Brad350Zed

Guys…

I have a feeling I’m going to have the same issue with mine! 
 

@ZMANALEX do you still do these repair sections? 
 

I’ve picked up a Z as a bit of a project and I want to save it, sills are looking quite bad 😅

On 16/10/2020 at 07:33, ZMANALEX said:

I have new terminals in stock Brad.

 

Is it a UK battery or JDM?

UK Car mate  

Hi Guys,

My Positive Battery Terminal Clamp is no longer tightening, so it sits fairly loose on the battery, I have combatted this by turning the terminal upside down :D 

Is it worth just leaving it be or can I get a decent one from somewhere?

Is it the case of going to halfords and see if they sell generic ones or do I need specific ones? 

Cheers

Brad

30 minutes ago, HEADPHONES said:

Wow......I can see what you mean about alot of oil smearing your dipstick.

It does appear that you're half way between min and max there.

So in 3 months you may have lost the 500ml from the max to midway level, plus the 300ml you added as a top up.

What mileage have you done since your oil change?

Also is it an old DE or rev up etc?

DE, I’ve done about 1000 miles between, car is on 109k now 

Checked this morming, haven’t ran the car for over 24 hours so coldest reading I’ll get lol 

took 5 readings all about the same, tried pulling the dipstick out as slowly as I could trying not to catch it on anything...

this was the general reading, car had a service 4.7 Litres of oil in January 2020, I put 0.3 Litres in last week, so the car has had 5l of Oil put in all together, does it need more? 

10 minutes ago, HEADPHONES said:

Nice job there.

Good to see another well cared for Zed.

The blacked out center on the front lip makes it look so much more aggressive than standard

Is that not a standard feature of the GT?  I thought it was a stock feature, then again it’s my first Z and I haven’t seen many others to compare 

Gave the Z a quick and simple wash and polish today! 
 

Autobrite Direct Purple Velvet Shampoo

Aurobrite Crystal Glass Cleaner

Meguiars Endurance Tyre Gel 

Auto finesse Tripple AIO Polish  

turned out quite nice, car is far from perfect though!

Hope your Saturdays have been a good one! 

10 minutes ago, HEADPHONES said:

Did you take the top film off?

Like a plum I applied my clear film and it looked all cloudy/ripply so I took it straight off.

Later got told it was because of the top protective layer that should be removed at the end

Possibily mate! Tbh it wouldnt even stretch very good, even with the heat gun, and ended up burning some small holes in the vinyl -_- I will try again another day, this was with two people as well hahaha

Had a go today, was awful, not sure if it’s because tint was amazon crap, but I know it’s hard to do anyway, just creased like hell and heat gun couldn’t even get them out, I’ll try another day

Cheers, I'll give it a go today, take a picture and see what you guys think!

Hey guys,

Today looks like a great today to clean the Z  

I'm also going to try and use some Headlight Restorer (QUIXX) and I got some 3M Shiny Purple Vinyl to put over, fingers crossed it looks decent! seen a few Zed's with it one recently.

Has anyone else Wrapped/Tinted their Headlights?

Cheers Guys!

I've had mixed feedback about the Alloys, some people say it the colour does not suit the car but I like it  

3 minutes ago, ZMANALEX said:

Check from cold (preferably left overnight) on a level surface and you will get an easy, accurate reading.

I always check from Cold, Oil doesnt seem to stick on the dipstick accurately, I try and not catch it on things on the way out but sometimes its impossible and there is oil smugged all over the stick at that point 

I will try again today, if it's still half way betwwen the L/H then I assume its drinking oil 

I'm sure this has been asked many times before... 

I fully serviced my car around January 2020 putting exactly 4.7 Litres in, done around 1k miles and its the end of April now, havent checked the dipstick until now because its rubbish anyway, and I just don't know if the reading is correct, it's halfway between the L & H, so I topped it up with about 0.3 Litres...

Ran car for a bit just to check, no smoke or anything, PSI on the gauge was a smidge higher than normal, not sure if its full or not due to the dipstick! 

has anyone else had this issue? and anything to solve it  

Cheers!  

Hey guys!

Had my Zed since December 2019! and she's been great!

2003 350Z GT Pack UK Spec - 109k

Mods done since owning:

Japspeed K4 Exhaust

Tarmac Sportz W-Brace

Stainless Steel Brake Lines

Full Alloy Refurb in Pepper Gray

Loving it so far!