General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi, I have a set of standard turbos in my garage, and just wanted to know what can be done to them to make them go faster and protect them more? Mark

Hi, I know a few people have recovered their door panels in a sort of leather/ette material, and I wondered if anyone knew a source for the material from a series II car the black suedette stuff? All the Best, Mark

Sorry, I know it's the wrong forum but I'm not a regular poster, but do check in occasionally, as it's a Nissan BB:) and yes, I know this link points to the Fast Car BB, sorry about that. http://fastcar.easypress.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=002704 Call me sceptical, but a 17yr old student, with a 550hp 300TT:rolleyes: Anyway, laters guys.

Anyone know how to get cheap insurance on a second Car (cant really afford to run my Zed everyday!!) Am i right in thinking that you cant carry your no claims? Dan. ps. I've got a Kia Pride 1.3Lx, but nobody can do worse than that for a 2nd Car!!!

how do you find stuff that isnt on the start screen i hear people buying rubber seals and stuff but i cant fing out i want it must be just mee that is thick but ime looking for the nearside inner hicas ball jount for a price and i cant find out i go to search and it just has loads of underdrive pullys for a 240sx help please :confused: thanks

The "Nissan" and "Twin Turbo" stickers are missing off the back of my car. I've spoken to Courtesy and they have got the sticker but its either black or grey. My car is black and (unless I'm wrong) the sticker was white originally. They told me that in USA the sticker was either one of these 2 colours, they had no white. Any ideas? The black cars do have a white sticker don't they, or am I imagining this? Thanks

I will be buying a 300zx very soon but I have a question, I have been told to stay away from manual zx's as they eat gearboxes on a regular basis, then I was told that the auto's do and the manuals don't. Which is the best one to go for. Any help on this would be gratefull as I have a choice of two car's one manual and one auto, they are both very clean so I don't want to miss out Thanks

A frog/toad ran out infront of us tonight! Shame! :D

woops, autumn is here, just got a bit sideways round a roundabout. Love the way the zed responds to an arse out situation, quick snap of the steering wheel and she's back in line, don't try and get out of ambulances way on a wet roundabout in 2nd gear :) love it

my outside temp gauge has just recently been showing -80, when i first got it it was showing correctly, guess its time for those winter warmers, JD and coke should do ok, any one else had similar prob and cured it

Glen mate, tried to email you re ROMs but your spam filter blocked me? Could you mail me on RoyBooth@madasafish.com Cheers Matey!

Had my 91 Z TT for - ooh about 6 days now, a UK supermodel with big curves, 58000 miles, FSH. Dream of 3 years finally come true. I have a couple of probs I'd like to sort though. First, after a weekend of boosting around on Optimax, it's started to idle around 1800 rpm some of the time - sometimes it doesn't. Previous posts suggest resetting the ECU and cleaning stuff, so I guess this isn't normal. Anythink simple I can try? as I am, when it comes to looking under the bonnet. Secondly, headlights. Bulbs OK, Fuse OK, but offside headlight, only the 'rectangular' light shines, no round light. On high beam, everything on the offside (except light on bumper) goes out! …

:mad: I was utterly gutted the other day when i lost to an RS Turbo.. i was fine in 1st and 2nd, but when i went for third, my engine seems to just rev, especially when the turbo kicks in around 3K, however the wheels dont seem to keep up, and i hit the rev limiter without actually going any faster..i now find i have to push the acc. pedal down slowly else the revs hit the roof... 4th and 5th gear are ridiculous.. there is no point in trying to acclerate to over-take, as the engine onlys revs..without the car gaining speed.. Im new to the forum...would be grateful if someone can enlighten me... car is a 91 200sx Turbo MT Thanks in advance, Doug

Just a query really - does anyone on here re-spray cars? I have a bumper which needs to go on my car and stop cluttering up my lounge, but it's currently black...and my baby's red. :)

19 year old scally. Just weeks ago nicked for ripping off someones CD player, speakers and amps from the car, then arrested for driving with no insurance. He is fitted with his very own personal electronic tracker and he wins £9million on the lottery. What would we do with people like that? God has a chuckle! No justice!

Can it really be against the law to break the elbows/knees/wrists of the members of our wonderful 'yoof' who are insisting on letting off fireworks ACCROSS the high street? One just missed my Z on the way to work this morning!:eek: They don't give a sh1t about it coz they figure that no-one can do anything to them. Well, if they hit my car I'll show them how wrong they can be...........:mad:

my speedometer goes erattic after i have driven for a while park and then start again . it goes back to normal after engine i running warm again . can anyone help hope i explained it correctly im the one gio spotted on the volcano island ..

Hi, Can someone reccomend a Z-shop or someone willing to do some private work, not to far from High Wycombe. M40 J4, M25 J16? Ie. Clutch change etc I would like to try Z-World but it's just too far. Don't want to use Silvia or a nissan main dealer. I had a few annoying things happen reciently trying to use people / garages far away (100+ miles). Don't trust most places, Nissan in Slough dented the door one time, the last local place also scratched my new paintwork, lost some parts, fitted the shocks incorrectly and many more things.... need someone I can trust, Zee you. Jez.

Have just got the car back from the garage - full diagnostics, oil change and no problems! its a great feeling when its running well...touch wood! Anyway, I need some bits and pieces for my 300... does anyone know the location of Zxtra - breakers based in Brentwood, Essex. I've got their phone number but its been permanently engaged the past 2 days. Also does anyone know where I can hold of 2+2 black car mats (with the Z logo) - i know Courtesy do just the front ones for the coupe but id like a matching set of 4. any ideas? many thanks

my z j-spec has a tinted front screen with shade band, and a rear tint on the back thats kinda purply to look out of but is a bugger at night, the side glass doesnt seem to have a tint at all, now with the interior being cream leather it kinda feels rather exposed when im in it, im used to my supra that had a dark blue interior and tinted glass all round, is it normal for j specs to have non tinted glass at the sides. so im thinking of going tinted at the sides, i take it film is the cheapest option, what would u guys recommend, ive seen just the rear sides tinted, i take it the main side glass could get scratched as they do the uppy down thing, also my z is red and …

Hi, Anyone know the address for the Holland Z forum. And I don't mean.... home.worldonline.nl/~zzxnl - there is no forum there, only information about the Holland club. I found something here... /www.z-zx-club.de/ ... but I have a feeling it's not the main Holland forum? See ya, Jez.

A mate of mine was following a Blue (?) Import 300 on the M4, then onto the A329M Reg K**PDY at 22:30ish tonight, a S14 may also been involved. but he chickened out at 120!!! When you turned off, he flashed you, you flashed you indicators. Anybody here ??? Mike

My ins' ran out 6 weeks ago, ok cars being played with so didn't bother me. Went to renew today - and they had already taken the money! Six weeks ago. UNLESS you tell them after the year is up NOT to renew they transfer cash automaticaly. (if you pay by debit card). A bit of genral info.......If you were with them last year & have canged insurers, might pay to check. harve

Not sure if you missed my reply: http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14241 N/P Glen

Hi chaps bit of advise from the IT wizards please, having downloaded Zonealarm firewall and configuring etc in the last 20 mins whilst checking the forum out Zonealarm has reported every 2 to 3 mins the message below or very similar ones. "ZoneAlarm prevented a remote computer from connecting to port 137 on your computer. This connection attempt was probably legitimate network traffic. Port 137 is commonly used by networked Windows computers to enable file sharing and other resource sharing" What or who is this about??? Jeff TT