LukeA

Welcome, loving the zeds, get some berks decats cheap and reliable. I’ve had my berks for nearly 2 years now no problems 

De or HR?

i have good condition cats for a HR that I wouldn’t mind you borrowing for an mot if you decide to keep the decats and need some cats for a few days then return to me

Had a fair amount of work carried out by Jez and his team over the last 2 years and they were faultless all the time. 

Recently  had a high idle fix and uprev done by the guys they were very helpful and excellent service 

1 minute ago, Andre D said:

so i have had a look under the car and it is fitted with de-cat pipes, my local mot tester said this was an instant fail is that correct, what he actually said was "if they are visible but clearly been replaced its a fail regardless of emissions" i have a problem with the dealer at the moment and an mot failure which was for emissions and noise of exhaust excessive

I had my mot done in October and was told it was an instant fail too so I stuck my old cats back on then switched back to decats after the mot

1 hour ago, TubbyZ said:

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!

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

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 

I had a hard time bleeding my system and found a spill free funnel that helped sort the issues of trapped air.

Hopefully this will help others if they have any trapped air:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lisle-24680-Spill-Free-Funnel/dp/B00A6AS6LY

Private plate: V6 ECJ

sat in the car park next to my house by the little toll bridge in Eling (Southampton)

I got some off eBay not genuine but they do the job

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Plastic-M5-M6-M8-M10-Thread-Seven-Star-Shaped-Head-Clamping-Nuts-Knob-/262958329580

Welcome Tom

im in Southampton and go out driving at night after work around the Lyndhurst/ Brockenhurst area never really see any zeds about though :( 

if if I see you I’ll pop up and say hello 

Looking for the drivers side air intake hose if anyone has one for a HR. 

Alresdy tried Zmanalex but he has none in stock. 

Edit: sorted now lock please 

Came next to me and a mate in a white seat Ibiza at the lights over Redbridge flyover. Sounded decated and had side skirts. 

Around 8:15pm

**53 BUF

Got one on mine and had it for a year+ with decats, I personally love the sound (very raspy but decats so expected). Fitment is dog s**t, one exhaust tip sits lower(very noticeable) then the other and has a rattle now with heat shield. 

Had one previously on my RX8 and same fitment problems again. 

Get what you pay for though, think I got mine for around £230 off eBay 

3 hours ago, snowy87 said:

Hi Luke, sorry for slow reply. I am in Sholing, on the East side of the city.

No, I haven,t seen many Z's. A couple of 350's but no 370's. Are you going to Beaulieu on the 29th July? 

I might see you around, never normally that side of Southampton but I do a few occasions :). Yeah I rarely see a 370, see mainly 350’s. 

Yes I will be down Beaulieu on the 29th but won’t be taking mine down :( if your down there I’ll be sure to come over to anyway and say hello :) 

Welcome

im from Southampton too, where about are you if you don’t mind me asking?

im from Totton and see a couple Zeds going round but don’t think any on here

07 plate DE bonnet. Coming out of Southampton sat at the traffic lights around 9:15 tonight. Older gentleman driving  I was in a white Seat Ibiza

6 hours ago, Ekona said:

Common sense, you would hope. 

 

But then if you had that, you wouldn’t have been speeding there in the first place   

 I guessing I missing that 

2 hours ago, glrnet said:

Bloody hell, you're learning the hard way!!

 

Yeah but you can do 100 and it just feels like cruising along. If your not prepared to pay the consequences then don’t do it as I learnt 

4 hours ago, GranTurismoEra said:

this is probably the same as 90 in a 40 etc....because you were caught before as you said prolly why its longer than 56......meaning you didnt learn your lesson. Did someone goad you into it? I always assumed over 100 was arrestable offence......lol

Yeah anything over 96mph is instant court summons. I’ve seen the guidelines for court but it’s always up to the judge on the day. 

Was just me on my own being stupid trying to get somewhere to quick. 

I don’t believe you can get arrested for for speeding as I know people who have been done for 140mph and just a court summons. Pretty stupid really as he pulled me over and reported me and on the way home what’s stopping me from doing 100+ again and possibly crashing 

5 hours ago, DarmoZ said:

From my experience with bulbs it’s been buy cheap buy twice. Used eBay as I didn’t want to pay ABD prices, but bulbs didn’t last long even though they were branded Philips. Then I bit the bullet and bought the twenty20 bulbs from ABD, had no problems since, plus the brighteness and quality of colour was better too. 

Thanks, I’ll guess I just have to get the ABD bulbs save money in the long run 

Looking for a pair of D2S bulbs for my HR, does anyone know of any reliable places to get some? Pref 6000k/8000k 

auto bulbs direct seem to do them for £65 a pair and I don’t trust eBay that much. 

Thanks

I said to them that I’ve had my licence since 2013 and I’ve just been banned for 4months for speeding and you(dvla) have asked for my licence to be sent back and I can reapply for a licence when my ban is over as the court told me and the letter from you(dvla) states. What does this me for the date of my licence. 

He replied it will be a new licence and will have a new date as my current licence is now invalid. 

I don’t think he really had a clue what he was talking about as the way he made it out was that I now don’t have a licence at all now and it’s cancelled but 

I might just insure the car and say I’ve had my licence since 2013 and if anything is said then I’ll just play dumb and hope it works. 

I totally agree with what everyone is saying as there is no point in giving me a licence with a new date, I’m just saying what they told me but hopefully the person I spoke to was just misinformed. I’ll just wait it out now till my licence comes and hopefully prove the dvla wrong. 

7 minutes ago, Ekona said:

The date on the photocard is utterly irrelevant to anything. No-one had revoked your licence (that's the key term, not taken or anything else), you're simply on a short term non-medical driving ban. That's it.

 

Think about it: Photocards only last ten years. When my one was due for renewal, I sent it off and got a new one with a brand new start date on it. That doesn't mean that suddenly my licence was only starting from that date.

Yeah I completely agree photo card date shouldn’t matter. The insurance company’s are saying cause I’ve been banned and my licence has been taken back by the dvla and I’ve had to reapply for a new one, that it’s classed as a new licence again. 

Yeah I’ll just wait and see what happens, hopefully their wrong. I’ve just spoke to someone at work who was banned for a year for drink driving and he also has the new date on it, different to speeding but guessing anything over 56 day ban limit has a new licence. 

I spoke to elephant and go skippy both not very helpful. 

I was banned for 14 weeks 2 years ago but as it was under the 56day limit I kept my licence. At this current time the dvla has taken my licence and will issue and new one when my ban is up. 

So after some phone calls to insurance company’s and dvla, I have found out that the date on my licence will be reset to this year when I get it back(new licence).  Insurance company’s will use my new licence date from this year. 

No retest though so atleast that’s something. 

6 minutes ago, OnlyAfro said:

And that's why I avoid motorways.

 

Long, boring straights, where even 120 feels slow and they're littered with cameras / police.

I won’t be using any mortorways for 4 months or any roads for that matter