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    New Job and Short Journeys

    in 350Z General

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    +1 pushbike + train for commute and a zed for the ladies and the weekends

     

    +2

     

    I'd never leave my car at a train station car park... you have to pay for parking too!

     

    And i wouldnt get the train to work either. I hate public transport... i'd rather pay more for petrol etc so i can have my personal time.

    Accellerating hard causes traction to kick in

    in 350Z General

    Posted

    If you're coming from a quattro you'll need to adjust your driving habits or you'll wrap it round a tree!

     

    Basically, if the roads even slightly wet, dont attenot to go round a corner over 30mph! Have you ever had a rear wheel drive car before cos they're very different. Im jealous of my mates with FWD cars the way they can throw them round corners and keep accelerating!

    HorsePower

    in JDM imports

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    How hard is it to reverse what they have done!?

     

    Shouldn't think it'd be too hard - the ballast for the hid lights is still present which is the main thing, although iirc they filed down the bulb connector in my car to fit the halogen bulb housing in... but i could be wrong.

     

    I would have returned mine to hid, but the bulbs are £45 each so i didnt fancy risking £90 for it not to work!!

     

    Nixy, you'll know if they are hid - i believe they flicker very slightly as they are turned on, and they have more of a blueish tint to them - not even a hint of yellow.

    HorsePower

    in JDM imports

    Posted

    Yea i have written a list of things i need to ask!

     

    Has it got sat nav in it!? i didnt realise that! but if it dont work no real worry i know where I'm going!:)

     

    Will all the language on the screen be in jap!?or do they do a english conversion!?

     

    Had a quick look @ the differneces that 1 seems to be basically the same spec as a uk gt spec. except i dont know if it has HID!(1 of my questions)

     

    I have had a good look round & price did seem good! really like it in black!

     

    Chances are it wont have HID. UK law requires cars with HID headlight to have headlamp washers fitted - which the JDM cars dont. So when they get imported, the import garage usually modifies the HID headlight to use normal halogen bulbs instead - thus allowing it to pass the SVA (import test).

     

    After the test the owner can probably undo the changes... but i've never got round to it on mine!

    Insurance Question

    in Insurance

    Posted

    depends on your age and who you're insured with though.

     

    Direct line dont let you have any modifications if you're under 25... i phoned up once trying o imsure my black BMW, and mentioned it had tinted windows - then they said they couldnt insure me. So i hung up and phoned back a few hours later - and neglected to mention anything else... :blush:

    Help me find wheels - black with a lip

    in Wheels

    Posted

    Take them bloody stickers of!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

     

    Who me?

     

    No Tim, he still has bright orange stickers on the outside of his rims that indicate which direction they should rotate :lol:

     

    Funnily enough they dont work when I'm in reverse gear ???? :wacko:

     

    You've only kept them on cos they match your car havent you??

     

    I've just phoned a company called RnR Auto Design and they're finding out fitment options for me - has anyone ever heard of them? I found them online...

     

    Anyway, they sell 19" Dare Hiro wheels - which are the same design as the Axis Hiro's - I take it Dare is the uk name for Axis wheels??

     

     

    RnR Auto Design

     

    dare uk

    Help me find wheels - black with a lip

    in Wheels

    Posted

    +35 offset will look sh1te. If you're set on those e-bay wheels I would look at spacers.

     

    BTW lomoto's are Ruff Racing and I don't know anywhere you can buy them here. Pretty cheap if you import them from the States though.

     

    So.... a set of spacers are what, about £200? So if i get the eBay wheels and spacers i'll still be within my budget. Im wary of spacers though - could it possibly make the clicking rear axles problem worse? I mean extra pressure on the hubs cant be good?

    Help me find wheels - black with a lip

    in Wheels

    Posted

    Hey All,

     

    Im going to be buying wheels within the next 6 weeks and have been trawling the net for weeks trying to find the right ones.

     

    My requirements are that they must be black, with a lip of some sort. 19", and i'm leaning towards 5-spoke, but i quite like the double 6-spoke look too.

     

    My budget isn't too spectacular - i've only got about £1200 max to get them on my car - so thats including tyres and delivery etc etc.

     

    Now, im going to be keeping my 17" JDM's as track/winter wheels, so im not too worried about the quality here - this is all style over substance!! :D

     

    Most of the wheels im finding that meet my requirements (price/looks) have an offset of +35... Firstly, will this fit, and secondly, will it look sh!te? Would spacers to push the wheels out be necessary to pull off that look? Does anyone have pics of wheels with a +35 offset?

     

    See these links for the type of wheels i want, and can anyone give me a reason not to buy these - they're the style i want.

     

    ebay1

     

    ebay2

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