General Discussions - 300ZX Related

On my process on re-spraying the Z again with same color green cobalt; I was thinking on spraying the brake calipers on orange color like the ones on some Lambos aventador; but I am getting different opinions on this, some folks recommend to not spray on orange since this color is tooo much for a silver wheels; other folks state that they would look cool and fresh on them..some other say that considering the Z is green cobalt best choice would be paint them black; so I am getting confused now :laugh: need some opinions here guys...based on the fact that wheels are hyper silver and Z is green cobalt...wich colour for brake caliper would suite more according to you guys? …

So iv gone and got a tidy 300 nothing wrong three days in and iv got three stone chips on the front any advice how to get rid of these or avoid getting them?

Got a strange one on my drivers side window. It goes down as expected but is really slow and weak going back up. It's so weak that it can't close properly on the rubber and I have to open the door to get it to go the full travel.. It feels as though the motor isn't getting enough power. I'm not sure what's causing this as it's fine powering down. Any ideas?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HASEGAWA-1-12-NISSAN-300ZX-FAIRLADY-Z-TWIN-TURBO-MODEL-NEW-/181024280632?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item2a25e35038 Bit expensive but probably the best plastic kit available of the zed :drool: I've got a hasegawa 1/32nd scale F86 Sabre and the detail they put in is amazing.

I won a pair of japspeed decat pipes on ebay it said twin turbo .But when I looked on japspeed site its says non turbo there are no turbo elbows supplied .Will these still fit a TT I didn't think there was a diffrence thanks taff

WHAT IS THE BEST BUT CHEAPEST BRAKE UPGRADE? OR DO I JUST GET MECANIC TO OVERHAL MINE? i WAS GOING TO GET SOME FLEBAY DRILLED SLOTTED THINGS BUT NOW NOT SURE OR SHOULD I BE GOIMG AROUND ALL THE SCRAPYARDS . AND IF I DO WHAT SHOULD I BE LOOKING FOR A BENT RANGE ROVER?

Sweet pearl white 300zx na auto looking very nice but why on Diplomatic plates?Surley its not the type of car to be on the Diplomatic fleet :huh: Can anybody enlighten me? http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/nissan/300zx/1993-nissan-fairlady--low-mileage-great-shape/887877

Hi guys the zed will be going away in the new year for the finishing touches like sills and targa drains sorted also having bodykit fitted and a respray.....my question is this....... This is going to be the only time I'll be able to afford a respray so want it right, I really like my car in silver but think the actual colour looks dated, just wondering if anyone has any ideas how I can make it stunning, I don't want pearl or flip or any of that crap, and just having a basic respray not having the car stripped, was toying with the idea of a silver satin or matt finish rather than gloss?? The car is only going to be used very rarely and always dry stored....any ideas or …

For those scratching there head looking for a place to put the sender,this might interest you On after market Koyo style rads there is a bleed bolt which is 12mm x 1.25P and depending on your gauge the sender is 10mm x 1.00P for the celcius or 1/8 NPT for the Fahrenheit... I have a lathe so i drilled the 12mm bolt down the middle and tapped a 10mm thread in the centre to take the sender,then run the tool across the head to reduce its height...After this i turned the bolt down to reduce its lenght so that the tip of the sender was below the bottom of reducer. PTF tape around both the sender and reducer and screwed them into the rad and checked for leaks..All good and no…

Hey guys As im currently pretty crippled following a recent knee surgery ive decided to take the time to sort the out the little things that bug me on the zed. First and foremost is the position of the pedals, especially the brake pedal As you can see the brake pedal is right over towards the accelerator pedal, and with the combination of my size 12 feet, it makes any sort of heel and toe impossible. Ive had the car for 5 years now and im kinda used to it, but the misses really struggles with it. Ive had a look underneath the dash at the top of where the pedal mounts to the servo and I cannot see any obvious adjustment to move it back over. The p…

Well got an invoice today from fedex relating to my z1 order £48.02 what a rip off!

So here goes!! SORRY !!

Been looking at roof spoilers but they all seem to state fits 2x2 only I'm not sure why .I know the tailgate is shorter on a swb but I thought the top part was the same .the spoiler I'm talking about shades the top of the tailgate glass .The zeemax one from z centre says 2x2 only so does the japenese made real speed one .Has anyone got one fitted if so is it to a swb thanls taff .

one of the members on here makes stickers im sure, i know this because i got some before. im looking for a silver sticker about 6-8" long that reads the datsun style "fairladyZ" - - - Updated - - - on the subject odf stickers who has or knows where i can get one of those metal twin turbo badges that affixes on the plenum?

anybody got any guides or pictures of how to do this?? i dont want the cables running down the centre of the plenum

Hi, just wondering... I have a blue silicone hose in my garage that is without threads and is for a lack of a bettter work soft and was wondering if this could be used on the water coolant in the engine or will it cause problems?

I know its been covered before but after today its worth a reminder...Cleaning out my targa seals and then making sure the drain holes were clear with compressed air (20 psi max) ide done 3 then over to the nearside front and heard a hiss in the footwell:huh:...yep the bloody drain pipe that goes down inside the pillar cover had come off the exit pipe behind the wing.Its a pig of a job to re-connect from the footwell so off comes the wing and i run a new continuous pipe with no joins upto the drain hole union and job done. Although my carpets were dry as the car has been under cover for nearly 2 years its a certainty that iff i had,nt found this then when the car hits th…

bit of a bad day today, got my new daily drive NA zed into the workshop to get the new sump fitted, and its rotten, spent the last week drying it out and fixing the targa leak, the dodgy wiring, and getting new tyres, no idea what its going to cost. its going to need an the entire N/S sill redone, and there's a strange rust hole in the front wheel well and the OS rear section of the sill is 90% pug... its still on the ramp at work so the bodyshop guys are coming to look at it, need them to repair a couple of panels too as i want to restore this one, (black TT is the toy and can be covered in glitter lol), only driven it from one car park to the other on …

anyone seen or used or know anything about this? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grigon&hl=en

what is all this?? can I delete it, sure it wasn't on silver streak? Also dumb question but just about to put all the hoses,brackets etc back on to turbos, when I removed it all I put it in boxes stating o/s and n/s How can I tell which turbo is which???? anyways heres that picture:kiss:

Been trawling to find info on the wheels i have on my zed. I picked these up for £200 complete with all chrome bots and complete alloy centre caps a couple of years ago. My wheels are 18" Gewalt specialist drift spec rims, 3 piece sizes 7.5 and 8.5 with an offset +44 Since then i have never seen them on another car, nor on any site, or for sale. but have found a guy who bought some of the last ever wheels before the manufacture closed. He paid £3800 us, just for the wheels alone earlier this year ( £2350 at todays prices) Ive had someone offer me $200 each for just the centre caps. My plan is to have them totally polished, professionally powder coated back…

following on from hellraisers teasr pics i thought id pop up the other thing weve been upto, my engine bay lol. so here you are cleaned up touched up rebuuilt tubs new hoses all round a fair few gaskets. fan shroud and slam panel are still yet t go back on oh and it needs tax now its through the mot aswel, after the trouble with the smoke yud expect it to fail on the emmisions due to all that oil still being in the system. no it was a streering rack gaiter! touch wood at present no smoke, so lets hope thats that :)

would 285 be ok ? thanks

Hello forum, I want to update the oem 2 piece prop shaft and from my research it seems the way to go. I also found on many other zx forums it is common practice to replace the stock one when the centre bearing wears. Whats been bugging me is that among some zx owners and particularly a prop shaft rebuilder I chatted to say thay they have experienced vibrations with a one piece and do not advise it. Anyone on the forum with a one piece "steel" prop shaft care to comment on theirs?

will this fit a zed do you think guys thanks taff http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bride-style-gear-shift-boot-s13-s14-s15-silvia-nissan-drift-hks-nismo-/130819574312?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D4134438817560433363%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D4%26sd%3D251162662256%26