General Discussions - 300ZX Related

stripped off my calipers to get refurbed at bigg reds ,any one used them before ?,do they come back like new? do thay strip all the old paint off I know they will repaint at cost thinking of repainting myself what do you think get them to paint or spray myself

As title e-bay item no: 171140046354 could be useful for you budding mech types !! nice addition to your toolbox for sure but be quick auction up at 8:40pm (ish) Jeff TT

Some of you guys bought some twin designs body pieces, have you got them yet ? if yes, have you fitted them yet? post some pictures i wanna see the different styles and colours....so on.......i wanna buy mine soon !!! safe big z

Well after nearly eighteen months of being laid up & repairing the bent suspension arms etc, I finally got her off the axle stands on all 4 wheels & she started on the second attempt no probs. All seemed fine no smoke & she was purring like a kitten, however, after about 5 mins of being on tickover I noticed smoke from drivers side exhaust and quite a lot of it. Gently revved the engine to 3K and held it there smoke cleared & was fine again walked away leaving her ticking over, turned round a minute or 2 later & smoke again :-( I might add there was a little white smoke from passenger side but hardly any & not always there. I did change the oil…

A above when I do the body work I'm thinking of getting rid of the standard arial, welding a plate and smoothing over. And body used one of these window mounted ones that go in the rear window? If so any good. I don't want to loose the aria las I lists to the radio quiet a lot so need one... CheerZ Neil

Yes, i have done a search, not a single review on these, those that have them how do they hold up? and issues or problems or do they seem a good buy with a small performance improvement if any...... thanks for reading.

Noticed on the way home last night that the gear change was quiet heavy as in it took some effort to move the gear stick in to each gear. Now my DD is a 2.0 Zafira and the gear change is nice an easy, this is the first manual Zed I've had the last 2 were both Auto's so have nothing to compare it against. Is there a problem or are they just like that???? CheerZ Neil

If I wanted to get one of these done, who would I speak to and how much would it cost. Just looking at a standard rebuild as I don't know the history of the gearbox as it's a conversion that was done by SE a good few years ago. Would like a drop off and pick up service tbh. CBA with taking it out myself then refitting it. But if it saves LOADS then will do it lol CheerZ Neil

not driven my baby for couple of weeks ,came out today battery totally flat no dash board lights nowt put my 10 amp charger on went right over to max still there 3 hours on still there my thoughts are if the battery seems not to accept a charge its knackered rather than a drain on the system ?? last time i was under the bonnet i changed the coil pack brackets would i have disturbed a connector down the back ?? any ideas welcome

Anyone have larger diameter wheels on the back than the front, it's an option am toying with whilst on the hunt for new rims, would love to see some pics... Cheers

I've always hated my spoiler, certainly wont put the same one back on but not sure whether to leave it smooth...what do ya think?

with the car being off the road for nearly eighteen months, went to start her up today but the alarm/immobiliser wont arm or disarm. New battery in car & in alarm fob. Led just keeps flashing, when I press the fob the led stops flashing and goes off for few seconds then continues flashing again???.... Dashboard lights up when turning key but obviously because the immobiliser hasn't disarmed I get nothing. Anyone with a Clifford alarm had the same problem or has anyone got any ideas?..... Cheerz Jamez

when fitting a 99 spec bumper can you get a side light and indicator in one unit ? so I can get rib od the spot light holes and fit scoops there

This is doing my head in, Since I have owned the car(6 months) the arial has never worked, so I got a new control box and Ariel, why am I getting 12v on both wires that connect to the Ariel, When I connect t a new control box ( sits 3" to the left of the arial ), I have 0v to the arial, I have connected both aerials and control boxes in every combination and still no luck with the arial working, I have been promise. That the arial that I bought has been bench tested and works ok, Please help as it is going my head in, lol

AS above... Pick the new girl up today :clap: A nice 3 hour drive home.... 1/2 a tank.. not too bad. Alas there are a few little probs. :sad::sad: but not too much of an issue to fix. Drivers door is quiet badly dented (tesco car park ) and might need replacing. the paint work on the bumpers is :censored::censored: but looking to replace those anyway. need a power amplifier for the drivers window (think thats what the little black box is. ) wheels need a refurb and the interior again is :censored: so im on the look out for a good leather interior. its been stood for a year so needs a service and the brakes looking at, they work but not as well as i rememb…

Well after a long period of the Zed being off the road, it is now back and I took the first proper drive in her for about a year and a half> The quandry is weather to sell her now or keep her??? Head says sell heart says keep!

Well, after 8-9 years of Z ownership and being on my 3rd Z, I finally for the first time made the decision of handing my Z over to Zedworld. It was treated with a manual conversion and a cambelt change plus other niggly bits. From now on, if there's anything I want to get done to my Z, Zedworld will be the first place I shall be contacting. I am very happy with the work done and the customer service and communication throughout was spot on. I too would say just like many others, if you want work done to your Z, (especially the newbies as its them that get stung the most and believe me I know about that), get it over to Zedworld. Big Big thankyou to Lynda and e…

I will be fitting my rays wheels soon I was to replace my old wheel nuts are the stock 300zx wheels nuts tapperd or round its seem all the after market nuts are tapperd are the rays wheels ment to use tapperd or round ? hope that makes some sence

Ok so I've not seen a write up for this so I thought I'd do one to show just how easy it is, I think this is one of the most overlooked things I can make a real difference when replaced, This will show how to do polybushes and solid bushes. Tools needed Drill Heavy hammer Screw driver Pry bar Blow torch 48mm socket Ok so here you can see the original bush there's an inner and outer collar, The arrow and circle shows the inner bush, this is the one you need to remove when replacing with poly bushes Firstly remove the strips of rubber from each side Ok so I don't burn the old bush out I drill them, get your drill and go rou…

Well my zed is under refurbishment and currently she's been stripped down to a bare shell. I don't own or have access to a garage so she's also been left to the elements outdoors for the last few months. I also thought that I made more than enough protection on her by covering her up with various fly sheets and blankets over key areas like the engine bay and roof as the targa rubbers leak a fair bit now. Today as the sun was out I decided to uncover her to let her breath only to discover that the engine has been penetrated by water and the top intakes will also flooded as the plenum was off. So if the top plenum gets flooded is it a basically an en…

Hello everyone, I have a set of adjustable front camber arms which I would like to install (preferably myself). I have a bunch of sockets and spanners, some lithium grease for once teh camber arms are on, but have had trouble loosening any of teh bolts after taking teh wheel off... do I need a longer breaker bar or something perhaps? They just won't budge, and although I have a broken rib at teh moment which is making it tricky, I can still put a lot of force on it!... would people suggest using an impact wrench? Best, William.

Guy,s, What size tyres are needed for 18x9.5 inch wheels, and 18x 12 inch wheels, offset is et-20 ? Cheerz Chris

I have been lucky enough to get my hands on some Illuminated sills. Unfortunately they're not in the greatest of conditions, So I was hoping to try and clean them up a bit. If anybody has done this before, any help would be greatly appreciated. With them been aluminium i'm not expecting them to be as easy as the exhaust. They are quite scuffed So I figured I'm gunna have to be gentle with some fine wet n dry to bring the scratches out as best as I can. It also appears they've got some sort of lacquer on them. So does that mean I'll have to rub that all off, then after I've got all the scratches out and polished them I'll have to re lacquer them? As for the …

has anyone got these for a TT auto? i presume theyre all the same HICAS or not. in mm please. cheers, Fraser

Sounds like a bit of a love song but sold my zed over a year ago and totally regret it and made contact with guy with the seed of buying it back. fingers crossed!!