Jay84

Nice work mate. I couldn't join the road trip bit I had decorating to do.

I've been toying with tinting my headlights for a while now and seeing @davey_83 with his is making me more inclined to do it. The problem is I'm torn between a light smoke, or light purple. There is a lot of black ok the car already and smoked might be over kill. I'm also considering getting some interior trim hydro dipped/wrapped in either a chrome purple or a purple carbon fibre type colour and purple lights might tie the interior and exterior together nicely. Thoughts on headlights would be appreciated and taken on board. Here is a recent pic to help judge. 

^^My advise would be to not use lego bricks on the big one...but if you could get matching yellow axle stands, that'd be pretty ace.

Ooohh the wife ain't happy. I invited her along and tried to get someone to have the kids, but she wasn't interested . 

Quite similar to mine, a black zed with Nismo (although yours look genuine) bits and cobra. Have you got any plans for it? 

That explains it. I've been doing for nismo bits...I think it will complement my zed nicely.

20 minutes ago, Jetpilot said:

 

Another question then, how do you "think" the government intend to fill the 28 billion void from fuel duty? Will you be happy paying duty on your electric? 

I think they should increase income tax and get rid of fuel duty now. That 28 billion doesn't all get used on the roadways etc. It's a question I raised in the last ev thread, and glad it's been raised in this new stealth ev thread. 

22 hours ago, SHEZZA said:

From your pics it’s definitely a facelift     rev-up too, from looking at the lights and the cover on the timing chain. 

Although looking at, it may have pre facelift front reflectors, the facelift ones stick out a bit more than that I think.

Welcome, lovely looking zed.

I now want nismo side skirts. 

Yeah keep an eye on your oil level, but you may need a degree in witch craft to read the dip stick. 

You could ring them, they have a shop in derby and are very helpful and friendly. 

It was the same when double glazing first came out, it cost more than you'd ever save. The only people who benefited were the ones who bought your house of you ever sold it.

I'm not going to quote it, as both Jetpilot and Davey have quoted the big price and don't want to fill the page, but Davey, the only things on that page that don't change between ICE and EV is the filters. Tyres, brakes, s+s will all still wear out. Plus things like CV boots will perish, wheel bearings will become rough etc. Most manufacturers build the bearing into the hub now, more waste  but less labour. Oil costs garages about 2-3 pounds a litre depending on grade and ash quantity, your VAG only needs it changing every 20K miles. How much would a replacement set of batteries cost? What would cost more: The filters changed in the life of the battery, or the new battery?

It's actually pointless putting rear discs on electric cars, they'd be better with drums, I've seen so many come through our doors with knackered rear discs through corrosion and then splitting. 

Just now, raptor07GT said:

looking good. You said you replaced the boot struts, does your boot actually open on the button press? I have to use both hands to open it by pushing the button and pulling the lid up. Tried the washers in the poppers but that only helped once and now back to normal two hands  

I had the same issue and found that the catch that holds the latch was loose (the bottom bit). That can be adjusted to sit a little higher, that might help.

The lack of future headlight glazing is why I want to do mine too. Thing is if i go with any kind of smoke, with the rest of the black at the front,  it might be too much. I've done yellow and black so many times on other cars part of me wants to go with purple, then do some other purple touches to match,  for handles and some interior trim etc.

Forget flux capacitors, why aren't our personal vehicles moving in all 3 dimensions yet? We should have maglift motorways and rail cannon railways. 

Not used Japex myself, but my book is full of their stamps, doing bits to the car myself recently, and everything on it is immaculate. 

Is that My Chemical Romance i hear from your computer Dan? 

Got to say, I also think Electric is the wrong answer. 

RICER LIGHTS?!?! .....I actually kinda like them, where did you power them from?

Ekona's dying apparently...or a hell of a lot older than he looks. I'm 34 and expect to beround until 2070 at least.

Just now, 14N said:

Cheers  Nothing major planned, predominantly just 'more black'  

Nothing is ever planned...it just sort of happens...as my long suffering wife will tell you. 

Edit: She will tell you how 'I'm not going to modify' means nothing. She may also tell you about accidental children though.

I'll be going, I imagine there will be thread before long from the Regional Event Organiser. There were over 100 of us at this years japfest on our stand alone, plus a few other scragglers kicking about. The trick is to reach out to the other Zed OC's to get their interest up, as well as the kelsey group to allow the parade lap in the 1st place. 

I wouldn't worry overly much about what's in it now, its not like the 2 fuels won't mix. You can buy octane boosters, but i'd just fill it with the higher octane and have done with. If you have a costco card, they also do the 99, and its a little cheaper than Tesco (I actually think its the same stuff/supplier etc), you just don't get points.

I had similar thoughts about not knowing what the previous owner did. I'd go with the recommended higher octane. When I had my Corolla T-Sport I decided that at 5p a litre difference, 100ltrs would cost £5 more over a tank (obviously the tank wasn't that big) of regular, not worth not doing at that cost. Even if its 10p a litre more now, the odd tenner here and there won't go amiss, and lets face it you're never going to fill 100 litres, so that's less than a tenners difference.

12 hours ago, DoogyRev said:

I got all excited at the beginning of this thread . .  ho hum . . Looking forward to the Pop build, it will be just as awesome 

 

not sure if you know but V8's and all that are old hat these days . .  what you want is a Mig-23 Jet for your car 

 

https://www.carscoops.com/2018/10/jet-powered-bmw-e30-3-series-might-ultimate-engine-swap/

 

I love that in the video his car is a Prius, its all about balance.