Nardo_Z Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Hi all! I finally did it, well done me. After stalking the forums for, quite literally years. Last night I picked up a lovely (imo) 350z. Pleased. As. Punch. So here she is: Vital statistics are... 2005 350z GT HSD Coilovers Rota Grid (19") Pilot Sports Plenum Spacer Cat-back stainless custom exhaust Dot4 Fluid Mintex Pads 32D Black - Audi Grey Wrap Bunch of carbon (actually real) bits (batt cover, mirror covers etc) Looking forward to actually participating in some chat now! Yours, a very content Hedgecase. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) Congrats, be good to see the car in natural light would love to see the wrap properly. Good list of mods too - although would take a second look at those mintex pads, they are pretty cheap and I have heard perform as such! Has it got a remap on the ECU? With the spacer and presumably bigger/freeflowing exhaust you could improve the drive with one... Edited June 26, 2018 by coldel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Ello & Welkom Looks great, any plans for her? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardo_Z Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 6 minutes ago, coldel said: Congrats, be good to see the car in natural light would love to see the wrap properly. Good list of mods too - although would take a second look at those mintex pads, they are pretty cheap and I have heard perform as such! Has it got a remap on the ECU? With the spacer and presumably bigger/freeflowing exhaust you could improve the drive with one... Thanks Coldel, Yeah the wrap is a funny one, I've not seen a photo of it yet that shows it how it looks in real life. Thanks for the heads-up on the pad. What's generally considered the top fast-road/light track pad? Not too fussed about dust....obviously. Yup ECU was done, can't remember who by but I did look them up and they are a good reputable company. Post coilover and alloy fitment it had full 4 wheel alignment with a fast-road track setup. I've current got the dampers set dead in the middle so have tweaking room each way depending on what I feel would suit me best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardo_Z Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, davey_83 said: Ello & Welkom Looks great, any plans for her? Eh up Davey_83 Thank you. No straight off the bat, I used to drive Zeds quite a bit for work but all bogo so want to get used to it and see what it needs. As it is a weekend toy and not a daily I'm going to see how I really use it then tweak from there. If I do go anywhere with it I will go down the "lairy" route/something towards a track focus. Initial thoughts would be, lightweight flywheel (forgot to add above, it has a competition clutch (stage 2), for a touch more pickup on blip Id love to go nuts (as I am sure many would) and do cams throttle bodies But realistically I don't have the £££ or the time as I'll be moving abroad in the next year, so probably resign that to the pipe dream column. Biggest plan for the moment is to enjoy the thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 to the forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbad Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Hello and Welcome aboard - grand looking car 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardo_Z Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 31 minutes ago, ZMANALEX said: to the forum. Many thanks! 3 minutes ago, kbad said: Hello and Welcome aboard - grand looking car Cheers, I am feeling rather pleased about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Congrats and welcome aboard! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPod Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Very nice looking z. Enjoy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Welcome i guess the twin air vents were for cosmetic reasons as its only single intake? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payco Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Welcome. Nice start point to Z ownership. Hope you get stuck into meets and join this great place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardo_Z Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Adrian@TORQEN said: Congrats and welcome aboard! Many thanks! Love your website BTW 27 minutes ago, PPod said: Very nice looking z. Enjoy Cheers man! 10 minutes ago, G1en@waxandshine said: Welcome i guess the twin air vents were for cosmetic reasons as its only single intake? Haha, well the driver side one is aesthetic only, passenger side more functional ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardo_Z Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 25 minutes ago, Payco said: Welcome. Nice start point to Z ownership. Hope you get stuck into meets and join this great place. Thanks Payco. I would like to get in on some meets. I'm based just outside Birmingham/Leamington-Spa and in Wiltshire often too. Keen to get involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payco Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) I was up your way last Saturday at Mopemarks (West Brom) drove past Gaydon on route. Mark arranges the meets in your area, I look after the Southeast, We have the big Gaydon meet end of July that Andy James is arranging on your doorstep (thread link below) although it clashes with Simply Jap which I will be at in Beaulieu. Edited June 26, 2018 by Payco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardo_Z Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Cheers Payco, What date is the Gaydon / Simply Jap meet? I might be in Salisbury so could pop in to one of the two, just to say hi if nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payco Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 As above - 28th July. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Nardo Grey? Looks good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardo_Z Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 59 minutes ago, Payco said: As above - 28th July. Doh totally, missed that, thought it was your signature. Cheers Payco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardo_Z Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, GranTurismoEra said: Nardo Grey? Looks good. Thank you kindly. Yeah it's the light Nardo Grey. comme ça... Edited June 26, 2018 by Hedgecase 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardo_Z Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 26/06/2018 at 08:20, coldel said: Congrats, be good to see the car in natural light would love to see the wrap properly. Good list of mods too - although would take a second look at those mintex pads, they are pretty cheap and I have heard perform as such! Has it got a remap on the ECU? With the spacer and presumably bigger/freeflowing exhaust you could improve the drive with one... Got some additional shade and light pictures last night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatonm90 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Hi and welcome along. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Miester Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Welcome along another nice zed enjoy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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