mike@mjpauto

Only just seen this thread and feel I should remind you that MJP (Eastern Auto) are official Stillen dealers in the UK and can match the price for the Y-pipe quoted on a one to one basis as long as you fit in with our regular shipments from California. I have a consignment almost ready to ship now, so any pipes required could be added to it. I calculate currently £245 inc. VAT and delivered in the UK on this item...

Two bonnet hinges, two pyro bonnet actuators and the ECU involved = £2700 inclusive, plus cost of bumper fascia. Awful lot of labour involved obviously...

Got directed out onto the track rather than the paddock - mostly too wet to do anything constructive picture-wise!

Mr.F down for Friday 1:25pm...

Fuel filter is effectively the gauze screen on the pick-up in the tank!

2nd Nov is a Monday - I think you mean 1st Nov...

This is Essex after all... Great to see such a good turnout from you guys - next meet will be 1st March at the Halfway House again.

The machinery and computer are of Japanese origin and have pretty much everything on file. I had the company hack Stagea done while getting some customer tyres fitted up and that was on the database, so 350Z should be no problem! Hope to see a few more of you turn out for this joint meeting - looking forward to a great display!

The new Pogo devices have just been updated to include advance warnings for regular mobile camera sites, i.e. where the police have established their good hiding places these will have been reported and included in the database. As with most Pogo features you can opt to have the extra warnings on or off. Pogo products via MJP (Eastern Auto) at 10% discount to 350z-uk forum members. Fleet sales (3+ units) at -15%. See Pogo products at www.mjpshop.co.uk. If you buy on-line, note your forum discount code in the comments box at check-out.

20+ Zs on and off in the Z Club area opposite start/finish line. I saw at least four different 350Zs out on track running between 16.00 dead and 13.7. Three (or four) Z32 300ZXs ran at different times during the day...

Who is going to collate the Z Club member times for the Hall of Fame?

The Z Club have an area booked pitside. I have a few passes left, so if you arrive and end up in the public car park, search me out and get a pass to join us...

You should know that Nissan list is now £91.36 inclusive...recently reduced.

With Nissan nuts and bolts, run of the mill stuff is usually in the price range 0.10 to £2.00 or so. When the price hikes up it usually means that there is something odd about the part which makes it "captive" to Nissan parts department sales. There are, however, extensive pricing anomalies in the Nissan system! Wherever possible, MJP (Eastern Auto) offer OEM parts sourced through the Nissan systems but offered at discount rates to enthusiasts as a result of our bulk buying discounts. This may only be a few % on nuts and bolts, but as much as 20% off Nissan list on service items, clutch parts and brakes (most, not all - Brembo parts are expensive!).

Note Origin now Pogo products - still acknowledged as the best and most up to date GPS camera system and now available as stand alone detector (Pogo Alert) or with good quality, 7 digit post code Sat Nav (Pogo Drive). MJP (Eastern Auto) offer discounted prices to Club members...we are authorised resellers of these products which are the ideal upgrade from the Origin b2 which proved popular with 350 owners on its introduction a few years ago. See MJP Shop site at www.mjpshop.co.uk - get a discount code from a moderator.

For owners of import vehicles there are certain allowances for smaller plates and fonts: Display of Vehicle Registration Marks on Imported Vehicles (which have a restricted space for a standard sized number plate): Certain imported vehicles may be permitted to display number plates with smaller characters if: The vehicle does not have European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval AND The vehicle's construction/design cannot accomodate standard size number plates. Specifications for smaller sized plates (for certain imported vehicles) Character Height 64mm Character Width 44mm Character Stroke 10mm Space between characters 10mm

The situation being discussed here is exactly the same as we saw for the 300ZX Z32 in the early '90s. Initially only a UK car would do and there were (unconvincing) arguments about availability of parts and lack of service facilities for JDM cars. There has always been an undertone of manufacturer's agents being anti-JDM and servicing may be refused. At one point Nissan parts departments were instructed to charge a customer for even making an enquiry for a JDM model part (even when the part was the same as for a UK car!). Also attempted p/ex of a JDM against a new Nissan UK model is likely to lead to derisory offers! The parts availability for JDM 300ZX models is excellent (better than UK parts sometimes). Servicing and repairs are now performed by a large number of specialists all over the country and Nissan service departments are rarely used! UK Z32s have been over here for seventeen years now and they have rusted! Underside floor and chassis generally OK but covered in surface rust. Brake pipes corrode badly. Servicing suspension parts often presents difficulties due to corrosion. Lower rear sill, sill return and wheel arch on the rear are prone to rust perforation in a big way and repair panels have been produced for this area. JDM Z32s are still arriving as new imports in a pretty rust free condition. I recently obtained a 1988 Z31 300ZX which is immaculate on the underside! Only JDM cars that have been here for a prolonged period may start to show the corrosion problems. Servicing on JDM imports has often been to a higher standard than UK servicing. There are more model variants and options available on JDM cars and often the owners have modified the cars with home market accessories, kits and performance items which would cost lots to implement over here. Parts supply through specialists such as myself should present no problems. As noted in other posts, the situation with the 350Z may be that JDM cars are lower spec and have less of the UK standard options, but buying carefully and understanding the differences will pay dividends and, as time goes by, the best JDM imports will become equivalent to or possibly exceed the quality of UK cars. However, one additional factor to consider is that the 350Z has been immensely successful by comparison to the UK issue of the Z32 300ZX - sales are greater by a factor of at least x5 at the moment and the model has more life in it yet. The change of perception in the Z32 came about partly due to the early demise of the UK car while the JDM version continued to evolve for five more years! This success of UK models may colour the perception of JDM 350Zs in years to come.

MJP (eastern Auto) have access to Stillen, Hotchkiss, Nismo, Eibach and Cusco sway bar kits from our USA sources. Call 01277 374201...

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Hello! They let me out yesterday and I'm very pleased with the speed at which my body seems to be able to mend itself (shades of Stephen King's Christine). Every day a little improvement... Seriously - I'm not going to be doing much work this week due to voice strain and still some pain and tiredness if I do too much. Please don't phone to ask me to pallet up and engine and load it with the courier! Packaging will be slow for a while; can't drive yet, so no post office. However, I'm sure some will find business for me to do. Many, many thanks for all your kind words before, during and after the process - everything you wrote helped me get through the week without too much trauma.

Following the lack of success last time, I'm almost reluctant to announce that I'm booked in for the op again from Sunday 23rd Sepetember. In theory I'll be laid up for the following week and recuperating for a week after that. So - no MJP, no parts and no tech advice for a little while. Just imagine I've gone on holiday - back soon...

Please note that the mike@mjpauto.com e-mail address has been unavailable for the last 24 hours - any mail sent will have been bounced back to sender. If you have had problems, please resend - all seems to have miraculously fixed itself this morning!

My thanks for all the messages! Unfortunately my entry to hospital yesterday was postponed for a variety of reasons so, despite all the efforts involved in winding down for a week or so, I'm afraid I'm back for a while.... Watch this space for future announcements.

Please note that I will not be available to take your calls, orders etc. from 16th July until at least 23rd July as (if the NHS get their act together) I'm into hospital for a bit of surgery, plus some recuperation time. All being well, I should be able to start taking orders again during the week starting 23rd July....

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