General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I promise to subscribe on pay day, I think I owe it to the club now I keep asking questions. Right, I finally have my car back after 5 weeks of waiting and a nice bill of over £1,000 in total. But I still have problems. I have had the clutch master and slave cylinders replaced, and the line between them both. Now what I have is a strange hissing noise coming from the clutch when it's not in use, but when it's pressed down, the noise goes away. And the car is idling funny, sometimes cuts out. After a brief search, I've gathered it could be the clutch booster system. And there is a way to resolve this by removing the vac pipe and blocking it? Is this safe to …

I found this one, good price too. what do you all think?? http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/imgser-uk/servlet/media?id=881832011

Hi , does anyone know if boot/rear door can be carried inside,aiming to get one from a breakers but don't know if i'm going to have to hire a van or could fit it inside ? Cheers

I need to replace the rear spoiler on my zed but I can't decide which one to get :headvswal My choice is between an FBglass replica of the original or a 99 spec one. The car is black and I'll be keeping the original front bumper, would a 99 spec look good? I've also heard that the 99spec gives a better view out the rear, is this true? Any comments are welcome.

My car is booked in for a clutch change on thursday But ive just been out in it and im worried weather it will get there or not. I can barely engage gears, 1st is near to impossible and when i get it in gear its constantly trying to creep forward, as if the pedal isn't all the way in. Any tips on how to overcome this?

1. My windows, driver and passenger side have these little metal round things in the middle of which when you wind the windows down, they come into contact with the rubber seals and they are begining to perish.. is there a site or a shop or something where you can buy replacement ones? 2. Just below the rear Spoiler, there is the panel which I'm sure i've seen people putting brake lights into, this is also the same panel where my oem "Nissan Fairlady Z" sticker (which is starting to peel off) is. Where can you get a replacement one? and what is it made out of?.. it seems to be laminated or something and water is getting in behind it?.. That is the sticker and the pan…

i have been pondering the idea of improving dim headlights and have had this idea. if i move my sidelights to the spare space in the indicators and remove original fog lights, then replace them with spots with 55watt bulbs(dipped beam rating) then wire those to my dipped beam and get them alligned correctly it should solve the problem. then the sidelights will work as normal and spots will come on with dipped beam. But would this still be road legal or an m.o.t failure? any ideas people;):rolleyes:

Is there any difference??

i put a thread up saying if anybody would lend me a boost leak tester sussex stu emailed me and said that he would send me one he had made out to me so a day or so later i get a little parcel in the post open it up and its a tester removed my nose panel and air filter and afm popped it in ran some air tho it fixed 2 small leaks and now the car runs better and i have less white smoke now even with 1 cylinder down :( :( :( so in summary thankyou very very much stu :) :) :) :) :) :hyper:

by next week all this rust will be spanking new steel + all being underseald and waxoild!!

Had a bad accident in the Z earlier. think it's gonna be a write off:cry: Pulled out to overtake a van and the bad end just went, crashed into the first barrier with the passenger back end carried on spinning across the road with loads of traffic about and smashed into the barrier the other side. Lucky nothing else hit us. The Z if about 5" shorter on the front passenger side and a large chuck has been taken out of the passenger rear end My partner smacked her head hard and done her neck and shoulder in. I've done my back in and banged my head:cry: Just had the tracking and wheels balanced, could there of been any problems with this??? I'll post some pi…

thinking about having my wheels sprayed but cant decide what colour to spray them.if anyone can help photoshop the wheels in a gold bronze or the centers only n black or dark Grey it would be a great help as i cant decide. thanks craig

Check out the splits.:slap: SOLD already.:tongue: Only £15 tho as ally is not making the money it used to. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

its making the noise, but no water coming out of washer. Its a shortie so water reservior is in the back - after minutes of trying to wash no water under car or anything - cant tell if its emptying anywhere but nowheres wet? Rear washer works fine. Removed front nozzle and nowts coming through. its wet like a drop at most. Any ideas on where to start looking? Is the pump at the front of the car on a shortie?

so who is here in the south-east? and do we have any local meets? please make a list:hyper: mental=hailsham

Hi All I recently had the front brakes on my zed replaced and when I went to pick up the car she wouldn’t start. The garage was shut and it was late a night with no one around so I called the RAC. He said that the battery was dead and jump started it for me with no problem first time. He stated that the battery was charging ok, but suggested that I drove the car for an hour or so and that would charge it up. I did that and when I got home I turned off the car and then tried to restart her again and she started with no problems. Next day I went out and she was dead again. I used my mate’s car to jump start her (she’s an automatic so no pushing involved here)…

I have the wings west front bumper on my Zed, and am having some racing mesh fitted in the large gap at the front and the smaller side ones. My Zed is gunmetal gray but I am unsure whether to go for black or silver mesh? Any advice? Also, if anyone has done this on the same bumper, how much will i need?

Think it was about 3pm ish, nice colour blue drove over the viaduct where the towers used to be

A mate of mine has bought a small steering wheel for his Z, what a difference to drive, makes the car feel smaller and a lot more nimble as not so much turn needed on the wheel. Who has a smaller wheel and how do you find it ?

Now i've gone to manual, where is the best place to buy gearknobs like Nismo etc...... just i find Ebay a bit worrying as i know there are a lot of ripoff ones out there. Cheers:D

Headed down to marble arch With a bloody noisy exhaust!! i was in my Isuzu !

I had a friend of mine remove the silencers from my tt Z, and it was far too loud and seemed to loose a bit of performance so I got him to install them again, however, when just one was on, on one side it seemed ok. Is it ok to run my Z with one silencer on one side and no silencers on the other? Or will it damage something, like the turbos etc? thanks, Dan

As the weather was decent today i decided to take my car into work which is in central london........ Enjoyed the weather as i had the Tbars off and then parked just off oxford street..... Came back to the car and found this attached to the windscreen......i have to admit it put a smile to my face but is a TVR really an upgrade to a Zed? Gotta admit it did tempt me for a sec but i dont think i could ever part with my car, we've been through to much Fas

Hi Guys Just wanted some information and some help Started the car up this morning and evrything was fine......drove for about 5 minutes to the nearest petrol station and filled her up.....came back and started her up and it seemed for a minute or two to smoke a little more then normal and i panicked and ran to the back and it cleared up but there was a slight hint of blue smoke from the exhaust.....iv had the pcv valves changed so it cant be that.......just wondering what it costs nowadays to get new turbos fitted also what route to take and can it be done without taking the engine out......i dont mind spending money but im looking for reliability over hug…

When I start up from cold, my engine rattles at the top end. After a minute or two its fine. I am thinking it is oil not getting to the lifters and they may be dry untill the oil gets to them. Is this right? if so is this causing damage and what can be done to help it. Thanks