Cimanu

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...

I looked for ages before finding mine.. I reluctantly took a look on gumtree (usually try and avoid anywhere with free listing) and there it was.

As a previous DE owner it's most definitely worth going for the HR.. I guess this is especially true for me as I came from the older style interior - dipstick alone is enough reason.

Generally silver seem to be cheaper and will stay for sale for longer (I personally hate silver cars.. I suspect many people do too). Mileage puts a lot of people off .. although it shouldn't with the right history/paperwork.

A used and maintained car is far nicer than one that's done 2-3k a year with very minimal servicing.

Major jobs to look out for:

Clutch/DMF - When these need changing all depends on the life the car has had.. by about 60-70k it should have been done however. Check for receipts etc. The clutch will whine when disengaged at idle.. that's just a feature, it'll sound like the release bearing but a whine not a grumble/grind. If the car has had a lightweight flywheel fitted then this will be far more pronounced!

Gallery oil gaskets - The HR has a neat trick of eating these paper gaskets (nissan issued revised metal parts in 2012) - These will fail, it's not an if .. more a when. Specialists (abbey/Hdev) will charge you around 750-800 for this. The main symptom is low oil pressure at idle when hot (fans cutting in) - anything above 25 psi on the gauge is within spec. Generally when they fail you'll see anything between 5-15psi - it'll also have a lumpy idle.

Low RPM hesitation - once at operating temp and driving, any gear.. easier to feel in 3rd/4th at around 1500-2k rpm, when coming back on the throttle it'll hesitate ever so slightly. This is a fault with the exhaust cam control and is cured by a remap (Uprev).. again a specialist will charge £400 for this - performance gain too obviously.

Usual Z checks.. the boot should pop open a good 3-4 inches, then lift on it's own with a nudge from you. If it doesn't then you'll need the gas struts regassed/replaced (£35~ SGS), front compression 'banana' arms - check to see if these have been changed as if you opt for genuine they're expensive. Brakes/tyres on these cars are also pricey so check these.. also look at what it has fitted, gives an idea of owner. If I see cheap tyres I generally walk away.

Always good to ask the 'I can run this on any fuel right?' question as running on less than 98 can damage pistons/rings. HRs shouldn't use any oil (my DE used a hilarious amount!)

From the ones you've posted above, the 72k , £8.2k is one I'd be looking more in to.. the elusive night blue is an HR exclusive colour and very sought after here on the forum.. admittedly one I first went looking for after I found my own in black. If the Cobra is too loud I will bite your hand off for it and swap a quieter scorpion - silent in cabin at motorway speeds, louder and nicer sounding than standard.

If the exhaust, or any extra part, on a car isn't for you, remember you can sell them here/Ebay and essentially reduce the price you paid for that car. Example above, that £8.2k Z would be the same price with or without the cobra... were you to sell it on standard.

Agree with the mileage comments so far.. I had a 28k DE with occasional use, the wife fancied a sports car so they bought it - some service history but was super cheap so grabbed it. It was awful, i've never seen oil usage like it! Suspect they ran it on any old fuel..

Now have an HR Black/frost - full history 77k and it's just sublime. The miles I found just meant that everything big has already been changed.. gen compression arms, nissan clutch/dmf etc. Only thing I haven't seen are the infamous gallery gaskets.. keeping an eye on oil pressure and saving for this one.

Sometimes adding miles to an already higher miled car is nicer. As people have said with a car like this you generally buy on condition/history, not mileage. Keep browsing, they'll only get cheaper this time of year

Bump!

Still after a Cobra non-res! (Gone off the BC)

My Summer Car

...Seriously now. Go have a look on steam.

#Finlandsimulator2016

You have a PM

Afternoon all,

My HR came with a scorpion fitted which although delightful and silent in cabin is just not man enough for my childish tastes..

Having run a cobra on my DE i'd happily go back or, for the right price, I might try ruining my car with a buddyclub for awhile! (I had a spec 2 on my DC2 briefly...)

Not seen anything selling for awhile.. hopefully someone has something kicking about!

Thanks

Hi Ian,

I sent you a pm regarding one of these, had one in my last Z. This one has a genuine divider but I much prefer yours!

Thanks

I bought one last January (I've just put it up for sale), I was 21 when I bought it.. after I sold my DC2 Integra!

Bought one, albeit non res. Thanks

Scorpion is the wrong kind of tone for me, thanks though

When have you had the roof down at this time of year?! Mad haha

Well that depends entirely on what you can do price wise ;]

I've owned my Z all but a week and have decided it needs to sing just a little bit more

Ideally nismo, but those are impossible to find, need a similar thing. Nothing outrageous, just a nice tone.

Had a Mugen catback on my integra before this Z and that was perfect. Which is why I'd jump at the Nismo.

Trawling youtube the Cobra resonated sounds excellent, not sure what the quality is like on these though? And the drone.. I can deal with a little but it is my daily.

Thanks!