BobbyZ

What is often the cause of back pains

I thought it looked a bit off. How the hell does that happen though?

No wonder the sidewalls are huge then. You know the profile is a percentage of the width, right?

What width are the tyres? You said they were 45 profile which is same as standard, but surely these tyres are much wider than standard...

I think the Lexus and the Mazda look nicer

Do cars really lose that much power? I guess it depends on mileage and how well it's been looked after.

Either way, I'm pretty sure the increase in premiums is down to the greater chance of you being a bit of a hooligan if you mod your car. Not always fair, but far from 100% false either..

Yes I've seen bigger tools Bit of a div, but nothing I'll lose any sleep over TBH.

Pretty sweet motor. I need to get me some splash guards

Hi and welcome... best colour of zed

No one would want to be the person that takes away an elderly person's independence, even if it meant improving road safety....

As long as the money's decent, I'll do it

I'd say start by posting some pics of the intake and exhaust here... you might find out what they are. That will give you some idea of what to do next. You don't want to remap it if you end up changing those, because then you'll need to have it mapped again:)

Well I'm sure Nissan have employed their share of rubbish mechanics in their time. I'd want a second opinion from someone who really knows these engines (a good specialist if you have one nearby).

Um, a little off-topic but I looked at some of the comments. I'm not on facebook so excuse my ignorance but are those sort of comments normal? It's a stream of foul-mouthed utter inanity only slightly more offensive than the poor Z itself.I mean what a waste of time to be part of facebook if that's all it gives you?

There are a lot of reasons why FB is a waste of time!

The first step I'd say would be to get decent tyres on and have someone that knows what they're doing check that everything's in order (including wheel alignment). Maybe once the car is working as it should it will handle in a more balanced way

No point in modifying until you know where the base point is.

And your hands get all filthy and smelly filling it up which is then transferred to everything you touch on the interior because the petrol stations never bother to fill up the disposable gloves ....

 

I have a diesel burning daily and always wonder how diesel ends up all over the pump handles, its no different to dispensing petrol???

I've heard it's because diesel drivers are wrong'uns

Great zed... for some reason looks even more perfectly proportioned than your average zed

Welcome to the forum.

Sure, but I guess I was referring to your comment about the pace. All of these old Jap cars would be seen off by a Focus RS in standard form.

Never quite put my finger on the Supra thing, ok the 2jz is a great engine, but, the car isnt particularly quick (unless tuned), its not that old or wasnt when they started to rise and there are still quite a few about?

Surely the tunability is a big factor, as it is with Skylines? I don't think that they're that quick as standard either (although admittedly I've never been in one).

For me though, the Supra shape is a true classic - same with the 350z as it happens

Great looking wing... I'm thinking I might get one as my last mod, so you're about 2 years too early

I have a set of the zita r and I would say it is one of the things I have done .

 

Alan

Endorsements don't come much more emphatic than that!

Now you just have to retrim the interior so it doesn't clash

Very nice... my first thought was 'a bit yellow' so sounds like it's great IRL!

What they said ^^

The BMW DTM orange is my pick of the ones suggested

I got into Kavinsky for a bit after watching Drive. Night Call is such a tune

Noooo, I hate Pitbull with a passion, but I do have to admit that song is incredibly poo and rubbish.

FTFY

I quite like that

How disappointing - you seemed like quite a sensible chap from your posts

Pitbull is about on a par with Will.I.am for making rubbish music (in the last few years - the BEP did at one point actually make real music). Ke$ha isn't much better, so put them together and it's never gonna be pretty.