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Thanks for offer Andy but as i put previous, the 18th or 19th July is prob best option for me. Its midweek so i would be at work anyway and keeps weekend free. I am at the ring for 5 days end of May so other half wont like me away for another weekend so soon after and depending on how much abuse i give it over there may need some fresh bits which i would be struggling to fit in money and time wise for 3rd June. I will stick to above, thanks again

Plus rather do a day with a full team of zedders and 3rd june is only a week after Nurburgring trip. May have new pads and fluids/oils to sort and dont think i would have chance

18/19th will do then Stu. I assumed you were going with pref and only those 2 wanted june. Didnt realise there were only 2 slots. 24th july would def be too fine i think with due date 28th.

I would prefer the sat on 3rd June if possible rather than date end of july as wife is due to give birth as i mentioned in earlier post. Is it feasible for us 4 on midweek july to all move to sat 3rd June. Looking at preferences it should be ok. If gudzy mouthwash and woodzman are open to that it would be great. Otherwise will have be the 18/19 july and thats cutting it fine.

Who are Russia behind? or dont we warrant their tinder time?

Thats good for me. Anyone else going from Yorkshire/north east

I have just put a Kaaz 2-way in mine. Dont think its too intrusive on braking and keeps future options open but they do recommend 1.5 for track, i dont think there is much in it. I went for the super-Q for what little extra it costs. The extra things needed/recommended were new seals kit and Kaaz specific diff oil. I also took the opportunity to put upgraded whiteline bushes in. I bought a doner diff housing (pumpkin) so it was built independantly meaning it could be fitted in one morning. This means i have my old diff spare if you want to go down that route. Early feeling is it gives you much more push out of corners and when steering is only slightly turned, when steering is moderate-full turned induces much more oversteer/powerslides but easier to control. I can see why racers and drifters alike love them. They are very clicky/hoppy at slow tight speeds but who wants to drive a zed at 5mph anyhow, the super-q does seem quieter than the youtube videos i watched so its not just marketing.

A1-M18-M1 yep

I will be going down sun am same time bud from Ponte

Definitely interested in something "up north" depending on date.

I like, do these fit all models?

Part 4 Continued. An uprev at some point was always on the cards, to make sure everything was good, eek out some more performance and introduce multiple maps along with pops and bangs just because we can. I missed the first h-dev group buy mainly because I was in the process of having the work done so jumped on the band wagon with the second group buy. As always its great to meet new faces and the 400 miles round trip should hopefully be worth it. I was sat in traffic all the way home (7 hrs) and was stop start crawling at 5mph for a good 2-3 hrs. The cooling upgrades I have done came into full use and although my feet were as hot as when you walk barefoot on Egyption sand, the engine temp never went above halfway on the gauge and the clutch never faultered, good to know ahead of the drive to Germany. Onto the dyno result, made 302hp on base run then 313hp after the mapping so although not fantastic results its now kicking out the same as a brand new version and I don't think HRs get the same gains as DE's normally. Obviously torque has improved as well and I now have multiple maps with the option of launch control to add on. Pic below of car at Horsham, the Old fiesta lurking behind is apparently used for drag runs kicking out 550hp. my first ever car was a £50 fiesta 1986 year kicking out 50hp over 4 speed box but you couldn't select 4th or it died as the power had gone, you couldn't go over 3k revs or the radiator would go and I used a tin of white spray paint every weekend covering the arch rust, those were the days. So we are now set for Japfest and the ring. I thought I best purchase one of these just in case I get over confident at the ring and star in the next youtube video of top 10 crashes. It serves a dual purpose, protecting my head, but more importantly my shame. So there we are upto present, just ordered a 380 pedal from Torqen which should be hear next week, got a few more stickers to maybe put inside. The hotel at Nurburgring was booked as a 3 bed apartment as there was supposed to be a work colleague coming but he has dropped out so there is a spare bed if anyone fancies a trip over in the Zed, won't even charge for it, if interested PM me and I will give you details, be great to have a forum member with us, likewise if anyone is there weekend of 20/21 May get in touch and we can possibly meet up. Have also got my name down for the advanced driver day at Millbrook which should be a great day, hopefully car is still in one piece by then, kind of doing everything the wrong way round but what the hell. Ploughed loads of money into car before I really know what I need, booked the most dangerous track on the planet before having any training/experience, booked training last. Will certainly be doing more track days second half of year though and hopefully meet some of you guys and get some tips/advice. Also booked for the Jap performance show in Coventry again for later in year. Big thanks to : Cougar store Torqen Tarmac Sportz Clarke Motorsport Horsham Developments The forum

Part 3 Continued. So it was the back end of 2016 that I decided the best way to get the most out of the car was a track day or 2. And what better place to start than the worst possible place to start! The green hell aka Nurburgring. Go big or go home yeah. So I spoke to the brother who had just bought a new MX5 and we set on a date of 18-22nd May which would give me enough time to fingers crossed get my bonus from work and upgrade the car a little more with dedicated track day upgrades. Hotel and ferry tickets were booked so I knew had had something to look forward to. Back to seats, the common issue with the OEM seats is lack of support and no matter how determined you are, when you start sliding sideways in the seat it takes your attention and focus away from the car and corner. So off I went to GSM at Nottingham to try a few out. I was gonna dive right in with the ones I liked the look of best but thank god the forum spoke to me and said make sure they fit right first. Sound advice and I would stress for everybody to try before they buy. After sitting in a dozen or so the one that seemed to fit my body shape best of all was the buddyclub racing bucket seats. They just hold every part of the body snuggly and are perfect size as well as only 5kg each! So after numerous failed phonecalls to GSM I went direct to buddyclub uk and ordered the seats with the buddyclub sliding rails. On the lowest setting they are the same height as OEM seats, I even soldered in the airbag restrictors, again thanks to guide off the forum and no lights on the dash, success. I am the first to admit, they are not the best looking seat on the market, but they do compliment the interior nicely and its much more function over form. At this point I removed the boot weight, spare wheel and sold the oem alezan seats to another forum member. Total weight saving around 50kg. The final mod done before year end was a set of mishimoto air intake hoses, These are a real pain to fit as they are designed for the 370 so need a bit of cutting but they are slightly bigger diameter, look better and fit in with the rest of mishimoto stuff in engine bay keeping the oem+ look. Other things I have completely missed are: Stubby aerial from tarmac sports, first purchase, how can I forget? K&N panel filters from ebay. ordered 1 thinking a pair would come but only 1 turned up so ended up costing me twice as much Cobra hi-flow cats fitted at same time as MOT in November at cougar store, she sailed through with no advisories! The hi-flow cats add a great (I think) rasp at 5k+ revs but keeps the V6 rumble upto that point New genuine car mats Dyed handbrake lever black to match rest of interior New rear led light from Clarke Motorsport to replace cracked unit Superpro poly bush kit for front end to replace the poor oem bushes The zed went into hibernation for Winter, coming out a few times to keep the juices flowing on nice days, until March when I met up with Mitz to give him my shopping list for the ring, and booked in for 1st April. He messaged me to say it would be a 3:30 am start. But this was no April fools joke, at least I hoped it wasn't. The thought of driving 90 miles in the early hours of Saturday morning then sitting there whilst drunken couples were pro-creating over the zeds arse wasn't a pleasant thought but sure enough, the garage was open for business, not sure Mitz will be doing 24hr opening moving forward though.... So the list of work included: Kaaz super-Q 2-way limited slip diff, thanks to Andy james for selling me his old diff so it could be built in advance. I have my old one available now for purchase if anyone wants to go down same route. New whiteline poly diff bushes to be fitted at same time: A New Xtreme SMF complete clutch kit with new slave cylinder and braided clutch line with high temp clutch fluid. Another kit highly recommended by traders and it gets my seal of approval, I always thought my clutch was high, but everyone says its a trait of the zed and because it never slipped I lived with it. But when the old clutch (still original) came off Andy said there was very little life left in it and the new xtreme kit has a much lower pedal bite, just what I wanted as well as improved response and another 5kg or more weight saving. win win, the chatter people complain about is none existant if you have an aftermarket exhaust system, the exhaust noise is louder than the clutch so I can't hear it. The final major thing done on the day was the brakes. I never liked the Hawk ceramic pads, think I had the standard type. They didn't fade but never gave me bite and grip needed if an emergency situation arrived so not wanting to fork out of discs as well (the DBAs seem fine to me) after reading up I plunged for some carbonne Lorraine RC6 pads all round with a friction coefficiant (don't know what it realy means) of 0.5 or greater all way to 1100c and beyond. What I can say is they are night and day compared to the other pads I have used, Slam on and you are nearly through the windscreen, the abs is kicking in at silly speeds. Definitely what I needed for track work, the only drawback is the high squeal at low braking speeds, this would be too annoying for daily use but as its not my daily I can live with it for the sheer superior performance. Warning, these are not cheap, around £400 set I think. Final things done on the day were high temp brake fluid, Titan race oil, new specific kaaz diff oil and new oil filter with mishimoto magnetic drain plug. I also took the chance to give the W-brace some tlc whilst the car was off the ground. Everyone knows these must be made from the cheapest Chinese steel a bowl of rice can buy you. And mine was no different, the pic below looks bad but it is all surface rust in pic sanded off before it was cleaned and painted with hammerite primer, then satin black topcoat. The structural integrity of the brace was sound but bearing in mind mines an 08 plate with 65k on clock, if you have never bothered to take a look at yours it def will need some attention or poss replacing. Pic below of the zeds second home, I was contemplating putting All fours garage down as where the vehicle will be kept on the insurance as its spent a lot of time there over last 14 months. Around beginning of March, Andy James organised the Japfest 2017 stand at Silverstone so as I saw the stand filling up I got my name down and purchased the tickets. Cant wait to see another 80 or so Zeds all in the same place and meeting some more fellow Zeditus sufferers to share the highs and lows. If there are any volenteers with shabby cars, you are welcome to park next to mine, my beauty is all under the skin! Thought I would treat myself to some new detailing goodies to use before Japfest, building up a nice collection. I realy do like the G-Technic stuff, everything I have used seems top quality, i'm sure some detailing experts on the forum may have other suggestions and they are better placed than me but personally can't recommend them enough. So that brings me right upto April 17. The final piece in the jigsaw, a re-map. Part 4 to follow

Part 3 will be on today. Completely forgot about the stubby. It was the 1st thing i bought.

Part 2 So, realised from the last pic I had forgot about the stickers, most people will tell you a good sticker adds around 2hp so not wanting to chav the car up too much I added as many as possible on the rear quarter glass, 4 each side meaning the placebo effect was 16 extra hp and boy can you feel it, anyway, moving on, the next visit to cougar store was booked in and I wanted to address the cooling as these engines do get very hot so anything to aid cooling and longevity must be a plus. I had a mishimoto rad fitted along with samco hoses and a mishimoto rad cap. I also got a z-speed undertray courtesy of tarmac sports I think which replaces the rubbish oem offering. Then Torqen had one of their sales they like to do, and I had been looking at oil coolers for a while so when the mishimoto one came up at a great price I plunged in, then decided it was time for me to get my hands dirty and fitted it myself. Suprisingley it was fairly straight forward. It bolts into existing holes in front of the other rads, the braided lines and fittings are easy to connect and so is the sandwich plate, the only extra work involved is cutting part of the plastic undertrim to run the hoses round but all in all very easy, no leaks and I was proud of myself. It was around this time I started considering doing track days in my own car rather than experience days I had done previously. Its all good spending money upgrading a car but if its never put to good use it may as well have stayed standard. I think we are upto middle of last year now and around that time I decided to pop my 350 show cherry. I booked for the Japanese performance show in Coventry for September on the 350-uk stand and quickly decided I needed to do something about the "non showroom condition" car I had possession of. I started by tackling the shoddy interior plastics we all know and loathe. I wish I could say the orange rear strut bar cover was the work of a blind man but alas, no, I had done it a few weeks after purchase to match the alezan seats but I know realise why the local graffiti mob didn't even want me. anyway, I can safely say they are all looking much smarter now, no new pics i'm afraid, i'm not that stupid, you will just have to take my word for it. I also ventured for the first time into the world of detailing so got myself a da polisher with pads and polish recommended by the forum, it really is a wealth of great information, and I set about either smartening up or destroying my paintwork, it was a 50/50 gamble I was willing to take. Over the next couple of months there were a few niggles to sort, the windscreen washers stopped working, front and back at the same time but thanks to forum yet again, they got sorted, I replaced both pumps and everything is now working as it should. Then because its a weekend car and if its raining it doesn't get used the battery had been struggling for a couple of months until it finally said no more. I got a shiny new bosch S4 from euro car parts. It was still the original battery after 8 years so it had done a good stint. The interior lights are the usual yellow rubbish so I bought a set of led's to modernise it a little. side by side below if anyone needs convincing a what difference a £5 bulb can do. Then I ordered in from Japan a nismo gear knob as the original was looking a bit worn, realy like it, not the best feel I must admit but looks better then oem. Then with my first show around the corner, thought I best clean up the engine bay a little, I know how people like to stare at engines and even though I had no bling it still needed to look loved. So off I went to first show after spending half a day polishing as many scratches out of the zed I could, unfortunately its a 2hr drive down from Yorkshire so it was never gonna arrive pristine, I used what fast detailer I had and cloths to clean it up but then Shezza turned up beside me with his pristine freshly detailed beauty and made mine look like a turd on 4 wheels. Anyway he did tell me the difference between ibisu black and kuro black, mine has flakes in so is never gonna look as deep and glossy as kuro, thanks for making me feel slightly better. Aside from that it was a great day with tons of jap cars on show in the main hall and in the stands warehouse where we were. A couple of pics I took of mine, it does look shiny in the pics so the polishing was not in vain. So that takes us upto the back end of the year when I was thinking new seats time. More to follow

**WARNING** The following scenes contain a chronic case of Zeditus, this infection has no known cure. If you find yourself spending money you can't justify and lying to the other half, the chances are its also too late for you. Right, with seemingly 1000's spent over the last 14 months I thought I best put up a build thread to document it all, I bought my 350z HR in Feb 2016. I had 10k to spend on a second "weekend" car and after looking at various options I came to the conclusion that this was the best bang for buck. I also love the look of the 350, much more than the 370. I borrowed 6k for upgrades at the same time which is when I got in touch with Mitz at the cougar store. The smart side of my head says I should have bought a newer 370 with the 16k but after reading all the build threads and upgrade threads on here I decided to stick with the car I like more and make it better, a 370 beater in fact. I had been looking since December and after being beaten to 4 previous 350's I couldn't wait around for ever so bought what was a very average example of an 08 plate. No mods, what sealed the deal was the leather seats were in very good condition and it had a full dealer service history meaning that the previous 3 owners probably didn't abuse it. After seeing a few with bolsters caved in, my whole decision on this car was sold on the seats, that probably sums me up. I always forget to take pics at the right time so only pick I have when I collected it is below showing that I got the approval of my daughter to boot. Anyway, onto the mods, I will try and do this in some kind of order. So as I said, Cougar store was the very first port of call and Mitz and Andy have now had the pleasure of my company at least 6 times, prob more. The first thing was a full P3 service inc new belts, plugs, and all oils. Mitz also showed me the condition of the belts and plugs which had never been changed to date, just shows even a fully stamped service book doesn't show the whole picture. Then it was booked in for the start of what would be a never ending wish list emptying my bank account faster than my Nigerian Prince Uncle who just needed some funds to initiate my inheritance. First on the list was a cat back Cobra exhaust system, new DBA T2 discs, Hawk Pads, Braided brake lines and Eibach Pro street S coilover suspension. The coilovers are a mid budget offering but are stainless steel bodied so should in theory withstand what the british roads throw at them, they are adjustable in height, I have them set at maximum height which is still around a 25mm drop, but they are fixed damping so it doesn't give me any chance to f+*k up the handing. After driving on them a year now I can recommend them to anyone thinking of going coilovers. The exhaust transformed the sound of the car as anyone will tell you, the brakes didn't give me any noticable improvement over OEM but at least I wasn't planning to track the car.....yet After the work above, it was best to get the geo sorted and this is where I realised the limitations (almost none) of oem alignment. As the car had dropped the camber was more negative. I decided to buy adjustable rear arms and toe bolts (again eibach) but couldn't justify the 450 quid or so of front adjustable arms so left them, it may be something I do in future but after years of playing forza and Gran Turismo in my head some negative front camber is always good. The shots below show the first alignment check, after the coilovers then after the rear adj arms. It is running around -1.3 all round now which seems to suit me and I am happy with. At some point in same period I also got the eibach front and rear anti-roll bars installed with whiteline drop links, again at the cougar store. Its at this point, my recollection of what was done when goes a little hazy, in a whirlwind of sex, drugs and blowing money on the zed. (minus the sex and drugs, well there might have been some sex, my wife is expecting our second child, unless its something to do that personal trainer that comes round every day when I leave for work or the window cleaner I pay every month but never have clean windows...hmmm.) anyway I had ordered as part of my original 6k upgrade budget a set of new wheels from Adrian at Torqen which had to be ordered in from Japan. They were SSR GTV02 in phantom silver. I had a month of back and forth e-mails with Adrian as the colour wasn't available, then the size, then the width, anyway I think in the end they made a set for us, the colour has since been superceeded meaning that these could be the only set in the uk! they are flow formed so fairly light, not as light as the rays but only a kg heavier I think and they are 18x8.5 22off fronts and 18x9.5 22off rear which is what I wanted for the oem+ look. a more visually appealing look but without compromising ride and handling. This is when they arrived. Before I had these fitted I have forgot to mention, the car came with the GT4 wheels on but with these being too heavy for my liking I bought a set of rays from Rickdon on forum to use in the 3 months or so before getting the ssr wheels. My original intention was to keep them as a second set but with little room in garage and funds running low I sold them onto another forum member. I only have one pic with them on the car and its below when me and the brother climbed the Yorkshire peaks on a glorious day. When I pulled into the carpark, the attendant said, wow, stunning car mate. Makes you love the zed even more. Just remembered I fitted a zunsport front grill which I think transforms the front end look of the car. Back to the wheels, when funds allowed I kitted them out with what's commonly known as Ekona approved rubber. After reading enough threads to realise I didn't want to be on the receiving end of one of Dan's verbal bashings, (no offence intended) I got the MPSS booted up and on the car. I also had the skirts resprayed and the rear arches rolled and resprayed, there was the start of a little arch rust on lips so needed doing anyway. turns out I probably could have got away without rolling the arches even with 275/40 tyres but its all done in case I go wider or more aggressive wheels in future. 245/40 on fronts for info. I don't know how long a post needs to be before computer says no, so I will continue this on next post, If you are still reading, please take a good look at yourself, even the Cats looking at me in disgust as I type this, but seriously, thanks for reading, part 2 to follow shortly. ps. Thanks to Dan for helping me figure out why the pics would not load and helping me out

Right will try that. I am only on part 1 of 3 as well.

I know thats what you do for mobile. Thats how i post normally but i tried that first on laptop and it said same error, cant use image extension so i deleted them all read the guide that said use direct link. Still no joy. I can see the pics on screen either way, just wont let me post it...

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z376/g1en23/Mobile%20Uploads/2062F1B2-7EE1-41C3-BF18-78E40D99BBD9_zps2bruintc.jpg That is one of the direct links in full above

Its the direct link Starts http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums............ I have added them via the image button on toolbar as per guide, its put the pictures on the screen in the post and i can see them but when i preview post or try to post it comes up with thr warning and it just displays the filename/web address above They are all jpegs i think

Trying to start my build thread. Thought i best do it on laptop as only ever used phone for posts but it wont let me post the picss. I have done everything correct embedded via photobucket, all showing fine on the screen but whenni go to post it says, You are not allowed to use that image extension on this community Any ideas people. Just spent 2 hrs typing and downloading pics?

Just got home at 8:30 pm. I hit every bit of traffic in the uk so made my own route home and still hit it. I did call at cougar store for an hour on way back but still. Over 7hrs back to West Yorkshire! Anyway. Great to meet everyone who was there when i turned up. My HR is now kicking out 313hp which ironically enough is how it came out of the nissan fillopean tubes. An increase of 10hp though from base run and much smoother torque now. I couldnt realy experience the new map crawling in traffic at 10mph, so i think a country blast is order this weekend.

Love the giant bottle top on the roof mod as well

I got the buddyclub sliding rails with my seats (same rails as the m2 I believe) they are very stiff to slide as the mount holes in the floor seem to not be parallel. It may just be my car but i realy had to force the rails over some holes when i had already attached to seats and measured that everything was nice and square. Anyway the only side movement you have is the brackets that attach to the seats but these only move around 15mm either side and they are mainly for accomodating different width seats. I sit around the same height as oem seats and thats on the lowest mounting holes. The seats have about 10mm clearence from door cards and they are fairly narrow. I was told a lot of bucket seats wont fit the 350. Obviously if you get custom brackets you can overcome this.

Just to add my experience. Went through and picked a seat that fit spot on, the buddyclub racing seats. Phoned them a couple of weeks later when i had the money and asked them for the price with rails and availability. Never rung me back, left it 2 days rung again saying i wanted to order them, all i needed was the price and to make sure i could get them within 4 weeks, never rung back again, left it 2 more days and rung them a third time, the guy even remembered speaking to me and didnt even apologise for not ringing back. I asked yet again for the price and stressed i wanted to order, he said he would ring me back that day and guess what, no phone call to this day. So i went on buddyclub uk website, ordered and they were with me the following day. Would never use GSM again So it seems they realy are a mixed bag.