General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Spotted a bright red zed not half a mile from home today parked up in Easterside. Hi if it's you :)

Right when driven over 60 I'm getting a shakey steering wheel. No idea what causes it and I'm running out of ideas? First off everything under the arches is aftermarket and over the last year I've replaced suspension for Meister Coilovers, all the other arms and so on have been changed to drift works. Also front and rear drop links have been changed to new oem, my 19" wheels were refurbished then rebalanced then to finish it all off the whole lot was checked and aligned by a garage who is well adapted in performance setups. Any ideas what else it could be ? My next area of thoughts were to replace the prop for a single piece.

okay, does anybody have a piccy of how the bloody targa straps in the boot are supposed to be threaded together and locked into position. currently i have mahoooosive granny knots in mine holding anything in place and that cant be right

I have a set of tein ha coilovers, now 1 of the fronts has a slight leak. Is there anywhere that can either supply the parts for a refurb or anyome that can refurb them for me?? Tein uk say they will only refurb th for me but to do all 4 I would be aswell buying a full new set!!!! Hopefully someone knows as Im desperate to get the fronts on and get it dropped!!

Just tried starting my Zed for the first time in 2/3 weeks and all I get is a fast paced clicking/drilling sound. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, elymac23

Hi guys, Knowing how emotive the subject of oil can be, does anyone have any advice / recommendations regarding the rear diff oil? I have a tt diff at the moment which needs refilling, but I also have an na diff which I will be fitting ( at some point!) Can I use the same oil that in the manual gear box? Thanks!

Hi people, just trying to find out what front spoiler is fitted to my car. Paul

Anyone gave any experience with fuel rank baffle sponge? I get fuel starvation round hard lefts on the track. Wondering if I can squeeze in some baffle sponge around the fuel pump to stop this??? Sounds better than going al out on a new baffled fuel tank.

Has anyone cut there rear arches to give more wheel/tyre clearance?. Ive got a set of flared/wide arches that i bought off baz and am gonna attempt to fit them at the weekend. My query is tho, just how much can be cut out? And how many panel layers is there to weld back up together again? My arches are already rolled But my wheels catch on the top and rear(on bumper) when going over bumps. So ive done a trial fitting off a arch Which i will be blending into the bodywork. Anyone else done this kind of mod?

Loving this modern take on the 240z now if only nissan would actually contact this guy and build it. only gripe i have, is the head lights and front grill but thats a rather small gripe to be honest. looks epic though More pics here Would love those alloys for my 300 though lol http://www.productdesignforums.com/topic/8439-datsun-240z-concept/

Kole Audio MFW-10 400 RMS Watts ( 800 Peak ) 3.5" mounting depth Min box 0.5sqft Aluminum Basket Long Throw Shallow Mount Sub woofer with more Air volume movement than most 12" subs Going in to a Nissan 300zx Convertible

And past with flying colours, not even an advisory. well chuffed. love this black zed.

Hi guys I been welding a bit in the engine bay due to rust in drivers side seam in engine bay posted up a while back ended up with a huge hole lol, Problem I now have is all the seams on drivers side are fully welded and smoothed out and look nice, But the other side the Seams are just spot welded, and don't really want to weld them up cause just stone chipped all the arch and underneath and the heat is gonna peel it off and will have to do it all again. I took the standard bead of seam sealer off on passanger side and was gonna do both sides with new seam sealer even though on drivers side didn't have a seam it was just to look the Same, But that seems eas…

Hi AS I am gonna be removing the dashboard guages soon to fit backlight LEDs I was wondering if anyone has fitted these http://www.zcentre.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.pbv.tpl&product_id=172&category_id=73&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=7 in red/white Are they basically just plastic transparent stickers that fit to the standard dial guage, and illuminated by the backlighting ? I prefer the look to the iridium ones http://www.zcentre.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.pbv.tpl&product_id=484&Itemid=7 though thats just my opinion And also they are a lo…

looking to change my rear discs pads and calipers has anyone any particular recomendations i have brembos on the front

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/motorsport/race-cars/dragsters/europes-fastest-japanese-car-for-sale--0--213mph-in-6-seconds/994595 How cool would it be to have it on your drive way :)

How crap. Mine have snapped. Hardly used and they are rusted too sh1t. Il just use some stock ones if I can get my hands on a good pair.

Spotted just now :) who was it ?

Interior light problem on Artztogo 300zx thought it was Door Switches .. but been changed and still the same Symptoms is all works fine lights on off with door open/shut .. but leave it for 10>20mins and the lights come on by them self ? can any one shed any light on to this .. lol

right i have my suspicions about the accuracy of the boost controller. i check by using a mechanical boost gauge,stock boost gauge and the controller itself. under boost the boost controller max's out at 5.6 psi the stock gauge goes up to where 9 psi should be...... this is really starting to piss me off as i dont know what to believe!

Just thought I'd ask the question out of interest... Assuming that you have two days free time, can work 24hrs a day if needs be but are on your own (and relatively competent), how long would you expect to take to re-assemble a VG30DETT in the following state? - bottom end already built and on engine stand - heads already built and ready for covers to go on - everything else (turbos/manifolds/gaskets/plenum/fuel rail and injectors/alt/pumps/pulleys/belts etc) all sat on the bench and ready to fit at a guess how many hours would you expect it to take flat out to: (1) re-assemble the engine ready to drop in (2) Remove the curre…

I know we get another insurance thread every other week but..... I have just been turned down by both Swinton and Footman James because of the mods on my zed. I only have basic stuff air filter, wheels, exhaust, coilovers , strut braces and a bit of a body kit. I know there are a good few of you who are covered by Footman and have a lot more mods and much bigger power Has anyone else been having a problem or am I just unlucky?

Zed has been sitting in garage since October so yesterday went to start it but battery was flat. So it was put on the charger last night and this morning the battery was fully charged but the immobilizer light was showing red instead of flashing red so the immobilizer is stopping the zed from being started. It is a Meta cat 1 system and it looks like it needs reset. Does anyone know how this is done? I. am at work and will do a search when I get home but any help here would save me time.

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Instead of having separate sidelights and amber signal in the front crystal indicator lens chambers, I now have just the one 57 SMD switchback chip bulb, normal amber indication when sidelights are off during daylight but with the sidelights switched on and you indicate they alternate between very bright white and amber, turn the indicator off and the sidelights are just that and stay lit of course on that one notch on the pod dial. This gave me the smaller lens chamber free so I have re-introduced this as the JDM 'curb/kerb light', only really because I could basically as it's not bright enough to actually do the job !! These are activated one side at a time wh…