General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Some of you may have spotted my thread about the alloys I bought from EBay. I was basically mugged off by a seller on EBay who sold me three UK spec wheels and one import original Nissan alloys. I bought these as I wasn’t flush at the time and the wheels on my car at the moment are in bad shape, one of them is slightly buckled. During the cold snap, the tyre on the worst one actually came off the rim, thankfully I was only travelling at about 20mph. When the wheels arrived they obviously all looked the same but the tyres that came with them, which were listed as ‘road worthy’ were far from legal. During dealing with the seller about the tyres, I went and source…

i was driving on the parkway for 1.5 hours and my car wanted to die and wouldnt let me accelerate, i down shifted twice to keep it running but then died as i hit the gas pedal and it felt like wouldn't recieve fuel. i started the car back up again but shut right off, it wont stay idling. my battery light came on and check engine light came on. i figured my alternator was bad but now i feel like its the fuel pump. i honestly dont know what to do. i can get the car to start but it barely idles and when i hit the gas pedal it shuts off. also my ECU keeps reading Code 55, please help me

Was thinking about going along to this if the weathers fine,, https://www.beaulieu.co.uk/events/simply-classics-and-sports-car/

Thanks very much for the lift from Lee's back to Stafford the other day . Was much appreciated . Owe you one fella .

I was just checking out this link which was posted by coopd a few days ago. http://m.ebay.com/itm/Showroom-Condi...631?cmd=VIDESC As I was going through the pictures, I noticed that the bottom of the car (below the black stripe) has an ‘orange peel’ effect to the paint. I have the same on my car and put it down to a poorly executed respray. However, given that the car in the eBay advert is factory fresh, I’m starting to wonder if this effect is intentional? Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks

I put my name down for this a few months ago and have now been told that my car has been picked to enter :hyper: My Z is going to get some paint work done on the 1st of July so hopefully it will be ready for the show on the 10th. This will be Northern Irelands first Jap only indoor car show and located at the iconic Titanic Exhibition Centre so the entries were high and a lot of people were disappointed. More info and pics to follow.

Finally got the z jacked up so could have a proper look underneath, all looks pretty solid apart from what I think is the rear inner sill (if not what do I call this area). I'm sure there's loads of people on here who have tackled something like this before so my questions are: How bad is it. How would I go about tackling this, it this a common place that rots and is there a replacement panel I would weld in or would it be a case of making my own panel. Cheers all

Need the part for here if anyone got one don't now how I mist it its on the drivers side

Hi I've had an intermittent indicator fault recently where they will work sometimes but not always Checking connections today when all of sudden lost all ignition feeds Permenant and switched no crank either I all fuses are ok and some items work I. E. Hazards horn lights Any help?

Just saw you lapping up Southend sea front. Looks like a tidy zed, shame my UK zed isn't up and about to join in.

Take a look.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322135740511 Tuned by a 300zx specialist, lots of receipts, Dyno print out etc !! Bad bits, Burning oil, smokes on acceleration. Another Nottingham special :thumbdown: BEWARE OF MAPPING SHARKS Get your zed mapped and transform it ....... into a breaker !!! Jeff

Cover your car's eyes! http://www.z32-zone.com/meintnance/dame/1-2.htm I'm not even sure what happened in half of these cases, but if you're anything like me, you'll be checking a couple of things by the end of it!

Iv just won a lwb tailgate on eBay and need to go and collect it. My cars up powerzed so I can't measure up myself and I'm trying to work out if it will fit in the back of my mondeo estate. My mondeo boot is 120cm wide X 77cm high X 170cm long at its smallest point, could someone measure up their lwb tailgate for me please Thank you

Hi Guys, my car has been up in Tamworth having the majority of its floor and both sills welded, Now the guy who took it up there isn't available any more so i am thinking of going up there and bringing it down myself, Only trouble is i dont have a trailer. So is there anyone around the Cambridge area who has one i can borrow or knows anyone who is amenable to letting someone borrow it. Thanks Rich

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Showroom-Condition-condition-Nissan-300ZX-Twin-Turbo-with-2688-ORIGINAL-miles-/252407944631?cmd=VIDESC

2016 Nissan 300ZX (2016-06-02 09:42:07)

As mentioned in a post yesterday, I took apart my dash and dials yesterday with the intention of doing a few odd jobs. I had a look at the instrument cluster and noticed that a bulb was missing. So I put my torch behind it and found this… Now, I’m guessing it’s the catalytic converter. Which leads to a few questions… Did an ’89 Zed come with a cat? Should I be worried that a warning light has been removed? Oh and also, am I right? Is it the cat?

Judt spotted a swb zed on Gumtree by the looks of things it has a veilside exhaust..did veilside actually do an exhaust for the shorty? https://www.gumtree.com/p/nissan/classick-nissan-300zx/1171728885

In short, I want to know whether they're the same. For some reason I thoughts they were different but someone said the other day they were the same so now I'm curious.

Evening all, Thought I’d take some time to do some odd jobs on my Zed while it is parked up. One of the things that was bothering me was the hazards light switch, which didn’t light up. When taking it apart, a small L shaped bar jumped out of the switch, as shown in the photo below. Does anyone know how this thing goes back together? Specifically, where this small bar/spring goes. I’d prefer to reassemble it over admitting defeat and buying a new one. Thanks

I bought one, was gonna fit it but the fitment is just horrible. I have read nothing but good things about these on the Internet so that's why I bought it. Anyone here had problems with them?

Looked absolutely awesome, I was in my black 911 cabriolet and gave a nod as you passed me as I was getting in to mine :) great day to be out and in north wales :)

It's about time I got some pictures of this up on here. Been getting a lot of advice and I don't have a build thread. Exterior is largely unchanged. I've just tidied up the front bumper fixings. It's still not right though.

Ok so soon I should be ready to start the build of my na auto z, some of you may have seen my newbie thread that I have started. The plan is to strip her down engine out ect ect and sort the body first, bushes, suspension, under seal, all the usual things. Ok so with the engine out I want to re-build the na engine forging it at the same time, my aim is for 500whp with nice torque. So the questions. 1. Internals, what brand do people tend to use when building up the vg and also is there anywhere in the uk that can supply as when looking a lot of the parts ect I'd like to use are in the u.s. 2. Turbos, what turbo's would people recommend using for the power, I'd ra…

Ok, a few weeks ago I posted that my wing mirror connections (plugs and sockets) were different. I was told that this was normal, the wing mirrors are from a later model. Lucky me. Both mirrors and car are JDM. The mirrors are heated folding type, the car is earlier spec and I don't think it supports heated mirrors (though can't confirm), as I have 2 pins less on the car side of the connector. So, I realised that the larger plug on the wing mirror side was the same as the car side, with the an extended 2 pin section (probably for heat). The old socket and the 'new' socket wiring colours and location are exactly the same. The only difference…