General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi all, Yes ANOTHER question! Does anyone have any good tips on interior cleaning/overhaul. The car is 12 years old now and could do with a good cleanup inside (the exterior is great). Apart from anything else, it seems that the cars previous owner was a smoker and is seems to have discoloured the interior alittle. Can anyone recommend any decent products/techniques? Cheers, Dave Refault.

Nice sounding Z (red) near Odd Down Sunday 21st March :hyper: , with suffix 'X' plate. On my bike at the time, but have red Z too

Black zed spotted (K plate UK model) at the traffic lights on the last bit of the A444 near the footy ground. Who ever you are you are you are either deaf and blind or in a world of your own, I flashed.......I beeped......you saw nothing.

Saw 2 grey Z's. First one had the number plate WIB or MIB then 4 numbers, was an import and was grey. Saw it around 12.40 on Sunday, on Martin way, heading towards morden, going past South merton (or south morden station - I have lived around there for over 15 years, and still can't remember it's name). Second Z was again a grey import (not the same one), saw that afternoon, around 3.30 in Morden, parked in that place in front of the big bus stop, just past morden station and in front of greggs the baker and the meditaranian food shop. :cool: You guys may come in useful, when I want my first sit in a Z / test drive, as soon as I'm sure I can afford one :D …

wonder if anybody could help with a problem? after a run my cars idle speed hunts between 900 and 1500 RPM for about 15secs then levels out at 800 RPM . Around town the idle is perfect , I have changed most things I can think of ,plugs,air filter fuel filter.

I've got a manual TT '89 model and have recently started to get a bit of slip on the clutch under load. It's booked into the garage to get a new clutch on Wednesday but surfing the net I found reference to 'early models suffered slip due to clutch pedal return spring being too weak'!! Due to wear and tear it looks like I will get it replaced regardless, (it's down to biting on the last inch) but is it worth getting the garage to check out the spring anway? Has anybody else heard of or experienced this problem? Cheers

hi guys,anyone on here know what the offsets are for an import z?am i right in thinking 32front and 35rear? cheers,bob

undefinedundefined Hello, I picked up my first 300zx this weekend and 30 miles from home it over heated and blow all the water away. Looked like it came from the nearside as the nearside wheel was soaked with water. Atfer recovery my friend and i stripped the cooling system down but could find no reasons for the over heat and thought it may have been an air lock or something. However when we removed the expansion box it appears to have a whole at the top of the box with no hose.. I can see water coming out of it after a little run.. Should this whole be there?????? Any help would be great.. Wayne uk175

Hi is it anyone on this forum I was going into Tesco's at Broughton near Chester when an attractive blond in a black Jap spec 2+2 was heading out. One the phone of course you naughty girl.

Silver Z with panel vents, shark front spoiler, and Lukes 3 LED venom rear light clusters. I did wave, but it was a delayed wave, due to the huge hangover. :D :duffer:

Air Conditioning Auto Amplifier? Having done a little investigation myself on my Air-Con display failure, I may have to find the Air-Con Auto Amp, so can anyone tell me where to find it. Yes I have looked in the service manual, but to no avail so far. Thanks in advance. :bow:

Right dont know if this has been done but how about . . . modifying the front light wash to pray directly onto the intercoolers. this way you dont need new pumps, etc I never use the headlight wash so I dont care if thats gone. would it make much difference to speed? would you spray every few seconds when on full throttle?

Any one have a clue where on earth to get big end shells for a 91TT from?? I tried all the motor places around my area and no one has any idea where to get them and needing these pretty asap cheers Dan

hi, everyone, I would like to ask a stupid question, how much am i going to ask if I sell my 300zx? as I am working out my finance (I have to leave the uk after July or Augest due to I have done the degree course), and dunno how much I can get, I have seen the autotrader recently, it seems I can ask for 3500 - 4000, but not sure. the spec of my zed: midnight blue Twin Turbo, Targa Top Auto, 1989 G Reg Japanese Import last December, I am the second owner in the UK service history in the UK (just one) arround 73000 miles Cat 2 Immobliser E/W,E/M,E/S air-con, full windows tinted HKS Super Drager Exhaust JWT Chipped 18" alloys wheel new t…

Was it You? Near the red house at Lilleshal?

hi, couple of things i wanna ask. first of, is there a shop in the uk that sells specific Z things (like those Z nose badges). I have a whole list of US shops but the shipping cost is probably less from the UK to the Netherlands then it is from the US. next one is about those nismo oil/radiater/fuel caps. there are pretty expensive (£53 for an oil cap at prospec), but i see a lot of them floating around on ebay for $5 or so. what´s up with that :confused: ? and do these caps come in different materials? on ebay i saw one that was made of titanium; regulair shops only seem to have aluminium ones. last, does anyone know of a place that still has that Z keyring …

Hi Y'all. Jus wanted a bit of advice. i'm planning on upgrading my S13 to a 300zx. Ultimately, I'd prefer a U.K model but I've noticed i aint really seeing much uk specs for sale.Mainly imports. Now, if i end up going for an import, specifically would i be advised to look out for on this import AND what are some repitable import dealers? ALSO, does anyone have any 0-60 times for manuals in comparison to auto?(and please, dont let this turn into an argument on which one is best. I've seen what you lot are like) :mad:

I've got this red warning light that came on yesterday that looks like a rectangular box with tubes coming out each side and wavey lines coming out of the top. Does any one know what this is? I was close to home so I killed the engine and rolled. My temp guage was fine too...? :confused:

anyone got an oil temp gauge? if so what temp does your car normally run at?

Powerflow systems. Comments please. Ken ;)

I've been offered these wheels at a very reasonable price, there not my first choice for design, but there cheap and that makes a change for a Z mod. I want to know if this is the correct size or near enough for the Z. Excuse the Falken tyre's they'll be burn-out within a corner or two!!! 18" x 9" Rear 18" x 8" Front PCD 114 Offset 12 5 Stud The tyres are all FALKEN ZE-326 Rear tyre is 275 / 35 / ZR18 Front tyre is 245 / 40 / ZR 18 Thanks in advance Rich :)

Anyone heard of these??!!

:confused: took my centre panel off today to remove the jap stereo and replace it with my sony. more cable than john holmes. does anyone know if there is an adaptor to fit jap stereo connectors (car side) to the uk connectors (stereo side). and if there is, will the electric aerial still work? Jase

Sorry if these questions are thick, but it's the way I get a little bit of knowledge. Everything helps. I took a couple of photos under the car when I was investigating my rusting back box, and just out of interest wondered why the bolt in the picture looked wet. I haven't looked any further, just wondered if it was normal, or there is something leaking somewhere, or just water dripping down because of the rain. Everything else looks dry. also the wet looking patch in this photo on the arm, what could that be? Any help much appreciated.

Hi, I am thrilled to bits with my new Zed bar one thing, I have some very nice 18 inch BBS cross spoke alloys similar to the ones Andy Z is selling in this link: http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=30292 The only thing is that one of the centre nuts is missing. I have tried a few places to replace it including BBS UK and have had no joy as they say it is a BBS Japan wheel. Does anyone have any idea where I might be able to get hold of one? I know alot of BMW's have these style of centre caps but have tried one and they are much smaller than the centre nut on mine. Thanks guys, Justin