Hairyaardvark

Sorry, yes, this has now gone to jumping350, who was the first to respond. This thread can be shut down by the moderators please.

Folks, I've got several potential takers for this now thanks, so no need for any more PMs please. I'll work down the list of requestors based on when they initially responded, in order to see if we can agree a pickup time! First to respond was jumping350, then jehuty, then SUPRAWOOKIE. Thanks again David

Hey, I bought a new 350z front undertray from Nissan shortly before I sold my car. Mine was all dinged up, plus a couple of the bolt holes were ripped at the front. Anyhow I never fitted the new one, so it is available, for free, if you can pick it up from Hitchin. Alternatively, I work in Sunbury (west London), so if you want to pick it up from there on a weekday, that could also work. PM me if interested! thanks David

SOLD to Paulie63 ! Thanks

Sending PM now with details - thanks

Hey, yes still available .... PM me if interested. I'm away from home this week, but can post out to you next week if you want it. Thanks

Yep still for sale!

Price now lowered to £35 including postage, for a quick sale . Thanks

Hi, for sale this Nismo style gear knob from my 350z - fits original gear lever with no adjustments, straight swap. It has a real heft due to the solid metal billet construction and is slightly shorter than the original shifter and so lends a short-shift 'feel' without any mechanical changes. It feels like a real high quality item and is in good condition as shown. £35 including postage in the UK. thanks for looking David (hairyaardvark)

Admiral multi-car. They've seen me right a couple times over the years, and so I've stuck with them

Hi folks, just thought I'd update you all on my post from earlier (months ago). I'm the guy who had the rusted bonnet catch fail on a Junction17 350z the day after I bought it (with a fresh MOT and inspection from them). They weren't at all interested, and were alternately bullying and full of corporate blocking when I attempted to seek my money back. Over 5k-worth of damage was done to the car when the bonnet flew up at speed, smashing the windscreen and badly damaging the roof, both front wings and the bonnet itself. It was an extremely dangerous incident - I was quite shaken up but uninjured. Anyhow I ended up claiming the damage on my insurance, but pressurised them to use my legal cover to take it up with Junction17. I'm pleased to announce that about two weeks ago I was notified that (more than 18 MONTHS after the event), that Junction17 finally quit their stalling tactics and bullcr4p, and settled the entire bill out of court. That included the repair fees, my insurance deposit returned, and my fees for the independent assessor returned, as well (I understand it) as my insurance company legal costs. I can only think that with zero possibility of defending themselves in court, they wanted to avoid the pointless theatre of it. Anyhow - as warned repeatedly above - stay away from this company. They should not be in business, and if our pathetic institutions like Trading Standards had any teeth whatsoever, they would have been shut down by now. Before you ask, yes I made several formal complaints - and yes, I've not been the only one to do so. cheers D

Hey folks, I've a 350z HR late 08 car which is driving great, solid performance, virtually no oil consumption, I've sorted all the suspension and rattles, all good. However when I ring out the engine a little (I'd say anything over 5k revs really), the sense of mechanical sympathy in me comes out, because it really starts to increase the unnatural 'vibration' I can feel from the engine, or transmission or something. I know that peak torque on these cars arrives just before 5k and so I guess there isn't massive point in taking it beyond that. But taking it into redline territory is not something that this engine seems to enjoy. Question: is this a totally normal 350z experience, for an unmodified car (except for induction and backbox)? Or should I be looking closer at my engine mounts or transmission mounts or something? cheers - hard problem to explain, but something just doesn't feel 100% 'right' DR

Whereabouts are you based Simon? I've got one of these on order from Nissan Letchworth but they are messing me about, and I'm inclined to tell them to take a hike and get this instead

I have exactly the same problem Adam! Paperwork on my car indicates a new clutch pack about 10k ago. Did you ever get to the bottom of the problem on your car? Likewise I at first wondered if i just needed to get used to it. But it isn't that ...

Bugger. That answers my question too then. It is fairly mind blowing that someone designed it without postcode ability. Funny little quirks but I still love this car

Sorry for the off topic - but what is that head unit showing the GTR style displays? Want want want!

Cool, thanks guys. I guess I'm just going to have to pull the bumper off and see. I thought there must be some way of disconnecting the headlight washer plastic caps on the outside of the bumper first. But it sounds like there isn't, and I should just pull the bumper? Unfortunately I am going to have to wrestle with the bumper a bit once it is off because the second part of the job I have to do is somehow release all the corroded screws connecting the undertray to the bumper. They are so corroded I just plan to cut around them in the soft plastic of the undertray (I have a new undertray waiting to fit). But I'll then still need to extricate them from the bumper holes, once it is off. I am predicting a pitched battle and mucho swearing Right now they just turn and turn, ripping the plastic where they grip the undertray

Thanks ... I definitely will as a last resort, although isn't that a 4 hour job?

Hey guys, Wanting to remove my front bumper so as to fit white/clear repeater lenses. I can see how the bumper comes off but now how to deal with the headlight washers. Can anyone advise how to remove the bumper without damaging them? Do they just pop off on the outside? Thanks David

Hey guys, I have a 2008 350z with 70k on the clock and a new 'clutch pack' (according to the receipt) about 10k ago. Car is new to me though. It has the most difficult clutch I've ever experienced on a car, and I've owned a heap of manual sports cars in the past, including one with a paddle clutch. In fact this car acts like it has a paddle clutch fitted, even though it can't have. Symptoms: - REALLY high bite point - power comes in all at once, right at the top of the bite point - there is almost no way to feed the clutch in smoothly unless I give the car loads of revs (2-2.5k) - if I don't give it quite enough, the car will hesitate strongly and threaten to stall - 3,4,5,6th gear all fine. Issues mainly with gears 1 and 2 - coasting at low speed in 2nd gear with clutch fully engaged, car threatens to stall much earlier than I'd expect, for such a powerful engine I have read on here that 350s have a high bite point. Am I just being a wuss? 😬

Fitted mine last weekend, same length as normal did the trick ... had to encourage the second side of the roll bar 'up' a fraction with a jack to fit the second droplink, once the first had been loosely fitted

Fantastic - thanks all!!

Chaps, anyone got any recommendations for any outfits in the Herts or nearby areas who are properly knowledgeable about the 350z ? Mine has some terrible suspension wobble (almost like scuttle shake - but in a coupe!) going on when the car hits bumps, divots or minor potholes, and so I suspect the shocks are gone, or I need new bushes, or new swaybar end links or something. But most of all I need a knowledgeable diagnosis ... and preferably the same place to resolve with uprated parts. Car has done 80k miles on original suspension so wouldn't be surprised at pretty much anything thanks in advance David

Thanks for all the advice guys, even the tongue in cheek stuff . Trading Standards have already been informed, as have VOSA. I guess I was just saying that I'm keeping some perspective on this. It is actually very stressful though, and although I'm 100% in the right legally and morally, the options I've taken so far have been the most palatable given the time I have available and the practicality of the situation. Dumping a car back on someone's forecourt is a bold gesture of rejection I'm sure, but that doesn't magically get me my money back into my bank account. In fact that just makes me look like a dick. And how would I get it there since I can't drive it safely? I have legal cover as part of my insurance - there are other ways to deal with this, as well as experts to help.

Guys, life is too short. Although I still regret the whole experience (should have done my research better, should allegedly have been more careful inspecting the engine bay and not trusting the MOT and inspection, should have married a supermodel etc etc) .... I'm actually now in a better place mentally. I got a call from the manager at Junction17 today and although they haven't changed their fundamental no-fault position, they reiterated their offer to do the repairs at cost (which of course I refused, since the deadline I set them yesterday has passed and I am now using my insurance at a place I trust), and also to help me by covering the excess payment. We'll see if that latter offer comes true in a couple of weeks time - I really hope it does. I just want this car back on the road so that I can start enjoying it.