General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Evening chaps, Just been out for a quick drive and noticed that a few bits around the general steering wheel area aren't working... Cruise control doesnt appear to work Windscreen washer jets dont work Headlights - side lights/dip beam works fine, but main beam doesnt stay on - you have to hold the stalk to keep it on The car came with a Momo steering wheel fitted and not the stock one... could these problems be due to an incorrect Boss being used? OR is it more likely to be something else? Any advice please? Cheers Alex

had a bit of a brown trouser moment with the zed today. left work and started to head home, and noticed the oil pressure gauge suddenly went to 0... :blink:... threw it onto the curb and shut the engine down thinking, im losing oil or something, and found nothing wrong??? i think i read somewhere its pretty common for the pressure sender to fail. can anyone confirm this? or is there a fuse?

Put these bulbs in the new side lights.. They are very blue, are they legal? they were sent with the bulb holders so you would assume so.. but they are blue..

Hi All, Another stupid question.. im starting to fit my gauges on the dash. wheres the best place to feed the cables and the pipe for the boost gauge from the engine to the centre console? Its the dash mounted 3 gauge im fitting..

Just spotted this on facefook :) me wants, the car or even just the reg :)

Audio guidance please, i plan to change out my current stereo and would like a flip out screen type, it would need to double as a satnav as well as a dvd player , can anybody in the know make some reccomendations for me pls many thanks sayers

just woundering if eney one around my end would be kind as to take me for a spin in there 300zx that is manual and running around 400 bhp as i am saving to get one and wanting to get one with figers like this so just like to feel how fast and acellration would be like in such a excelent car that i love and a feel of comfert ex thanks guys nathan

Well its coming to the end of summer and I thought i might aswell start on the Zed if I want it to look good for next summer. If I do some of the easy work myself it will save on cost when it goes in the garage so I have made a start on removing the rear spoiler which was simple enough as i plan on installing a lower skin spoiler (which has just been ordered) . The usual rust where the brake light was but wondering what is best to use for cleaning the silicone used etc... do not mind if it damages paintwork as it will be re done. The next job will be to check for any rust behind the bumpers and check the sills then onto soundproofing anything else sp…

got around to doing this at last bloody hell the bolts on the manifold were tight and one sheared off never mind hard bits done with the help of a jack and roller trolley to take the weight of the exhaust Guys do I blank the aiv pipes on the engine I have removed the flexi rubber to the exhaust could not see it on any faq Anyway japspeed front decat and mongoose twin rears its the nuts power flow rear if anybody wants it cheers guys

...or so some people say... I quite like my little collection of cars, first time they've been parked next to each other today so thought I'd take a piccie :laugh: :shifty:

As title, had a 30 min or so outage, the usual " explorer cannot find...." tried connecting via my phone also so not on on my home router either, reset router anyhow and no go, could connect to anywhere else but not 300.co.uk wierd? anyhow just tried again and like magic all working. Jeff TT

i need to get the zed some new rubber, i've still got stock alloys (because i like them lol) so 225/50/16 all round. what tyres have people got? and whats your opinion on them? im thinking of toyo T1R's but have heard they have a weak side wall, so may get R1R's instead, i need fast road / 1x 20min track session(trax) tyre. lol

Ive just swapped over my seized UK front calipers for my spare jap calipers that fully work, tried bleeding, and the colour of the old fluid is a dirty grey in the the japs, but i renewed the fluid in my zed about 8 months ago, so thats fine, but with a neighbour that tried to help by pressing the brake, its not clearing the air, has anyone used easi bleed kits, the ones that connect to the spare tyre?

Hey is there anywhere you can buy new sills from I've repaired one side but the other the hole keepers getting bigger as I pull at the rust, so it would be easier to replace the whole sill if possible Where can I get them from and roughly how much? Paul

Just checked my post box and found some brake lines :D, I would have thanked you on your for-sale thread but its closed :ninja: CheerZ for the super fast postage mate they look great Thanks :)

After been offered a gizzmo boost controller second-hand was just wondering is it easy 2 install/set-up as theres no install manual with it, anybody know of any handy links/guides to install and setup? Cheers

This winter my car is coming off the road to have its sills replaced and rear steering system removed, I have messaged littlebird on ebay re some sills but he has not got back to me, some weeks ago now :( where can I get some from? Also, are the targe drains best being relocated? How and where is the best way to do this? Many thanks, Dan

Just a thankyou note for Lee who kindly donated a few hours of his time today to try and help me and my sickly zed out, holding him back from working on his own zed. Top fella, thanks mate. PS when I got home my spare alloys that I had left balancing precariously at the top of the stairs (seemed like a good idea at the time) had fallen down all by themselves wedging my front door shut so i couldn't get in. An hour of struggling, sweat pouring down my face, arm squeezed through letter box (thanksfully a vertical one low down) trying to move 4 randomly piled alloys out the way with one hand at a time...eventually with the help of a rake handle for leverage I manag…

Hi Obtaining stuff to relocate battery and main fuse box to boot was going to solder and heat shrink joints anybody have any problems to watch out for cheers

anyone know how to gravity bleed the brakes please

Pretty self explanatory... Have a few bits that need sorting on my Zed, been in touch with Jeff at Zedworld but thats about 2 and a half hours away from me. Does anyone know of a place closer to me? Within about an hours drive or so? I'm based just west of York. Thanks Alex

fit somebrembro discs and calipers today bled up brakes but pedal travel is longer than before with the standard set up just wondered if id missed bleeding somewhere car stops and there is no apparent loss of fluid it feels like there is air in the system can anyone help

I'm trying to fit the bose speaker boxes today. it turns out the wiring is already there with the correct plugs to fit. however its not working, the speakers work without the little amp but not with. unfortunately i've left my multimeter at work so i don't know if there's voltage there. So i'm guessing because the car wasn't fitted with them originally then it'll just be missing the fuse. but seen as though my fuse board label is in hieroglyphics i have no idea where to start. and the search function isn't helping me. Anyone able to shed some light?

well doing my steering rack boots today all way going well untill the lock nut on the n/s seized in the wrong place... :headvswal so got one side set-up right but the other is 3 turns too far in, my question is, can i use washers to bring out the rod end? there is no way of budging the nut, short of cutting it off. spent an hour fighting it.

Need some help and guidance on my 300.... in the attempt to disconnect the antenna all my internal electric including the radio fail to work now, i have tried to check the fuse but all seem's fine but not 100% which fuse i should be looking at? when i start the 300 there is a constant light on the dashboard (indicating a door is open when its not) so im not sure if there is a short somewhere? need some help here please if anyone can help???? thanks