General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi guys well i didnt think this day would come for a long time,but im going to have to sell my love of my life,my z. Got layed of in jan and ive still not been able to find work :mad: so i need the money, cant get rid of the wife so the cars going to have to go,putting tax on the car at the end of the mounth and then she will be up for sale. it was a pleasure talking to people who had the same passion as i, and i hope to be back in the near future.:smash:

Hi, folks I have taken the headlights out of my Z (horrible job!), and I have fully dismantled them. The reflective cones behind the projector beam assembly are beyond cleaning - the silver has deteriorated beyond redemption. I have found several spray-paints that have a silver mirror finish, but won't take more than 50 degrees C. Does anyone know of a spray-paint that will re-silver them convincingly AND take the heat? Or has anyone got a set of cones? ....please don't make me use ice-cream cones lined with baking-foil...! :)

Has anyone got the dimensions and sizes for the caliper adapter brackets too fit the 315 mm big brake disc kit. cheers Paul

Is there a common reason why the headlight washers would not work (UK car)? The normal windscreen wash jets work fine. If I press the headlight washer button with the lights off I get absolutely nothing. If I press it with the headlights on, I get the click of a relay and the windscreen wipers go, but nothing from the headlight washers, no noise of a pump or anything. Any idea where I should look first? I know they're hardly important, but I'm the kind of person that likes a car where everything works that's meant to work! Thanks, Phill

While the car is warming up and im coming to a junction, the car feels like something is making it slow down a lot faster. Say the revs are at 2.5K and i let off, it feels like something is pulling it down. It doesn't stall or anything i was just wondering what it is that is doing it? Once its heated up its fine. Thanks for looking :D

getting tired of searching now...... i just need 1 X 12mm/2mm/8mm o ring that fits in between the caliper to transfer hydrolic fluid from oneside to the other...... anyone?:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:

hello can anybody help me with a part number. i need the nissan part number for an oil filter for a jap tt.as my local nissan dealer is not very helpfull cos its an import. thanks:rolleyes:

I always thought hese were impossible to get but maybe not......... scroll down the page when you open the link. JPY19,500 is about £150. http://www.zcar-owners.net/cgi-bin/import/importparts.htm Mark PS Promise not to post any more Japanese pages :-)

Was surfing the Japanese net and found this......quite interesting and informative.....in a traiinspotting kind of way :-) http://www.zcar-owners.net/club/hikaku/us/zusvszjp.htm Mark

the o rings that go in between the two halves of the caliper appear to be literally impossible to get hold of, they dont come with the refurb kit from nissan and they dont come with the kit from ebay - you cant buy them seperatly from nissan or ebay and you cant use rubber 'doughnut' style o rings as they will perrish due to the corrosive nature of brake fluid..........sooooo iv been doing a massive amount of digging and iv found a place called 'manchester seals' that is willing to make 100 for £30.... well i want these seals but i dunno what im gonna do with the rest.......prefer to selll them on here if anyone knows where i can get them from please please let me kn…

Typically the one day I dont take my zed and I see another one going the smae way I am... Liked your exhausts. I was blue civic trying to get a closer look.

With the mods I'm looking at doing, wiseco pistons, eagle conrods, 555/740 injectors, gt28r tubs etc. I not sure what air filter setup to go for. Not sure when the MAF max's out? So would it be worth waiting till all the work is done set up etc and see if the MAF is holding it back or do you think I would need a doolz or a JWT duel intake? Could you run a single MAF on a JWT duel intake? If I went for this I would need to change the chip to supoort this too. I have tried researching and i'm getting a little confused? Any help would be great. Thanks, Ant

well nearly ready for april, got me new wheels on,me new side skirts, and picked up me front bumper from the spray shop today!:dance::D dan.:hyper:

No i'm not taking over from StellaZ with pictures of my ass.... With the car having a respray i thought i'd take the oportunity to do some cosmestics that have been bugging me.... Namely the cracks around the Lights, they were blended in but not long after i go it back from spraying cracks started to show.... a case of bad blending i think, and has annoyed and bugged me since.... so today armed with my dremal and filler and sand paper i set to work..... Here what they looked like this morning.... I did take some of them grounded out but dunno what happened to them :confused: So heres some part filled and sanded.... …

My friend took my zed to work yesterday to spray it and seen somebody in a green zed drive past and gave him a little wave, was it you?

...Fit the ZED? :rofl:

anyone know where I can get some disc's for my UK TT Mannnny ZED? this will be the first time buying disc's.... so wanted to know if anyone/where comes recommended? plus i don't wanna spend stupid money suggestions on a post card please.....lol oh, i'm based just outside of cardiff.... don't really wanna travel if ya know what i mean ta Paul

Black = Signal and the other two are HEATER Or have I got that completely wrong? I need a GURU:bow:

hi guys im thinking of doing a rebuild but not a full one so basically i wanna fit some 88mm pistons recon the heads new mains and big ends then clean every thing and rebuild the engine then with the car remove all the shit on there that is not needed ect basically i wanna no if my stock turbos and injectors will be ok with that set up or do they need upgradibg aswell im not looking for massive power just a set chill out smooth ride :dance:

I am thinking of buying an aftermarket induction kit for my Z, it is a manual twin turbo with bov`s installed. If I go for the two mushroom filter set-up what sort of difference to performance and sound will it make, if any? will the bov`s become louder? cheers, Dan

Hey all My car is finally back, serviced and fettled by Jeff at Zedworld. I have to say that it is now awesome and hugely fun to drive. It has never run or sounded so good. :nana2: I had made the mistake of thinking that it was too far to drive to Tamworth and so have taken it to a local garage for the last 2 years. They have cost me a lot of money and managed to make my car run like a dog and almost destroy the engine. :slap: It is now transformed care of Jeff and I will not be taking it to anyone else ever again! The service has been exceptional and you will not find better IMHO anywhere else. I cannot recommend Zedworld highly enough. A huge …

just got back on line at last been ages, looking forward to catching up:smash::hyper:

Hi All Anyone know where I can get some new screws for my steering wheel? one of mine is stripped and I'm going to have to drill it out. Cheers

Today i fitted a new thermostat and while doing so i noticed this: When i bypassed the hicas and relooped the pipe i must have moved it slightly towards the PS pump whoops, ive done a quick fix and cable tied it back. Close one hey :dance: Would of made a right ol mess down there. Its only cut through the outer protecting foam and into the rubber slightly, not made it to the core thank god. So i suppose anyone who has done they same just have a little check.

My suspension is good and firm, but the rubber covers on the shockabsorber are all to bits. Can this be a problem come MOT in April. Can they be replaced and where would I get them.