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  1. Rook

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    Worth adding the following: - the Street basis Z design only differs from the expensive Tein stuff in that it is a closed design (like Nissan OEM) and is made in China and not Japan. - Given the nature of the Z cars and what they're all about, I think assuming the OEM shocks are 'good' is risky. I have no reason to think the original shocks were any better than Tein's Basis Z stuff, and nor does anybody else. How are you quantifying better? They haven't exactly been out long enough to know what their lifespans are, who's to say the Basis Z shocks aren't 'better'. Also, it's not Tein springs and Nissan shocks vs Tein springs and Tein shocks, it's Tein springs and old Nissan shocks vs adjustable Tein springs and new Tein shocks. That adjustability, plus the fact they go a lot lower than Tein S tech springs alone are big factors.
  2. Worth bearing in mind you can't really adjust that too much before it stops your cruise control working. As low as mine would go with the cruise still working was only about 6mm lower :/
  3. Rook

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    I have Tein Street basis Z. I don't track it, my suspension was 10 years old and a bit limp, I wanted to lower, but do occasional trips to Wales which isn't very low car friendly. I wanted something with a lot of travel but was a tad firmer, so I could ride lower comfortably. The Street Basis Z is really the ideal set for this. I don't need to adjust damping, they're lowered to where I want (about -25mm) and still have a bit of travel left, the ride is firmer but handles the crappy town roads around here perfectly. For me, the Street Basis Z set is a true 'OEM Plus' mod. The car is is low and handles as well as it should have done out of the factory, and I can raise and lower if I need. Yet to hear a good reason why I should've spent any more.
  4. Top mounts are stock too, totally fine.
  5. Stock bucket, the chap who put them on was happy with the geo after fitting so I haven't changed toe or camber arms. Quite like the little bit of negative camber I have going on actually.
  6. do you need higher revs to pull away? Tiny bit, but it feels no different because the revs pick up quicker anyway. is it easy to go from stop to crawling in stop start traffic? Very is she more prone to stalling? Not at all edit: oh, one more thing, is it easy to pull away smoothly, driving miss daisy style? Very, but this is when it's most prone to make a noise. If you do a lot of this you'll hear the 'chattering' a lot. As I say, I find it really quite acceptable.
  7. Should add: I'm mostly on a roads and motorways and not tracks. There are some properly crap quality roads around here and it will chuck you about a bit on those. I don't find myself avoiding every drain cover for fear of my spine though.
  8. Time for an update then. Honestly, these feel like the new normal. The ride height has settled a bit so it sits a tiny bit lower, and I feel as though the damping is just a tiny weenie bit more forgiving than brand new. I love the handling, I still really love - and notice - how direct the front of the car feels, and the lowered (but not too low) look is awesome. I use my car every single day and go 60-80 miles a day, my butt doesn't hurt, my passengers don't complain, my car sits low, looks great, and handles like it's on rails. I really don't know how I could be any happier given what I paid. Just think of it as the next step up from lowering springs just with better ride quality and adjustable height, with the added benefit of being a little stiffer than stock, so you get a more direct feel.
  9. Just wanted to share my experience as, for all my searching, I couldn't find someone with the same situation as me commenting on the viability of a lighter single mass fly. I commute between 200 and 400 miles a week, about 60/40 motorways and town driving. Regularly stuck in traffic, but also regularly get the chance to us the Z for its intended purpose. ZMANALEX recently hooked me up with a new clutch as mine was slipping, and I decided to go OEM clutch (with updated throwout, great shout), and lightened single mass flywheel. I was worried this was gunna make sitting in traffic a real pain, not least for the clutch itself but also the famous 'chattering'. I've had the kit fitted 3 days now and done about 200 miles on it so far, and I just feel the need to say holy s**t! The car feels so much more alert in lower gears, and in particular the pickup in first is so much better. The car feels so much more like it wants to go. It might just be a placebo (though I had minimal expectations) but it just feels quicker. The downsides I was worrying about haven't been a problem for me either. Pulling away smoothly's very easy, and the chattering... I'm not gunna pretend it isn't there, but it's quiet. It's only really noticeable if you 'lug' the engine at low revs, and you shouldn't really do that anyway. All in all it makes less noise than my cruddy old throwout bearing made, and the noise doesn't sound so much like my car's broken. So I just wanted to share my experience, unless you're very sensitive about noise I'd say don't be put off by chattering, the benefit to the feel of the car is blatant, and I'd suggest anyone looking to make their car feel a little lighter off the line just go for it. I also wanted to throw a public *thanks* Alex's way, great recommendation and great kit, thanks a lot Flywheel is a 6.9kg, I believe.
  10. Some of you care way too much what others think hahahaha. Silliness aside, I just wanted to contribute two things: - top knot teens buying with daddy's money: short term might mean the rep of the car goes to @*!#, longer term it means lots of write offs, lots of cars being parted out, and fewer on the road. We're not talking about Focus ST's that you see everywhere here, we're talking about the Z, which is a rare format (2 seats, big NA motor, Japanese reliability) that How Many Left claims has only 5000 examples remaining on British roads and falling. Let some teenagers write some off, let some motors die of old age, hydrolock, lose oil pressure, and die of detonation from being run on 95 unleaded; make our cars rarer! - I paid £6300 for my 88k RevUp (2007) 2 years ago (almost to the day). Since I bought it, the unavoidable expenses have been tyres (Fk453's x4, £400), brakes all round (brembo, about £300 for 4 discs and 8 pads), and most recently the clutch and flywheel (£900 fitted), so I've got £7900 in my car - and I know it inside and out, so if I were buying it now, it would be the equivalent of buying from a trustworthy dealer with a warranty, haha. It happens that I've also put Tein suspension, a Cobra system and a Takeda intake, but if I'd bought a car in tip top shape I'd have had to pay for those anyway. There's currently a very very similar car to mine in its current state on AutoTrader for £6200. I'm pretty happy with that. Particularly as I would have likely had to have done brakes and tyres on any car I'd owned two years. Fuel was a tasty £1.50 a litre when I bought mine though, and I bought before we had our annual random late spring heatwave, so people weren't really in the mood for sports coupes. I think prices have bottomed out.
  11. I think I'm the first person here to vouch for the RevUp. I bought one on purpose! Here's why: - Better looks. I so much prefer the facelift front, new lights, new interior... everything. I think despite only being 4 years newer, its aging much better after these last 11 years. - 296 BHP straight out of the gate. It's the same motor as the DE just revs higher (hence the name) with improved timing (hence ability to rev higher), bigger plenum (so no need for a plenum) and a bunch of other tweaks. Same bottom end as far as I'm aware. I believe this is also connected to the better of the two gearboxes Nissan have used. - The HRs are very expensive for what you get. I've driven HR's old and new and seem to remember not liking the clutch but otherwise not really seeing any improvement. There are differences, but it's not really quicker. I did like how high it revved though, 75mph in 2nd is ridiculous. They're more because they're rare, and rarity's not good value! Don't forget those gallery gaskets, too. The only potential downsides are the Tax and the oil usage. Mine uses between 0.5-0.8l of oil per 1000 miles depending on driving conditions. This is very manageable and regular checking's just good maintenance anyway. It really isn't an issue. The tax; I spend £80 a week on fuel for all the commuting I do in my Z, the tax difference is less than 3 weeks worth of fuel, I'm really not fussed. What I spend on tyres, brakes, clutches (ugh), coilovers, exhausts, intakes, insurance... another couple hundred a year in tax is pretty negligible haha.
  12. ^ Everyone's cars are different. Mine gets through about 700ml/1000miles, combination of motorway mileage and A roads. I redline it every time I take it out, though haha.
  13. I believe 'spec' oil consumption is 1l per 1k miles, and my 07 RevUp uses less than that, but not by a huge amount. I've put 50k miles on mine, bought it at 80k, never skipped a beat. By far the most reliable car I've owned, only had to replace tyres, brake discs and pads and a Y pipe. Whatever you get, just check the oil regularly. High oil consumption is more common on a RevUp but any VQ can use more than you'd expect.
  14. Hmmmmm not sure I got £260 worth of sound. It sounds deeper, a tad louder, and opens up more in the 3.5-5k range. Not night and day, I definitely noticed because I know the car well, and I do find myself listening to the car more. I changed because I needed a new Y-pipe. I'd have liked to have changed before I needed to just because I like the idea of having a full system that's designed together, but the £260 isn't good value in terms of changing the sound when you consider the mid and back sections were £500 odd and make soooo much difference haha. If you have a non-res, I imagine you'll notice more difference than me, though.
  15. I didn't realise if that's the case. Likely to have any effect on performance pre- or post-remap? I haven't remapped since switching from full OEM to cat-back Cobra. Gone off the idea of HFC's, will this have made a difference?
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