General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Brakes or at least poor response is one of the few failings that most zed owners will agree on. I have posted threads before about this topic and with the focus on the rear brakes rather then the fronts but again I have been reminded with two zeds in a row over the past week or so with poor brake problem despite the owners fitting new pads and discs on the front. Yes the fronts take the major parts of the braking job, but with poor rear brakes the fronts will soon be over worked, so the rears need looking at and what the problem is. Seized calipers can and do occur on the fronts but not on the rears maybe seen it a couple of times in 14 years, so that aside…

well it fixed its running problem itself.....:confused1: but still on occasion gets confused and idles at 1600-2000 rpm when warm, then after a while goes back to normal... but thats a problem for another day.... i keep getting intermittent heavy steering. used to be for a couple of turns every week or so. but recently its been a lot more common, originally thought i was cooking the fluid after it did it a few times round brands hatch, but has done it 3 mornings in a row from cold... the steering column has been off twice this year once when the sump was changed (dropped the subframe) and the other was fitting stainless manifolds. so in theory shouldn't be t…

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How much is a zed likely to get if broken for parts??

whilst in a rush to sort out the rear bulbs after the school run and loosing daylight i think ive blown a fuse. two questions. Is there a seperate fuse for the side / brake lights and is it near the gas pedal or else where, and is there ment to be four brake/side light bulbs in the back or is there just two and the other two are just side?

can anyone help me out with this quick question? will the clocks from a 94 uk zed work in my 90 jdm?

On a pleasant Sunday afternoon while with my wife waiting to pick up my brother law from his work. My wife gets a phone call from her dad shouting to her, that a major car accident has just happened right out the front of his house and right were my beautiful Z was parked. So we rushed home to see what had happened, and when we got there it was a chaotic scene with a ford sedan laying on its side right next to my Z. The car had ran over a series of traffic signs and a small round about prior to crossing the wrong side of the road and losing control eventually hitting 2 brick fences and landing on its side. By the time we arrived there were already a couple of po…

every time i bleed and top up the radiator and cjeafter a run the level always drops down by the same amount (about a cupful). I have no apparent leaks and i cant help think the cap isnt letting the excess water be drawn back into the rad as the system cools even though i have replaced the cap and checked the expansion tank hose and level Im pretty sure the rad should always be full. anyone else got a similar issue? or is it normal? cheers,

Ok, whilst looking at new plasma / LED clocks, I just realised that my turbo shell has KPH clocks. My NA, has MPH clocks, but a different series, long story short, I want to use the KPH turbo clocks, with the turbo gauge removed. So I figured I would need a converter, but then figured there must be one on my NA, as it's already in MPH, but my question is where? I looked for a 'How to' guide to fitting a converter, I figured that would tell me where it's fitted, but sadly nothing. Cheers!

After a hard but fairly successful season of events Bob has dropped the car off with me for a major makeover and revision. As before I just have the rolling shell. Jimmer at Power Zed has already removed the engine and box. He will be doing a strip down /inspect/replace routine on the Kyle Puckett engine. Bob has dropped the gearbox of at Advanced Motorsport engineering at silverstone for a similar strip/inspect/replace routine. The rest arrived at my place last weekend .... looking a little worse than when it left in the spring!!!! The brief from Bob is long and detailed.................. but it starts with a reinstate of the 99 spec front with splitter …

im in 2 minds about which route to take the front of my zed... its either 99 spec with fibreglass lip/ slitter or a 99 spec with a proper custom carbon splitter and canards. i have the 99 spec bumper and the fibreglass bit, and a large sheet of carbon, so either is possible. will be getting a carbon bonnet, and have a twinZ rear diffuser/bumper (thanks again mark :thumbup1:) and a very large spoiler. so its a function over form car really, so the proper splitter would work better as i have enough carbon to give it a complete flat front. i just like my over one as well. (this is used on tracks frequently) opinions please..... (dont be t…

Hi all, I am stuck here, I have cream under the rad cap no obvious water in the oil dip stick nothing under the oil filler cap but I have just topped it up with rad fill as the rad does have a small leak, I have a japfest rad now and will replace in the next few days but I am worried about the cream on the rad cab??? Please advise

Another job this winter will be painting my scuttle panel, I have removed it and it feels rough and going white in places, what's the best paint to use? Thanks, Dan

Looked outside this morning, seemed strange not seeing the old girl in the back yard..........coz yesterday I dropped her off at Lee Dents place for some work, well I say some work but there is quite a list. The brief is make it fast and shiney so we will see what happens, I'm really looking forward to the results. Good to finally meet Lee and his family after a few chats on the phone.

Seen you on the Runcorn bridge about half 11 going the opposite way

can you buy led bulbs for your side lights /brake lights that work in that way with two filiments. oh you know what i mean?

I have decided to try to sort out the mess that is my Zed! For the last year or so it has been parked up due to my work commitments and also finances and my general annoyance with it. Parts have ended up all over the place and garages and traders have let me down but were happy to charge for the privilege! I sent one of my rear lights which had fogged up after Zedwizz (Autoresto) had carried out a led conversion back to him to be fixed and have never received it back. Is anyone still in contact with him? I have googled only to find out that the company has been dissolved. The garage I used in Glasgow has rapidly deteriorated and since fitting the 2.5" inter coo…

I have just purchased some front and rear leather seats that were originally from a UK spec 300zx, I have an import, and there are differences that make it a bit difficult to fit/use. Firstly, my original JDM seats have the seat belt clip connected to the seat, the UK spec ones dont (is it as simple as transferring them over?) The passenger UK seat has electric movement, my JDM ones didnt , so the connected appears to be a 3 - pronged connected on the UK seat whereas the male side from the car only has 2 prongs? This is also the same problem with the drivers Any help will be very appreciated Alex

As stated in the title, I did about a 150 mile run today , and (what I assume) is the cat temp light was intermitenley on / off. I did notice that when i got home the armrest was a tad warm which i guess would be just above it. What could be the cause of this? and what could be fixed to sort this out. On other note, i dont know if this is linked or not but performance was very rubbish between about 2.3k - 3k rpm. it seemed to really struggle in 5th in this rev range. Is that linked? or could that be down to the MAF needing to be replaced? Hope someone can shed some light Alex

Seen a nice red Z in Leyton, East London on a K plate I think.

I made an error a while back putting my tubs onto my manifolds before putting them onto the block not realising you can't access a bolt underneath. The pressed steel gasket between manifold-turbo and turbo-elbow has been squashed so do I need to replace them or can I reuse them. The mounting faces were all very clean before clamping them previously

ok ive got home to my extra large tyres and lots of little bits and bobs that i bought whilst i was away.and one of then bits and bobs is a relay for fast flashing led bulbs. now my question is were does it go to replace the origanal ? any pics or guides. cheers.

when I fit my 99 spec bumper what looks best fog lights of the scoops you can buy to replace them what do you think

These look unusual, I haven't seen these before.. are they really rare like the guy says or is it just I haven't noticed any before? I have Ganador mirrors on mine which I really like, and are also pretty scarce I believe, but somone may be interested in these I guess... auction ends tomorrow afternoon http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jdm-Bomex-Electric-Aero-Mirrors-300ZX-Fairlady-Z32-SUPER-RARE-/331052752892?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4d14481ffc Rich