From A to Zed

Nice one Dan, it's not my thread so I'll let Maz77 step in first....

Hopefully soon mate, I've gone for the 4600's and DS2500's pads I'm going to have a crack at fitting them so I'll post some pictures up... Of the AA towing my car to Nissan

Ok thanks Dan And sorry maz77

Hi guys, I have recently ordered some DBA discs and new pads as my original ones are starting to look and feel a bit tired. Last weekend (with the window down) I started to notice a light rubbing / scuffing coming from the front driver's side wheel. I jacked the car onto axle stands tonight and spun the wheel around in attempt to locate the issue. The pads still have a 'little' meat left but the inside of the disc is very corroded and seems to be rubbing slightly against the backing plate. I'm not sure if the backing plate has slightly corroded / expanded as I left the wheel on whilst looking under the car. My discs are shot so I don't care about damaging them, I am just wondering if it safe to be driving around whilst I wait for my new brakes to arrive. This is subtle rubbing - I can still easily turn the wheel and spin it by hand, it's not like I have sparks flying out from under wheel.... Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks, Matt

Really Dan, was that for the bolts in the middle or the spades than connect to the front bumper? Maybe the guy behind the counter misread this for me. I scoffed and turned faced rather quickly after that quote For reference I was at Glyn 'Gold Pockets' Hopkins in Waltham Abbey.

You could try Halfords or a hardware store... I went to Nissan and the spade clips on the front are 10 pounds each Don't go to Nissan...

I would take the Noble, the lotus would be great fun on the track but possibly a bit much when you fancy a nice a weekend away... The TVR would be awesome but they tend to suffer terribly from reliability. I like your choices, you're a patriotic man indeed

I bet your courier hates you Mitz Have you delivered it yet? Have you delivered it yet? I look forward to seeing your new wheels Martin

No worries Sextons are pretty good, I got my stuff in a few days. Good luck getting everything working!

Nice one, a must for any snatch fan

To covert the ariel you need this little puppy http://www.sextonsdirect.co.uk/fitting_ ... ml?cat=728 edit; this will join your 2 'loops' in pics 2 and 3. It will be worth it in the end!!!! Matt

When I first started looking at 350's on the net I thought the Alezan interior was foul (too orange) but it's stunning the in the flesh. We're all biased towards our own choices at the end of the day but I think Alezan complements the black paint really well. I think the black leather looks best against the Azure. It's a personal thing though and I can see why some prefer the black leather

It looks really smart, good on you for giving it go!!

MJP sell the official Nissan mats, I bought mine from there. He's a really nice bloke Matt http://www.mjpauto.com/350z-access.html

There really is some utter gash out there

And paint the roof silver That will teach them

Looks good buddy... I wish I could copy that but it's hardly going to stand out on a Kuro!

Hi Dan, Sox I'm going guys, and it's my second year too. I'm going with friends rather than the GF as she doesn't really get the car scene... Only last night she said 'oh God... You're not friends with the quagmire idiot are you? I explained that was me I'm leaving very early on Friday on the 7.30am Eurotunnel staying on Maison Blanch and returning on the Monday morning. Dan - A good chance for me to give you that beer I owe you! Matt

I thought mine was going to snap! I almost got a hernia getting that beast off

Mine was on incredibly tight too... I never thought it would come off. I got a better purchase on the gear stick by wrapping it in a small piece of cut out bike inner-tube and then clamping some mole grips on nice and tight. I got my bother to sit in the driver's seat holding those grips as tight as possible/ Next (sitting in the passenger seat with more room) I covered the gear knob with an old rag / T-shirt and turned it off with a 2nd set of mole grips. It was very tight indeed, they must have very strong robots Japan! Btw you'll love the new gear knob, the shift feels so much better

And send your silver strut cover to Paul for a nice carbon-look finish

If Apple can track the IPOD they should be able to provide the IP address of the PC using it. The IP address is linked the user's internet account thus the user (of your Ipod) can be traced. I could be wrong but I think this is how they track people looking at naughty stuff on the interweb. You can bet your bottom dollar that the data protection act prevents this from being the case. Despite the fact that government officials are free to leave laptops lying around every time they have a couple of lemon bitters. And of course the Police won't care as nobody was speeding .. Sorry rant over. I'm glad to hear your car is ok!

I only needed to go back as far as the glove box mate. Would you be happy with the NAV in the glove box behind the passenger seat? You can remove the plastic trim surrounding the rear strut brace and run the wires under that that but it looks quite fiddly. I think the plastic there is quite brittle and the clips are quite tight so you have to be careful and apply your pressure as close to the clips as possible...

This isn’t too hard buddy…. It sounds like a lot of a work but it can be done by lunch! First up you will need to raise the centre consol. I left the gear knob on as you can raise the centre consol ~10cms which is plenty for running cables through. If you want to completely remove the centre consol the gear knob will have to come off first. Have a few tea towels or cloths about as the plastics can scratch quite easily. Pop the gear knob surround out and remove the 2 screws holding the centre consol in place. They are the lowest ones you can see. Remove the ashtray and remove the 1 screw in the cubby hole. Slide both seats forward to remove the screws on the each side of the consol rear. Pull the hand brake up (quite hard) and you can raise the centre consol about 10cms. You need to kind of slide is back first and then up, you’ll see what I mean… I used some cable ties and electrical tape make a little loom with my RCA’s and speaker wires and I run this down the driver’s side of the consol. On the passenger side I run my constant live and remote live. It is much easier if you loom the wires together for the next stage. It also keeps it tidy and prevents things from moving about. As you work the cables down the centre consol and under the arm rest cubby (where your Bluetooth lives) you will feel two round holes about 3cm across on each side which enter the rear of the car. The rear cavity is essentially one large space partially split down the middle but there are plenty gaps and holes to poke your cables through. To get to the cavity on the passenger side remove everything in the glove box and use a flat head to remove the plastic tray under the carpet. Disconnect the two electrical sockets and slide the tray out. Pull out the sheet of sound deadening. If you reach under the floor you can now ‘meet’ your fingers reaching through the hole under the Bluetooth and pass the wires through. Relief! This was my live and remote live done. If you are running a live and want to keep this away from the other cables you will need to remove the Bose woofer (it’s only 4 bolts). You might need a friend at this stage, the Bose is one heavy mother of a sub… Remove the sheet of sound deadening and again you can reach across and meet your cables through the other hole under the Bluetooth. Shine a torch in the cavity and you can see plenty of spaces to run the cables through to the glove box. You should now have everything you need in the glove box and you can rebuild the rest of the car! Drop me a PM if you get stuck or need a quick chat.

Thanks everyone, this is really helpful I am going to make some mounts like these... A willing friend will give me hand with running the wires through the doors. WON'T YOU CHRIS! I'm off to get busy with my dynomat now. Thanks again, Matt