General Discussions - 300ZX Related

As above, sounds like a speaker buzzing, could it just be a vibration?

Well subject to it passin its MOT this week. Its a black 2+2 N/A 1995 on an M, quite good nick just needs a good valet and polish. Its completely stock and hopefully shouldn't turn out a bad buy. Shows just over 80,000km imported 7 years ago by the last owner... Just a little exited lol :hyper::hyper::hyper:

Hi guys. I want to tint my lights, in the past ive just sprayed the whole unit. That gives a matte effect. If i want that glossy then i lacquer over it. But i want to try something a bit more factory looking so howabout this. Ive taken the inserts out of a spare light unit (you see where this is going) has anyone ever sprayed these directly then put them back in the car. This way it wont affect the unit, but the lenses will be tinted. I cant make my mind up if it will look nice or be completely crap. Id keep the reflector there for legal reasons. Thanks Mark

trying to get to the bottom of my window fault. all component parts (both switches and the amp) have been tested working on my white Z. When fitted to the black Z the passenger window doesnt function from either the drivers switch or the switch in the passengers door. The passenger window lock button isn't depressed. I unplugged the motor and tried a known working one that I had in the garage and the motor went one way but not the other, leaving me wondering if there is a relay that controls the switchover between up and down? Does anyone know if this is the case, and if so where abouts it is located? thanks :confused1:

Hi guys, Been doing a bit of fault finding and general poking and prodding ref my smokey car. Initially the thought that it was a drivers side turbo seal on the way out, however over the weekend I have discovered it is only firing on 5 cylinders and the passenger exhaust intermittantly smokes now. Just had an oil change and no dramas there, apart from honking old oil LOL. Did see that there is a slight leak on the turbo oil return pipes (turbo back to sump) on both sides. The mechanic reckons it might be piston rings, this is what my old man thought when it first went wrong. Can I get your thoughts please guys as piston rings is completely differ…

last week i had some idleing issues with my tt300, after acting on the advice given and removing and cleaning nightmare to get to valves and connectors,and everything else, the car runs better,however its now got (how can i put this) a fluffy,hesitation moment when i blip the throttle in neutral, has anyone come across this before? cant find any air leaks.. any suggestions? the motor revs fine.:crying:

how much am i looking to convert the front end to 99 spec. cant find car mads price for them, obviously i would need the new indictors aswel. and the labour side any ideas ball park guys?

Spotted a Red Twin Turbo heading South around 9am. First spotted you around Wakefield, then playing cat & mouse all the way to Nottingham area. I was in the Silver Peugeot 308 Diesel (giving it death!) and gave you the thumbs up. I have to say, your car looked REALLY well. (much nicer than the EVO X that wanted to show off)

bit of a strange request this but.... Does anyone have any aftermarket Rear camber arm or Front tension arms lieng about not fitted ? They need to be of the round tube type. What I need to know is the outer diameter of either. Also the outer diameter of any rose joint or spherical bearings they have fitted. Can anyone help ?

Hi everyone Gave the car a run out today and she runs as always ,smooth and boosting felt normal, no loss of power. Problem is the 2 boost gauges are reading just below 0 negative and move only slightly on high boost, this has happened all at once and there is no smoke from the pipes, any ideas thanks.

:scooter:finally decided to break the z I bought for my partner, it had a siezed engine when I rescued it from the scrapper its a manual with cloth interior stainless quad pipe exhaust and vr racing wheels pm me if anyone wants anything apart from the motor the whole car is straight and apart from fading is in good condition oh and it has the high wing and t-bar roof. sad to be doing this but can not afford to buy new engine and it is just upsetting to watch it rot away. on the brighter side will be looking for another but for now if I can help keep another on the road all the better..................

My boot lock has decided to break and wont turn or open the boot, I`m just wandering if they are all the same ,lwb,swb, and has anyone got one with a key? pretty please :devil: CheerZ

It,s a bit awkward to see in a garage ( well a tent actually , lol ) but got the car on the street today and Mantav8 helped me drop the bits on her to see if it all lines up ok and just too see it in one piece . Got the N/S shut and back of the door painted as well ready to go back on permanantly . And this is the standard nose panel i,ve nearly finished modding , no guesses which one influenced me :yes: Washers jets have gone as well . Just need to block all the O/S down and re-prime it then it,s alot of final flatting and fettling ready to get it painted which i,ve decided to do myself , i was gonna get one of our painters to do it but thou…

Well i had my manual conversion done today at zedworld, and on my what a transformation! its unbelievable! If anyone is toying with the idea, take the plunge definatly worth the money! And ofcourse, big thanks to the zedworld team, Jeff, Jamie and linda for the help and conversion! Hollings.

Finally got round to doing a wheel alignment today, Its not been right since the rebuild & it is driving just sooooooooooo good now I have set it all up again! :sorcerer: The rear wheels had slightly too much offset for my liking, have given the rear a bit more negative camber to tuck them in nicely - just gone out of spec but will be monitoring wear :detective: What have people tried running on the rear?? Pics of the zed on my new alignment machine at work - does away with measuring heads for targets with 4 HD camera's to check the angles: Heres the cameras on the mount - naughty techs in the workshop get crucified here :devil2: C…

anybody else find if your not cleaning it your fixing it, and if your not fixing it your filling it up an ocasanlly you get to drive it haha :wink:

was over at zhoodyx's today checking out some things on the engine and just as I was about to go home I started her up and pop goes the main 30 amp fuse, traced the fault to a bad solder joint jagging through some electrical tape so that was easy fixed but I can't seem to get any local places to sell these. The fuse I'm after is the green 30 amp type from the left side fuse box. Anyone got a handful of spares from a breaker I could have or direct us to a good online store. I've nabbed the fuse from the windows to get her going again so now my windows don't work. Cheers Lee

drove down to dorchester 75 miles door to door. used under quater of a tank and i wasnt driving like a choir boy i think thats alright over mixed driving situations :D wasnt driving like a hooligan either tho.... had a prelude try to undertake me on a 50 streach because i was doing 55 lol soon sorted him out! and a group of lads in a beemer at a round about who looked rather pike and angry they got a good dose of piss off. and the best news of all i didnt even piss itself after i turned it off :clap: its so nice to get out and enjoy driving this car. only downside is i got home and realised my front number plate had flown off. :(

not sure where to start on this had a search but still not any wiser just pulled the zed out of winter storage and took it for a drive and the steering feels a touch strange, syptoms are steering feels stiff when turning sometimes to left sometimes to right but its like it's lumpy in movement (car was ok when parked up for winter) and when coming out of a corner it self straightens most of the way and i need to pull it the final bit, also felt like a little oversteer a couple of times, the speedo is showing a constant speed, fluid is topped up and ok,no puddles of fluid anywhere and no hicas light (but this may have bulb removed) and also checked tyre pressures it maybe s…

After finally scraping the money together to get the old girl taxed, I gave the Z a quick wash and headed out in the sun with the targas off, only to get to the end of the road and.... CAN'T STOP - NO BRAKES!! Nothing whatsoever, pedal drops to the floor. Luckily, the handbrake is spot on ;) So, I have no problems with the clutch, there is good fluid in the reservoir, but the pedal drops like a tarts knickers. The car has been stood (outside, on a slight incline) since the end of January, but there's no sign of any fluids on the drive. I've sat and pumped the pedal but there's no change at all. Any ideas where to start looking? Ta :(

i have someone local selling a tt black quite cheap, and wanted to know if it would be worth the time and effort breaking it and selling off the parts e.t.c. what are the the most easiest selling parts?

started ripping the zed apart yesterday in attempt to get it ready to go in the oven asap !! hopefully should have the car painted in a few weeks just need to put the doors and boot ect back on now . colour is audi white . next job is a new set of rims !!

spotted on friday , going through the lanes towards suaghall massie in the wirral area !!!!!

Just took some pictures of the new bits ive applied to the Z over the last couple of days. Fog light ducts, sprayed the same colour as standard mid section and made my own small mounts with weather proof L.E.D side lights hidden inside. Ducts (where courtesy of CAR.MAD and are top quality.) Rear light from Big Jim, clear indicator section. Removed the orange section in front bumper indicator housing. Wrapped the rear blind holder and rear side panels.

hi all got a little issue with smoking on the zed, it started off if the car was left ticking over for around 10 mins it would start to smoke through the drivers exhaust, when i had the car at zedworld back in october jeff suggested replacing pcv valves as that was prob the cause (and the passenger pcv valve was pretty oiled up at the time) so anyway i have now replaced the pcv valves and hoses but i have noticed after a very short run (4 miles to work) the drivers side is smoking quite heavilly on tickover (which it never did before), i know it takes 500ish miles to clear oily residue from replacing pcv's and turbos were done 8000 miles ago by previous owner could there …