General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Is it essential to disconnect the negative from the battery before touching the ECU? All im doing is swapping them

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280090067147&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:2 He is asking 50$ for shipping to france. What do you think? expensive, no?

Been looking through all the reciepts and the above bloke owned my Z from 1999 ish till 2004 ish and did most of the work to my Z... anyone on hear know him?

Just picked up my new Z, and i have been looking through the book of receipts and my rear tyres are 12" wide with 335/30/18 tyres :shock: Currently have 295s fitted but they look a bit stretched!

Elo all, finally i'm in a position now to get a z after too many years of being a poor student, i dont now an awful lot about these cars, so any onfo of what i should look out for, problems etc... would be appreciated cheers all Dutchy

Slightly delayed my order with Image just to make sure my alloys sold ok. Now they have I'm ready to go ahead, so just need to choose between my favorite four. See what you think. One of them looks almost identical to the Trafficstars I've just sold, but the good thing is I can now have them not just in a bigger width fitment but custom made so the centre is recessed as far back to the hub as possible to create a huge dish. (two below are the same but can be used with or without the locking plate which changes the look of them)

Well today I decided that I'm going to take my engine out, Fit bigger tub's Injectors and a set of wisco's as well as other goodie's. Never done this before but hey its not rocket science so down a few :duffer: :duffer: and set to business. Here's a few pics of my progress.

spotted in the newquay town car park on saterday about 1-2 pm lunchtime black L reg with black and silver alloys paint chipping off rear spoiler was it you???? also a red one same car park same day about 4-5 pm ?????

The one inisde the drivers footwell, it's all very wet in there and the connectors had water dripping out of them when I pulled them apart. Is this likely to be coming in through the scuttle somewhere or windscreen or is there another likely reason? anyone had a similar problem before. The long story ........... I found the problem because my battery kept going flat after a few days, it was fine if I drove it every day. Anyway I did a bit of experimenting and thought I had an altenator fault, but my multimeter told me a different story. Battey was 12V and altenator was charging at 14.3V when the engine was running. So I turned everything off and checked to see h…

As title says. Has anyone got a spare driver side UK indicator/side light lense i can buy or borrow for this friday 9th needed for mot re test as car failed mot on 2 tyres, some welding and the lense, tyres no problem car booked in to have welding done at mot station on friday so mot will be given once work done, but cant replace lense as ordering is going to take 3 weeks :cry: Any help greatly appreciated. Many thanks Carl

Do these have to be replaced in pairs? I think my passenger side rear one is starting to grumble. I have looked on here quite a bit, and can't see a fitting guide. Does anyone have one?

Hi All, Anyone remember the link to stopping the HID (main beam) turning off when you put Full beams on? Cheers, Mick

i have booked my z in for this on friday so need to confirm details i have 17" alloys does this mean i can still use the stock alignment settings? i seem to have aftermarket shocks but don't know if it is lowered what would be the easiest way of telling.

I guess you were coming away from Crail as we approached, we were in the Blue Zed you flashed, apologies for being too dim / slow to flash back, i did manage a pathetic wave but i think you had passed by then. Very nice Zed whoever you are. Stu

For a set of Brembo R33 calipers??? Have EBC redstuff but are there better i could use?

hi all , my uk TT needs a new passenger side under seal for the mot and some patching on the drivers side are they easily avalible as a body shop bloke was t sure, i don t know if ill have to see nissan or is it an easy part to obtain cheers in advance if any one knows ..... :headvswal

Well picked up my new 300 today and on the way from the blokes house to mine the temp goes up to the red.... so i pull over and water is coming out from the front of the engine! :mad: (pasenger side) and i cant see where from!! :cry: Anyway.. so i ring the bloke and the water pump was replaced last few weeks and not been driven any distance since.... So is it likely a pipe wasn't tight enough? any ideas? iv had to leave her at a mates untill untill next week, then i will get her moved to my house and start looking at what the problem is. Any ideas will be much appreciated :cry:

Well i thought it would be a good idea to call the mechanic today to see if we needed any more parts and he said oh glad you called need to get rid of the car as the misses is getting on at him as it's sitting in the front garden, so i now have to find some where to store it until he needs it again and i have to hire a trailer or something to move it both ways. When is it all going to be over??? Hope it's all worth it in the end!! Being realistic i doubt it will be ready for at least 4 months if that.

On the high street at about 11am today Had a big bore exhaust on it; plate was personalised too - started in A J

Thinking of getting an orbital buffer and claybar to get rid of fine swirls etc. anyone recommend a good one but not too expensive :) I bought one of them £15 ones from B&Q - total toss Thinking its gonna cost more like £50. Im new to all this super polished look - always just washed car and put some wax on when its warm :) Now I wanna get a deep shine - I hear meguiars is good - I have some carnuba wax of theirs but when I tried it it made no difference - Ive tried black T-Cut but that didnt work either. I was gonna try a claybar and then use a buffer on it.

UK TT MANUAL. when i have been on a drive and leave the car parked when i go back to the car and touch the gear knob it feels quite warm. The knob is alloy so i guess it is conducting the heat up from the hot gearbox fluid that is kept cool when the car is moving but cant release this heat when stationary. Is this anything to worry about? should the gearbox fluid be getting that hot? would a transmission fluid change solve this (dont know when it was last done as only bought the car last year)?

Finally fitted some nice R33 GTR calipers at the weekend!!! Also fitted the steel brake lines to the front but couldn't get the old ones of the back, managed to round off the nuts on both sides!!!!! Firstly what are the best pads to use as i have EBC Red Stuff on at the moment and not sure if these are the best???? Secondly where can i get the hard pipes with new screw, just the part that comes out of the rear calipers?????

Last night i drove through some water, stupid i know but all the roads were flooded so i had no other choice. it cut out in the water, so i pushed it out, went back this morning and it wont start. its got a blitz stillen air filter on it!! the rac man took the plugs out and turned it over, water shot out of 1 port at the back. it then ran but cut out again. he said the inter cooler would have dragged more water up. so he disconnected the inter cooler and took the plugs of again. this time water shot out of 3 ports than made a funny noise! it wont run and he said the water has got past the pistons. any help or advise would be graetfully recived, or has anyb…

Morning i had a flat, so filled up at tesco but when doing it realised the rear 2 were just as bad. Not sure if the rears are punctures yet or were just flat. Well anyway, what wheels fit a 98 Almera?? it's a 4 stud. I'll just change the wheels rather than buying 3 new tyres probably be cheaper.

If you have one please give me a shout?