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    zed's in hull

    in Spotted or Flyered

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    i may have to attend in my chav mobile if you dont mind :p:lol::lol::lol:

     

    Plenty of chav cars in the foreshore car park already mate ;)

     

    I lived in Hull for 8 years and 5 years in hessle. Used to walk down to the foreshore for a Burgesses ice cream in the summer. It's packed with Corsas (although the odd Evo too, it is true) :lol:

     

    Does the country park still have it's single hand-pump for proper beer? If so, count me in and I'll come visit my mate and we will both turn up :)

    URGENT!

    in 350Z Technical

    Posted

    well i ordered front pads from nissan through this garage a couple of weeks back so they have already been fitted, so i will do those next time theyre due, but as for the rears i am desperate for them as of now.

     

    so all you guys reading this who know what theyre talking about recommend the

     

    EBC Turbo groove discs & Ferodo DS2500 pads for the rear?

     

    if ive got that right i need them asap!!!

     

    lol, what would i do without you guys :clap:

     

    Hmm. I'm not sure if fitting DS2500 pads on the rear with standard pads on the front is a good idea.

     

    The front/rear braking effectiveness will be different and you might end up with too much rear and not enough front (like my mate's wife (boom boom)). Whether it is enough to matter I can't say but someone more technical may be able to advise.

    URGENT!

    in 350Z Technical

    Posted

    If you are lloking for a good fast road set up and won't be tracking it try:

     

    EBC Turbo grove discs or EBC Ultimax discs

    Ferodo DS2500s

     

    You could replace all four corners for cheaper than Nissan stuff and have better braking :):thumbs:

     

    That is exactly the setup I have and they are much cheaper than nissan and great brakes for everyday use. Plus the patterning matches my Rays :clap:

    Power Steering Pipe

    in 350Z General

    Posted

    My beloved Z has got it's first proper mechanical fault (apart from the odd whine here and there).

     

    One of my p/s pipes is leaking from a rubber section. I haven't been able to see the exact spot myself but my local garage says it is in one of the pipes at the 'cooler' end of the piping (as opposed to the pump end)

     

    My question is, is the rubber piping bonded with the metal piping or can it be taken of and replaced with clips? The manual shows it is clips but looking in from under the bonnet the top end of the pipes look like the rubber is bonded in, i.e. pinched into and permanently fitted to the metal section. Presuming that suitable piping isn't that hard to come across (?) can someone recommend a source and suitable clips to use?

     

    If the rubber part is bonded in then I guess I will need a replacement set of pipes, unless it is feasible to hacksaw of the bonded ends and fit pipe over them?

     

    Clearly I do not want to pay for Nissan new parts so any suggestions gratefully received. It's a 04 car and as you may be able to tell, I have no garage and no way to take a look for myself :( If anyopne has a clear memory or facies a quick look at some pipes they have on the shelf (you never know) then that would be fab. Piccies would be even better!

    Tyres in the North East

    in Tyres

    Posted

    Bargain.

    Tyres needed in the next month and a P3 with plugs coming up in the summer so I need a place I can trust who knows the Z's inside out. Its an hours drive but that is fine by me.

    Cheers all.

    Unexpected tyre wear

    in Tyres

    Posted

    Not many bumps, no. I can't see them knocking both toe-in settings out though.

    I can only think that the garage got the settings wrong but they are a professional set-up, not some back street place. That is whay i am interested to know if factory settings are actually wrong for the car?

    Unexpected tyre wear

    in Tyres

    Posted

    I have just had an MOt and it came with a few advisories.

    The first was Exhaust Loud ( :p ) but I also got an unexpected advisory on the tyre depth.

    i know the rears are around 3mm and have been gearing up to replace them in April, but the fronts have plenty of tread, or so I thought.

    On closer inspection the fronts have heavy wear on the inside (the same on both) with a distinct sawtooth feel to the wear. I think this is due to incorrect toe but I'm puzzled as I have had a proper alignment done 4-5 months ago on one of these top-notch laser jobbies and haven't hit anything hard since then.

     

    My previous front toe was 0.13 and 0.11 which is outside tolerance according to the alignment sticky and the garages alignment machine. I had no real wear problems on the front on the old settings but it didn't drive as well as it could have.

    My toe after alignment is 0.03 and 0.02 which is fine according to the sticky and the garage machine.

    I have heard a lot about early cars having excessive tyre wear on the inside due to incorrect settings, so have i gone wrong somewhere? Are the factory settings that the garage has used not correct for the car?

     

    My car is slightly lowered but only by about 10-15mm as it kept catching the exhaust on big bumps when any lower. Camber, castor and the rears all seem fine.

     

    Any ideas?

    local schizophrenic

    in Off Topic Discussion

    Posted

    ahhhhh chuck norris

    :lol:

     

     

    They once made a Chuck Norris toilet paper, but it wouldn't take sh1t from anybody.

     

     

    Apparently Chuck Norris does not wear a condom…because there is no such thing as protection from Chuck Norris

     

    (God that's a weak joke :sorry: )

    The Little Firefighter

    in Off Topic Discussion

    Posted

    The fire fighter is working on the engine outside the fire station when he Notices a little girl next door in a little red wagon with little ladders Hung off the sides and a garden hose tightly coiled in the middle.

     

    The girl is wearing a fire fighter's helmet. The wagon is being pulled by Her dog and her cat. The fire fighter walked over to take a closer look.

    'That sure is a nice fire truck' he said with admiration.

     

    'Thanks' the little girl said. The fire fighter looks a little closer and Notices the girl has tied the wagon to her dog's collar and to the cat's Testicles.

     

    'Little Partner', the fire fighter says, 'I don't want to tell you how to Run your rig, but if you were to tie that rope around the cat's collar Instead of it's testicles, I think it could run faster.'

     

    The little girl replies thoughtfully, 'you're probably right, but then I Wouldn't have a siren.

    hit a curb, dam it

    in 350Z General

    Posted

    AS someone who came within an inch of doing the same yesterday I really do empathise. I was going at 5mph (really!) in a straight line with no acceleration or deceleration or braking and the back end still went out as the road had a camber. One right angle skid later and *just* missed the curb. Nearly died of slow-motion horror.

    Sorry to see you have bent your lovely Azure, but at least it won't cost you to have it sorted :)

    IPHONE3gs OR BLACKBERRY

    in Off Topic Discussion

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    Everyone in my office has either a private iPhone of a company blackberry.

     

    They all hate the blackberry (nicknamed by most as the raspberry) for many reasons, although mainly crashes and poor battery life. They all rave about the iPhone but it's so dull to have what everyone else has. Plus you are tied in to apple iTunes etc. Oh, and for some reason they can only do one thing at once -and beleive me that is a pain at times.

     

    I have typed this proping up a lamppost in newcastle center on my nokia n900 which I have had for a week now. I have to say it is the best phone I have ever owned, the latest patch to the software makes it really easy to use and my God it is fast! I thoroughly recommend you take a look. Don't just read the main reviews, read what buyers thinkof their phone. They all love it :)

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