Rob_Quads

according to a lot of owners, the two words never go together didnt I read it on here that its not a genuine Bose system anyway ,and is in fact just another make badged up as a Bose?? Correct its a dadged up Clarion unit The speakers may be Bose but the head unit isn't

My thoughts on Supaguard Outside - Waste of time. All it is, is a good thick wax. For around £50 you could get yourself all the stuff to do it and have lots left for many years to come. Inside - It might have some value but I am sure you would be able to pick up a similar product for £20/£30. The majority of what you are paying for is them doing the work. You only need to look on ebay to see how cheap the actual Supaguard kit is. If I were you I would just buy a kit off ebay and then spend a morning cleaning it and doing it myself. A hell of a lot cheaper than £300. Here you got - £20 all in http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/supaguard-paint-and-interior-protection-kit_W0QQitemZ290014261472QQihZ019QQcategoryZ72201QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

OK You see my problem is 350zOnline say +15 and +20 SWT say ET32 and ET38 Is ET +ve or -ve offset. If +ve that would mean +32 and +20 Which according to the picture below would mean they stick out FURTHER not less But I think its the complete oposite as you say +32 will have them sitting in the arch. In the same way if I have +30 and put a 15mm spacer on it, it becomes a +15 wheel which to me would mean its the opposite to that picture

I'm sure your guess is right as there is not alot else that goes on in that village lol. Only 1 other Z here at work too suprisingly

Probably worth looking at the CAT course thats being talked about on the other forum. Designed to teach you about the car. If it came at a time i had some money I would have gone for it straight away

Most places that do Airfield track days are also available for private hire, the major problem would be cost. Unless you got a lot of people then it would cost quite a lot. But then you have so many people its a nighmare to organise. Your best bet would be to go on one of the airfield track days - maybe organise a special 350z one somewhere. The people can be aware that people are going to be attempting drifting etc rather than the normal racing line.

Performance Tyres should be able to do it without any problems. They sorted some 20" rare chromes with rubber bands without any problems including having to reverse fit them. Performance Tyres are going to be fitting mine.

I doubt you will fit 4 tyres in the car. Over the weekend I just fit 4 19" rims into the car - 1 in the boot, 1 above rear speakers and 2 in the passenger seat. With tyres on there would be no way they would fit in.

If you are looking for falkens this place is hard to beat Brand New 225/45/18 95Y Falken FK452 Tyres @ £88.89 each Brand New 245/45/18 100Y Falken FK452 Tyres @ £93.70 each http://www.falkentyres.co.uk/

Ah I will keep an eye out if I go that route to work (Hursley). you a teacher there?

Welcome to the club. I will keep an eye out for you in my travels as I live in Chandlers Ford

yup I did buy it. Did a great job at cleaning up the car just can't really justify that sort of money on a polisher at the moment - need it for some wheel refurbs

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Cool - in the bin it will go (well put it with the other stuff to keep for when i sell it.

Just had my front wheels off my Z. I have a UK car with the brembos. There is a bolt that sticks out from the sub between two of the studs. It looks like its there to align the wheel or something. can it just be removed if it gets in the way?

yes offset is in mm +22 means the centre of the wheel is 22mm towards the inside of the arch i.e. engine side If you put a 10mm spacer on it would push it out 10mm bringing it OUT to +12 As for the how far is it - take the width, Divide by 2 - that gives you the distance from the middle. If you have a +ve offset subtract that number to the number to give the distance to the outside lip. If you have -ve offset add that number to get the distance to the outside lip

My god that is lot. Would be interesting to see if its that much better than a proper machine polish using Sonux polishes and then a nice few thick layers of P21S awax (which comes in around £250 including polisher)

See my edit above

I know the rays are ET +33 on the rear with 8.5x18..so... Rims will be 28mm further out Tyres will be 275 from 245 are 30mm wider = 15 each side + 3mm further out due to offset change = 18mm further out So they will not really stick out that much more

yup sounds about right - what you also have to remember is thats the difference for the actual rim. You may also have larger tyres on there i.e. 245/45/18 -> 275/35/19 - these are 30mm wider so will stick out 15mm more than standard So you have to work out a combination of how much wider the tyres are and how you are moving the offset around i.e. going from 8" ET30 -> 9.5" ET22 with a 245 -> 275 would mean The rim would sit a further 27mm further out The tyre is 15mm wider each side + 8mm wider offset -> 22mm sider So - the rim would be sitting 27mm further out than your standard wheel but the tyre would only be sitting 22m wider than the standard tyres. offsets are all sort of fun

A very handy site for working out differences in wheels is http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp

Whats your budget for the head unit? As for CD Changer - do you have an ipod already or mp3 player? If not then there is nothing wrong with a CD changer. If you do have an ipod etc then worth looking at a head unit with capability to play it

Thats an evil one - I am sure that will catch out A LOT of people. Would expect BT to clamp down on it though and remove the premium number

I would contact him and ask if he has receipts for all the renault parts that were replaced and any bills for the repairs. If thats all good I would say invest in a full car check. might cost a £150 but it will a) put your mind at rest and b)if its been done badly it will be spotted. ( if you don't have the car knowledge jacks etc to have a good scan round. Make the report a condition of sale If it goes for that sort of money it could be a bargin - a lot of car for your money but remember that you will equally get less when you sell it.

I would not just say "Don't buy it". Cat C & Ds is where you could end up paying less for something thats quality. There is only 1 way to find out what the car needed and thats ask the seller, then find out how it was fixed. Generally CatC & D cars are brought back onto the road by the enthusias who can fix the car for the fraction of the cost of insurance jobs. Once a car gets to the low thousands its fairly easy for damage to occur that via insurance repairs are uneconomical. Perfect example was my old 206Gti - just before selling it someone dinged the front wing. Got 2 proper quotes for it both between £600-£700. I fixed it for £189 + 2 hours of my time and the job is as good as any isurance job. Scale that up a few times and you have an insurance job thats quoted at 3/4K and it could be fixed for 1K. Thats potentially a bit saving. Obviously I would not pay full price for the car but as long as its been repaired properly and that you are getting a discount