Yannerz Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Hi all, just picked up my second zed after a 5 year gap! Had forgotten how good they are! Unfortunately i have just developed the dreadded knocking noise in the near side front suspension. Took it into nissan cardiff and they very kindly offered to replace the banana arm for the nice sum of £380 +VAT!!!!!!! needless to say i am trying to find an alternative solution as it seems to only be the bush that needs changing and not the whole arm? can anyone help please? Quote
WhackyWill Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) Welcome back to the Land of Zed.. PM Zmanalex / Clark.. Edited February 11, 2014 by WhackyWill Quote
GMballistic Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Welcome aboard. You could try a PM on here to a trader called Alex who may be able to help you out with a good condition used unit for a lot less if he has one. I live in Cardiff and a local independent garage that I use which I'd recommend is PantBach Auto Centre. Tel: 02920619209. They are based on Pantbach Road, Rhiwbina, Cardiff, CF14 1TW and should be able to fit the bush or banana arm for a lot cheaper than the dealers ever could. Hope that helps. Quote
Yannerz Posted February 11, 2014 Author Posted February 11, 2014 Thanks for the welcome all! Thanks GMballistic for the recommendation, i will definitely give them a call and see what they can do, the knocking is driving me insane!!! Do you know of any zed specialists in the cardiff area? I'm based in Llantrisant and can't find any around as? Quote
Humpy Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Welcome back Never ever go to the stealers! Quote
Jmanji Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Welcome back, also just picked up another zed as I missed my last one, just need to repair it now. Quote
GMballistic Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Thanks for the welcome all! Thanks GMballistic for the recommendation, i will definitely give them a call and see what they can do, the knocking is driving me insane!!! Do you know of any zed specialists in the cardiff area? I'm based in Llantrisant and can't find any around as? Don't know any "Zed specialists" around our area tbh unfortunately. The garage I mentioned have worked on my Zed before and the owner Lee is a trustworthy guy imo.They are the only place locally which I tend to use (trust) but for the more specialized things I'm going to be using Horsham Developments who come highly recommended and are only about an hour or so drive for us from the Cardiff area. http://h-dev.co.uk/index2.php?page=home They're a registered trader on here too so you can always shoot them a PM to price up any work you want done etc or just give them a call. Quote
Yannerz Posted February 11, 2014 Author Posted February 11, 2014 Thanks for the welcome all! Thanks GMballistic for the recommendation, i will definitely give them a call and see what they can do, the knocking is driving me insane!!! Do you know of any zed specialists in the cardiff area? I'm based in Llantrisant and can't find any around as? Don't know any "Zed specialists" around our area tbh unfortunately. The garage I mentioned have worked on my Zed before and the owner Lee is a trustworthy guy imo.They are the only place locally which I tend to use (trust) but for the more specialized things I'm going to be using Horsham Developments who come highly recommended and are only about an hour or so drive for us from the Cardiff area. http://h-dev.co.uk/i...2.php?page=home They're a registered trader on here too so you can always shoot them a PM to price up any work you want done etc or just give them a call. Thanks again for the recommendation, always good to have an independent recommendation of a garage! would be interested to know how you get on at horesham developments too as i have seen them online Quote
GMballistic Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Thanks again for the recommendation, always good to have an independent recommendation of a garage! would be interested to know how you get on at horesham developments too as i have seen them online I'm going to them next week for an Up-Rev and a massive load of service type items (change brake fluid/clutch fluid/gearbox oil etc). Hopefully all will go great as they have a good reputation and have worked on a lot of forum members Zeds. Will let you know. Quote
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Yannerz Posted February 12, 2014 Author Posted February 12, 2014 Welcome aboard. You could try a PM on here to a trader called Alex who may be able to help you out with a good condition used unit for a lot less if he has one. I live in Cardiff and a local independent garage that I use which I'd recommend is PantBach Auto Centre. Tel: 02920619209. They are based on Pantbach Road, Rhiwbina, Cardiff, CF14 1TW and should be able to fit the bush or banana arm for a lot cheaper than the dealers ever could. Hope that helps. Great recommendation, spoke to Lee this afternoon and he couldn't be more helpful! unfortunately he can't source a replacement arm but will fit one for me if i can supply. Thanks again for the contact details! Quote
GMballistic Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Welcome aboard. You could try a PM on here to a trader called Alex who may be able to help you out with a good condition used unit for a lot less if he has one. I live in Cardiff and a local independent garage that I use which I'd recommend is PantBach Auto Centre. Tel: 02920619209. They are based on Pantbach Road, Rhiwbina, Cardiff, CF14 1TW and should be able to fit the bush or banana arm for a lot cheaper than the dealers ever could. Hope that helps. Great recommendation, spoke to Lee this afternoon and he couldn't be more helpful! unfortunately he can't source a replacement arm but will fit one for me if i can supply. Thanks again for the contact details! No problem.It's only a small garage but I have been using them for around 4+ years or so now. Known Lee for longer than that though & he is a good guy. Tell him Gareth with the 350Z sent you his way & says Hi. Quote
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