tmJak

Maybe send me a copy of the picture? Purely for evaluation and research purposes......

I keep seeing stuff about a p3 service what does it include as I have done a lot what else do I need to do diff and gearbox oil?

There's a checklist in the 350Z Service Manual. The link is here, it's very useful.

http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/2726-350z-service-manual/

I don't think it's much above and beyond what you have already done, mainly more in depth checks.

Nice looking Zed - can I ask why you changed the gaskets on your rocker cover? Was it just for general maintenance?

PM sent. And by that I mean... dibs?

Signed up.

My Dad is an Admiral nurse and my Nan had dementia so I have a lot of sympathy for dementia sufferers and their families. Hope your petition takes off!

If i was to get one of these types of units fitted, would a professional car audio place know what they are doing with the Zeds? as much as I would like to do something like this myself, I'm just not confident enough.

I might give it a go next month so will let you know how I get on. If I can do it then anyone can.

From looking at the guides I think I should be ok to fit it myself - just have to buy all the parts as recommended. The console is easy to remove - only takes 10 minutes. It's just the splicing of wires that's a bit more daunting but with lots of flash cards I'm sure I can fathom it. If not then I'll go to an expert with my tail between my legs - but I'm already more than accustomed to looking like an idiot.

 

The Halfords website is more expensive than in-store. The same Alpine stereo is online for £260 or in store for £130!

 

If your anywhere near me, im usually free weekends i can come round and give you a hand. Make sure you get all the accessories for your car aswell, i.e. the headunit surrounds, any additional cables you may need to by-pass the amp if you have bose, steering controls etc.

I'm in Cheshire so quite a way from you but thanks for the offer. I'll probably get as far as I can, take a picture, put it on the forum, get flamed for messing it up, get some advice and then finish it off nicely. Usually does the treat

From looking at the guides I think I should be ok to fit it myself - just have to buy all the parts as recommended. The console is easy to remove - only takes 10 minutes. It's just the splicing of wires that's a bit more daunting but with lots of flash cards I'm sure I can fathom it. If not then I'll go to an expert with my tail between my legs - but I'm already more than accustomed to looking like an idiot.

The Halfords website is more expensive than in-store. The same Alpine stereo is online for £260 or in store for £130!

The V5 is still in the name of the guy who let the garage sell it for him. I could probably try and get in touch with him and ask if he would forward the tax disk on to me? Or is this dodgy?

Not dodgy - as long as he's amenable to it. Can't see any reason why he wouldn't want to help out. I would if it was the new owner of a car I'd sold.

It's a gamble, police don't enforce tax anymore - it's normally local council. However if you go through an ANPR you could get a fine in the post for driving without tax or a traffic cop could feel obliged to stop you if you ping up in one of their cars. Sounds lose/lose to me...

If you're not an audiophile does it really matter which stereo you get?

I'm looking at something like the Alpine CDE-W233R or the Pioneer FH-X700BT.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_869197_langId_-1_categoryId_265857

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_916749_langId_-1_categoryId_265857

They're both basic MP3/CD/tuner things that should fit into the Zed with the right gubbings. I'm planning to use the Bose amp and speakers and just change out my knackered Bose headunit. Will be listening to MP3's a vast majority of the time. Am I right in thinking that at the bottom end of the market (£120 - £130) it doesn't make much difference which headunit I choose as they're all about as basic as each other?

Thanks in advance.

I use falken 452s on my 20" BBS wheels, not as good as MPSS but cost £600 instead of £1400 needed for tyres

I've done trackdays on 452's and their grip is better than my ability! And they last 20,000k. Don't see how I would benefit from spending sooo much more personally.

Didn't Digsy have a set of Enkei's?

 

Well remembered

 

A third of a way down this page

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic. ... i&start=15

 

They're not Digsy's, they're mine! Only got a picture when I'm on the move, so probably not the best. . .

 

I scuffed...I mean my missus scuffed the wheels up pretty bad so I had them resprayed darker. I find them brilliant wheels, fit the wheel arch perfectly without spacers and are nice and wide (275), so give a nice aggresive stance from the rear.

 

tmjak bought digys wheels if i rmember correctly, very nice looking wheels

 

 

as i said

I know I know, all credit where it's due. It's a pretty impressive memory actually

Voted

Didn't Digsy have a set of Enkei's?

 

Well remembered

 

A third of a way down this page

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic. ... i&start=15

They're not Digsy's, they're mine! Only got a picture when I'm on the move, so probably not the best. . .

I scuffed...I mean my missus scuffed the wheels up pretty bad so I had them resprayed darker. I find them brilliant wheels, fit the wheel arch perfectly without spacers and are nice and wide (275), so give a nice aggresive stance from the rear.

How much weight would they save? And how are they to live with, are they comparable to glass?

I went on a track day recently, and someone there had an older audi S6. He'd removed the triple glazed glass on his car and saved nearly 200kg!!!

In that colour at that price I'm sure this will sell. Good luck

Maybe I'm right in this universe, but not some or all of the parallel ones

I did it myself and I'm a mechanical retard. 2 hours easy.

n1 mike, defo getting close to robots taking over the world

+1 Skynet! John Connor's going to come back to kill the founders of Honda!

Interesting

I've had a think and these are my thoughts.

Part of the issue is the logistics. It would be ideal for this event to take place in a vacuum to prevent air resistance etc, so we need to do this in space. At least doing this we wouldn't need to consider the curvature of the earth or planning permission. Presuming the first door moves at 5mph (reasonably quick for a lift door, 5mph is 2.25 metres per second) the second would move at 10mph, the 3rd at 15mph etc. For the final door to move at the speed of light (671,000,000mph), and assuming the lift doors are 1 inch thick (like mine at work) you would need 134,200,000 lift doors. The width of this contraption would be over 2000 miles, more than half the circumference of the world. The engineering feat required is beyond even British Leyland when they were in their prime.

I know the theory of relativity is in question at the moment due to some neutrinos, but if we belive it to be true for arguments sake then mass is relative to energy. The faster something travels the more mass it has. To make something travel at light speed, you would need infinate energy, and due to them being linked the 'something' would have infinate mass. To travel faster than the speed of light, you would need more than infinate energy, which we dont have. We don't even have infinate energy in the universe, so it will never happen unless Einstein is wrong.

Hope this helps, even though it's probably wrong

Dark grey is my favorite, saw one done and it looked really good. Maybe a bit boring though. +1 on not getting a stock colour, like Sarnie said you could easily sell yours and buy a black one for about £8000. The difference would be probably cheaper that the cost of respray.

That purple one looks

B of the Bang in Manchester costing 1.4m.

Was going to be painted, but it rusted so they left it. Looked impressive, then some of the spikes fell off, so it was surrounded with safety barriers for about a year, which looked attractive. It was then taken down. It's now in storage, and they will put it back up when they can secure 2-3m - which they'll need to ensure more spikes don't fall off. Wonder what would happen if they put it to public vote?

Pipercross pop-charger - pointless. No noise difference and likely caused a loss in power. Back to stock.

K1 exhaust - looked cheap (IMO), WAAAAAY too loud and exageratted every single rattle in the car. Back to stock.

ACT 6-puck sprung clutch - great clutch but a beeatch to drive. Would love to go back to stock / exedy but have an ACT pro-light flywheel as well, and they may not be compatible (issues on my350z). Reverting back would therefore cost a new clutch and flywheel +fitting, but will need doing if I ever want to sell the car.

Powder coating plenum - looked ok, but is now flaking and looks worse than stock.

Squiggly wire thing in engine bay - does nothing, cost a fortune and doesn't particularly look good. When I installed it, i knackered the thread on one of the bolts on the butterfly valve so can't get it off now. When I remove it, it will be up for sale, so probably not doing any favours slagging it off

Carbon engine cover and radiator cover thing - no point as it's under a sheet of metal 99.99% of the time.

Engine damper - no noticeable difference after installation.

The only mods I've done that I'm impressed with are visual ones because that's tailored to my specific taste (includes lowering the car to give a better stance). Maybe 60% of the mods I've done are a complete waste of time and money for me. I'd have been half way to fitting a supercharger if I'd saved the money, although I'd probably have regretted that too.

Grrrrrr,

 

It woz you tmjak.

 

My real hate bout ebay, spent the last 2 mins wasting bids between 21 & £50 when the max bid already in was £53, ran out of time to catch up so lost out by £3.

 

Never got to grips with this about ebay, they miss out with this system cause I would have bid a little more.

 

Wonder who won it?

I know it's very annoying! The maximum bid could have been higher than £53 - if someone put in £100 eBay would bid on their behalf so you can never know your competition. I'm usually quite good at eBay ambushes

Good spot. Bidded on the tonneau, went mad in the last minute! Someone prepared to pay a lot more than me