had the zed 3 years. Tyres were on when I bought it. I'de assumed they were good quality as its an expensive car £6700 I think. Should of checked I suppose. If you see the video I'm only doing 20 round the corner and not acceletating that hard. I've bought the bridgestones now and its too late to change as they are already being shipped. I expect I'll get the same for the front too.

Hi, I bought them already. Front tyres are NEXEN I think. Probably not great then. I'll put same tyres on the front either when they wear down or maybe sooner.

I'm in UK so not much snow but plenty of crap wet roads.

Cheers

AL

Cheers headphones, I'm going to go for an all weather tyre and these seem OK. Can get for £120 each delivered.

Bridgestone Weather Control A005 245/45 R18 100Y

Having a look at tyres. I kind of get the 145/45 but the current crap ones are ZR18 100Y,

Looking at these, might go to Kwik Fit, maybe buy else where and get fitted at a local place I know that a friend goes to who are good.

https://www.kwik-fit.com/tyres/search/details/pirelli/pirelli-p-zero/t1008763

assume these are the correct rating?

I can't afford two sets of tyres for winter and summer so can I just go for Winter tyres for all year round? I'll not be going on any track days.

Hi Bullet and Zmanalex, I had no idea they were crap tyres, They were on when I bought the car 3 years ago. Yes they would be well cold as I'de not long started off. Time to get some Pirelli P6000 I reckon?

Cheers Guys

AL

Cheers Andy. I'll try it on an empty car park some time. So traction control and ESP are different things?

Here pics of my rear tyre, they don't look very good treads to me, are they track day ones?

Cheers

AL

Last week and today going round corner in damp. Not really putting my foot down just taking it easy. Wonder if ESP is not working? No lights on dash to say its off? Sorry about sound, had a techno tape on.

Thanks but I got one and its a load of undergarments to say the least. Really want a metal one but they are pricey. Will just have to cough up the dollar if I can't get one off here. Thanks anyway.

Torqen 350ZUndertray with all the fittings please used or new.

Thanks AL

Audi TT has similar fittments. You can usualy get such stuff off Ebay, might take some searching?

Hi and welcome. Sounds like you made up your mind already but here my thoughts. I had a 2001 225 TT Quattro before my 05 350Z DE. The TT was great handling and once the turbp kicked in (without much delay that I noticed) it flew up the road (When safe to do so and within the speed limit of course. The TT is smaller and so better with these crazy small parking spaces at supermarkets etc. I'm not as confident at tight bends and islands in the Z as I always think the back will kick out which is just me being an old fart probably. Turning circle of the Bismark is a bummer on the Z AS for price the TT are common as muck so you can pick up a bragain for a few grand. Glad to say I've had my 350 for about 3 years, paid £6,700 (including the £1000 I got P/X for the TT, which I paid £3K for 3 years before) and the Z is still worth about £6K I think. Though I've damaged the wheel arches and kirbed the wheels a bit so might knock some off.

Hope the ramblings of an old fart are usefull. Good luck with whater you buy. :-)

P.S TT great in the sanow, Zed don't even attempt it.

That's great thanks.

Adrian, could you put a kit together for me please?

Hi Adrian, thank you. I'll try and work it out.

Howdy Z fans, I've been searching for hours to find the bolt sizes for the front brace. I just bought the below items and want to get new bolts to make a better job when I get the job done at the garage. I can get the rear W brace fitting kit from Torqen. I did ask them about a kit for the front but not got a reply yet. I downloaded the manual and went through it but can't find the sizes or numbers I need.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ultra-Racing-Rear-Lower-W-Brace-for-Nissan-350Z-3-5-2003-2009-RL4-1259/142958499407?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-350Z-8-Point-Front-Lower-Brace-by-Ultra-Racing-for-Z33-3-5-2003-2009/142972442352?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Thanks Skate, yep I noticed that was the wrong one thanks. So I guess now comes the hard part, paying LOL.

OK I can get these off Ebay so next stupid question is. Will these fit in my boot or passenger seat to take with me too the garage or do I get the stuff delivered to my mechanic? Do have a mate with an Astra which they might fit into?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-350Z-2-Point-Front-Lower-Brace-by-Ultra-Racing-for-Z33-3-5-2003-2009/142972432412?fits=Car+Make%3ANissan|Model%3A350+Z|Cars+Type%3A3.5|Plat_Gen%3AZ33|Cars+Year%3A2004|Variant%3AZ33+[2002-2016]+Coupe&epid=23023614649&hash=item2149d2301c:g:1IQAAOSwHb9bwJ-W:rk:25:pf:0

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ultra-Racing-Rear-Lower-W-Brace-for-Nissan-350Z-3-5-2003-2009-RL4-1259/142958499407?fits=Car+Make%3ANissan|Model%3A350+Z|Cars+Type%3A3.5|Plat_Gen%3AZ33|Cars+Year%3A2004|Variant%3AZ33+[2002-2016]+Coupe&epid=1725330611&hash=item2148fd964f:g:WNIAAOSwmZJbsihK:rk:35:pf:0

https://www.dcperformance.co.uk/cheap/1180059/nissan/ultra-racing-strut-braces/ur-rl4-1259.html

This looks more like it?

Cheers, do you mean this one? It doesn't look very W shaped?

https://www.ultraracingshop.com/ultra-racing-nissan-350z-35-2003-rear-lower-brace-rl41259_p23057020.htm

Cheers AL

Hello. Hope I'm right that there are two W braces, one front and one back? I'de like to buy both, not fancy modded ones, car is my daily drive so don't need high performance. Torquen ones are over £200. I've sen some on Ebay cheaper but not sure of quality. Mine are rusted so might as well get both done while I'm having some other stuff done. Ideally I'de get new bolts and fixing to match too.

Cheers

AL

I had an MOT failure on newly fitted HEL brake lines. Can't remember exactly but think they were over stretched when wheel was turned fully.

I was using oil and the car has only done 54K Miles, so as the fluids guide suggests I switched to the Fuchs 10W-40 and it stopped using so much oil. How many miles has your car done?

All sorted, Thanks Alex.

Hi, noticed my belt was looking a bit worn and probably need changing. The one to the left which I believe is for the A/C was changed a few thousand miles ago so should be OK. Any recommendation where to get the belt from would be useful.

Cheers

AL