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Club passes still showing as sold out as of writing. Hopefully they free up more, as I've still never been and would love to come along to another club event.

Hello from just outside Weston-super-Mare!

If you mean in the centre cubby, that's the mounting point for the factory Bluetooth unit - looks like an old flip phone, and plugs into those cables you see below the square hole towards the back of the space. Not essential if you're running an aftermarket headunit with its own (probably much newer) built-in Bluetooth antenna, but you might want to refit/replace it if you plan on keeping the stock radio. It'll be handy for streaming music as well as phonecalls if you keep things factory.

Bother, I completely forgot to do this. Hope you all have a great time! It was brilliant last year.

The driver's side (UK spec) controls in mine seem to have dropped/collapsed on one side somehow, making the wing mirror dial in particular difficult to use with any accuracy. Also, whoever had my car before me made a dog's breakfast of respraying(?!) the fascias the switches sit in; the semi-gloss black paint is covered in wrinkles and finger prints where it must not have dried properly before they were refitted into the car. Really ugly and was near the top of the list for niggles to sort this year. It's also bugged me immensely that only the driver's window switch is automatic, so this perfect - thanks for posting!

Took Friday off work to get ready for JDM Combe, mainly so I could use my new DA polisher for the first time. Car got a mild clean all over, then each panel fully clayed, before 1 round of cutting, then 1–2 rounds of polishing. Finally sealed by hand with liquid ceramic wax. Still plenty of swirls when you look up close, but very pleased with the results of my first ever go at doing this.

Thanks for organising, @AndyJames, my son and I had a fantastic time—so much so he asked immediately as we left if we could come back next year. Great chatting to quite a few fellow members, really friendly and knowledgeable, felt special being included. Just sorry I didn't get to chat to more folk on the stand! In case anyone was curious, we thought the parade laps were great and would definitely recommend them. Would be awesome to be part of a big Z track convoy next year!

It was an optional extra on the ticket screen, few different time slots available.

I also signed up for the parade lap(s?) at 2pm because why not?

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Hey that's awesome, welcome to the forums! There's a mini-meet in the making for May or June, somewhere near Bristol - shout if you want in.

Hey all, thanks for the warm welcomes. So I've had a bit of a nightmare getting my radiator sorted, and figured it's worth sharing the experience here for others… As originally stated in opening post, I ordered a brand new Mishimoto radiator for my HR to replace the slightly leaking OEM unit that came with my Z. I got the car and parts to my mechanic no problem – still perfectly driveable at the time, just not mint – and they set about dismantling and removing the OEM rad. So they get to the part where they need to start fitting the Mishimoto unit... and it just doesn't fit. Doesn't matter how they position the unit, the mounts on the Mishimoto do not line up with the factory holes on the frame. Seems like the mounts on the Mishimoto had been welded about a 1/4 inch out of alignment. We triple-checked the specs on what was supposed to be in the box, and it was labelled for a 2007–2009 model. So we didn't really understand what's gone wrong, except for a manufacturing / quality control defect on Mishimoto's end. Cue my mechanic having to then put the old rad back in and redo all the plumbing, as I needed the car back asap. Followed by two weeks of back and forth trying to get a return and refund from Mishimoto—which is still on-going. They said they didn't recognise the serial number at one point, even with a photograph… which didn't really surprise me, given the rest of this fiasco. Ended up getting a second-hand OEM radiator off @ZMANALEX – he really is a superhero – and got that fitted with no problems at all. Elsewhere, I'm told Mishimoto have "recently undergone restructuring" and their customer service has massively suffered as a result, so I wouldn't touch their stuff with a barge-pole based on this experience. Picture of the botched Mishimoto radiator below…

I have a 2007 'HR' 350Z in black, which I'd love to change the front bumper side markers/reflectors to something a little more stealthy. I've had a look around online, but I'm not having much luck finding any that aren't in another country (and so require crazy shipping costs). Can anyone recommend somewhere in the UK to buy a pair of smoked (or clear) front side markers/reflectors please?

Just outside Bristol.

They came already on the car, but they're Maxton items – these ones I believe: https://www.maxtondesign.co.uk/nissan-350z