From A to Zed

Thanks Marky. Did you remove the door to do this or did you manage find space with it still attached? btw, sorry to see your thread last week... I hope everything works out for you after all the effort you've put into the car. Ta, Matt

Pm sent Thanks guys.

Hi guys, After a terrible day attempting to install my stereo I managed to break my passenger door handle I'm after the plastic part (which you clip the metal piece on to) and bolt in two places through the door card to the door skin. Rob / Alex, I'm hoping you have one? Ta, Matt

Thanks Clarkie. I will give them a few days and drop them a PM after that if they don't see my post. I might take it all apart again tomorrow, just for fun

I'm really impressed with the way the Zed is put togeather, it just takes a bloody age to pull anything apart! I think these will solve my mounting issue and save a headache or two; http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/6-5-Fron ... 5fSpeakers If anyone can assist on my wiring issues above it woud be great! Matt

Sorry, I should add 'British approach' as I don't want to offend our friends to the North or West

Thanks Martin. I did have the read the wiki and the guys over there hacked up the socket joining the car. I am hoping one of the guys here had a more sympathetic (or should we say creative, or English) approach to the wiring Thanks for adding the link, it's good reference material for anyone else reading this thread

Yeah just a couple though as I obviously have my work cut out tomorrow Cheers, Matt

Not at all buddy.... A few beers and match of the day will cheer me up. Until tomorrow

Ok, today has not gone very well... First up I removed the door cards to discover that the door loom is actually connected to the car via a socket and not a simple loom. This has prevented me from running my speaker wire from the doors into the car foot wells. 2nd problem: I bought some MDF spacers but my speakers still impede the windows. So, after giving up for the day and rebuilding the doors I realised that I had forgot to attach the locking cables so I had to remove both doors cards again (to attach the cables) and re assemble them. During this saga I managed to break my passenger door handle too. I've looked through all 23 pages in the ICE folder and after reading some of Rob's posts I'm reasonably confident I can build some more complex MDF rings to house the speakers, but how did you guys run the speaker wires into the car? Can you use the Bose wire and re-connect to that somewhere else in the car? This is what I am hoping to do, I don't want to attack the sockets. Replacing the sub woofer looks like a bar steward too as I can tell the factory grill will not fit once I use an MDF ring to mate my sub to the old Bose woofer 'box.' I honestly wish I left this well alone now.... Any advice would be greatly appreciated, Matt

Well played Chris, it's all downhill from here... Exhaust next My order from Sextons arrived yesterday Sadly I was out last night and Corinne spotted the box (you couldn't really miss it) so I'm in the dog house now!

Dennis, Just don't mention the football when limp out next year Matt

Hey Paul, You should be fine mate. Before you start; Ensure you have the proper Samco clips for all the hoses. If not order them from demon tweeks (~ 19 pounds) or buy some good jubilee clips. Have a can of WD40 ready and a large bucket or container to catch the coolant. Have some old cloths ready to mop up any coolant. Buy a spare bottle of coolant. You might kick the bucket over in a rage! 1). Remove the radiator cap on the top right of the radiator (or you will have an air lock). 2). Get the car on axle stands. 3). Remove the plastic tray under the engine. 4). To drain the system you need to remove the plastic plug under the radiator. It's on the near side. Use a flat head to remove and be gentile with the thread. 5). Allow the Zed to relieve itself! 6). Move the coolant to one side, replace plug to prevent any left over spillage. 7). Remove the lower hose clips using mole grips or pliers. Watch those fingers and knuckles as the clips are under a lot of tension. The hoses can also be a bugger to get off. I gripped my hoses by wrapping them with an old cloth and tugging like mad. You could also try squirting some WD40 in there if you can - i.e wriggle a flat head under the hose and spray away. 8). Fit the lower hose and clamp it in place. At this stage you can replace the plastic under tray and lower the car back to the ground. It's easier to change the upper hoses with the car at ground level. 9). The hose on the top left of the radiator is easy. Tackle that one next and clamp it in place. 10). The longer thin hose is a bit of pain. You need to remove the plastic engine cover and it also helps to remove the induction kit / air box for easier access. I found this one even harder to get off and gashed a knuckle or two... A few four letter words helped at this stage. 11). Fit your new hose, give it a twist to ensure the logo's are on show and admire. 12). Replace the induction kit / air box. 13). Replace your engine cover. I managed this without removing the strut brace. 14). Check your radiator plug is in and slowly refill the system using a funnel. I'm not sure what the correct procedure is here, I slowly poured directly into the radiator and the expansion tank to ensure that no air is trapped. 15). Check your coolant level is ok. I ran the car for a bit and went for a spin... Once back I checked the temp and coolant level and all seemed well. 16). Take a final peep to check out your new hoses and grab a beer - drop me a PM if you get stuck. Matt

If you move the seats as far forward as you can you will see two screws (on the side) of the centre consol. Remove these. If you car is the 2003 - 2005 model you will need to remove the ashtray and remove the screw in under that. IIRC there are no clips and it just lifts out... Good luck! Matt.

That does look nice mate Ideal for the tight space too. To cut a long story short I'm using hardware I have lying about so I'm not really looking for a new sub. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to mount the sub woofer without hacking up the interior

Hi all, I have replaced my Bose headunit with an Alpine unit which is currently connected to the Bose AMP and speakers. I intend to bypass the Bose system completely with the following set up; Alpine headunit -> 1 Alpine V12 4 channel amp Front 2 channels -> To power a pair of 6.5" focals in the doors. I will use MDF rings and dynomat. Rear 2 channels -BRIDGED-> 10" focal sub in the factory space. I will attempt to seal / dynomat this space. The rear speakers will just be disabled. I removed the Bose sub this weekend (on a little recce) and the internal width of the hole is 9.5" - and if I have read correctly the Bose sub is 10.5." I intend to use the factory grill to keep everything stealth and was wondering how you guys have mounted your woofers in the factory space? Will a 10" fit ok or will the new woofer be slightly too small? Would you recommend making an MDF ring / spacer to mate the sub with the metal hole? Thanks for your help guys, Matt

With your two-tone anything other than black might look a bit odd buddy... Have you considered a matt black if you're going for that Jap street racer look?

I hope that engine is getting boxed on a crate and sent to Adam @ Z1 .... And coming back with silly BHP

How many miles has your car done budddy? It's a long shot but if you've done >50k on the original spark plugs they could need replacing... Otherwise you may need to bite the bullet and get a specialist / dealer to look at the car. Good luck.

Clearly I did ^^^

Ah damn, I was hoping I could set it to 4k if I ever lent the car to someone

You can set the rev limit yourself (for UK cars) but I'm not sure about JDM's If you use the buttons on the left of the dash cowling you can scroll through the MPG, Temp etc until you see the rev limit. You can set the engine rev limit from there

Hey Chris, If you could mate that would be cool. I bought this one but it was the same size as the Nissan one and wouldn't fit inside the Alpine female socket. Now you know me, I reached for the mole grips and tried to modify it to fit. It's broke now http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165626

I try to find a corner spot and park as close to the kerb as possible....Failing that (and I do feel like arse doing this) I will take up two spaces. sadly nice cars act like a magnet; if you park in an empty area I can guarantee some plonker will park next to you Then I get moaned out for making the other half walk in the rain to the shops...

I think I was gazing into the tom tom lost