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Any good meets anyone is aware of in Somerset area? 

Welcome! I'm from Somerset but work in Wiltshire, Bradford on Avon to be exact.  I'm also a fairly new member, the stubby aerial was my first mod 😃

When I look down between the front of the engine bay I just see the ground, I assume the car would have an undertray as standard? the bottom of the front bumper isn't in great shape and has been messed about with 

48 minutes ago, Azurez33 said:

That was one of my first intake choices! doesn’t break the bank but looks nice also! Your engine bay looks very clean! Get onto the dirty plenum and that’ll be looking very very nice! 

Whats best to do with the plenum? I have a spacer coming soon, so will have it off, can it be polished up?

I've just fitted a JWT Pop Charger and it looks and sounds amazing, very happy with it

Thanks to Torqen for supplying

are they a good upgrade on standard pads? I need some new pads myself and have been looking around, I've looked at hawk and Stoptech pads, I might go for discs at the same time.

5 minutes ago, alexgv1 said:

I signed a petition to parliament requiring cyclists to pay tax and have insurance for the benefit of other road users. Not sure if it got anywhere.
 

I do feel quite uncomfortable that a cyclist could damage your car and pedal off without being identified or have no insurance and you’d have to pay out for repairs yourself. 

unlikely, the government have to be seen to be promoting anything that will improve the environment, getting people to cycle is a easy thing to push, if people had to have tax and insurance less people would cycle.  

I agree thou cyclists could easily damage your car and ride off with no consequence.  I'm glad I don't live in a big city I'm sure cyclists are a nightmare.

I think my brakes might need some attention, they work well but when coming to a stop they sound terrible a really high pitched squeal.  The pads have loads on them and the discs look ok.  Also looks like some of the calipers have been changed at some point the front drivers side and rear passenger side are both painted gold, the rear drivers side is bare metal and the front passenger side is a really faded gold colour. 😯

those MGs were terrible, a mate had one years ago and it spent more time in the garage then on the road.

5 minutes ago, alexgv1 said:

Exactly this. Unfortunately I feel that the changes to the Highway Code have emboldened them further. Hopefully it will be reviewed when the roads are littered with more dead or injured cyclists. 

and the car driver will always be at fault if a cyclist gets knocked off.  Like you said highway codes changes lately have majorly gone in the favour of cyclists and also pedestrians

You would think they would want to move over to allow cars to pass for their own safety.

Oh and I didn't realise until I cleaned it earlier, it already has wheel spacers fitted  

2 hours ago, HEADPHONES said:

The TW kit will polish them up quick and easy.

BUT

No sealant will last more than a few months  of direct summer sun!!!!!!

 

I've used the TW sealant twice 

Gtechniq Ceramic  sealant  about 4 times.

Meguiars spray laque6 sealant once.

 

ALL FAILED to last a year.

 

HOWEVER 

 

I used clear vinyl headlight wrap 10 months ago after polishing and it's still 100% crystal clear.

@davey_83 has had his wrapped nearly  3 years and still look crisp.

 

Unless you going  to spray with 2k lacquer afterwards, wrapping is definitely the way to go

Thats great Thanks for the advice

Just seen the Torqen site, looks class, loads of good stuff  

Where can I get a replacement for the bumper insert in the picture? not sure exactly what its called so i havent managed to find anything on ebay, google search etc

Thanks

Great review, mine badly need doing so will get the Turtlewax kit  

Thanks guys, I now have the car and loving it so far, first mod was a little stubby aerial 😊

first mod is complete  

13 hours ago, ShortPaul said:

Is it a jdm? 

Nope not a JDM, UK car  

Thanks, I've been waiting for a red one  

After saving for 3 years I finally picked up a Z today  

Thanks everyone for the advice, you are right I need to drive the car and get use to it first, work out any issues first then look at making changes.  This car has a long time coming, I'm now late 30s and back in my 20s I had a couple of rx7's, one in particular was a awesome car, I had to sell up and buy a house, get married, have kids etc and 15 years I need a performance Japanese car back in my life, I've always been a big fan of the 350z and now I get to own one, I have a sensible daily drive so this will be my weekend toy.  I'm not the type to keep changing cars, this is a long term purchase  

Thanks Mikey some more good suggestions I haven't thought about yet  

Thanks for the suggestions, I've read a few places a plenum spacer is beneficial so thought that would be a nice easy mod.

Those other suggestions are ideal, I fitted  short shifter to a rx7 I had years ago and made a huge difference, is there a good one you can recommend?

I'm collecting a 350z on Monday

Its standard apart from a cat back exhaust, I'm putting together a list of first mods and easy/recommended mods.

I'm going to get a plenum spacer

Service including oil, oil filter, spark plugs, is it worth also changing he leads? are the coil packs reliable?

I will also look into induction kits.

Any other first/easy mods I should look into?

Thanks