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Definitely interested, the rear arms, anti roll bars and coilovers are all eibach so these would fit in well. PM me with pics and price, cheers Alex

As above, if anyone has any before i shell out on new let me know.

Welcome Marc. may see you at japfest our list is getting big now

It certainly wont do any harm, I did mine last year, gives you the peace of mind that it is protected but more importantly allows you to inspect the underside for any rust and sort before it gets worse. I sell the Bilt Hamber dynax range on the website that i used on my 350, these come highly recommended, I also sell the Hydrate 80 rust converter if needed and a kit. If you have the time spare, for the cost of products its a no brainer.

I am sure @ZMANALEX will sell you just 2 fronts or 2 rears, whichever way you want to go, although like above, you wanna be on the 8.5j really for better tyre fitment and better traction.

Thanks @350Butcher this is the thing with tyres like with many other parts, everyone has a different view which is great but not so great at the same time. I spent around 2 hours today looking at reviews/videos online and had made my mind up on the Nankang AR-1 From what info I can gather they perform from the get go and can last a full day without any drop off in performance, people were talking about knocking 2 secs off their previous best on lap 1 or 2 on a 2 minute track then another second or so after 4/5 laps and the same times thereafter. When I looked at Michellin Cup 2 and Pirelli Trofeo R, no doubt they are a faster tyre when upto temp but lots of reviews saying they take a few laps to do it and times come down like a second a lap for first 5 laps then consistant after, there was a great video on youtube with a guy comparing cup 2 to pilot 4s road tyres on a damp road and the cup 2's were spinning at every opportunity, he just couldn't get any temperature into them for them to hit their peak window and the trofeo R are advised to use caution in the wet, not saying the AR-1 will be great but they seem a softer compound which will work better from cold. The Trofeo R seems to get the best rating out of any road legal tyre in the dry but it needs a very specific pressure/temp to work otherwise the performance falls off a cliff, read that as unless you have a full pit crew with tyre blankets its nigh on impossible to get the perfect pressure. Not really looked at the A052s apart from the Yoko site that markets them as a street sport tyre, that put me off a little as the AR-1 are marketed as a Trackday specific tyre that is road legal, if that makes sense. I will try and make my mind up soon as I need to bite the bullet and get some sorted, also the AR-1 are £800 set in sizes I need (demontweeks), 265/35/18 and 235/40/18 which seems great value compared to the others which are £1000 + although the price is not a factor in my decision, its always good to save money.

A big welcome from one Glen to another

Welcome to the club

Welcome along

welcome along, great purchase!

Not allowed Steve unfortunately.

Looking nice

Cheers Dan, i may have misled you with the title though, What i meant was best tyre when the tyre is cold, not the track/weather although today it was both in the morning. I am thinking more like spring/summer average british cloudy day, whats gonna work best for sprints/hillcimbs when you are not allowed any tyre spinning or warming so the tyre has to perform out of the box so to speak, rather than over multiple laps. No so bothered about whether it lasts a million laps as long as it doesnt kill me in the wet.

Welcome along

I know this is like opening a can of worms but welcome all advice. I have just done my first hillclimb day with the zed along with @Kieran O'Quick and got back in one piece... just The main problem was the lack of grip from the mpss road tyres. They have been fine on the road and even at the ring when you can warm them up but at a few degrees on a green track with no warming up allowed i was spinning more than i was going straight. 4 out of 7 runs off the track, great for the spectators, not so good for me, Its quite apparent with everyone running semi-slicks that standard road tyres are no good, so with that in mind and the fact i do very few road miles, i need to get some semi-slicks or list 1b tyres for those that know the regs. so the question is.. What would people recommend from the following 1b List tyres (or any others although i have checked the below all come in sizes to suit my wheels) and which are best from cold rather than longevity or when upto temp. Toyo R888R Nangkang AR-1 Pirelli Trofeo R Michellin Sport Cup2 Yokohama A052 pic below of the two zeds today at Harewood Hillclimb, great day for cutting the grass i said to the organisers.

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Welcome Dean from a fellow Yorkshireman

Horsham and Abbey are the two most zed owners use. Plenty of experience and both highly recommended. Both traders on here also. I used Horsham as they did a group buy deal last year

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Yes and No. The EML light comes on periodically. When it was serviced this was read as 02 bank 2 sensor i think which is probably due to the sports cats. It seems to trigger when the engine/exhaust is very hot either after high revving for 20 mins or sat in traffic for 20 mins so i just reset it. Doesnt effect performance at all and i dont think it was ever anything to do with the throttle sensors.

Welcome Rob

Welcome along Ian

I like the UB as you can see where it is applied so when i look under the car you are safe in the knowledge its protected. Some debris/grit does seem to stick to it but as long as its coated it should be fine. The UC is supposed to be very similar but clear. I did the suspension mainly and bolts/nuts with this. Too early to tell if if makes a long term difference but going by the reviews it should do. Got both of those plus more available on the website from end of next week.

Welcome skippy

Not updated in a while so here goes, its been a very frantic 6 months or so. Another addition to the family, setting up my own business and keeping a full time job as well as my wife being made redundant. Anyway back to the Zed. In November @Rob350 organised a meet and drive out round Clitheroe and surrounding areas. I think there was 10 350/370s to start with and it was a great chance to have a blast although the roads were very wet/icy/muddy so senses were at full alert, the afternoon session was much more free flowing and we could give it some beans when temperature had increased slightly and roads were a bit drier. A few pics below, should have taken more but most cars were caked in mud and road spray so didn't look their sunday best. The following day I decided to give the Zed a wash and use some of the new products I have started selling. A pre wash snow foam, then washed (gtechniq gwash), then clayed, then Carchem PTFE polish followed by Carchem hydrocoat. The hydrocoat really does add a nice shine as you can see in the second pic, wing coated, bonnet not coated, or maybe it was the light, either way the car looked great when it was all finished. Then sometime in December I think @davey_83 mentioned how he had purchased a c-tek charger for over the winter and thinking that mine may be stood for a few months, I took up the recommendation and purchased one of these: Now they come with 2 types of connector as in pic, the clamps and the eyelets. This is a great idea as I have screwed in the eyelets to the terminals and because they are wired to a connector block that has a rubber sealed end, you can just leave it hanging in the battery compartment area so no faffing around next time you want to connect it and it still leaves the clamp connections spare for use on another vehicle. They are a great piece of kit for around £60-£70. That was it and Christmas come and went and onwards and upwards into 2018. The Zed has been sat in the garage and being stood there got me thinking about how I can get more use and enjoyment out of her this year. I went to this last year and watched Kieran from the forum in his 350z flying up the hill. This is Harewood hill climb and so the plan began to compete this year. Now the technicalities for anyone wanting to do this, just to note, I am booked in for a practice day end of March then the first event is in April if i get in, so until they scrutinise my car I am still a little in the dark but a few things I do know and have had to do to the car are listed below with pics where relevant: First of all, you have to apply for a Sprint non race B Licence (no actual test and cost around £50) then become a member of a club, I joined BARC Yorkshire so I could compete at Harewood (Leeds) (again around £50) The more types of licence you apply for or clubs/regions you join obviously will cost more money each time, as far as I can tell when you compete in events you can get your licence/card marked and after several markings you can then apply for an A licence which will get you into ore prestigious events and so on... Then for sprints or hill climbing your car has to have a front and rear tow eye/strap easily accessible and marked so you need to be pulled out of the gravel or a ditch, a high probability knowing how I drive once I don a helmet! so I picked up a rear tow eye off Ebay and a front tow eye from Adrian@torqen The front screws straight in, I used some ptfe tape on the threads so I could get it tight and pointing the right way otherwise the only way to have them straight is leave them loose which is no good. Just for info, the bolts that came with the rear epman tow eye were not long enough for the Zeds rear tow plate to bolt through so I had to buy some longer ones, 50mm M12, the ones supplied I think are 40mm, and you have to remove a piece of the trim to fit it, as far as I can see it serves no function anyway, other than to shield the frame from road spray/grime. Now the eagle eyed amonst you will have noticed the 2 screws protruding from the number plate, this is because you have to attach a timing strut at a specific height to break the timing beam at events. It just so happens the number plate with a bracket attached works out to be the perfect height and luckily my number plate is metal so attach a bracket the attach the carbon fibre timing strut. You can make a strut out of anything really but hey, I treated myself to the first bit of carbon on the car (about £30) For the regulations you also have to make which way you turn the ignition off and mark the battery earth in yellow so here it is: The final thing car wise is a White square or circle on each side of the car to display your race number, I havn't done this yet so that's the next step, still unsure whether to add and race livery or not at the same time and go proper race car! So onto your own personal protection, You have to have an approved race suit, gloves and helmet. So I booked a day off work and made the trip to demon-tweeks at Wrexham. Full credit to these guys, I literally spent 2 hours there trying on various suits/boots/helmets and the chap serving me was very patient and offered good advice and recommendations. I ended up buying a Sparco starter set if you like, its the Sparco Sprint RS2.1 suit together with the boots and gloves and the Sparco Pro RJ-3 helmet. Total cost was around £850 What I can't stress enough is don't buy off the internet, I reserved a suit from demon tweeks as they only had 2 left, I went by the size guide but when I tried it on it was much too tight and I ended getting my suit which was 2 sizes bigger, also between brands there is a difference, ie the OMP suits were a bigger fitting so a 58 in OMP is like a 56 in Sparco etc.. definately try before you buy. I have also purchased a gear lever extension to make the gear changes easier and slicker In other news my trusty old BMW 320D decided over the winter period that the M-sport suspension was not low enough for it and it must have been envious of the low riders out there that one very cold morning the front springs snapped leaving me with no choice but to get a company car, so the Audi A3 was welcomed to the stable, and the BM was swiftly sold on facebook to someone that works for BMW. It didn't take long before I was glad of the company car as the recent snow (pic below just because?) I skidded down a hill grinding the kerb as I went more or less destroying the alloy wheel, thank the lord it was not the zed as I think my wheels are not even made anymore. So Bye Bye Welcome: Welcome or Not Welcome still undecided: And Last but not least, The mod that everyone wants, proven to add 15bhp and 25nm torque as well as look cool, the forum sticker: Thanks for reading, already booked for Japfest and the jap performance show so will see some of you guys there. don't forget the website for all your detailing supplies, I will have Bilt Hamber products available very soon, will announce it in the trader area shortly.