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Just wondering how you guys fix your number plates to your car? Are the supplied sticky pads good enough?

Welcome to the club

Worth checking.. mine is a UK model but when the plate was entered it came up as a fairlady, when I asked them to put it in manually as a 350Z GT it dropped the premium by around £60

Thanks for all the help and advice guys! After a lot of thinking I have decided against trying to fit my own SC. A combination of the cost involved + the risk of me doing the work + the fact that my insurance almost doubles if I have one fitted is too much and if I get someone to do the work for me it's going to push me over my price limit. The plan now is to try and find somebody who's interested in swapping my zed + some money for their facelift model and then do some simple mods such as exhaust, wheels and subtle body kit. I'll then keep this until I can afford a 370z Thanks again guys and good luck with the sale Ian

Thanks Some bedtime reading me thinks

Sorry, Im struggling to find the build thread, dont suppose anyone has a link handy please ?

Good read, thanks for that.. Don't understand half of it mind you buu interesting none the less

Im liking the sound of that, thanks

Ah cool, do you mind if I ask the cost of them carrying out the work? How do you know if the S/C has been installed properly before you get it picked up? Lastly, how does having a SC change the service schedule?

Mine is for sale at £4K, leaves you 3.5k for fitting & other goodies thought you had a bike too Oooo that could be interesting... I'm going to speak to a friend of mine who does all my servicing etc on the zed for me for cash (works for a garage so i still get a stamp) and see what his experience is like and whether he could lend a hand or not.. What is the process then.. do I install the S/C then take the car to a garage for the electrics/fuel and uprev.. or would the SC need to be installed onsite at the garage?

Aye tell me about it, my friend dropped the RVF and it took me ages to get replacement fairings for it. I purchased the bits from 3 different people on ebay and even then they didn't quite match up cus some had faded more than others. I loved the fact that the RVF could be ridden hard and still stuck to the road even on corners. Was nice to be able to open it right up leaving a roundabout whereas when I rode my friends CBR600RR I felt that I had to exit fully before opening up and didnt feel quite so safe on it. But then of course as you say, you get the extra ummppphh on the straights that the RVF couldn't give and its more of a beast to try and tame. I shall certainly invest in some good tires and take it very easy to start with Id recommend to go with bt003s, class tyre.. .not good for a commuter bike since you need to replace them a few times but for weekend warrior driving or track theyre awesome. what colour combo did you have on the rvf? mine went to france collectors item over there, some girl going to use it on track only since you cannot put a grey import bike on the road. not sure what happened in the end, might try and find out. The 600s you need to feather a bit on the throttle but you DO NEED to start on the power before the exits!!! always Ian, stick a photo up of your bike, always liked the ninjas what endcan did you have on the rvf? had my oem on for resale and then a scorpion carbon can... made that rvf sound amazing. btw, ask ian to fit it for you if you take the bike off him Have attached some photos. I forget what make the can was, but you may be able to work it out from the photos (sorry my knowledge about bike parts is as good as my knowledge about car parts) I just know it sounded awesome and looked the part

Aye lovely bikes, wish I'd kept it! Pretty much got my heart set on the ninja but thanks for the offer As I say, I'm a complete noob so I honestly have no idea how much it would all cost. I was assuming I could get a used SC kit for £3/4k but I guess Im way off the mark then? Mine is for sale at £4K, leaves you 3.5k for fitting & other goodies Ooooo cunning. Assuming i did it all myself (apart from the fuel and electrics) what else would I need and what sort of cost am I likely to incur from getting someone to do the fuel/electrics ?

Aye tell me about it, my friend dropped the RVF and it took me ages to get replacement fairings for it. I purchased the bits from 3 different people on ebay and even then they didn't quite match up cus some had faded more than others. I loved the fact that the RVF could be ridden hard and still stuck to the road even on corners. Was nice to be able to open it right up leaving a roundabout whereas when I rode my friends CBR600RR I felt that I had to exit fully before opening up and didnt feel quite so safe on it. But then of course as you say, you get the extra ummppphh on the straights that the RVF couldn't give and its more of a beast to try and tame. I shall certainly invest in some good tires and take it very easy to start with

Aye lovely bikes, wish I'd kept it! Pretty much got my heart set on the ninja but thanks for the offer As I say, I'm a complete noob so I honestly have no idea how much it would all cost. I was assuming I could get a used SC kit for £3/4k but I guess Im way off the mark then?

I had considered an older car actually but it doesn't excite me as much as tinkering with the zed, plus im more likely to put in the effort to learn if it's the zed at risk As for the bike.. funny you should say that, I'm currently hunting for one but am looking for a real bargain before ill buy as it will just be a summer toy. I sold my RVF400 recently and really miss it so looking for a 05/06 ninja 636 in black (incase anyone has one for sale). However I am looking to spend no more than £3k as it will literally only get used in the summer and have already put the funds to one side for that so its independent of any zed fund

I very nearly purchased a 370z but changed my mind so have currently got a £7.5k loan sat in my account. (I was going to sell my zed and then use the money from the sale + the loan + some cash to fund the 370z) however I decided that I couldnt justify £23/24k on a 370z and would prefer to let them depreciate further first. The cash has now gone on paying off credit cards etc so just the £7.5k loan remains and I would prefer not to spend any more than that if possible...

I wish to challenge you for your crown... when it comes cars, I am pretty sure I am a bigger retard How long did it take you to fit and did you have any help?

Due to a change in job circumstance I may have a bit more disposable income free (but only a bit!) and the zed is now fully paid for so am considering one of 3 things: 1) Buy a newer facelift zed to replace my current 54 plate (maybe try and get a part ex against someone who's looking to release some money from their newer one). I've always wanted one in black and only brought the sunset as it was a crazy good deal. That said, the sunset has really grown on me! I would then change the alloys and maybe a subtle body kit. 2) Hold fire until I can get a 370z for around £16/17k 3) Keep my current zed and mod it with either a twin turbo kit or supercharger and body kit + new alloys etc. This would be my favorite option but I couldn't justify paying hundreds of pounds for the labour so would want to do the work myself and also use the opportunity to learn about the car. My problem with this is that I know absolutely nothing about car engines so would be a very steep learning curve. My question is I suppose, how feasible is it to go from a complete n00b to being competent enough to actually know what Im talking about when it comes to mods and to be able to install a supercharger or twin turbo kit and all the extra tweaks that go with it? I'm very envious of people who can say stuff like "ill change the manifold to the flux capacitor and fit it with a dual core injector" (but obviously something that makes sense) and would love to be able to do the same. I have a bit of space in the garage to work on the car but no pit to work in etc, just worried that I might end up well out of my depth with this option. Option 3 would by far be my favorite option, but I think it may be beyond me so at the moment I am leaning towards option 2 and expecting to wait around a year before they hit my target price. Any thoughts / advice ?

Would you be tempted by a part ex for a 54 plate sunset with 53k on the clock? P3 last week, 4 good tyres etc?

Aye way over budget

Ahhh shall keep an eye open for the van aswell as your zed in future :-)

Aww didn't see you drive past dude, should have plates on soon, just waiting for the paperwork to return from the dvla :-)

Aye, seems like if Im doing <9000miles/yr (this would be my only car) then I would need to budget £200-£250/month for running costs So assuming a cost of £30k for the GTR (when they drop to this price) and I get £8k for my zed.. £450/month on the finance and £250/month running costs = £700/month + petrol .. pushing it a bit

although: http://www.litchfieldimports.co.uk/niss ... vicing.asp Example service prices: Using the Nissan recommended Mobil1 fully synthetic oil 6,000Mile / 6 Month (G1) Service £149.98 Inc. VAT (£124.98+VAT) 12,000Mile / 12 Month (G2) Service with Optimisation Inspection £326.99 Inc. VAT (£272.49+VAT) 18,000 Mile / 18 Month (G1) Service £556.56 Inc. VAT (£463.80+VAT) Seems a lot more sensible

yikes just found this, copied from: http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=255032 Nissan GTR 6,000 mile service (or 6 months) £683.00 inc vat 12,000 mile service (or 6 months) £683.00 inc vat Please note that the below costs are tentative costs and subject to final confirmation and change. Maintenance Inspections A performance optimisation service will be carried out at 1500 miles (mileage subject to final confirmation). Maintenance Inspections will then be carried out at 12, 24 and 36 months. These first four Maintenance Inspections are included in the price of your GT-R. Costs of any future Maintenance Inspections will be announced at an appropriate date in the future. Scheduled Servicing The service interval for the GT-R is 6000 miles/6 months whichever comes sooner. Tentative service cost examples have been provided by Nissan and are as follows (the following examples are an annual cost based on the quoted mileage): Up to 12,000 miles per annum: £785 for scheduled servicing £4150 for scheduled servicing and replacement of brake discs and pads all round. 18,000 miles per annum: £1725 for scheduled servicing £5090 for scheduled servicing and replacement of brake discs and pads all round. Cost of replacement tyres will be announced as soon as prices are available