New biscuit on the block! (Pics Page.3)

[rtbiscuit]

yep its got bridgestones on, all round, think they are the original tyres from new, done nearly 14,000, got roughly 5 mm tread at the rear. need to go and measure tonight.

 

had them on the 2, they're ok, but i want to get a set of falken 452's.

 

might have to do rear first then the fronts.

 

i know its important not to mix tyres across the axle, i'm guessing its the same as the 2 that you probably all reccommend to have same brands all round.

 

if so it looks like i need to give Camskills a ring. just on the off chance anyone know how much he charges for a full set. black circles look about £97 a corner unfitted, £115 fitted.

[GIXXERUK]

yep its got bridgestones on, all round, think they are the original tyres from new, done nearly 14,000, got roughly 5 mm tread at the rear. need to go and measure tonight.

 

had them on the 2, they're ok, but i want to get a set of falken 452's.

 

might have to do rear first then the fronts.

 

i know its important not to mix tyres across the axle, i'm guessing its the same as the 2 that you probably all reccommend to have same brands all round.

 

if so it looks like i need to give Camskills a ring. just on the off chance anyone know how much he charges for a full set. black circles look about £97 a corner unfitted, £115 fitted.

 

had falkens on the front and pzero's on the rear for almost a year with no problems

[Pingu2]

hated the bridgestones that my car came with and swapped them fast even though they had plenty of tread - they just had so little grip compared to the toyos I have now

 

ask Daron about struggling to keep up when he had his bridgestones!

[Ekona]

Don't mix tyres Rich, you're better off with average tyres all round than different grip levels front and back, especially this time of year. For the sake of another £200, is it really worth it?

 

RE040s certainly aren't the greatest, but they'll do until you can afford to get all four done. You need to get some Michelin PS2s on there matey, they're bloody awesome and have transformed mine big-time.

[rtbiscuit]

would love michlins but at 150 a corner, i'm not sure the budget will stretch that far

[Ekona]

It's worth it mate, trust me.

 

Chuck it on a credit card or summat, make the most of your car. Couple of hundred quid extra is pennies when you budget the cost over the year... At least, that's how I justify it to myself!

[rtbiscuit]

we'll have to meet up, so you can show me what yours is like now, so i can compare

[Ekona]

Sounds like a plan, gimme a shout sometime.

[rtbiscuit]

i might be down your way this weekend, will drop you a line if i am

[Ekona]

Better empty the car from after Anglesey then!

 

Sounds good mate, got no plans this weekend so should be about.

[rtbiscuit]

that would be good, as there are several things i haven't work out yet and not got round to re reading the old manual to find out.

[rtbiscuit]

finally got round to taking some pictures

 

 

 

[M350ZB]

finally got round to taking some pictures

 

 

 

 

Looks ,colour , How mine looked two weeks ago, now completly different, looking at your pics reminds me of the good old early days of owning my zed, you will love it !!!!!!!

[Ian]

Looks ,colour , How mine looked two weeks ago, now completly different, looking at your pics reminds me of the good old early days of owning my zed, you will love it !!!!!!!

 

The early days of 2 weeks ago?

[M350ZB]

Looks ,colour , How mine looked two weeks ago, now completly different, looking at your pics reminds me of the good old early days of owning my zed, you will love it !!!!!!!

 

The early days of 2 weeks ago?

 

[rtbiscuit]

already contemplating the odd mod.

 

can't make my mind up on the old CAI section

 

toss up between

 

Pop charger £95

K&N Typhoon

Nismo £160

 

just looking prices up, think i have it right, what ever i get it will hopefully come from big phil as my mate has already recommended him to me, and everyone speaks highly of him on here.

 

pop charger makes most sense as its cheaper, and there is no real gain other than sound. but it needs extra bits to shield it. and i'm never sure about mesh filters

 

k&n is nice, but its an oiled filter, i previously used Apexi cone filter on my MR2 as its a dry filter, but no one seems to have had any problems with it.

 

nismo is nice but would like the bumper cut out as well, but not found prices on that yet.

 

also like the piper cross, but its too expensive

[rtbiscuit]

This was my old baby, not alot of standard parts left on her, i kind of hoped that with the 350Z i wouldn't need to do anything and to keep her faily stock, but fat chance of that, i'm already looking at new bits. will i ever learn

 

 

 

 

 

 

i sprayed all the kit parts, rebuilt the side skirts from recovered crash car, custom built the fog lights at the front with various parts. fitted the mesh in the vents. etc. time investment on that car was priceless

[rtbiscuit]

i had a bit of a modding bug and did things like this

 

 

and this

 

 

the induction kit was originally a stainless apexi induction pip, but the inside had corroded, so i re painted it.

 

and the engine cover had bee na glass fibre copy and had been made with raised lettering saying midship runabout. so i rebuilt it, took all the lettering off repsrayed and re branded.

[Ian]

already contemplating the odd mod.

 

can't make my mind up on the old CAI section

 

toss up between

 

Pop charger £95

K&N Typhoon

Nismo £160

 

just looking prices up, think i have it right, what ever i get it will hopefully come from big phil as my mate has already recommended him to me, and everyone speaks highly of him on here.

 

pop charger makes most sense as its cheaper, and there is no real gain other than sound. but it needs extra bits to shield it. and i'm never sure about mesh filters

 

k&n is nice, but its an oiled filter, i previously used Apexi cone filter on my MR2 as its a dry filter, but no one seems to have had any problems with it.

 

nismo is nice but would like the bumper cut out as well, but not found prices on that yet.

 

also like the piper cross, but its too expensive

 

Popcharger comes with everything you need

[rtbiscuit]

am swaying at the AEM as it has a dry filter to it.

 

if the nismo is a the same but rebranded and big phil does them for £160 i might have to have one, as i found an AEM for £170 and they are normally £203. or can you get them cheaper?

[3FIDDYZ]

Apart from a new chrome tube!!

[Ian]

Apart from a new chrome tube!!

 

Which if you listen to some americans, causes heatsoak & they somehow even manage to stall they're cars

[Ekona]

Popcharger is a dry filter as well Rich.

 

I need to sort meself out either a chrome or carbon intake pipe for mine at some point. Maybe Santa will look after me this year...!

[rtbiscuit]

i thought the pop charger was an oiled mesh filter?

 

Where would i get a carbon intake pipe from?

[Ekona]

Definitely not oiled, or at least it comes with such a fine spray on it you'd never notice (or coat the MAF). Tbh when mine goes (probably in about 15K miles) I'll replace it with an A'Pexi one regardless.