Shunter8

Quick phone shot I took from the Emirates Air Line on Thursday night 

Beautiful artwork on a display bike at the MCN London Motorcycle Show this weekend 

Currently looking free that weekend in terms of work so hopefully make it along to my first club meet

1) davey_83

2) Andy_Muxlow

3) Tinyflier

4) zzIncubus

5) Valy

6) Shunter8

3 minutes ago, coldel said:

and the F1 cars giving it the beans up the hill is a sensational noise.

Very true indeed! Definitely something that has to be seen and heard in person as no videos ever do them justice

Kind of car related, had a productive afternoon today building these: 

I’ve been once as I fluked it last year. I work for the timing company (TSL) that does the timing for the courses there so was up in the tower on the start line for the whole event. 
 

Great event and would love to go as a spectator sometime as there’s so much on show there beyond just the hill itself. 

Great job! Thanks for the write up as this has just now been added to my list of things to do 

Check out the shine on that!! 
 

Beautiful car, welcome to the club

22 minutes ago, hawker1986 said:

No worries, thought I could save you a trip . It will have to be Sunday as I’m busy on Saturday? 

No, thanks as it’s appreciated, but yea Sunday works for me. I’ll PM you my number and just let me know what time and place suits you.

11 minutes ago, hawker1986 said:

I will actually be in Coventry some time tomorrow prob evening - do you want me to drop it to you? 

As much as that would be handy, I’ll actually be over in Bromsgrove tomorrow afternoon/evening for a mates birthday drinks. But still don’t mind travelling to you over the weekend to collect it if that works?

I’ll take the tonneau cover/divider if possible please? Can collect over the weekend if you’re free as I’m only down the road in Coventry?

17 hours ago, Stock said:

Leaking bushing or strut perhaps? Have you had a look under the boot liner if anything has leaked in there?

Yea have had a quick look, I haven’t carried anything that would leak in the boot yet but checked just in case the previous owner had had something leak but it all looks clean and tidy and no signs of anything being there before. 
 

My thoughts were bushing or strut as they’re the only things I could think of potentially being oil filled, but can’t see how it would get to where it is from the shock or suspension??

Whilst under my car earlier doing an oil change I noticed it smelt like fuel, couldn’t see any leaks anywhere and figured maybe it was just where it’s got a full tank again. 
 

But I got down and had a quick look underneath from the drivers side and noticed an oily substance streaking down what I believe is the fuel tank? Anyone got any ideas on where it would be coming from as it smells like engine oil too rather than fuel or transmission oil but can’t see any way or reason how it would have gotten to where it was if engine related? 
 

Oddly enough I’ve also noticed my ‘54 Coupe appears to be doing the same

Hi all,

Does anyone have a JDM sized front number plate mount please? I have a UK car but my private plates I'm carrying over from a previous car uses a JDM sized front plate. As it's a pressed plate I don't want to screw it direct to the bumper, nor stick it direct to the curve of the bumper, so I'd like to get the front number plate bracket I assume imports came with for the JDM sized plates, right??? Or am I just easier getting a front UK sized plate made up?

Would like it to look as OEM as poss rather than just the generic number plate brackets available on eBay so that it either covers or uses the existing holes hopefully.

Thanks

Steve

15 hours ago, davey_83 said:

The death of the car show on TV and owners club forums, overtaken by YouTube and Facebook groups 

Too true! I love forums as it's so much easier to compartmentalise the content so you can search and navigate it easier. I used to help run a Jap Car owners club with a forum, then through a few unexpected circumstances ended up with non Jap cars and drifted away. Just recently got back into Jap with my 350 and that forum has long since died and moved onto an FB group which is just a lot harder to engage people through and navigate. Thank god for this forum! 

On 16/12/2019 at 14:19, Classic Line Insurance said:

nice looking car, welcome to the club. Sounds like your local so I might bump into you at some meets next year 

 

Hopefully you got rid of the awful mess around the spare wheel   lol

Hi, thanks for the welcome. Yes not far away by the looks of it. Will be trying to get to meets although the summer period is my works busy time as I work in motorsport so not sure yet how many, if any, I'll manage.

Yes, that went pretty quickly after the replies confirming it wasn't OEM. Conveniently the car doesn't mist up inside anywhere near as much now either as I think it was causing it to "sweat" as such by insulating the inside 

12 hours ago, Keyser said:

@ OP Check the drop links (I've snapped one in the past) if not that it's a bush or 2 that have worn. Its not usually something you can see unless they are hanging out but they have worn out most likley on one of the control arms.

 

 

Not so sure on the 370 depends on age but IMO the ARB on the back end of a 370 is a bit whimpy to start with - upgrade made a huge difference on mine.

Oddly enough I was starting to think ARB/drop link related today. Hopefully if the weathers kind tomorrow I’ll jack it up and have a good prod around to see if anything looks perished or even just old and tired and go from there. 

On 02/12/2019 at 20:08, covertfox said:

Looks sweet on those black Rays, I've recently brought a set for mine and looking forward to getting them on now!

Thanks, it's a bad photo in terms of lighting as they're actually a more anthracite/graphite colour not black, but yea I do like them in the contrasting colour, just sit to far into the arches for my liking.

For want of a better term I've got what can only really be described as a wobbly rear end on my 350. It drives normally and like it should I believe in most scenarios but I just notice when I hit a bump in the road it's as if the back end of the car jiggles side to side a bit, but not as in loss of traction. More so like there's jelly between either the car and the subframe or potentially some of the other bushes.

I've had a quick search and scroll through the tech section etc, but can't seem to see anyone having had a similar issue, but I'm sure it has probably occurred somewhere. Any one have any ideas on which bushes or components to check first save me blindly checking them all if one/some are common offenders?

For reference, get no knocks, bangs or creaks etc from any of the suspension, feels smooth and quiet like it should, just not as tight as I'd expect it to be.

Thanks in advance

18 minutes ago, Payco said:

You will be surprised how much better the car looks lowered on a set of Tein springs and the Rays spaced.

Don’t get me wrong, I do like the RAYS but not sure I can stomach running 20-25mm spacers on them. 
However, Tein springs are on my radar. I need to do some measuring as I don’t want to lower the car too much and end up in the same predicament as my Mini (also only lowered on Tein springs) where it scraped over all the speed bumps in my village unless going really slow at an angle. So I’m past that kind of hassle just to drive in and out of home every time now. 

1 hour ago, docwra said:

I was running 11.5 ET 15 on this, so not far off what youre talking about:



Thats around a 75mm metal arch extension BUT I only needed that much as the inside of the wheel wouldnt clear the brakes so ended up having to add a 25mm spacer. Youll probably find you have the same problem though

This one is 11J ET5 with a 275 tyre:

 

but he has had arches pulled, flared and is running 5,2 degs of camber, which is mental.
 

Well those are both good references. Kinda what I expected but not what I wanted to hear too though  it’s my daily and I quite like the stock body of the 350 so don’t want to be doing major arch work just to fit a set of wheels. 
 

They’re from a friend so I can go try them on the car when I’m back in the country but thought I’d see if it was worth the travel to him or not first. Sounds like it may be ambitious but worth a shot. If not I’ll look out for a less aggressive setup at a later date as I can’t bear the 18” RAYS sitting so far into the arches and not a fan of massive spacers to cure that issue.

26 minutes ago, docwra said:

Its good but it doesnt take into account archhwork, camber, tyre profile relative to manufacturer - www.rimtuck.com does

You’ve said it for me. I’ve tried willtheyfit but as said it was more arch side I’m concerned about, I know they’ll be fine suspension side. Will check out rimtuck now

Hi all, 

Firstly, apologies, I have tried searching but couldn’t find anyone with the same or close enough wheel width and offset to get an idea. 

I’ve got a chance on a set of wheels 18x9.5 ET10 fronts and 18x11 ET8 rears. From what I’ve read so far the fronts shouldn’t be an issue but does anyone know what work would be required to fit the rears please? If anything of course. I’m guessing at least an arch roll, but don’t want to go down the route of overfenders. Car is currently on stock suspension.

Thanks in advance.

I’d like to order one of these too please, Z being finished in the same material as the rest of the panel please.