TubbyZ

I swear I never have anything but problems haha. 5th gear in my Zed is crunching when driving hard, its fine when cruising along. is the synchro going? My car has 5 days of dealership warranty left so don't know if to claim this on it however just had my diff bushings replaced with this too.

Thanks,

Toby

Hate it when the rain bickers! , what company did this? Looks good!

1 minute ago, Ponsonby said:

Ouch!!

I pay around £500 total for my 2 cars but will try LV to see if I can get better.

One of the few advantages of being 55.

I'm hoping it will drop dramatically next year like my BMW did last year. Yeah being 21 isn't always very fun!

I'm with Churchill, £2500 with 4 years ncb  

My car has been remapped at TDI North and had multiple maps on it. I have noticed the pops and bangs map to be the "jerkyest". However once my car is warmed up I notice it doing it quite a bit.

Definitely +1 for a pencil rubber. Works wonders!

Oooh please come soon pay day!

Hi,

I've recently bought another zed which came with an aftermarket Kenwood head unit. It's not the best head unit ever, it's touch screen and seems to have quite a few sound options. But from what I remember the factory head unit in my 04 GT sounded loads better. Deeper bass and crisper sounding highs. Now I've had a play about with it and managed to make it sound a bit better however it still doesn't come close to what I remember my last zed sounding like.

Anyone got any advice? Or any cheap ways to make it sound better, just seems very lacking.

7 hours ago, LukeA said:

I remember when I bought the car I would plant my foot down (in 5th and 6th) and would hear a thud. This was the start of 2017 and the work I only had carried out till now to do with diff and transmission is fluid changes for both and clutch change. 

 

Ive only just changed the diff bushings recently but haven’t had the noise in a year now I would say

That sounds exactly what I'm having. Worth changing the bushings anyway I suppose because they were at the end of their life. Thanks for the reply!

7 hours ago, LukeA said:

Iirc I had this when I bought my 2007 HR and the only thing I did to the diff was get Horsham to change the diff and transmission fluid. I can’t remember hearing it after that but didn’t really notice it before. 

Might be worth changing the fluid while it’s in the garage. Sorry can’t be more help haven’t had the noise in a year and didn’t do anything but fluid change to diff 

Cheers guys, hmm when you say you didn’t notice it before really? It’s very noticeable on mine when a put my foot down. Was this not the case? Cheers for the reply though will ask them to do that too while it’s in!

Finally got around to getting it in at a garage and purchased SPL solid diff bushings. Hopefully this solves my issue. Garage haven't paid yet however have agreed to settle the final price. Obviously they will be paying standard bushing prices though.

Anyone running solid diff bushings in their zed? Do they make any strange noises?

Cheers,

Toby

25 minutes ago, Getjiggy said:

Sign me up !! Yet more addons for the zed =D

Go on, I'll have one since i'm keeping the zed now =)

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On 05/09/2018 at 16:12, cs2000 said:

Thanks for the update guys, il reference my PM and update the instructions, at least we/i have confirmation!

 

Current list is as follows

 

1. alfa_owner (2x) - Deposit Received

2. craigmdennis - Posted

3. StuZGT - Posted

4. baileydom - Posted

5. Kryptek49 - Posted

6. Jack94 - Posted

7. PabloVC - Paid

8. Jcurtis - Deposit Received 

9. Skate2create - Posted

10. Nelly64 (2x) - Paid

11. Luke2208 - Posted

12. btoms350z  - Posted

 

Still got 2 of these in stock and ready to go at the moment, will have to order some more shortly if people still want these moving forwards.

Hi,

Do you still have any of these in stock? If so can I have one please, if you PM me details I'll send payment tonight.

Thanks.

Toby

BC Racing extra low? Seem to be the lowest i've seen.

3 hours ago, Will99Z said:

Cheers mate,

 

Yeh i live in Hessle so literally next to the bridge:)

Let me know if you ever need a hand with anything!

Welcome,

I'm just across the bridge in Barton. Looks like a nice zed you've got there!

Payment has been sent, awaiting sellers response.

Cheers,

Toby

On 12/09/2018 at 17:15, Ekona said:

Was the noise there on the test drive? Even a little bit? The warranty isn’t relevant here, the CRA protects you far more. 

 

Worth pointing out too that if they insist you bring the car back to them for diagnosis (and tbh they really should if they’ve any common sense), then you’ll have to do so. It’s not their fault you live a distance away, after all. 

Cheers for the reply. It wasn't all all, I never got the car up to motorway speeds or had it at the point where it would make the noise. I've rang the garage and they have stated that warranty covers this. They have told me to take it to a local garage and let them know.

Thanks again guys!

Toby

There does seem to be quite a bit of play in the diff bushing however don't know if this is the main cause

22 minutes ago, snowy87 said:

Hi Toby,

It could be a number of things from prop shaft UJ's, suspension bushes, bad fitting exhaust or maybe even bearings. As you have a warranty, I think the best thing to do is to get it back to the garage asap and get them to sort it out. The sooner the better. Good luck with it.

Cheers, Ken

Only problem is the garage isn't close by. Getting it up on a ramp on Saturday to take a closer look. Going to try and maybe get a quote and see if they will foot the bill.

Thanks for the advice!

Cheers,

Toby

Hi,

I've purchased yet another 350z and noticed on the drive home when in 5th/6th or so and I slam on the throttle a loud bang/ thud comes from the back of the car. I feel like this is the differential bushings that have gone bad but not sure. The garage I bought the car from has a 2 month warranty on the car, is this something that would be covered would you think? If anyone has any other ideas on what the noise could be I'm all ears. It only happens once not multiple thuds when accelerating.

I own a 2007 HR zed 72k miles.

Thanks,

Toby

Hi would you do £110? I'll have them if you can

Cheers,

Toby

Anyone know if putting this in a car that has been remapped would cause any problems? Might be a dumb question.

Cheers,

-Toby

Sorry buddy. Don't come on here much now.

 

That shell is my natural feeding ground haha.

Sorry I don't either haha. That's awesome, didn't know you were supercharged!