Stan

Do you mean the bulbs? They are all from the good old eBay, but not the cheaper ones on there though, as the 5630 LEDs seem to cost more!

Next up was to tackle the more expensive bulbs to replace, the rear indicators/reverse and side indicators. Whilst I was changing these, I also ordered some smoked sidelights: The side indicators are still 501 size but with 30x amber 5630 chips on them, so pretty bright. I tried to get a pic but it was so bright my camera just made it look arty! The rears are harder to find (and more expensive!), being a 7440 bulb there isn't a lot of choice if you want SMD LEDs on them, but I got a pair of 50w ambers and a single 50w white for the reverse No pics of them working but you can take my word they are pretty bright when they are. Quite easy to fit as well once you remove your rear lights, even for me with big hands! I haven't tackled the front indicators yet due to how hard it is to get to them, so they are in the pipeline! The next thing I ordered after a recommendation from someone I know on my old Supra forum was a D1 Spec Throttle Controller. I followed a very helpful guide on here on how to install and was up and running in about 1/2 hour. I also mounted it by my A pillar so I can alter it on the fly. Only had a couple of runs at SP7 and it was pretty impressive! I keep it on EC5 for general day to day driving and don't notice it altering my driving at all which is good. A few days after that my new gearknob arrived from the states, and I had a gaiter that I had ordered the week before, so I fitted those. Suffice to say despite following the guides on here, the old knob was a to take off lol and I pretty much wrecked it with the mole grips, but at least the replacement bits were nice and easy to put back on: The latest things that I put on last weekend were some carbon bonnet lifters that I got from Redline Styling, a generic oil catch can from eBay, and thanks to Moped Mark a core strut brace with the edges done in Azure blue . You can also see the popcharger installed. Again following a guide the catch can was a doddle to fit. The only change I made was to order some more reinforced tubing to go with the can, as the supplied tubing was (a) too large for the plenum attachments, and ( seemed to collapse upon itself on tickover. And not really a 'mod' as such, but I finally found an OBDII connector that works with the 350z after going through a couple of duds, so here is the Torque app running whilst the car is ticking over: There are more parameters you can monitor, but I have gone for MAF, coolant temp, intake temp, revs and throttle position. It's quite a handy tool for a small outlay (£20 for the connector and a few quid for the app). Got a few more things on order (blue bolt kit for the engine bay, blue D1 spec wheel nuts and a cooling plate) so watch this space...

So I picked up my 56-plate roadster a month ago yesterday, thought I'd start a modding thread (just so I can keep track of what I've done really!) Here it is bog standard when I got her. It had everything I wanted which was facelift, low mileage, sat nav and the GT pack: The first thing I did was order a few things from Tarmac, specifically a popcharger (pics later), stubby aerial and a new Z badge for the front. However while I waited for those to arrive, I treated her to a bit of a machine polish and mini-detail. I am a bit of a hobby detailer as evident from my garage To be honest there wasn't much to do paintwise, but it was mainly the odd things like dressing all the plastics, plastic polishing the lights, degreasing the engine bay a bit and ensuring it had a good polish before a layer of glaze and couple of coats of wax. This should keep it ok until the weather is a lot better when I can strip it and start from scratch. My Tarmac order arrived so I got them installed, pretty easy really, even the popcharger (although I did follow a guide ) The next thing I did was to order a load of LED lighting to replace pretty much everything I could on the car. I tried to get LEDs with SMDs that were 5630 size as they are brighter than the 5050 size because they cover more area on the board. These 2 are both 501 type, the top ones are shorter as they fit in the number plate lights and boot light. The longer ones fit the front sidelights: Installed sidelight: These are just the sidelights in my garage, pretty bright! The numberplate lights are pretty good too. And here is the boot one I also got a couple of 31mm festoons with the 5630 SMDs for the interior lights. They almost light it up as if it was daytime (pic was taken in complete darkness): And to finish it off, a couple of 29mm vanity lights. I could only get these with the 5050 SMDs though, but they are still pretty good:

No chance of being sent by courier?

After last night I need to order.... front lip, couple of rattle cans, engine bolt kit, spoiler, wheel spacers, exhaust and EL wire kit for my engine bay

Did it look something like this? Yeah... it might have done

Nice to meet you all, what a lovely bunch you are , and who shot past me on the A47 on the way home??

I am defo coming, will be there about 7.30

I'm still unsure if I can come as I can't move my neck properly after my procedure, but you never know!

Weather appears to be looking ok for sunday at the mo, hope it stays that way! Who is convoying from Norwich then?

Welcome! I am south of Norwich, and in fact used to live up the road from Lotus as a kid - would always bike down and peer through the fence to look at the track

Interesting how we are using the same wax but your beading is larger... maybe the rain is different where you are? Lol

I have just noticed that when I turn the ignition on, the CEL doesn't come on with the other lights, before extinguishing. I am guessing the bulb has gone? Using Torque I checked the ECU today and it doesn't have any codes stored which is good - I worried the dealer had removed it to hide a fault! However does it matter that the bulb has gone or should I try to replace it? I figured if I can check it with Torque when I want, it doesn't matter too much?

So I'll admit, I am quite a novice detailer, but I have built up a bit of a collection over the years. I love spending hours cleaning my cars so they look their best. I also hate to drive them in the rain as I feel all my hard work has gone to waste! However I had the roadster out today fitting a catch can, and got caught in a downpour. I quickly pulled it back into the garage, but because the rain had already settled I thought I'd grab a shot For reference, this is finished with a layer of CG 50/50 (put on 2 weeks ago) and I topped it up with Dodo Blue Velvet on the weekend as I brought a panel pot the other day to try out (suffice to say I didn't really like it, it is the first hard wax I have tried as my collection consists of soft paste waxes), but it seems to give a good finish anyway!

Yeah I have been testing it out this morning. I only had a quick play but it was showing revs, coolant temp and speed on the main gauge page. I didn't load up any more gauges or anything but I guess as it was showing those, it would show anything else? I did find it had about half a second delay showing the revs climbing, whether or not this is normal I dunno It also talked to the ecu to check fault codes etc

I have had the same issue as other people with adaptor not connecting to Torque, but I saw this recommended and gave it a shot http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Diagnostic-Bluetooth-4-0-Scan-Tool-OBD2-Code-Reader-Vgate-For-Android-amp-iPhone-/321772510752?txnId=1581599536011 I have just been out to try it and can confirm it works! You don'tneed to tick the 'use alternate header' box in Torque for some Nissan cars that can't be read, but you do need to manually select the ISO 9141-2 setting for reading the adaptor (this should all be clear in the Torque settings under your car profile). Good luck!

That's who I got mine from Thought it looked pretty similar! Did you have issue threading the retaining nut on under the gaiter? Cos mine only went on a coulple of turns, so I just left it off

Ebay, but from the states. The seller is 'ukwholesellar' but that particular knob isn't on there at the mo. Still, if it crops up again, they are pretty good and quick with shipping

Fitted a nice aftermarket gearknob and gaiter as well Not as hard as I thought it would be, hardest part was finding the shaft of the knob (!!!) to hold - it had some plastic thing around it that I had to break off. Also installed my D1 spec throttle controller thanks to a very helpful how-to guide on here.

They are really nice, shame you are so far away!

I replaced mine when I got my zed as it had the same issue - worked straight away with no probs

Can you not code it yourself? I'm sure I have seen something about registering keys by turning the ignition on and off and holding buttons in on the key?

Would dampners not be a more stylish and clean option? I got a pair from redline for £95 or so

Cheers guys, thankfully it is just (!) an injection into my spine to try and get a herniated disc back into place... the trouble is that the nerve it presses on affects my right arm, so all being well I should be ok to drive, but we'll see! I do really wanna come to show the roadster off though Oh, and the weather here is shocking too, meant to clear up in a few days though!

10th April. 1. Timc 2. Gumpy000 3.Maxevans95 4.Jimmy.Farrow7 5. Stan (But I am having a spinal injection a few days before so will see how I go as I may have a knackered arm!)