Strudul

So this just made my day.

- Called up my insurer to ask about declaring mods and the costs involved

- They wanted an extra £100

- Did a new quote (including the mods) on a price comparison site just out of curiosity

- Came back at £200 less than I'm currently paying and that was with the same provider!?

- Spent hours on the phone asking about changing my policy to reflect the difference in price, but got refused

- Decided the best way to proceed would be to cancel my old policy and take out a new one

- This meant accepting the excessive admin / cancellation fees, but saves me the additional cost of declaring mods AND lowers my premiums for the year

- Went ahead and took out the new policy with the intention of cancelling my old policy

- All went through smoothly

- Called up to cancel the old policy, expecting to be hit by the extortionate admin / cancellation fees that I was repeatedly warned of

- They said that because there would be no gap in my insurance (new policy starts immediately after the previous one is cancelled), they wouldn't charge me anything.

- Just saved £300 and now I can do some mods without voiding my insurance

Welcome.

See a lot of people swapping from Subies to the Z.

Almost went with a blob eye WRX myself, but I guess I picked the right car in the end.

Read something somewhere about rust on the wheel arches and how dirt get's trapped under the lip, so thought I'd check my Z and see what's what.

Had a look and found some very minor surface rust on 1 side, nothing to worry about I think(?). Anyway, while I was there I had a fondle to see how much crap (if any) was stuck under the lips...

Turns out there was an entire farm in there. Not just mud, but stones and all sorts. I was scooping it out by the handful...

Threw most of it over the wall, but you can see the bits that fell on the floor below. Some nice weight-saving there though, must be a a few kilograms lighter now...

Also got round to sorting my fuel cap cable. It snapped the other month so I've reconnected it with a terminal. No idea how long it will hold, but it seems to work quite well.

Next job is definitely a good clean, cos it's looking filthy. Have delayed it thus far as the weather's been awful recently, but will get on it this weekend as it's supposed to be nice and sunny on Saturday (fingers crossed).

FRS threw me. I was sure the FRS is rear wheel drive. Took a while to realise FRS = Focus RS, not Scion FR-S.

Really a BBQ in the boot is the only real requirement of any car, anything else is just a bonus.

VQ35DE is the first engine, 03-05, 276HP

VQ35DE Rev-Up is the 2nd revision, 05-07, 300HP

VQ35HR is the improved engine, 07-09, 313HP

Edit: got ninja'd

I reckon this wouldn't be particularly boring

Any reason you're using Photobucket?

I can't stand it and would strongly suggest imgur.

As for posting images on here, you can just do the following:

- right click the image

- select "copy image" (on Chrome)

- paste the image directly into your reply (ctrl + v)

- you should see it immediately

Could ask the previous owner?

4.7 with a filter change I believe.

Searched everywhere but couldn't find a definite answer. Can someone confirm which AC belt I need for a Rev Up?

Is it the same as the Non Rev Up?

I'm sure I read somewhere that it's shorter on the Rev Up?

Or is that the alternator belt?

Gates is saying it's the 4PK948, but it also says that's for every DE...

Cheers

Well, yeah, partly. No-one dreams of owning a Nissan when they're 8, do they?!

Funny you should say that, cos I was exactly 8 when they announced the 350Z and I decided I wanted one.

Never got round to buying any. It's just that's all I found in my search.

ebay was the only place I could find them. Shipping from US or Asia.

Just realised what it's reminding me of...

Was gonna say, if you can do your front grill orange it would look a lot better. Needs something to break up that slab of black.

Or some of these painted orange:

Bit less matte:

And without bonnet

Holy crap that's fugly

And that's saying something coming from a guy who drives a 6 series...

Or there's these, which aren't perfect, but gives you an idea...

Have a play yourself if you like.

Not sure about the bonnet, but the rest looks good.

Want some more angles doing?

I can have a bash...

Some of my latest work:

Hmm, means it'll cost £100+ rather than £40 with Plasti Dip, though admittedly it does look a lot better.

Roof - wrap

Wheels - dip.

Job - jobbed

Yup, sounds like the best way of doing it.

trust me vinyl is not always as easy applying as it seems especially as you want to do the wheels...also I wouldn't recommend the cheap ebay vinyl...go for a 3m or avery vinyl as they are well known for quality

 

you can get a high gloss spray can soon from Autodip and you won't beat that with any vinyl wrap there is when it comes to application...

Looks like that stuff is only in the US atm and almost 4x the price of Plasti Dip...

Any idea when we will get it in the UK and potential pricing?

If you put that the other way round, price, easiness and asthetics youve described plastidip perfectly If you want asthetics first, vinyl wrap is a much better choice and unless you have two left hands, a roof panel will be fairly easy with some patience.

 

I wouldnt do wheels though, so maybe dip will be the better option.

Vinyl seems to win on price actually (as long as you DIY, don't count time spent as a cost, and compare it to 4/5 coats of Plasti Dip )

Fortunately I don't spend much time stroking my car, so aesthetics, easiness, and price are the most important things

Wanting to change the colour of some stuff while I have free time over Christmas.

Thinking of DIYing the roof, front reflectors, and rims (RAYS) black.

It seems that vinyl is cheaper than Plasti Dip in the UK, and will give a nice glossy finish, but it's not quite as easy to apply for awkward shapes.

I think for the roof and reflectors it will be just as easy to wrap them and will look much better, but I've got some concerns about the rims. There's a lot of holes and curves to try fill and I'm not sure I'll be able to do a decent job.

Any tried wrapping their RAYS? Had a search and couldn't find anything. Or should I just Plasti Dip them?

As for wrapping, am I right in thinking it's best to go with Avery Supreme?

Any advice / suggestions welcome.

Cheers