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17 hours ago, longsh07 said:

Well that's the end of my story with the car. It's gone to a good home though so hopefully I'll get to see it now and again.

 

 

Appreciated, welcome to see it any time pal if we don’t see each other at a car show down the road. 

 

Just to say a quick hello to everyone and introduce myself as the new owner. When I saw what a great car it was and how well it had been looked after, I knew I’d found the car for me quite early in my search. 

 

I love the colour and the fact that it’s limited edition. I hope to give it the same care as it has became accustomed to. As for future plans:

 

1) enjoy it, maybe more so when the weather dries up as this is my first performance car. 

 

2) probably won’t do much to it as it wants for nothing and I like the mods which have been done. Maybe some forged black wheels again when the bank balance recovers. 

 

Cheers all

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  • 4 months later...

Thought I'd give my first major update since owning the Zed and keep Longsho7's list of work going. A few unfortunate Winter related incidents but all fixed now. The chip in the windscreen cracked all the way across so got another new one fitted through insurance. The battery then drained after two weeks of not driving it and given the age I replaced it like for like. The low voltage then threw up an EML to do with a camshaft position sensor so I replaced both exhaust ones with genuine Nissan parts (figured I'd have a spare that way if another one went).

 

On a more positive note, P1 service and MOT is booked in at Japex for the end of the month and will include new gearbox and diff oil. Wheels will be getting refurbed (original colour) and four Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport tyres are ready to go on at Mint Alloys in Silsoe. Then a four wheel alignment at JPS Motorsport in Bletchley.

 

Looking ahead, I think I'll be investing in a trickle charger and a dashcam and hard wiring it in myself. Have also been looking at the Whiteline diff mounts. Maybe next year I'll look at coilovers, adjustable arms, uprated ARBs and a full suspension set up for street driving. Most of all I'll just see what comes up with the car for the near future. Also planning a machine polish myself and then have some Carbon Collective ceramic coating ready to go on.

 

Changes/Mods/Replacements complete (in date order):

Spoiler

 

  • June/July 2012 - Replaced clutch with Exedy clutch and OEM flywheel (dual mass), replaced Bose headunit with Pioneer AppRadio2
  • Sept 2012 - New tyres - Falken 452's all round,
  • Dec/Jan 2013 - Nismo gear knob, 380RS pedal, 350Z floor mats, gas bonnet lifters, stubby aerial (Civic aerial)
  • March 2013 - Aftermarket alarm with remote start
  • April 2013 - 20/25 Eibach spacers, TaperPro gold lug and locking nuts
  • June 2013 - P3 service, braided clutch hose and new slave cylinder to fix the sticky clutch problem, HKS drop in panel filter, remove boot weight to stop it eating me
  • July 2013 - Boot divider
  • Aug 2013 - Remove spacers and fit 19" gloss black LMGT4 alloys (19x8.5 ET25 front, 19x9.5 ET30 rear), clear LED reflectors and LED bulbs (internal, side, number plate, side indicator lights), silver front indicators
  • Sept 2013 - Fit reverse camera, relocate drivers heated seat button, aero wiper blades
  • Nov 2013 - Painted brake fluid and battery cover lettering in yellow, fitted carbon fibre air diversion plate.
  • April/May 2014 - Milltek exhaust system and Berk high flow cats.
  • Aug 2014 - De-fried-egged the rear clusters, fitted LED reverse and log light, fitted cleared out rear fog light and P1 service at Japex
  • Sept 2014 - Uprev and plenum spacer fitted by Abbey Motorsport.
  • Oct/Nov 2014 - Hosetechnik braided brake lines, hawk ceramic pads front and rear, replaced heater ECU.
  • Dec 2014 - Personalised registration and new battery
  • Jan 2015 - Facelift LED rear lights fitted
  • Feb 2015 - Replaced TPi wheel nuts with Nismo steel wheel nuts.
  • April 2016 - P2 service, Berk HFC's replaced with stock cats and LMGT4's replaced with stock GT4 alloys.
  • Aug 2016 - Alarm replaced with Cat1 alarm.
  • March 2017 - Brakes replaced all round with DBA T3 discs and Brembo HP Sport pads. Also replaced the drop links front and rear with Whiteline adjustable links.
  • April 2017 - Work Emotion T7R alloys in white (18x8.5 / 18x9.5 - ET30 all round) as well as some Yokohama AD08R tyres (245/40/48 - 265/40/18). Also replaced the PCV as a precaution.
  • April 2018 - P1 service + new boot struts from SGS Engineering (Nismo spoiler version for extra propping power :lol:)
  • May 2018 - Gran Turismo sun strip.
  • June 2018 - Windscreen replaced due to a chip that cracked when repair attempted. Sun strip didn't last long! :lol:
  • Aug 2018 - Replaced sun strip.
  • Apr 2019 - P3 service at Japex
  • Dec 2019 - Windscreen replaced again
  • Jan 2020 - New battery
  • Feb 2020 - Replace exhaust camshaft position sensors
  • Mar 2020 - P1 Service including gearbox and diff oil change
  • Apr 2020 - Alloy refurb and new Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport tyres (back on GT4 stock rims running 225/45/R18 & 245/45/R18)

 

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