General Discussions - 300ZX Related

So how is it, in the last 3 days, I've driven my gunmetal Z, with obviously unpainted sills, from Doncaster to Glasgow and back and from Doncaster to Surrey, up into and around London and back down to and around Surrey and not one person spotted me? For crying out loud, on Sunday there was also a black and yellow Z and a Silver Z in convoy with me!! It's not fair, I want to get spotted! :(

Whilst cleaning my rear wheel tonight i noticed that the metal to which the back bumper secures to just behind the back wheel was quite badly rotten, as I touched it, some fell away :-(. As far as I can see this metal runs parrallel to the bumper and exhaust right to the back of the car, it all seems quite badly rotten. Can this be replaced like the sills can be? Or do I need to get someone to fabricate a new part up?? Thanks, Dan

No spoiler, could be NA. N reg, or thereabouts I think. Not seen that one around here before,

Flashed you this morning in my Punto (silver/grey), but you also saw me in my Zed a week last Saturday on the same stretch of road.

Stumbled across this beauty whilst getting lost in Kensington today trying to find where I had to work! Sure I've seen it on here before but not 100%!

Im sure this was the same car where the women had split up with her man and she was selling his zed?? could be wrong but the photos look famillier?? Any way if it is it has a new write up :lol::lol: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2946209.htm

I put a club card under your wiper :-D car looked a treat

I have fitted my greddy boost gauge today and im only getting 0.5 bar of boost which i belive is low? its a standard manual tt with only an apexi filter, egr, aiv, prvp, carbon canister all removed and cat back system. What should i be getting (is 0.7/8 about right) and what would be the reason im not getting full boost?

ECU Pin 44 and Auto ECU Pin 20 as i have two wire per switch does one of each get grounded to the body or an earthing point and other say + of the wire go to Pin 44 for N and Pin 20 for Rev Mark

Hi guys, ideas appreciated if any. as title reads really. Car starts - revs - fluctuate a little - then dies. It was better before I change the idle control valve. At least it stayed going. Dave

Not my words http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/modified-300zx-TT-Custom-Widebody-Hydraulics-Show-Car-/120740608371?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c1cb37973 How come you never get a pic of the engine bay reminds me of another zed on there claiming to be great with no engine bay pic

has any one tryed them or u think there any good would work out £333 shipped to the door http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120708313789&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

Howdy folks, I'm getting fedup scraping over speed bumps despite going diagonal and avoiding braking into them to prevent front end dipping. My z32 has a strosek replica front bumper on it which is the culprit. Its not lowered but there is very little clearance under that bumper. Suspension doesn't seem to be sagging too bad, do you think just adding new shocks and springs would help avoid scraping everywhere I go? What suspension setups have others with the same kit got, and do they have the same problem? I think I remember reading about another type of car being raised by fabricating a spacer to sit at the strut mount, anyone ever heard of or used these? …

Finally reverted back to the standered radio cd into the zed:thumbup:looks great having the retro unit back in but having a few problems getting the cd to work but hope to get it sorted. Who else still has the original setup?

My Z has very fancy wheel nuts but unfortunately no tool to remove them lol. Does anyone know where I can get a tool to remove them? btw they are 10 sided, a normal spline drive is 12. Or if someone has the same, would I be able to borrow the tool to remove mine and fit some different ones?

hoping to convert my lights to hid found these on ebay emailed the seller and he replied to check my stock bulbs anyone shed any light on this please http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310213954935&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123

Took my Z to be MOT'd today after being garaged for a year and a half and passed with only one advisory on a slightly binding caliper from it not being used! I even told the tester I wasn't hopefull as its now in for rear sill renovation and to fit a fuel tank and straps. Not bad for a UK spec, felt a bit wobbly at speed though for part of the journey :blink:

will this setup work on a 300zx TT, ive seen that some evo models will and wondered if this is a good upgrade. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/evo-brembo-brakes-/150620698799?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2311b178af

Ah balls to it, Marc says he doesn't mind not getting insured, I can get cheap insurance through Lynbrook again, so hell why not make myself happy again and just get another goddam Zed..... YAY! Edited to say has to be a manual!

Hi Guys, I have been checking my spark plugs today and coil packs. I managed to do 4 only I only cleaned them - might get round to doing the other 2 tomorrow. On 1 spark plug - on the rim - not on thread or on the spark part that is deep into the engine I found oil.. or I believe it is very stick stuff not like normal oil lose. Is that a concern? Also on the coil packs when taken out I looked down them I noticed some had springs and some did not? Why is this? Hopefully my idle control valve will be here tomoz.

The air con clutch is stuck out is there a fault with this or do they stick out when its low on gas, Dont want to waste money on a regas if the clutch is faulty thanks taff.:thumbup1:

is the auto slower at acceleration?, also is there much more of an advantage with the manual, i have a jap with power hold etc, works lovely with power on and overdrive off!, i occasionaly use the 1st and second gear on the box manually is this ok, ie when say if i want to give it some i occasionaly just whck it in 2nd from drive is this ok or will it give it damage?, cheers

tempted to sell maybe what do you think? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OZ-Opera-II-Split-Rim-Wheels-5x112-Audi-VW-Mercedes-/150619124886?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Trims_Car_Rims_ET&hash=item2311997496

Hi, I'm just toying with photoshop to deicide where to go next with my zed. I think I'm going to stick with veilside skirts as I originally planned. I've already bought Veilside C2's, but having seen the one's on Jay's car I think they would work better. I can't for the life of me work out which ones they are. I know they are smoothed into the strostek sides, so is that where the indent to the rear comes from (because the vent on the C1's is different) and so I'll need to ask the body shop to get their tools on my C2's and arches or is there another set of veilsides I'm missing? Hope Jay doesn't mind me using a pic of his car to demonstrate. and this…