great but still a bit smelly

Great choice sir. I remember the smell when I fitted mine, kind of miss it for some weird reason, maybe it reminded me of the new shiny toy I'd fitted

Ark grip ftw, I'm in Derby too if you'd like to take a listen. Well worth the money.

Vpower personally, but I'm sure the Tesco 99 stuff is just fine.

If you do ever get caught short you can always put just enough standard in to get you by and don't rag it until you've put some good stuff in again. :-)

Some people just need to be locked up for the good of everyone, what a ridiculous thing to do.

As others have said, glad everyone is OK!

I'm with greenflag which you can have cover more than one car, or have you and your wife covered for any car you're the driver or passenger of. Can't remember exact cost but quotes have always been better than rac and aa. Now, I've never had to call them out (touch wood) so they could be absolute bobbins and have to wait hours, but nothing to complain about so far.

Is this for a HR? If so I thought the sparks were quite a bit more expensive than for the earlier models.

I drove through 45km of town and didn't see any petrol station, nor did I see any on the motorway. Looking at google map now, only one petrol station was on the motorway! Luckily I entered France with nearly full fuel tank and I only drove a total of no more than 100km. It was good fun, but I really didn't like people not signalling when they are going to exit on the roundabout. Or not using the correct lane to exit the roundabout. Seems to me like only the British drivers are following the rules.

Interesting. I'm not sure that many people in Britain know how to use roundabouts either, the number of folks I see not bothering to indicate and/or just cutting straight over the lanes (even with a car on the inside) is a real pet hate of mine, it's just so bl00dy lazy

I'm in Derby if you don't find anyone closer.

 

 

Thanks!

 

The bolts on the tips?

 

Yeah you can see them at the bottom of my photo. They are starting to go rusty, let the system down

Mine did the same, bought a couple of marine stainless button bolts and nyloc bolts, looks much better now. As well as being rust free the button bolts look tidier. They were only a couple of quid off the bay.

There's probably enough posts promoting the Ark, but what the hell I'll add one more in, I love mine, money well spent I'd say.

No tyre expert myself, but from what I've read on here mpss are overwhelmingly rated as the best option for the zed.

Welcome along. I'm in Derby. You'll know it's me if you see a disgustingly dirty HR z around, I've been a little lazy recently

Is there no way you can dremel a slot in the nut and use a Flathead screwdriver?