General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Anyone know a company that will insure a zed temporary as the ones i have tried are coming out saying that they cant cos it is over 15 year old. I only want to insure for a month or 2 while i take my other zed off the road.

as i had a couple lying around i thought i would make good use for them LOL. started weight training a couple of weeks ago and found i didnt have quite enough soo saw the pulleys and the pics tell the rest :)

can i plank off the 2 pipes that come off the front steering rack for the rear steer??? cus i am ripping all the rear steer stuff off. or do i need a N/A rack????????

I've searched and searched but cannot find anything conclusive. Can someone tell me if a starter motor from a TT will fit onto an NA model Z32? thanks :thumbup1:

Had the MOT today and despite failing, quite pleased overall. It failed on the front brakes being "unbalanced", whatever that means. It's going in next week for an investigation, but to ensure that I'm not ripped off, what could the nature of the problem be? Sticking caliper, worn pads? Any advice most welcome.

few questions relating to my imment lowering of the car, i purchased some lowered and stiffer bilstiens from a club memeber which i will be fitting. firstly with a lwb and a 20mm rear drop and around 30mm on the front whats likly to hit speedbumps? exhaust midsection looks to be the lowest part. obviously the underside of the engine should be pretty safe. secondly. there are some metal plates that sit on top the struts do these sit ontop the strut or ontop the arch? furthermore to this point if i decided the front was a touch too low could a thicker one be used to space it out a little. thirdly.is there a way to switch the shocks without compltly resett…

cheers baz how hard are the japspeed mani's to do yourself and is theyr anything i should watch out for? cheers

Spent months welding and grinding rust of my zed,only removed side skirts to put back to standard look,never realizing what lied beneath. manged to find a guy who supplied most of new panels to repair.arches iner sills outer sills and rebuilt sub frame that was rotted. I found that the steel pip running from the roof gutters was blocked through rust and this coursed most of the on the inner sills and sub frame,so after the rebuild i replaced both pipes with stainless steel onces so they want rust again.

well had the car for two weeks and the engine has just thrown a Conrod at 60pmh ... not good Oil and bits left on the a50 if anyone wants any engine parts ... lol had a few conserns with the Pre-owner about the oil gauge being all over the place has any one had the oil pump fail on them ? i asume the Big end Bearing has spun and then snapped the end clamp on the rod does any one have an Engine and Full conversion to Manual there selling ? what Tips on getting the engine out as i will be doing this with no manual as i carnt find the holy bible book Tools & Engine lift i'm sorted with Mark

my offside xenon has failed so i replaced it wth a normal filament bulb, but when i switched it on it didmt work, the fuse is fine, i took the bulb out to find it had a broken filament so i tried another, same again, it didmt work so i took it out to check and that too now has a broken filament... Whats goin on guys??

Hey Guys, Wanted to know if anyone's ever done leather repair or restoration for their seats?? How hard is it to do?? My Z's seat's are quite worn and have lost colour a bit. Also does anyone in forums actually do it professionally or know someone who does? Cheers!

still aint had time to jack car up yet,i have coil overs at rear so would you think its subframe bushes?and whats that kit like that takes no time to fit on ebay as dropping frame is a no no time and money

I`m just wandering if anyones had Evo Brembos fitted usung 295mm discs? the reason I ask is that I have had my Brembos and 324mm discs fitted today and whilst talking to my mechanic he reckons the 295mm discs would be too small?? So off i went back to my house and got a 295mm disc and gave it to the mechanic, we found the edges of the pads would only be touching about 3/4 of the disc? and the rest of the pad was in thin air? Obviously we have used the relocation brackets, so I`m just wandering what set up is needed for the 295mm discs Daz :flowers:

was told the auto box learns your driving style the same as mitsubishi cars, is this true? and if so how do you reset it? simple as disconnecting the battery?

while driving along today i went past a blue targa panel from a zed . any body missing one

Check it out............. http://www.retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=FSW&thread=104542&page=1#1335666

want the ones with the provison for the sidelight aswel. they seem to be coming out from ebay at 32 plus delivery opf around 3 quid or 37 quid not incluidng delivery from zcentre. so where is the best place to buy?

Not trying to start an arguement or anything this is a genuine thread looking for a good discussion. Seems over the last 12 months that zed parts prices, or what people expect to pay for something has plumited!! Is it just me or are other people finding this. To give an example (and im not knocking anyone or the offers ive had) but for instance the set of 8pot k-sport brakes that im selling, in excellent condition with next to new disks and pads, these retail new at £799, now i would have expected £600-£650 to be a fair price, but the offers ive had are around the £400 mark. Am i really that far out now or have parts prices really dropped so much so quickly?? …

Yeah, you with the big spoiler!! LOL I saw you an' you saw me. You on here then? :thumbup:

hi there, does anyone have any templates left from when they made some engine bay covers? if so could i please borrow them?? i have a big sheet of ally here but dont know where to start really....... many thanks

right im thinking i want a body kit, not sure what to go for, my front and rear bumpers need replacing before the respray later this year so im thiking of getting a kit the cars going gold... (thats us oem gold pearl) but with a carbon bonnet, black wheels and not chosen a spoiler yet now im not looking for anything too over the top, defo not wide, somthing that suits the car and the colour its going... any suggestions? name of kit / manufacture, and pics please. heres a quick pic of what it could look like (no comments on my bad editing.:whistling:)

the zeds just passed the mot for another year just needed a rear hicas arm and lower steering knuckle before i took her in, so i treated her to some new oil only had a advisory on smoking rom the right bank but emmisions were fine

Has anyone got any pics of rust repairs they've done on the rear, not the sills, but the bottom quarters behind the wheel, under the bumper where all the water and shite flicks up? Recently discovered some rot on mine, which I'm glad I did, so I can repair it, just wondering if there's any pics floating about for ideas and what not? Cheers guys.... Tudor...

well shortly im putting up my Zed for sale. its sad but i really need to secure a future for myself and having a Zed is certainly not going to help me, im turning 27 and still havent bought a property yet and if i dont get saving now its going to be too late, of course something recently has happened that made me change my ways as when i bought it i was in a better position and splitting up with the mrs just doesnt help!! there are a few things that needs to get done and i had some major plans for this Z. the good thing is i had a compression test done by a Z specialist and it has come up well. pics are in my previous thread. http://300zx.co.uk/forum…

spotted you yesterday on the A11 northbound as I was driving back from Yarmouth I recognised yours by the Bonnet. Wasn't driving mine tho but I did have a Zed back bumper in the car lol :biggrin: Great looking Zed mate :thumbup: