General Discussions - 300ZX Related

never done ant bodywork before so inspired by PaulG i'll give it a try, gonna deswage the rear bumper and the doors and have removed the rear reflector. i'll keep you posted on the progress

i'm working on my rear subframe and want some advice on what to to with it. I am going to replace the bushes and was thinking about fitting subframe spacers, has anyone done this? can anyone suggest anything else I can do with the subfame while its off. cheers

Over the winter i will be replacing my clutch.......i am continplating fitting a lighted flywheel as i have sgp pulley and thought this would compliment the set up!! Has any body carried out this mod and if so is there a noticable performance gain. The car also benifits full decatt mongoose ss system induction kit and [when i get a chance] ecu upgrade with b/controller. cheers Dave

I was on the A12 the other week and released i was going a bit over the limit so hit the brakes gently to bring it down to 70 ;) but as i was doing it i thought hold on this is struggling to slow down here! Once i got it down to 70 i took my foot off the pedal and the car started to speed up by itself hitting nearly a ton! I sh@t myself! In the end stamping on the accelerator seems to release it :S even though it didnt seem stuck. Now the pedal is a bit hard and i dont know whether it got stuck, but the other thing is the cruise control doesnt work and neva has and it was just like the button u hit to bring it back up to speed....someone told me it could be faul…

Hey guys I'm going to look at a Jap TT tomorrow. Where must I look to see if the autobox cooler is fitted? Is it easily visible?? Thanks

I bought a UK TT 1994 about 3 years ago and found later that it had the same size tyres back and front. The car is definately a UK model. I dont use the car much as I work overseas. I want to correct this mistake. The tyres now fitted are 225/50 ZR16. Does this mean the rear wheels are incorrect or can you fit undersized tyres on standard wheels. There is a chance that over the years the wheels have been mixed up so is there an identification mark on the wheels or must you measure them. The rear tyres never last more than 4 or 5000 miles so what is the best make and size for allround performance. I have owned 300ZXs from 1992 and never had more than 6000 miles from a …

last week i did a coolant change and fitted smithys hardpipe kit great i thought :rolleyes: removed all the old hoses flushed rad and refilled with the correct mix of antifreeze/water a day later i started her up and it took ages for the temp to come up thought this was strange,then all of a sudden temp started to go to max!!!on inspection all the water had gone from the rad.Looked at rad cap and the seal was fooked so ordered another one,fitted that bled the systym and refilled day later did the same again :rolleyes: repeated and it did it again FFS sorry to go on but would a faulty rad cap dump water out of the expansion tank? theres no white smoke f…

firstly can this be done? what benefits are there? how much and which one to go with?

i want to put 2x12" subs in the boot, has this been done? are there any pics?. My system is 2,000 watts with 2x12" subs. 2x 6x9 which should go in the doors, 5" mids for the rear and 2xtweeters.

Anyone know where i can get the standard lights but with the chrome look interiors ? Ive been after these for a while with no joy ! :cry:

Can anyone help me, I seem to remember reading that there is a test you can run on the intercooler system to check for leaks similar to the boost leak test idea, I dont know where I read it but it could have been on an old forum? I have a compressor but need to know if it is ok to do and if so what the pressure it should be so not to blow the intercooler cores. Any help appreciated, Thanks

driving out of huddersfield this morning at bout 8.20 on leeds road any1? yas

Any help would be great. I had to wire in a rear fog light with it's own switch on the dash for the MOT. That went great it works good, but problems has now started. When i turn off the ignigtion totally all the little lights on the dash start to flash and also the front main fog stays on. But when the ignition is turned on i have none of these problems except my main fog light switch does not work at all. Very confused. Paul

ive finally got hold of a second hand torque converter but its got a bit of sand or somthing on it im not sure if its inside how can i clean it to make sure???

Silver, import (obviously) parked outside the station, 11.30pm, my guess is its a copper, if so who are you and am i allowed to speed now?? :D

I keep seeing this Z in the car park at work (Ysbyty Gwynedd) & I saw it in Tesco, Bangor last week. Seen it when I was coming back through mid-wales some time back too. Dying to know if this person's on here somewhere.

:rolleyes: Got a nasty metallic shearing noise coming from driver’s side front wheel (I think). Seems that its one metallic shearing noise per wheel rotation so guess something’s rubbing? Doesn’t sound like the usual squeaky wheel bearing. Brakes are real shite at the mo (coincidental- wasn’t making shearing noise when brakes were shite two weeks a ago), and just got smithy’s pads turn up today so will be fitting at the weekend. Got a spare set of discs just in case (as discs seemed quite worn). Given the above noise, anything else I should check? I don’t think the noise is brake related as it doesn’t change whether I'm braking or not. Cheers AL …

Hello, I've got one of chris get greddy's ecu's which I've not fitted yet (I'm guessing not a lot of point without boost jets or EBC, will do it when I put the EBC on) anybody know what level of boost the map on there lends itself too? I was thinking of keeping stock boost for day to day driving and 13-14psi for when I wanna go fast. would this be about right for the ecu with stock injectors? dont want to be running lean.... (or over fuelling for that matter, is stock boost OK when the ecu has been swapped?) cheers edit: balls wrong forum, should be under help and advice.... oops :slap:

Going past Airbus Plant just after 7pm tonight - if it's anyone on here one of your headlights is on the blink. ;)

hi can anybody help me with some cheap companys please. i'm 22 next month with 1 year ncd but the insurance is killing me .i've got a 91 tt auto import (tanzx car) and right now is on my fathers name (2 years ncd)and me second driver but i pay too much now £1900 with tesco and is not even fully comp. i want to put the car on my name but i need to found a cheaper company so please if you know some good companies let me know. many thanks

any idea where I can get a couple of exhaust gaskets for my new catback system? is it a specific part or can I get a "universal" one and chop it to size? Cheers

Driving to work this morning when the following happened: Transmission oil warning light came on, Diff oil warning lights came on, Failed light bulb warning light came on, Battery light glows faintly, Turbo guage stuck to the far left of the guage. The odd thing is that all the above lights normally come on with the ignition key then go off when the engine is started. Now they don't come on with the ignition key but light up AFTER the engine is started! Car drives fine and the boost level reads fine on the AVC-R. However, it does seem slightly unhappier idling than before. Measured the voltage across the battery. !3v with engine off. 14.1v with…

I'm in the process of replacing my heater matrix as it's failed. I've linked it out at the head so i can run the car but i was wondering if my demist would still work? I presume it will, it just wont get hot.

hi. im seriously considering buying my uncles 300 its manual a targa top twin turbo done 120k runs sweet as it purrs for about 3750 sounds silly but i cant seem to find any good buying guides please help i currently own a fast 4*4 turbo car and fancy the idea of t charged and rwd any advice/reccomendations would be very appreciated cheers.. :hyper:

UK white Z....Reg J**MPH Tesco, B'Leys at about 6.30 tonight (Mon) So was it you?