Chris`I

Exactly. Rotas tend to get bought because they are cheap and strong and as such get abused. Also, if they've had the wheels powder coated, that can weaken them and cause them to fail. You just dont know what they've done to them. I'm sure there are instances where they've failed, but its not as bad as you make out. Drifters use them a lot as they are cheap and strong.

Nope, Wales is 16th/17th May http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic ... highlight= Quite a few of us are travelling up on the Friday.

That depends on the filter. Its quite well documented that most filters allow more dust in compared to stock paper filters, but flow much better and increased flow for longer (due to larger surface area). But do tend to let in a bit more dust. According to the t'interweb

Still, dont think I would care about my car if I had a Nova

None at all? Did you have the Rays before?

Rotas are fine for the Zed (I would be bias though). There are plenty of people around who bang on about them not being forged (they're cast) and heavy, but tbh its bollox. When I got mine I used the good old arm scales to weight my rear Rays and front Rota (same size almost) and the weight difference was negligable. As Digsy says, they are cheap, strong and light enough PS You dont want to know the price of the LMGT4's these days

Does your insurance not cover it? If not try the usual traders - CS, Z1auto, JDM Performance, MJP, or breakers

Most definately not. The stock engine wont do anything with it. If you happen to find one, it might give you a little bit if you get it remapped. Pretty much a waste of money though

is it possible to swab stock air box between earlier cars and newer ones "i.e. pre 06 with >06 air box"? I beleive it is, but good luck getting one for a reasonable price

Tyres, as with many things, are a personal preference. Do you like a soft compound (Falken/Toyo) that will wear quickly, but is realtively cheap? Do you want harder wearing but not so ticky (PZerro Ross - I had them on the Rays before), or do you want a mixture of both and want to pay the price for it (MPS2)? Or try something completely different like the Vredestein which are relatively unknown but get good reviews? The choice is yours and seeing as you cant make your mind up, get teh PZerro as it doesnt mean a full swap and you are happy with them!

Thats the weekend of the Wales drive out, so you will get very few takers as most people will be going up for that. Why not come to Wales instead and drive some real roads

I havent driven a Zed on anything other than 18's but I would imagine that the effect is minimal. Especially in Lexx case where the coilovers would have made a much better handling car than the 19s could take away. But what people have to remember is that they say 19s are better, but in all (cases I can rememeber) every person has gone from 17/18 to 19 but have also stepped up the width of the tyre. I think the added grip this gives will hide what it takes from responsiveness. When I had my Rotas refurbed and had my Rays back on (both 18s), you could feel the Rays would turn in quicker, but also made the car more twitchy. The thing I would most question is the stagger front to rear. I dont know what is or isnt a good combo, but you need to watch you dont make the rear too much wider than the front unless the car will have an even greater tendancy to understeer on the limit. I'm sure others will be along soon with recommendations

If anything most poeple moan its too quiet when they get it. Having been at a meet with an OEM, Nismo, Scorpion and 5Zigen, the OEM and Scorpion are quite similar. Given the Nismo isnt massively louder than stock, I would put the 3 in pretty much the same category, with the Scorpion and Nismo being quite simlar in terms of loudness.

So would you need these? At 20-25mm you might get lucky and not need them, but beyond that, yes you would need them

For a 4yr old Zed with 40k on the clock I wouldnt bother if its been serviced properly (9k miles or every year, whichever is sooner).

1/ Jon350Z 2/ Kev & Gaz (Envy North) 3/ Martin W 4/ Dominique 5/ djtimodj 6/ RobD7 7/ H5 8/ Bundus 9/ Wizard 10/ Roast350z possibly 11/ Chris`I Can I grab the address of ya Chilli? EDIT: Martin did the honours

How far in is the metal braid? I'd be tempted to cut the outer silicone with something sharpe like a Stanley blade and then cut through the rest with a dremmel. Keeps the outer edges nice and neat then as they're the only ones you'll see

I've heard of the left speaker cutting out before but not the sub. What are the symptoms? Anything common to when it happens?

You can get yours at Wales. Means you have to come Sounds good to me bud , you can fit them If you're having internal stickers, bring some Windowlene and a MF cloth, can stick em on easier that way. Never done it before, but I hear it makes it dead easy as you can move them around a bit with Windowlene

What are the stock rays bud ?, and how comes then some companies have a smaller profile at the rear Well there is a bit of room to play with, but as you'll have seen on many threads on here, you need to keep it pretty accurate. I beleive Rays are 225/45/18 and 245/45/18. Thats just the Rays though, the other std wheels may have different RR, just they keep the ratio of front to back the same. If you do a search I posted pretty comprehensive numbers before of the ratio you need to keep. If all else fails though, aim for what you have now in terms of RR

He didnt mention any Recaro in my price range, so I dont think he could match it. Getting the seat rails/subframes off him though hopefully PM on its way

Are they a performance centre? Not all dealerships will be getting one. Dan Perkins in Slough wont be, they offered me a place at their Mill Hill branch which is a performance centre. Same its NW London, its miles away from me

Anyone know if any other traders have links to Recaro or any other decent sites that do them? So far I have been looking at Demon-Tweaks (as a guide) and found sportseats4u offer them a little bit cheaper (do a discount with pairs). Most likely going to get the Bride subframes from Adam subject to delivery cost. Just wondering if anyone knows anywhere else to look for the seats?

Really? I've had my seats in and out the car about 5 times and never had a problem with the airbag light. I'd check your connectors if I was you

Not heard of them before, whos running one and whats it cost?