General Discussions - 300ZX Related

After spending all day Sunday fitting my Sub and Amp in the back i noticed teo things: 1st - My Boot sensor doesnt work, Where is it???? (I think i may have broke the lead! 2nd - Can i get better trims for the doors? The two runner strips on the sill are awful, can you get nice metal ones?? Hope someone can help!! Dan

Replaced my front discs & pads (x-drilled Brembos and EBC Greenstuff) on Saturday and now I also want to change the brake fluid. Can someone remind which is the best/most appropriate to use ? i.e. one which doesn't slurp up water, is compatible with the remnants of existing fluid (prob DOT 3) and won't eat the existing seals etc. Is it DOT 5.1 ? CheerZ

Well I think it was one. Wasnt much of it left to identify what it was. :D

Sunday evening 6.00 ish Red import TT H*** KKK I think, just being overtaken by dark blue Ferrai 355, Ewell, Surrey. Anyone? Or if if wasnt you post anyway, you know you want too.

Waz, have you got video of our 2001 Le Mans trip ? If so, can you mail it to me at home (or give me a link?). High quality if poss ! Cheers m8

Does anyone know where I can get front fog lamps. My local autoelectrician said "I you can source them, I can fit the - but good luck!!" Is it that big a deal????

Has anybody got an air flow meter for a 91 auto na import, as I understand this could be causing my problem with the revs dying off at 2000 or so. Or has anybody got any other clues. ECU diog is clear?

Hi My car is currrently in the process of being converted to a manual. Managed to get all the parts etc, but was after some advice from anyone who has done the conversion themselves. Many thanks Ronnie

If anyone can give me some advice on this before I go and spend large amounts of cash I haven't got I would be very grateful. I run a standard UK 1991 TT (auto). The speedo works when it feels like it. All other instruments work fine. The rev counter works smoothly and the mileometer/trip work fine. The speedo normally works when it is raining, on dry days usually nothing. If it reads nothing and you floor it-( say 80mph for arguments sake), it will go straight up to 80 mph and then drop down to zero regardless of what speed you are doing. I have had it flip over and come to a rest at max (190 on clock), then a couple of days later it flipped back to zero. When it i…

Just wondering if anyone knows of a way to get round the tax problem. I need to make a substantial order and dont particularly want to add another 27% on later. Any help much appreciated. Mark

Anyone know where I can get clear indicator repeater lights for the side (just in front of the doors) to replace the amber ones fitted as standard? Steve L

I love to browse various tuners websites, dreaming of the mods for the ZX I'm also still dreaming of, but does anyone have any preferred ones, with really cool stuff etc...? Japanese Performance had surprisingly few advertised this month, so was wondering where people like to browse

That is I need advice with wheel locking nuts!! :) My zx doesn't have any. I am i alright getting some from halfords for £21 or are there some better or cheaper? Are some safer/better at stopping someone piching your wheels? Thanks Barry

Just a quickie-are people's nuts (oo-er) 19mm or 21mm and closed or open ended? I'm having a row with Courtesy at the mo about some nuts they've sent me! Thanx alot. This will help me eat humble pie or carry on complaining to Courtesy NEESARN! have you heard how they say it when you ring? its hilarious. Whether my nuts are right or wrong they got to me bloody quick, ordered them wed 2.30pm, to my door friday morning!! I couldn't believe it!

So there I was at the NEC seen all the cars and now back at a stand that my girlfriend is work at. Getting a bit borad so I open up EVO and ture to a page with a 300zx aaarrrrr this be good to read. Hang on I no that plate number on 300 in the photo it GIO!!! :D jay P.S. nissan no 350z GIT,s :mad:

Have any of you lot had to make this repair - Any helpful hints and tips? I am talking about the aircon rad that sits in front of the main engine cooling rad (and behind the other dozen little rads / fans / air box - aargh). I'm curious what is the best approach. Even if I undo all the bolts in situ - will I need to take the front bumper off to get it out? Alternately does it come out with the main engine cooling rad? Thanks in advance for the benefit of your experience.

Hi guys bit of a tech `q` Having done a customer`s cam seals last week, part of the job was naturally to remove the cam sprockets, as part of this is to remove the variable cams end plates I got to see some different springs to that are normally fitted. The springs normally fitted are 5 coils which press to gether easily with the thumb and forefinger, these however were 4 coils of thicker material and needed two hands to press together!! Anyone dealt with this before and would it seem likely to assume this is an upgrade ??? or a method of delaying the variable cam timing activation? (rev wise) or has some one fitted the wrong ones?? incidently the zed ran jus…

I have to fit longer wheel studs to the front of my Z, due to bigger discs with bell and 18" wheels, currently only get 3-4 turns with the nuts which not happy with. Managed to get some from Nismo ($8 ea) but question is do originals just bang out or need to be pressed out? And I presume will have to take off that shitty dust gaurd thing-that will not be going back as I reckon without it might aid the cooling, a little. Any advice will be gratefully received. Cheers guys. James.

Below is the procedure for TT.NET for changing fuel filter.They say the relay is under the drivers fotwell. This is for a left hand drive Z. Just had a look at mine and there is no sign of it on the right hand side of the car. Is it near the ECU?? Another of the simple DIY jobs on the Z. A clogged fuel filter can cause a lot of problems from simple hesitation to cratering an 1. Remove the driver's kickpanel, 2 screws are in the side of the panel, 2 are in the firewall, the last one is under the carpet by the dead pedal (5 x phillips). Remove the first two screws of the door jamb's plastic trim (2 x phillips). The kickpanel interlocks with the front edge o…

This is not your usual car for sale item - I'm sincerely looking for advice, rather than trying to flog you lot my car (For one thing, I expect most of you already have one!). I doubt I'm unique in having looked out the window this morning and thought 'I know it's a great car but, I need the money, and it's not very sensible...' For me this has been inspired by the fact that I'm losing one job at Xmas (Seasons greetings - thanks a lot!), and its looking like the next will be in the mountains. (Whilst this is the perfect car to commute 700 miles in many respects - its fairly expensive to run, and a bit silly in the snow and ice! I will be gutted to see it go, but I'm…

Anybody got any they want to mail to me? :D

Thanks for the replies..... You've talked me into a pair so come on guys the moneys waiting. Forgot to mention that the Z is a 1990/91 2+2 Jap standard suspension. Would like to upgrade but a 60,000 mile service on monday has left me potless at the moment. Looking for some quickly at the moment as it has exploded and left half the Iraqi oil reserve on my drive. Travel 60 miles a day so Jez or Andy please reply ASAP. Sorry took so long to come back, all work and no play makes Jack a sad Z owner....... Had the immobiliser unit die on my auto this week also, left stranded in park with no ignition. Nice..... Does anyone know a way round rele…

Got up this morning to goto the Motor show and checked the Z over b4 wanting to set off, All checks fine but i notice a little smoke as shes sat there ticking over so im stood out side the car and put jsut a little revs on , the bleepers not going on so i think she aint in reverse , im very wrong :( . she shot back taking the driveway fence with her ripping the drivers side door the opposite way . Im going to the motor show now and not really looking forward to it :( , my ins excess is 350 quid so im not sure wether to just buy a ne door or door skin or just let the insurance take care of it coz the door pins are no longer anygood etc. if anyo…

A friend of mine's mechanic mate had to drive a customer's Twin Turbo ZX briefly after some work was done on it, and he reported to my firend that he thought 'it wasn't actually that fast'. Was he talking out of his arse?

Has anyone else got one of these? If so I have heard you can adjust some of the settings. Can you turn the auto-arming off as this is driving me crazy!!!!!! Every time I have to leave it for a short while I have to leave a dorr open! Now that cannot be good for security. I may be getting a new alarm soon. Does anyone have any suggestions on a good one with remote start? Cheerz Ivan :D