General Discussions - 300ZX Related

My Brembo calipers need tidying up so i'm looking to re-paint them and fit new decals..... Not too sure what colour should i go for 1.Black with white decal ? 2.Gold with red decal? 3.Red with white decal? Opinions please and pics if anyone's got them>> Cheers Alex

I've recently had a re-con gearbox fitted but noticed on collection some oil had leaked as the drain plug was loose!!!!! Rather than re-fill with new oil i just added some MT90 although not sure what was in there already..... Anyway, i now find that after driving for a while the gears seem slightly harder to change almost as if someone has added treacle to it, could it be the oil as i'm using two different types or should i drain it all out and re-fill with all the same oil??? Cheers Alex

Spotted black zed with black wheels whilst driving about... any one off here?

after waiting 5 weeks, the zed was finally dropped off at the bodyshop yesterday afternoon for its revamp. im hoping to have it finished for the summer all being well. i will be taking pics as progress developes. here are a few pics as it was when i bought it.

Just seen your zed going past my house going to the football fields across the road from me. You local??? ive seen your zed a fair few times now.

At 9.45pm sat 26/01 Big spoiler, twin round rear lights, noisy dirty thing..lol

ok, i've just had my engine rebuilt but to complete my performance mods, i'm looking for either a new set of sidemounts or a fmic (if it can fit behind the standard bumper.) I'm a great believer in you get what you pay for but i spotted this on ebay and just wondered what people thought? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-300ZX-Z32-TWIN-TURBO-INTERCOOLER-KIT-INTAKE_W0QQitemZ230216369330QQihZ013QQcategoryZ72205QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Cheers Mikey

Just how addictive the Z is!-took her out today to blow away the cobwebs,fook me!-after driving a Transit for a few months and then jumping into 'The black Pearl' I nearly shat meself! :D

Saw a black Z driving past me and my mates as we were walking back to the car after coming out of the Mogul Indian restaurant. Looked like it had a large single exit exhaust but didnt catch the plate or any other details as was dark. Was 26/01 at about 8:30pm. Was this you or does anybody know the owner of this car? would be nice to know another Z owner near me.

spotted when droping me bro off looks clean :cool:

Ok, so I have charcoal bolsters with contrasting dove grey stitching to match the dove grey centres as per photo... I am having the door cards clad in the leather, but in sections and double stitched so it looked more factory fit as I don't like the 'stretched' look at all. Obviously this isn't mine as these are white, but I am undecided as to whether I want the black stitching on the dove grey leather to match the opposing contrast of the dove grey stitching on the black leather or whether to keep the stitching like this photo; ie, the same colour as the leather. Kinda, the opposite to this?

I get this type of scraping noise from my wheel area on both sides of front wheels .,, my m8 reckons that on me car its an indicator saying the pads are low ? is this possible or is he talking s**t :nono:

Today my self and ceejay went to see how my car was coming alone at the bodyshop. Looks like I will have her back on the road next week so I will get Chris to take some pics soon and post them up for you all to see,

Here it goes... Short and sweet version... My car is going in Mon/Tues to get the autobox replaced as other one went boom a few months back.... anyways.... the car has been parked for 3-4 months maybe a little longer... at first i did start her regularly... but then battery died and once in a while i did give her a little jump with the leads and bring her to life.... not done so for a while now... anyways... today i put my battery on charge getting her ready to go to the garage on monday.... here is where the problems start... SHE WONT START! The lights come on.... looks as though she is going to roar but when i turn the key.... it ticks, sou…

Hi, just bought a 1987 turbo. It appears the nearside headlamp has a blown bulb but no idea how to change it. I haven't got a manual to it at the moment. I remember when I had a Gen 2 RX7 I had to take apart the pop up unit to change a bulb. Can anyone help please?

So the list of "to do" is growing. Needs a radiator, a starter and fly wheel, and a general tidy up, I discovered more today.......... Battery is flat, so I don't bother locking it - not like it can be driven off anyway! Last few weeks I have noticed the rear spoiler "bubbles" getting worse due to the frost etc - today opened the boot and nearly drowned with all the water coming out of the tailgate. Needs a major service - although I know the engine was replaced just before I got it, I don't know the guy bothered to change the timing belt. It was a mates who was going back to the UK when the rad blew, and I bought it for beer money, literaly. …

Hi i went to a friends garage today to check my CAS timing out. I was with two mechanic friends, one of them works for the AA one for porsche (great). They looked under the bonnet and said "its ecu controlled" and they couldnt time it up with a strobe gun, but i was 100% sure it could be done as i have read threads here on how to do it but they said it can only be done with a computer... bo**ocks..... So they said best to just move the cas into the middle for good cause..... great so my timing hasnt been done and the car is still detting and reverting to safty boost.... This is SO LONG. I told them that i have messages people who work on these engines all day…

Hi, just bought a n/a auto but it has problems with the gearbox not shifting from 2nd upwards. I have done the autobox diagnostics check and its bringing up 2 error codes 7) Lock-up solenoid circuit is shorted or disconnected 10) Line pressure solenoid circuit is shorted or disconnected. I have done some searches and it seems these solenoids are in the bottom of the gearbox, any idea where i get the replacements from ?

Hi guys.. As ive just bought and fitted a BIG AMS radiator from Z1 i am now left with no place for the bonnet stay to lay as i had to remove the old radiator brackets. So i am thinking about installing either 1 or 2 bonnet struts to hold up the bonnet. My question is has anyone done this? And if so where did you get the gas struts from etc and how/where did you install it. :) Any help is much appreciated Rob

I have just got my car back form being converted to a manual... But couple of tiny niggles. One of which is the idle is slightly high, say 1300 rpm (as an auto it was good as gold about 750 to 800rpm all the time) It also seems to rev a little when started. Now im just charging my laptop to go check the TPS but is there anything else it could be... one thought that popped into my mind is that its now got a lightened flywheel, could this have affected it and its simply a case of the car needing to relearn whats needed to tickover (because i have to say from when i picked it up this morning to now its got better through the day...) Also after acceleratio…

it failed on emissions :cry: , they said there was too much petrol being pumped into the engine, it was supposed to be 0.43 something like that and it was 4.47. does anyone know what will be causing this? any help will be much appreciated :duffer: cheers Nick

my middle part of the exhaust has cats, but has two pipes going to the cats. can i disconnect so i put decat pipes on. i don't have no idea what these pipes do. thank you.

can automatic steering wheel with cruise control on it. can i change this for one that hasn't got cruise control. please let me know.

just been out to start the zed ( shes off the road till i tax her on friday ) and the old problem is still there when i turn the ignition key off and remove it the engine still runs till i press the accelerator pedal . this is now really beginning to get on my tits ive changed the ignition barrel and had a diagnostic check and its NOT got a turbo timer on it cos sometimes if i leave it she will run for a couple of minutes and then stall and yet sometimes she will run on for ages until i press the pedal pleeeeease someone must know what it could be any advise will be appreciated matty