General Discussions - 300ZX Related

right guys, I'm after fitting LED's into my dash clocks, How do I go about testing them without having to plug them into the car?? I have a 12v transformer / charger for charging airsoft batteries etc, would this work and if so what do I need to do?? Thanks

I'm amateur but not a noob, and I'm pretty sure something ain't right. Took my exhaust off to do some other work (1990 Z32 TT), and I couldn't help but notice there are no cats on the underside of the car. But fair enough, I've fixed cars before with cars in the engine bay. But then I saw replacement exhausts etc and they all had the cats on the underside of the 300zx, so I followed my pipework and I know where the lambda sensors are (right behind the engine bay) but as far as I can tell, I can't see cats? My car had its exhaust system replaced in 1998 immediately after the last owner purchased it, and I have receipts every year for parts/MOTs since but none men…

The sills on my zed are actually pretty good. There were one or two small holes which I've treated and patched up and have had a good dig at the rest of them with a screw driver to make sure it's all solid. I was going to drill a couple of holes and attempt to treat the insides so that they don't give me trouble in the future. I've heard the inner sills are multi layer. Can anyone advise how best to go about doing the job?

Normally the Zed is super good at being a weekend only car. But in the past two weeks, it is p"ssing me off. Basically, the battery is draining itself dead in two days. Its just started all of a sudden over Christmas, and now I am having to jump start every two days, just to keep its alarmed. Something has changed, and it may be due to the excessive rain possibly.Once charged it runs ok. My thoughts are a failing alternator or a dead battery (although its less than 2 years old and its a Bosch). Anyone got any thoughts on how to diagnose what may be causing this loss of charge in the battery?

Just wondering if anyone's attempted the above? R33/R34 GTRs use a BMC with a larger piston giving better brake force. I believe it fits with little modification. Has anyone done this or seen it being done?

Ok guys, probably should of started this last year when I decided to resurrect my 1993 JDM 300zx Twin Turbo Auto. I said I call the car "Blue Thunder" (mostly just to annoy everyone:tt2:) as it will be loud and blue:thumbup:. You'll have to bear with me as I'm going to use previous posts off this forum for most of the current bits and I'm not "computer super proficient" with adding images etc I'll start at the very beginning if I can remember back that far:lol: (No pics in this quick update) (This is for the benefit of anyone joining after '09) Bought the car in the summer of 2005, a low mileage (42K) 1993 300zx TT auto, within a few months the timing belt …

Just saw this out the corner of my eye whilst driving past so turned around & went back to take a picture. Looks clean. Don't think it's anyones on here but I'll go back & put a forum card thingy on it. Never seen it around & I only live down the road.

Right guys, just wanted to know from someone that's fitted them before..What adhesive did you use?? Superglue, silicone or something else?? I'm worried that the superglue might damage / stain the surround and I don't want that. I want something that can stick them but is easily removed if I change my mind (which happens a lot:biggrin:) Thanks

Anyone have any good or bad experiences with 300zx turbo rebuilds, am after two builds on my smoky units. Thanks

Just seen for sale if anyones interested http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/g168040613 .

So hopefully over the next few weeks I will be collecting my uk zed from mr dent:), then I will be dropping down my shorty for bigger brakes new suspension new wheels and race tyres and a dam good servicing,all should then be ready for track days :))) so are we going to be organising track days for the club lads? I know mr greenfield was talking of this...is this the case still Ian? Only managed to get a few done last year but would like to do far more,so who's up for tracking there zeds? Oh and you don't have to drive your car round the track like I do...lol you can just potter round like slick Peter does...lol and take it easy:)

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Hi all, my Z has the drivers door lock disconnected, no boot lock and parked with the passenger side up against wall..... The battery has died and alarm of course is dead to unlock drivers door....... Soooooo now I am locked out of the car..... I did have a charger in the car charging the battery but must have knocked the connector off in the boot when I shut it a few weeks ago.... Anyone got any ideas what I can run a 12v feed down to power up car enough to power up alarm and unlock drivers door?? I can only think of the starter, but being so damn low I can't reach it...... ???????????????????????? Cheers

hello any1 use this flange for external wg ?

I think it's time for new wheels, just wanted to check my measurements before I get them. Possibly a bit of an unusual choice for a zed, but lkperformance list 18" 3SDM 0.05s in 114.3 so I might give them a shot, I love their retro look and think they'll look awesome, remind me of Modenas which I like on zeds Offsets are +42 for 8.5" and +40 for 9.5" so I believe the conventional wisdom is I'll want 20mm spacers for the front and 5mm for the rear with those to give me +22 front and +35 rear? Or would I need to roll my arches for that? I'm running on Tein lowering springs which I think are a 35mm drop at the front and 21mm at the back. I'd love to run 9.5" …

Dunno if this is photoshopped, shitey, posted afore etc etc...... but ?? Alan

Where can I buy these from? Main dealer only? Thanks

I was researching how to replace the cambelt and I read that if you have an auto, to remove the crankshaft bolt you need to take the starter motor out?? Surely there is a better way to sieze the engines rotation.

Anyone got a clifford g5 intelliguard 950 alarm mine started to go off by itself every couple of days took it to the alarm shop plug in laptop error was proximity sensor once an door switches 8 times but he said that was me going in out of tuning off the alarm so diconnect proximity sensor alarm went off again I've got to take it back again I was wondering if the battery was droping voltage would that cause it as I don't use the zed daily sometimes not for two weeks thanks

Just bought this magazine tonight after seeing a familiar Z in it. Nice one JP its great to see our cars getting finally recognised.

Hi there My dad has a UK dealer supplied 300ZX auto in white which he has had from new since 1991. Mileage from memory is around 15k and its like new It's an odd one with such low mileage but I wondered where its value would be now. Would I be right I'm thinking around £10k?

Hello, Working on a 1990 Z32 TT project car and looking for polybush kits. Saw a full package on ebay for £175 for the Z31 which included droplinks and the anti-roll bar bushes (all of which I need due to cracking). I've seen individual kits at the ZCentre for the Z32 but does anyone know of full kits? Would be nice to have everything ready/spares in stock Cheers

Hi all, Purple Rain came to its demise on the 12th of November 2015 after it was hit at 5am on the hard shoulder by an HGV. The reasoning for stopping in the first place was because I had complete loss of oil pressure and then a full stall of the engine. Bummer ! Anyways as the insurance was luckily a complete pay-out I wasn't too worried. Over the last week I've been stripping the zed and today I drained all the fluids from the gearbox and then the engine. Gearbox went great and out came nice new looking oil. The engine on the other hand gave me a bit of a shock as when I removed the sump plug out came at least 2 litres of water. :( …

Well not quite. I just got back from a trip in Japan. Didn't manage to spot any z32s but I was lucky enough to ride the Shinkansen, I was quite surprised when I took a photo of the front, look familiar to anyone?

We're into the new year and i thought I'd post an update thread, my previous thread, all about issues wasn't what i really wanted to post but I was desperate to get her sorted. I'll get this out there now. The reason i am broke is purely down to the fact I could see what performance this old girl still had, she had been neglected by her previous owner. Infrequent servicing, neglect of general running gear. I have poured every free coin into the car and slowly seeing her true potential. My master cylinder went, days after i had spent a lot of hard earned on changing the exhausts, prop bearing, tension rods...a small list of parts basically. I found that Delphi …