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Update: I've taken the decision to swap to 5W - 40 during my upcoming service in the next few months / thousand miles. I'll post back here the results regardless.

Hi, I have for sale, new boxed and sealed and ready to go a complete set of Mishimoto Silicone Radiator/Cooling hoses in black for sale. This is a complete kit to replace the four main hoses on your 2003 - 2006 VQ35DE 350z. The kit includes the Upper/Lower hose, the smaller rubber expansion hose from the expansion/radiator cap to the expansion tank, and the cooling hose that runs under the plastic engine cover. The item is in a brand new, never used condition, with only the box opened. Hoses are still in a sealed bag. I'm asking for £90 including post and packaging to mainland UK, which I think is fair as I paid £105 new I reserve the right to remove the items from sale as they are also listed elsewhere, however if this occurs I will update this thread.

I've also just directly asked Tegiwa/Skunk2 Europe again about what warranty is offered with the product via Email and its been directly ignored...again *alarm bells*

Sorry I meant to write H Tune, I've edited my original post to correct this. H-Dev as far as I'm aware don't stock the item.

Having real difficulty sourcing the Skunk2 Radiator as a replacement. Torqen aren't able to help despite it being listed on their website, due to import/export costs H-tune have a large amount of bad reviews online concerning expensive items that never turned up, and no return communication meaning buyers have had to initiate paypal charge backs to get their money back I've contacted Skunk2 Europe/Tegiwa regarding the Skunk2 radiator they have listed and their response is hardly convincing, seemingly dancing around my question surrounding the warranty period with a new Skunk2 Radiator purchased through them?! Any other suggestions? The Koyo is very expensive, out of budget and offers little warranty. Apart from a used OEM item, anyone got any other suggestions of traders who could help or supply alternatives? All I'm after is a UK Seller who can sell me the Skunk Radiator with a minimum warranty period of a year.

I would chase it up, if you submitted a warranty enquiry / claim form you should have received an Email with a case reference. The Email should contain a link to a Mishimoto Helpdesk Portal. Follow that link, send a password reset to your Email address and then login to the Mishimoto Helpdesk Portal. From there you can start a Live chat to chase it up.

Received my refund today. Overall I can't really fault the customer service, it was a little slow at times but in the end they've done well. However, let this post be a lesson to anyone who's considering one of their products... I'll be ordering a Skunk tonight. Fingers crossed @Snjur, Did your Skunk radiator slot straight in without modification or hassle?

I'm currently seeking refund with Mishimoto at the moment. I think I'll be going for a Skunk next

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated. Call me sour, but I've lost so much faith in the product (and Aluminum radiators) that I'm leaning towards declining a replacement and pushing for a refund, to source an OEM radiator. The experience has put me off Aluminum radiators completely, given that our engines suffer heavily if not adequately cooled. I'm just not convinced by the competition either - they seem to offer even less in terms of warranty, for a radiator that looks identical, costs more (in terms of the Koyo) and come with less. I'll do some browsing tonight but anyone know where I can source a high quality (new, not used) OEM fit radiator?

Well, truth be told the Mishimoto OEM plastic end capped radiator is £180, the Mishimoto aluminium performance radiator is around £290. I wanted the latter for its enhanced cooling capabilities as I like to think in the next three years, the car may be FI so it was on the list in addition to other upgrades. Maybe I should just cut my losses and go back to plastic capped.

Yeah, was bought directly from Mishimoto UK. I lied in my original post, I've actually covered less than 1000 miles since it was installed. Hence my anger, as the leak would have been spotted as a manufacturing defect if tested properly. I'm skeptical about all aluminium radiators now. People are recommending a Koyo radiator instead, however Koyo only appear to warranty the initial startup of the radiator and the radiator is an eye watering £400 odd quid!! A lot of money to loose if the radiator develops a leak in the first two months after the initial 'start up', and the Koyo doesn't even come with a cap for that price. I just want a water tight radiator, is that too much to ask

UPDATE: So after chasing Mishimoto support myself, and resending pictures of the leak and the Radiators serial number, Mishimoto have confirmed that they cannot get a new radiator to me until the 31st January 2018, as the radiator is out of stock. The suggestion in the meantime from Mishimoto is to add the Mishimoto stop leak product to the radiator to stop the leak for now . Although they are offering this for free, and adding it would not void the warranty, for the sake of their faulty radiator, I'd rather not risk a blocked heater matrix or a blocked cooling jacket! Whilst I appreciate the effort, I'm going to ask for and review any other options they can give me. However, I suspect that if I request a refund they won't process this until they receive the faulty radiator back, which means over a week with the Zed on the driveway with no radiator before I can even order an alternative I hate to slate vendors, but had this radiator been subject to proper QC, they could have identified this before it was shipped!! Would not recommend.

Most of the opinions I've received align perfectly with what Alex has said. I'm now concerned that if they issue a replacement, that it will do the same. Has anyone here had a good experience or experiences with Mishimoto Radiators and their customer support? Two days and even though I've submitted an online warranty claim and had an automatic acknowledgement, nobody has got back to me.

Unfortunately I've still not been able to source a replacement headlight lense. If anyone has one please let me know

Recently replaced my oem radiator with a Mishimoto Aluminum Performance Radiator and after less than 2000 miles its developed a pinhole leak under hot pressure from a weld near the end tank. Do they not pressure test these radiators as part of QC? I get the feeling that they aren't manufactured very well, as the fitment was also poor! Whilst I wait for a response from Mishimoto regarding a warranty claim, I'm pretty disappointed for a £300 radiator. What are others experiences with the Mishimoto Radiator? I'm running it in conjunction with a Mishimoto Fan Shroud.

That's encouraging news! So has your ticking noise now stopped after changing to a slightly thicker oil? When hot 5W - 30 is quite thin, so it wouldn't surprise me if 5W - 40 helps. Does anyone know if 5W - 40 would do any damage? I can't think why it would, I'd just have to wait longer for the oil to get to temp. Edit: I'm starting to think that the previous owner of my car may have ran slightly thicker oil to address the problem previously (before my ownership at 55,000 miles) and when I had my first oil change and replaced the oil with 5W 30 at 60,000 odd miles its reintroduced the problem. I wonder if 5W - 40 would also reduce my oil consumption. Its not bad, but it's not brilliant either (0.5 litre per 600 - 800 miles).

For the record I never got any further with this, nearly 20,000 miles after I last talked about it, Lol. I'm debating switching to 5W - 40 or 10W - 40 oil next time to see if it quietens it up.

Hi Paul PM sent If I can get a replacement facelift headlight offside lense it will save me replacing the entire headlight

Thank you for the responses guys! I have a replacement LED board to slot into one headlight which I will do whilst resealing the nearside headlight. I have another issue now with the offside headlight whereby when I last sanded and polished it, I managed to put heat scores on the inside of the lens by concentrating the buffer on one point of the external lense for too long Does anyone know if the lenses are competely interchangeable between a preface lift and face lift headlight? Can I buy a cheap pre facelift headlight, head the glue up and swap the lense to my facelift headlight?

Hi all I have a 2007 350Z with Facelift Headlights. Unfortunately the seals have deteriorated allowing small water ingress into the headlights either side. How easy is it to remove the headlights, split them, clean them up and effectively reseal them without a professional oven and equipment? I'd also like to replace the orange LEDs inside one of the headlights as one of the LEDs has failed, and I need to polish the inside of one headlight lens. If this is a job best left to a professional, can anyone recommend someone who offers this service with a relatively quick turnaround (one week)? The other alternative would be brand new headlights at £1600 for replacements or sourcing a used pair which I simply cannot afford right now due to other priorities on the Zed. Any advice appreciated. Thank you

Do you still have these available? Sent from my Xperia Z2 using Tapatalk

Glad to hear its resolved Fluke. Just wanted to check about the replacement part as I had a nightmare with my clockspring replacement 😄 Happy Zedding! Sent from my Xperia Z2 using Tapatalk

Also, you did replace the clockspring with a genuine part didn't you? Not an Ebay special? Sent from my Xperia Z2 using Tapatalk

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I was in the same position and downloaded and purchased Nissan Data Scan and using a Vagcom KKL OBD Adapter and Nissan Datascan I was able to reset the angle sensor and resolve the issue. You'll find purchasing the Nissan Data Scan and cable cheaper than paying someone else or taking it to Nissan. Sent from my Xperia Z2 using Tapatalk