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Many thanks lads

I had a small amount on both my rear wheel arches, it's a common problem due to the inner and outer wheel arches being spot welded every 4" or so where they come together, leaving a slight gap where water can get in. I had the rust cut out and lots of wax oil squirted inside the arches, then new metal welded back in. It cost me £800 for both arches.

Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced and baffelled OCC. Thanks! Looked on Search but not much info available

Update... Well my light units arrived in the post this morning, well packed and very fast delivery. I haven't tested them as yet but up until now I can't fault the ebay supplier. Hamish of "garagefiftynine". They look the same as the Carlab units and appear to be very well sealed against water ingress. They are a bit more expensive at £139.99 but for me this is outwayed by having a UK supplier. Hamish seems to me to be a very helpful and standup guy (by the way I've no knowledge of him or his business) and he's worth a look for anyone else interested, he may even offer a group buy price if approached by enough people. I can't wait to fit them even though the rear bumper removal seems to be a pig, just waiting for a bit good weather now to get started. Edit.. Can any members confirm that "Running Lights" = Side lights and that "Marker lights" = indicators (the last one came from the YouTube vid of how to fit them)

Well ordered the garagefiftynine units. I emailed them and confirmed they are CE compliant and will pass an mot. The guy assures the quality is good. I also commented that the picture in the eBay ad shows them to be clear. He assures me the publicity picture suffered the effects of the chromed back plate and that they are smoked. He sent a none publicity pic to confirm it.

Just noticed, what seems like the same thing but offered by "garagefiftynine" ? At £140. Has anyone dealt with them? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-350Z-Bumper-Red-LED-Rear-Lights-Brake-Indicator-Fog-Reverse-Reflectors-Z-/252430912974?hash=item3ac60e0dce:g:Rg4AAOSwubRXK1~v

A couple of questions if you don't mind....did you seal the suspected joints with silicon and do you know if the discounted offer is still available from Carlab? Oh and by the way they do look the dogs ........s

Just been reading this group buy thread and was wondering if those who bought them are still happy and if many others experienced the water ingress problem?

Ok that's all going in my diary, so if I buy a 370 now and a new super duper one comes out next year, then none of you will receive a Xmas card from me. So be warned!

Assuming they don't price themselves out of the mid priced car range, do you think a successor will be here in the next year or much longer?

Anyone got any idea or a good guess when the 370 might be replaced? It's 6 yrs old now and Nissan seem to be keeping their cards close by saying there's life in the old dog yet, but 6 yrs is generally a changing point? There's talk about the GripZ but is that just a general design concept ?

Can anyone recommend a trolley Jack they might have used/bought that will go under the Z ? Thanks

Many thanks all. As it happens I did find the non return valve to be acting as a restriction and removed it, which made a huge difference. I've not tried it since yesterday but will check to see if the water in the pipes has drained back creating a delay of water to the screen. If it's ok I'll leave it out. I have ordered another one just in case. Didn't know that mixing screen wash could cause deposits, but it sounds reasonable and I have flushed the tank and pipe work out to get rid of all deposits. Many thanks for all your input

Recent previous posts I've made explain that neither my font or rear windscreen washers were working. Fault traced to the two front and back water pumps being siezed. I've now got them working but now getting very little water to the drivers side jets. Checked the inline non return valves which seem OK, pipe work ok but the flow from the jets seems weak compared to the passanger side which flows freely. I've cleaned the jets with a thin piece of wire so they seem OK. I'm now suspecting the inline none return valves may be damaged somewhat. Anyway I've noticed, for the first time, that the passanger side wiper (Wiper arm marked RA) has to sets of jets either side of the wiper arm while the drivers side (marked RD) has only one. Is this standard? Can some one check theirs for me please. Following all these problems I'm convinced the culprit is the bottle of windscreen wash I bought from Tesco a little while back. Don't remember the name cos I've disposed of the bottle. It didn't say anywhere on the bottle if it was to be mixed with water, rather it implied to me anyway that it was ready to use. So take care otherwise you might end up where I am now. Cheers

There is info somewhere on the forum because I remember reading about this a while ago. From memory the old spoiler has two fixing holes and the V1 has 4. As I recall the person fitting it had to drill 4 new holes because there was an alignment problem with the original two. He also mentioned how difficult it was to remove the original small spoiler and said you would need a boot respray. Best I can do.mif I come across it I'll post a link.

One or two predictive texts in there me thinks. Can't be my bad spulling! PS it would seem you have to click on the picture to go to photobucket to see the other two. .

Posting this to help others who may get problems. Neither the front nor rear windscreen wash worked on my car, and couldn't here the washer motors running. Checked the supply fuse No 87, 10A located under the bonnet on the passanger side. You've got to remove the battery cover, the surrounding plastic cover into which it clips and the plastic assembly butting up to the windscreen. Take care as there's an inner plastic structure the slots under the windscreen which can break off as mine did. It attached by plastic welding and I had to remelt the connection points with a soldering iron. The washer tank is located behind the inner wheel arch plastic cover on the drivers side. Remove the wheel and this cover to access the water bottle. Pull the filling tube out of bottle, remove three 10mm securing bolts one on top and centre two on the left hand side.Tthe head of the top bolt Faces away from you and behind the mounting bracket. I found it easier to cut a slot in the end of it and turn it out with a screwdriver. Remove the water outlet pipes by squeezing the plastick sides and pulling them off, water will flow out to catch it if you want to use it again. Remove two other water outlets by just pulling them off. There are two 12v water pumps one for the front and one the back windscreens and two pump connectors. Squeeze in the connector sides and pull them off. You can now remove the water bottle. The two water pumps can be pulled out of the rubber mounting grommets. I measured across the terminals of mine with a multi meter set tomOhms and got a reading of approx 2 ohms, indicating they weren't burnt out. Neither worked when I applied 12v from a spare battery I had. From this I could tell they were in fact both siezed. I sprayed WD40 at the pump shaft which can be seen down the pump water inlet tube, gave them a bit of a bang about with a pair of pliers and kept connecting them to my battery until they began to turn. I then squirted 3in1 oil at the pump shaft to further lubricate. Of the two connecting plugs on the bottle one is Green the other White. Looking at the picture of both pumps and with the green connector at 12 o clock position the +ve is the RH terminal, also on the white Connector. Once the motors are freed up push them back into the rubber grommets and reassemble the whole lot back into the car. Hope this helps and hope the photo bucket link works. I HATE PHOTO BUCKET. ITS NOT USER FRIENDLY.

Look, fit and quality I suppose. It's not for me cos I'm giving the car to my daughter who likes the V1 but they seem hard to come by so I was looking for something similar.

Anyone fitted a Nismo v1 look alike spoiler or Similar there happy with. Looking for ideas

Including 600+ million Americans

If you've got a decent one, let's agree a price !

Found it Rob thanks. Hadn't taken enough plastic bits off to be able to see it. The fuse is good so onto the motor. Thanks again

Yeah I took the battery cover and the surrounding covers off which revealed only an electrical box containing one relay. Do you have to take the battery out to see it ? I'll have a look on You tube.mthwnks for your help

Anyone know where the IPDM box is located (intelligent power distribution module). I'm looking to check Fuse 87 which supplies the Screen washer motor. The module may be intelligent but the guy who decided to hide it certainly wasn't !! According to the USA manual it's in the battery compartment, but I've had all the covers off and no fuse for washer motor to be had. Also looked under the small cover down by the accelerator pedal and on the passanger side but no signs of fuse 87. HELP it raining and I'm desperate for a cup of tea and I'm cold and I'm wet and I'm aching and I'm fed up and....and....etc etc