Redsky

Yeah the issue ive got is ill be averaging about 10-12K a year with my 350. But i will keep that in mind. Maybe use that to clear the rust then place something a bit sturdier over the top of it perhaps.

Yeah that seems sensible ive got a big pile of bricks and slate in the back garden so im sure i can leave that under the wheels when shes up in the air. Going to feel like shes brand new though. New W brace that isnt snapped in half and two new rear tyres. Should be a good bit of fun once its all together. The only restriction ive got at the moment is the 350 is my car its my daily, so i cant leave it in a state where i cant drive it away xD.

Yeah I think I will put a bit of elbow grease in myself and get it cleaned up, some parts im planning to replace when I can afford, upgrade the anti roll bars I think is fairly far up the list. Think Im near needed some new discs as well so ill find something nice to put on. The colours on that are amazing it looks fantastic, that must have taken a while and a steady hand for sure. One question i do have is what did you use to jack yours up? Ive got a little low profile jack but im just a touch paranoid about where to jack it up and put the stands under it. Dont want to cause my car any harm to the seams or the sills. Any particular types of paint would be better? Or just spray it with a dedicated underseal then paint, after removing the rust i mean. What ive learnt so far is that I quite like aluminium parts and galavanised bodywork xD. I will try to get a picture later but i think ive got some paint bubbling on one of my arches. Im guessing thats a straight to a mechanic to get rid of it situation. I would guess if its bubbling paint its penetrated the metal.

I think if they do hang lower I would have to go OEM anyway, barely clear the speed bumps where I live at stock height anyway. Jords I think that might be exactly what he had done, thanks for the comment Ill also keep in mind the other braces if i need to get those sorted. So far Ive had the U bends on my calipers sorted luckily nothing else needed changing on my brake system, Although my pedal is now a lot less sensitive, way more travel before any braking happens im guessing maybe low fluid or trapped air? The parts for the brace should show up tomorrow and ill get them on. I had a leaking balljoint on my front right but thats been sealed and I think im leaking gearbox oil so ill need to get that sealed or at the very least my oil topped up. I think I just assumed the worst when nissan told me to fix everything it would be £3500 in just labour, no parts included. Thanks for all the comments helped me calm down a bit, turns out im already really attached to my zed, didnt want to see it die a horrible rusty death.

Yeah that seems to be the general consensus that the W brace is one of the first parts to rot away. Unfortunately my local garage already ordered the parts for me (with a quick price check by myself to make sure it was reasonable). I was under the impression that the after market ones were supplementary rather than an outright replacement?

So long story short the previous owner seems to have messed me about. Showed me receipts for rust proofing and wax oil which is why i felt comfortable buying my 350 even though it had been near the sea for a few months. The arches were clean as was all of the paint, pretty much any part I could see of the car without a proper lift. When I finally got under the car at Nissan I saw what the pictures show, a pretty horrific show of rust. So this is how it started and ive decided to try and save the car from rotting out, sorted the brakes and ball joints so far. Next is the W brace and the components for that since that is just made entirely of rust and snapped. If anyone has any advice or tips or tricks I would be immensely grateful and feel free to call me a mug for managing to buy a zed that's pretty much made of rust :/. Also if anyone knows any good body shops or rust specialists around Bedfordshire I would really like their details if you could. Thanks to anyone and everyone in advance for any help or advice you can give. Fair warning about the pictures they are pretty grisly.

Saw you going the opposite way to me on vauxhall way near the airport gave you a little headlight flash, you looked slightly confused xD.

Just wanted to say thanks for making my first meet a great one Also for giving me a who bunch of ideas xD

Welcome I went from a 1.6 2006 vauxhall astra, suffice to say im pretty happy with my 313 xD.

Thankfully someone is standing in for me today (the joys of shift work) So i should be coming along, provided i dont manage to get lost xD. 1) Matt89 2) Andy_Muxlow 3) MarkSt 4) OliverB 5) SUPRAWOOKIE 6) Apoc124 7) Nate 8) Battlezed 9) Kayla 10) Kbad 11) Redsky

I just noticed as well there are kits for deleting the CSC? Do you know anything about these and are they good or viable at all? Or should I stick to the original setup. Or should I wait and see what a mechanic possibly recommends?

Alright thanks for the help, ill get onto fixing it once ive managed to get the car recovered.

So what sort of cost would I be looking at? Also do I really need a whole new clutch and flywheel? Does it damage them when the slave cylinder fails? Thanks for you help

So long story short I got my 350 on monday on wednesday someone scratched the front arch and today (sunday) My clutch went right to the floor with no pressure and a little puddle of liquid was under it. AA came and checked it out the guy said he thinks its the slave cylinder. Anyone had to deal with this before and got any advice or such? Currently stuck in 1st gear up a steep narrow private driveway. Not entirely sure how they plan to recover my car to be honest. Its the 313 HR if that makes any difference to the slave cylinder at all. Thanks in advance for any advice or anything sort of freaking out about it all.

Thanks for all the welcomes It sounds interesting ill see if i can swap shifts at work and come along. Also forgot to add pretty sure my 350 is all stock minus some parking sensors a previous owner installed and the radio the latest owner before me put in. Ill also get some pictures next time the sun pops its head out .

Hey , You know im about 90% sure that was the 350 I was looking into buying before it disappeared xD.

Just got the car on monday a grey 313 HR GT, really excited to finally have it and to enjoy the life out of it. Thought I would do what the forum said and give a little hey to everyone out there .