celshady

SOLD

SOLD

provisionally sold to RickSanchez

provisionally sold to addisj

As new, unfitted. Cures the "clicking axle" problem. Includes rubber boot, grease and ties. Grease tube has split but contained in plastic bag. Torqen sells these for £200. I bought for £135 from KarateChimp on here, but all I want from you is £100  Selling as I no longer have the car

SOLD

Full set of standard Nissan 350z springs, dampers and top mounts / rubber boots for front and rear. Taken off a 350z with 27k miles when the owner upgraded to coilovers. I bought from GeorgeB on here but never fitted. Great condition - original stickers etc still in place. Little bits of surface rust as shown in pics.

SOLD

Wiper arms done (to a much higher standard after all the pointers ) and car sold, for an absolute steal, to a very lucky local guy. Hopefully you'll see it around here. Don't know whether I want to as it'll break my heart!

Got some bits for sale which I'll put in the "bits for sale" bit. Suspension set and driveshaft spline thing.

On 02/05/2018 at 15:33, Tom_K said:

May I suggest using 800 and make sure you sand it in all directions (if you're not using tools like a DA), that'll minimise the sanding scratches you're seeing through the paint.

Also, try some high-build primer to flat back before putting the top coat on. Lastly (I don't mean to nit-pick, just trying to pass on tips from my many 'learning occasions'), wet sanding isn't really the best on rattle can paints as they're more absorbent than 2k, so you risk water getting trapped in the coats and then blistering after a few weeks. 

Thanks, I appreciate the pointers! Especially as I'm doing the wiper arms next

Mild effort was not enough! After 3 coats of primer and 3 coats of Satin in looked like this:

Great from a metre away but bad close up. Learned the valuable lesson that paint doesn't hide bad prep.

Sighed a bit, then resanded the piece. Mixture of 320 and 600 again, but mostly 600 and the last bit done under running water - presumably a variation on wetsanding. Very effective anyway.

Now looks like this - ready for round 2:

The plus side was that I discovered the driver's side was either gloss, or satin + clear coat... need to do some test pieces for a proper match.

Market seems to be a bit slow at the moment so I'm doing a few little jobs and enjoying it (%#@*ing loving it actually) as a second car on nice days. Replaced the battery with a beefier job - that's really improved the starting. This week's job is the scuffed/scratched passenger window switch surround.

Looked at a few posts on here of people who'd done similarly, then got cracking. Firstly used the sandpaper we had lying around, then went out and bought some 320/600. A bit of mild effort and it looks like this:

Tonight I'll bung on a few coats of primer, then satin black it. Hopefully it'll match the driver's side which a previous owner has redone - if not I'll have to do that. I got my primer and satin black from Amazon, brand is Hycote. Think it was £11 for 400ml of both.

Then it's wiper arms.

It's been a lovely few years but now the zed is up on Autotrader as I need an estate for the dog.

I don't have enough posts to put it in the for sales section here sadly, but here is the link: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201801253099508

Dibs please! I can collect an evening this week that isn't tuesday, or a weekend day/evening

Pm'd you about the wheels

PM'd you

Will you be doing the same black centre section for this one? I really liked that on the old one

That's spot on, thank you very much!

Does anybody sell Sub enclosures for the 350z in the UK anymore?

Ideally I'm looking for a corner one to fit a 12" (as that's what I have available in an old Edge box) like these:

Would consider under-strut too but struggling to find anything at all! Only hits I get are US sellers who don't post to the UK.

fair play to ya m8 ......i am sure many on here will be shocked at the lengths it goes to ,to make this kit look right.....personnally i dont think i can bring myself to cut my zed.

 

truely awesome build thread m8..well done

Shocked indeed! At the amount of cutting, the level of effort and not least the damn width of those rear tyres

PM sent re suspension

PM'd

Kee-rist that's one hell of a wing! Agree on the diffuser for balance. It's starting to look all time-attack. What about some winglets for the front bumper?

"Runs spot on with dodgy noises, knocks or bangs." guessing you mean "without" there!

I wanted one of these before I bought the Zed instead, still want one after... at that price this is a bargain imo. GLWS

Switchback DRLs are pretty cool. I had no idea you could get those!

I like the side stripes, just not 100% on the bonnet one... lol

I know what you mean I think - something about the angle not combining with the lines of the bonnet. But I reckon the side stripes need the bonnet stripes and vice versa

I'm not a graphics fan in general. These seem OK though. Relatively subtle. It makes it look like a bit like a dealer demo car