madcat

Thanks. Will stick the battery on a longer charge,and google the whole fuse removal thing on my next day off, as any time I go to the car, the steering lock seems to have activated, when I have locked the car from the previous time I was in it. Def way prefer an old fashioned key hmmmm

Hi folks. I've bought a 2012 370z with 64k a few months back, and only gets a run up and down the lane, every few weeks to keep the brakes from getting too rusty, but last few times, I've had to charge the battery for couple hours. Now I'm sure the voltmeter gauge read about 14v on the 35 mile drive home, when 1st bought, but when I started last night, and tonight, on first startup I'm seeing just over 14v, but after about 30-40 seconds, it suddenly drops down to 13v, and stays at this as car warms up for next 15 minutes. Car running perfectly otherwise, and no squealing from the alternator belt, to suggest the alternator is working flat out, Soooo.....

1. Is this normal running voltage, as any car I've previously had ran about 14v, when running? [No battery / charging line coming on, when running, and goes off as normal, when car starts]

2. Would a dying battery drop voltage from 14v to 13v, when running?

3. When car battery has enough power to unlock c/l, drop the window,and light up the dash, but starter sticks due to not enough juice in battery, but less than a hour. has the battery on over 75%l charge,car starts within couple turns of starter, I'm thinking a dude battery would need alot more charging than that?

4. Any other things I could check, to confirm if alternator is still ok, as would be surprised if it's bad with the low mileage?

5. Would a sticking / going faulty steering lock mechanism cause any of these symptoms?

Sorry for the long winded post, but hoping I can sort out the fault, before I get the car mot'd / legal for the road. Tia for any advice.

A wee shout out to VIP Motorsport. Braum suppliers in the uk, and actually had a few seats in stock, when 3 or 4 other suppliers were quoting anything from 3 weeks to 14 weeks. Ordered Monday morning, and arrived over here in N.Ireland today. Very nicely made seats on close inspection, and don't judge me, but watched the news sitting on 1 of them for a hour, and actually felt rather nice. Definitely gets my vote, if anyone else is considering these seats. Will get pics up, once I get 370z mounts, and them in the car.....

11 hours ago, GranTurismoEra said:

 

can take the ferry boris will soon build the bridge 👀

Auld Boris can't even build a bridge to Dominic, to stop his touting to the media every couple days......

6 hours ago, Bry said:

https://nzkw.com/product/nzkw-bucket-seat-base-mounts-nissan-370z/

 

https://www.amazon.com.au/DNA-Motoring-SBK-046-Racing-Bracket/dp/B07KLT5RW1

Thanks Bry, but trying to get in uk, to avoid import duties, or will just get the Planted ones, if I'm really stuck, but appreciate the suggestions.

Would you believe after 3 weeks of numerous suppliers and sellers flaffing about, and not giving a straight answer about mental leadtimes, I finally managed to find a pair of seats just this evening! Now for another 3 weeks of flaffing, trying to get Planted style floor mounts hmmmmm.

Soooooo does anyone know of a uk company / person making floor mount frames for aftermarket seats for a 370z? Thanks in advance. :)

Finally found a supplier with seats actually in stock, and be over here in N.I, in a few days, so now hoping someone knows of anyone / a company who makes 370z seat floor mounts, that I can fit my seat sliders to. I could order Planted mounts, but they are 4 weeks minimum, so hoping someone in uk, could be alot quicker, or has even has a 2nd hand pair for sale? Cheers.

2 hours ago, Ekona said:

Not sure about girly, but they’re bloody awful. 
 

To me, this all sounds like you need to take a trip to GSM in Nottingham and actually sit in a few different seats first, as what looks pretty isn’t always comfortable. That’s what I did before quickly realising that the Recaro Pole Positions were worth every penny over a cheaper seat, but you may well find that the alternative is true for you. 
 

A seat has to be comfortable first and foremost as it’s your primary connection to the car itself. Get that wrong and you’ll hate the car, even if the seat is pretty, and you can’t decide comfort from someone else’s opinion and some pictures. 

All fair points, however being stuck over in N.Ireland, with hardly any companies over here having seats f0r me to try, I find online forums are / have been great over the years, getting feedback on various stuff, before I order. On a side note, I run recaro poles in my mx5 weekend / trackday car,and they are brilliant, after trying them in a friends audi, I've also already tried a corbeau of similar style to the recaro previously, and funnily enough have just emailed GSM this morning about them, but no-one over here, seems to have the Braums, for me to try, hence why I was looking feedback.  Those white seats might appeal to someone else on here! lol

To muddy the waters even more, I've just seen these mono speeds ( an old seat according to my google search), but just been retrimmed in  leatherette and suede. Not sure if abit girlie for a black 370z?!!!!! Anyone remember if these were decent or crap to sit in, back in the day?

20 hours ago, nissanman312 said:

I'm not a fan of those braums there's better seats out there for the budget or close to it 

They are Chinese specials if you do a little research 

 

I went for the recaro cs on recaro rails 

 

 

 

Sooooo much want! My heart says yes, my bank account says nah,hence the braums :(

41 minutes ago, ShortPaul said:

Thats your best bet, speak to some who has tried and tested these seats, a salesmen would sell them to you regardless, no disrespect to torqen

lol. Cheers lad. I have been googling the american forum, and they seem to rate them, but no one really saying if they are higher or lower than the oem seats. I have fired a pm to torqen for availability, as their prices are lowest I've found so far, but those cobra misanos not bad either hmmmm

On 22/07/2021 at 00:14, ShortPaul said:

Hi buddy you should speak to V1H  he's on this forum he has fitted the seats in question in his 370😁

Cheers, I'll give him a shout.

On 22/07/2021 at 11:59, Coz@TORQEN said:

Hi,

 

The BRAUM seats are super good quality and very comfy, especially considering the price of them compared to some of the seats out there. We've been a BRAUM dealer since 2017 and have imported hundreds in the UK and Europe. We've not had any issues whatsoever in terms of wear or poor quality and found them to be really good seats. 

 

You can have a look at the full range here: https://www.torqen.uk/1398-braum

 

Feel free to drop me a PM if you have any questions or if you'd like me to check the lead time on any of them. 

Will send you a pm now fella.

I'm looking for aftermarket recaro cs / corbeau rrs / braum seats. I'm open to other suggestions, but not interested in genuine nismo recaro cs's, mainly as I can't afford the 2.5k upwards asking price, unfortunately, hence the hunt for corsa / clio versions. You must be willing to post to N.Ireland. Up to 1k sitting, dependant on condition sitting, so won't be wasting your time. Thanks.

Open to

Since my car came with cloth seats, I planned to fit leather recaro cs seats like the later nismos, but I have found Braum seats that look very similar in several sites. Now I see they are covered in leatherette, rather than proper leather of the recaro cs's, so I'm wondering: 

1. Anyone who has fitted Braum's, what are they like for comfort and wear?

2. If you use the Planted floor brackets to mount the Braum seats, are you now sitting higher or lower than the std nissan seats?

3. Any uk suppliers for 370z floor mounting frames, other than Planted?

Thanks in advance for any info / advice! Mike.

Seeing that white nismo with those wheels elsewhere, was inspired me to go metallic brown with an orange pearl flip on my new wheels. Wasn't sure if they were growing on me, as always just looked brown, but in the sunlight today, they just popped! 😍

Maybe its the big silver door handles, that's making me think it still doesn't look quite right, but they do look sharp when the sun hits them. Think i might need to carbon wrap the handles......

Not sure if this is the right place, but finally got the new split width autostars on, with the custom powder coated brown metallic, and orange pearl lacquer to pop out in sunlight. Probably not to everyone's taste, but I fancied something different from the usual bronze / gold / matt black / silver crowd..... 

Hi folks. Ive just bought a pair of stainless resonated short tails to fit, but when I got my 370's fat ass in the air, to get the original back box off, I noticed the joining flange studs and nuts are completely rotten.

Nuts are almost round, and nothing gripping, so was going to just cut the studs flush with the back box flanges, to break the join. Looks like the stud is attached to the middle section flange, so hoping someone on here is fit to tell me, once its cut, does the stud stub just hammer out of the middle section flange, so I can just use a couple new bolts and nuts, to fit the new short tails?  (As usual, thinking this was going to be a simple removal of 4 flange nuts, and several rear mount bolts, hmmmmmmmm). Tia.

Bit of a random one, but does anyone know what the eibach 25mm lowering springs stiffness ratings are by any chance? I emailed couple companies selling them, but they didn't seem to know bar, how much they lowered the car, and how much. Only asking, as I'm able to order front coilovers seperately, and not sure what stiffness I need to order to suit the eibach rears that I'm keeping on the car. Thanks in advance.

That is class! although, I would prefer to keep the oem nissan cd player, but it definitely got me thinking!

Hi folks, Done the usual online search but not getting much luck. My '12 370 doesn't have the oem satnav fitted, but has a cubby hole with a lid on it instead. Now I have a bluetooth obd2 dongle, and torguepro app on my phone, which I use from car to car to chase error codes, but I've just bought a new samsung a7 tablet, for the wee-un, who now wants a laptop instead, so I'm thinking this tablet would make a great obd2 multi dial display / switchable to satnav via google maps type of thing,and leave the oem radio well alone, and try to get fitted in some sort of fashion to the cubby hole area.

Soooooo, I'm wondering has anyone done something similar,and has any pointers or pictures of their fitment process? Thanks in advance. Mike.

Working in retail management, I know how quickly some customers just want to complain / chase compensation, or get someone in my staff fired, when they don't get their way (even when they are proven to be in the wrong!) So it's nice to give a company a high 5 for their service, and I just want to say a big cheers to Chris at Tarmac, for sorting my new wheels delivery so quickly ,once I found out the courier had messed up! Super fast delivery, without the usual faffle, some companies like to add in, when I ask for delivery to N.Ireland, and nothing too much trouble. I just wish some of their really nicccceeee stuff was cheap enough for me to afford! :( Mike.

On 30/06/2021 at 16:54, Silverthorn said:

@madcat No problem! 370's aren't the lightest of cars anyway so I'm sure if you go for the stiffer option you'll still find it more than comfortable enough over some of the bumpier stuff.

Ha, Sold! Now to find the cheapest 12/10 bc's in the land......

Ha ha. Could be worse! I've come from numerous mx5s, mr2s and audi tt's, before the 370z. People prob think I'm handier round the scissors, than round the corners hmmmm