Rob_Quads

How old is your car? You might not have actually done any harm, its just you have brought back to life you paint - just in a small area. When I polished my black car the area that I polished visibly a different black. Chances are if you gave the whole car a good polish it would even out the shades

Sparshats at also a Subaru dealer too so its not as if they know know how to treat powerful cars.

If you search around you should be able to find one for 18K with around the 30K on the clock, specially if you don't mind the more common silver/gunmetal ones. If you want a rarer colour like red or black then its much harder to find a cheaper one.

Nah - tried a few and found.. ScratchX was good for a hand removal SSR1/SSR2 - Gave a nice deep black colour back to the car but did not quite remove the swirls I have just got hold of some SSR2.5 which I have been recommended. THe next stop was that Blackfire Sealant as I had seen a couple people mention that with good results on a black car. 'IF' it stays dry this weekend I want to give it a good pre-winter clean and polish

My experience of westway is not good. 3 times I phoned up to get a price on a 30K service. Twice my number was taken and was told I would be given a call back but never got it. I went to Sparshats which I can highly recommend. Answered the phone first time, gave a competative price and then was suprised to see a good £33 taken off for supplying my own oil. Did the service without any problems and greased up all the points I had cleaned a bit too well

Think you need to change the title as you will probably get less owners in there due to the thread being directed at JDM owners

You can also be given a fine.

As long as you go with the standard fonts then I think you will be fine with the plates. If you ever get asked about them say they were on the car when you bought it. Like the look and will be interested to see how they look. Might get myself a set as I want some new ones

21. Can other symbols (e.g. national flag, football team crest) be used on number plates? The Government announced on 28 December 2001 the intention to permit the display of national flags and symbols on vehicle number plates.When the regulations are amended they will provide for the voluntary display of the Union flag, Scottish Saltire, Cross of St George and Red Dragon. Football team crests etc are not allowed.

Current system is stock but going in is... Alpine Head Unit ~£200 Audison LRx 4.300 ~ £400 Focal Utopia 165W ~ £550 2x Focal Polyglass 21V2 ~ £300 rought cost of this system would probably be around £1500 including cables. pulled a lot of favours for this one so has not really cost me much.

There is no need for them. I have had them in my 'younger' less knowledgable days but thats before I had heard a good system. I have since had some very good 2K+ systems A decent system with front components & sub and you will never need rear speakers. There is only 1 scenario that rear speakers are needed and thats if you are playing with 5.1

Er no well they are still to be fitted but once ready I will be doing it. I've already prepped the sub boxes & amps just need to put in the wiring and then time to get the comps in.

Forget about the rear speakers. Disconnect them, save your money and you will have a much better sounding system. You would be better off spending the money on an amp for the front components etc than rear speakers. Its bad enough in a hatch but there is NONONONONO need for them in cab the size of the Z. Save your money and spend it on good components or amp

yup they retail at a high cost. Thankfully something I am not paying

Bulldogs Customer Services are CRAP BUT thier service is good. Can't fault what they are providing me. 56GB in 1 day and not a peep from them!

I have a set of Focal Utopia 165Ws going into mine. Second hand and they sound awesome.

Are they brembos? they look like different aftermarket brakes.

Yup wheels are a fairly good price considering the tyres are included. Looking at them the only query would be do they clear the Brembo calipers as they look like a design that might not work

yup - not saying the bass is bad (although tis in comparison of whats going in lol). If you have it playing normally would you say a majority of the high end tweet/mids come from behind you.

I am just about to put a new system into my car but want to make sure my bose system is working fine so when i retro fit it to sell the car its all fine. I find that the Bose system is REALLY rear heavy. Even if you fade it all the way forward its still not great and that also looses a lot of the bass. With the balance set to even the front speakers are almost inaudiable. Is this normal?

Nah in the last 1-2 years the % of illegal auctions has rocketed. The biggest problem is its too well know now lol. All the scam artits are using it. Its much harder to get a bargin on it as there is always other people wanting it. As an auction house I think its gone down hill massivly. The part that is good is the shops which give the smaller trader the bigger market and also the chance to get things without being stung i.e. I got some velcro zip ties from one which were way cheaper than any other internet shop

ebay really does need to sort it self out. Its starting to gain quite a tarnished reputation due to the number of dodgy dealers using it for illegal scams.

Looks like I won't be driving my car up as I am helping out taking a car up for a trade stand. Shame as it looks like my install will be all done by then. As you say the D1 is now going on there so if anyone is thinking about going go. It makes shows like JAE etc look like a mini meet.

How are you going to rewire them to give 4 Ohm without loosing left and right channels? OK, naievely/noobishly: Can't you just wire in extra 2 ohm resistors into the loop to each speaker? Well yes you can but then you have to worry about the other feature of it. It might only be 2Ohm but its not the usual 0.25W resistor you would need. Have a quick look around for even just a 50W resistor The cost of the resistor will not be far off the cost of speakers lol

How about a section where people could post how much they have been charged for something. i.e. something like below would be posted Dealer : Sparshatts Nissan Job: P1 - 30000 Service Price: £121 Notes: No loan car as waited & Filled up washers before going so no extra charges This would help people when they are looking for information about costs at various places. Might also be worth breaking it down into North/SouthEast/SouthWest etc