Muddy

Provisionally sold ^^^^

I have for sale:

x1 HKS limited edition radiator cap - Type S fitment

In excellent (As new condition) condition - used.

Fits most Nissan, Infiniti, Subaru, Mazda and some Toyota & Mitsubishi models. (Please make sure this is the correct type for your car)

1.1kg/cm2 (15.64psi) 108kPa pressure rating improves the performance of your radiator by increasing the coolant boiling point.

Normal retail price is approx £20 plus p&P

I have reduced my original asking price from £16 to £14 plus p&p

Price: £14 plus £3p&p

Bargin.

I have for sale a Brand new HEL Stainless clutch hose.

I bought with the intention of fitting when I changed my oils etc. But forgot to take it to the garage when it was all done

So have never had the opportunity to fit it.

Now that I'm selling car, no point in fitting.

These retail for around £20 plus postage

I'm selling for £10 plus £3p&p

I have for sale the following Carbon items:

Carbon Instrument Cluster

Genuine Carbon - Fits on the top of the instrument binacle.

Will complement any other carbon items you have fitted in the interior.

In excellent (as new) condition.

Fit to my "former" show car and thus has had no abuse. Car was garaged so no discolouration from Sun light.

Normally these retail new for around £80. (a quick search on t'interweb shows not many of these for sale)

Price: £55 plus £5p&p

Also...

A Bespoke custom made real carbon fibre overlaid 350z Fuel Cap.

This is a genuine 350z Fuel cap that has had genuine carbon fibre molded over it.

A one-off.

Cost me mucho money to get made.

But only looking for £45 plus £5p&p

These will go onto ebay in a week or 2 (Not on auction but through buy it now with the prices quoted above)

I have for sale a pr of Front and Rear adjustable camber arms to fit the 350z and G35 (All years)

Front A arms

Direct replacements for stock items.

Offers a +/- 3 deg adjustment depending on how low the car is.

Fitted to my "former" show car and only covered 1500 dry miles.

There are some small stone chip marks and the rubber bellow has a little cracking (But not split) But other than that in Very good (Almost new) Condition.

I imported these from America as they came highly recommend, and when they were fitted to the car they complimented the KW variant suspension and whiteline droplinks perfectly. Car handled like a go-cart.

More details here: http://www.ichibausa.com/

I've reduced the original price from £175 to £150.. so grab a bargin.

Price: £150 plus P&P at £10

Pics...

Also..

I have the rear Ichiba adjustable camber arms for sale to fit the 350Z (and according to their website will fit the 370z too)

The same as above, imported direct from America after recommendation.

Fitted to my "former" show car and only covered 1500 dry miles.

More details here: http://www.ichibausa.com/

I've reduced the original price from £90 to £75.. so grab a bargin.

Price: £75 plus P&P at £8

Thanks for looking

They will go on Ebay after a week or 2 (Although they won't be on auction but buy it now at same prices)

Have a look at your (very special) calendar

??????? still haven't got a clue?

Provisionally Sold

But I'll let you know how the sale goes

is this still for sale?

well done mate was truely an amazing car and as ive said to you before with all the parts you've sold you've probably made 10 show cars out of your one! now thats saying something BIG well done mate

Thanks to everyone again

And Taddy saw pics of yours at Trax, it's looking mighty fine, sir

You realise Craig that this month provides a fitting tribute to your car - even another 'award' I would suggest

What 'award' is this? Will have to search the forum and have a look

Thanks dude -- Provisionnally sold

And yes, I knew yourself and Martin had one, I thought Clarkie had one too?? Not sure on that though

3 or 4 still a b***dy rare bonnet

Carbon eyebrows now sold

To be honest, I'd always put sealant on after polishing but before wax. (If I was going to use a sealant in my detail)

However the Autoglym Extra gloss protection was designed to be their Final stage application.

At the time they only had Super Resin Polish on the market and no wax, not unlike now with their HD wax.

So I'm not entirely sure of the EGP make up and it's ability to be a sealant under wax.

I guess it would be a trial and see experiment.

There's no harm in experimenting, it's how we learn and get shiny cars

Thanks for the comments guys

Hopefully the next car will be a Porsche Carrera 4S (996 variety)

The beginning, middle and end – an evolution

I’ve finally got the car back to some respectability, so thought I’d pop up a thread showing the progress of my 350z over the last 2 years.

I purchased the car in October 2008, a standard UK 2004 model.

Here’s the only pics I have of her in it’s standard guise. The day after I started to strip her down.

So on the second day the modifications began, I had to be ready for beginning of April ’09 for the start of the show season as I was going to unveil the car at Autoglym’s Best in Britain Competition.

After nearly 6 months of hard graft, blood sweat and tears I finally got the car exactly how I wanted it. I didn’t spare on anything, I had done 12 months research before hand, making sure I had the best bits and modifications for the car.

With one day to spare I got the car ready for the ISTS show for Best In Britain.

Sadly I didn’t win anything. Apparantly it got a little heated during judging and maybe even a little political and I left with nothing even though I was told I was shaved to the top spot by only a few marks.

I did feel a little dejected as I’d put a lot of work into the car, but I kept on with the car and 2 weeks later entered Autoglyms Best in Scene competition at Modified Live. I was competing with almost the same guys that I was with at ISTS but this time I came top and won Best in Show.

From this show on I didn’t look back, I spent as much time as I could getting the car as clean and shiny as possible, this resulted in the following accolades in 2009:

ISTS - Autoglym "Best in Britain" - Finalist

Modified Live - Autoglym "Best in Scene" - Best of Show

Modified Nationals - Autoglym "Ultimate 25" Finalist - Special Acknowledgement for Best Presented Car

Japanese Tuning Show - Autoglym "Top Japcar Concours" - Best of Show

Bromley Pageant - Autoglym - "Ultimate Challenge Trophy" - Best "Ultimate Exterior"

JapShow - Autoglym - "Japshow Show & Shine" - Best of Show

JAPS - Best Modified & Best of Show

Zedfest - Best 350z & Best Car of Show

The car was garaged for winter and nothing extra was added during the close season. (Which was very unusual for me).

2010 brought even more accolades:

Modified Live, Oulton Park - Kleers "Best in Scene" - Best JDM

Rising Sun Car Show - Best Nissan & Best of Show

Japanese Tuning Show - Autoglym "Top Japcar Concours" - 2nd Place

Japshop - Autoglym - Best of Show (Retained title – first time this has happened in Japshow history)

Petrolheadz - Autoglym - Best of Show

To say that I’m happy with the cars success is an understatement, my aim was to beat my previous cars accomplishments on the National stage. This was some mean feat as the Subaru was one of the most successful Japanese show cars in the UK.

The Subaru won 16 National trophies in 2 ½ seasons. But only 6 Best of show.

The 350z has won 14 National trophies and 8 Best of shows in only 2 years. So by my reconing it has done better than the Subaru.

And as a long time entrant in National Show and shine competitions I can quite safely say that the 350z has become one of the most successful winning cars in the last 10 years.

Not bad ehh!!

The car has also graced the odd magazine or 2.

Front cover of Japanese Performance Magazine

Feature in Fast Car Magazine

Large feature in Total Nissan Magazine.

Plus a picture here and there in most of the mags almost every month.

So here’s some pics of how she was in here prime:

I tend to think that Show cars have a 2-3 year life span, after that they either need a radical facelift, which means more money or they get tiresome and a bit monotonous when you see them time and time again at shows.

For me I normally keep them for 3 years, but this time around and especially after the huge success I’ve had with the car I’ve decided to call time after 2 years.

So last Month the car was stripped of all it’s modified parts and sold on (Some parts are still available, have a look in the for sale section)

This weekend I finally got it all back together as a standard car…..well not quite standard

It has cost me almost £2000 to get it back to almost stock, but it still boasts a pretty good Modification list:

Engine: Polished pipe with HKS ltd edition red filter

Asi-performance aluminium radiator

Japspeed K2 polished Exhaust

Samco Red Coolant and Ancillary hoses

Gloss Black pleneum

Gloss Black Engine cover

Di-noc carbon wrapped strut brace

Red Grounding kit.

Suspension: FK lowering springs (30mm drop)

Wheels: 18†Inovit sparkle Black alloys

Kei Black wheel Nuts

Exterior: Motorgrade carbon roof overlay

Motorgrade carbon a pillar replacements

Varis Carbon B pillars

Custom black handles

Smoothed rear quarter (Aerial removed)

Custom black badges (No silver anywhere)

Smoothed front bumper (number plate holder holes)

Interior: Custom black anciallaries in interior

Sparco Foot Pedals

Di-noc Carbon Centre Console

Di-noc Gear surround

Di-noc Door switches

Di-noc Door Inserts

Di-noc vent Covers

Di-noc steering wheel controls

Di-noc Sill plates

Custom red leather gear gaiter and handbrake gaiter

ICE: Kenwood KDC W3037 MP3 Receiver

So here she is as she stands now – the end of the story, the end of an evolution.

And that’s it………

She will be up for sale soon too.

Cheers

Craig

Thought this item warranted it's own thread.

I have for sale a genuine Varis Carbon fibre "Cooling " bonnet.

Rare Japanese handmade "to order" bonnet.

Not many in the UK. Only 3 or 4 i believe.

One of the nicest and best fitting carbon bonnets for the zed. (You get what you pay for)

To buy new you'd be looking at £1000+ to import in through Nengun etc etc

The bonnet is in excellent condition, obviously fitted to the show car so loads of TLC, loads of wax.

There is a little flaw in the carbon/topcoat near the corner of the bonnet (where it meets end of wing to windscreen) (Picture below)

This however isn't very noticeable, shows that it was handmade and was never picked up by a judge or was ever commented about at a show.

The bonnet also comes with rain guards that bolt underneath the vents to prevent water getting into engine bay. I didn't fit them.

I'm looking for £600 not including postage. And to be honest I'd rather this item were collected, due to it's size.

Here's some pics of it fitted to the car:

My name is on the peice of paper but camera can't pic it up

I also have some custom made bonnet dampers to suit this bonnet £40.

Thanks for looking

Craig

Mods could you lock this thread please, as it's getting a bit busy and confusing.

I will add seperate threads for the items now, so it's more managable.

Thanks

Kinda think I caused it by dropping my trolley jack down too quickly when doing some work.

Only thing I can think of as a cause as I haven't been driving the car.

Alex you have a PM

I've recently removed the KW Variants from the car and fitted the OEM struts back with 30mm lowering springs.

Just found today loads of patches of oil on my nice clean blockpaved driveway and traced them to both shocks, the drivers being the worst.

Is this just bad luck or a result of fitting the lowered springs??

Do you think the leaking is due to the shock being forced further in and thus expelling oil. Will it subde, or are they knackered??

Any help would be appreciated.

Looks like I may be on the hunt for some oem front struts. (I will check the rears too tomorrow I think)

Cheers

Craig

I've just fitted a k2 on Friday and it has an unsilenced centre pipe. It's sounds only slightly louder than stock at idle. And again only slightly louder when driving. I was quite shocked as I thought it was going to be really loud. But I like it so all good.

A worthy winner to take my title

Well done ikarus

LOL

Sleep tight everyone

Joe, glad you like

It's a cracking exhaust!!

Jic magic carbon strut brace now sold

Subs and sub enclosures now sold

reserve on Stillen Damper for Bundus

Still after some black alloys guys, if you are thinking of selling up.

Would even consider colour coded rays, WHYG?