General Discussions - 300ZX Related

hi all. does anyone know who to contact in the club regarding items advertised on here by another member that i payed for and never received. the guy wont even contact me to explain why. has anyone else experienced this ? ? i have been a member now for a while and so far found this club to be extremely helpfull for advice and parts. it would be a real shame if people started to abuse the trust and honesty promoted by most. any advice on this would be great.

hi peeps, firstly does the zeds cc work well? I have a breaker and am thinking about wipping out all the cc stuff to stick it in my slicky, does the cc wiring run into the main loom or is it seperate? Is there a seperate controll unit for it or is it?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nissan-300zx-rare-Navan-auto-gear-knob-stick_W0QQitemZ230456620474QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item35a848f5ba After Daz sold his on ebay hears another one:thumbup1:

Im sure someone has had this before or is getting it. Its almost like condensation, but only happens when the blower is on and appears quite greasy. Probably something to do with the heater matrix, but need to be sure, before ripping it out. Im also getting a burning water smell in the cab when the heater is on. I did a coolant flush about 2 months ago, but i will do it again tomorrow, just to see if it makes a difference. Can anyone shed any light..............Jeff :bow: Cheers Graham

If anyone is thinking about getting their Z checked over by ZedWorld...stop thinking about it and do it!!! Thought I would share this with you.... A few weeks ago my heater matrix blew leaving me in a cloud of steam a long way from home on a freezing Friday night on the M25. Came home courtesy of the AA (very useful, but most undignified!) Rang ZedWorld the following day, spoke to Jamie and got my car booked in for a new heater matrix. They collected my car from Northamptonshire on a low loader, fitted the matrix and competed a ConZult. To cut a long story short, Jeff's laptop showed some strange readings and after further investigation he found that someon…

What would you do ! driving along 40mph in a 40mph raod , and a toyota celica 1.8 is a whisper from my rear bumper with two hoodeis in it , i igorned them ,they overtook, on a 40mph road , and then the waQQQ sign to me , and i never returned any thing,very unusal for me to stay calm , how would you have responeded ?

Getting tiresome now and I want to get the Z out of hibernation! I usually get it out and taxed during April, but I am not going to bother now until next month! I think this weather's supposed to carry on for the next week or two! Had so much hail last night, it looked like it had snowed! Brrrr! Yuk! Anyone else postponing their 'end of hibernation'?

Im on the look out for a set of rear wheel bearings and i stumbled upon a bit of info from our friends across the water: http://www.z1motorsports.com/product_info.php?cPath=4_25_28&products_id=3700&osCsid=ee7df60a054f1ff43a82f9dc87bf4131 Now, on the left hand side of that page, it says that the same bearing can be used on both sides as long as the location pin is moved from one hole to the other. I can see how this works but im just wondering why would the traders, ive found in this country, charge different prices for the Drivers and Passenger side bearings if its just a case of moving a pin?

Thought it was cybernet's for some reason, but it's not. I am sure I remember this car on here a few years ago? Absolutely appalling advert though. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1991-NISSAN-300zx-FAIRLADY_W0QQitemZ180488110613QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item2a05ee0215

Whats the chance of finding a yellow pearl slicktop breaking the same as mine in my home town .Bloody roof trims are missing though :detective: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=270555887129&Category=10402&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2

Hi guys, I have just had fitted a full s/steel decat system fitted from the turbo elbows ,so it has removed the middle boxes and goes to the 2 rear kakimoto boxes, its still not got that loudness im after, Can you remove the baffles in the rear boxes? I dont want to change the kakimoto ones Cheerz Chris

like above, i plan to change this anyway but is there actually any way to test if water pump is bad?

The time has come to sell my beloved zeds :no: I really want a change and sick of messing every weekend on old cars,so going to treat myself to a GTR r35 so my black vert, and silver TT are now up for grabs, I will post some pics and info later Thanks http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1990-NISSAN-300-ZX-2-2-SILVER_W0QQitemZ200455502888QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item2eac143c28 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/convertable_W0QQitemZ120548409575QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item1c113ec0e7

Im just windering how much people think it'll cost to retrim my leather seats

I have R33 GTR brembo brakes front and rear, and have a full set of new pads to go on. Anything unusual about the skyline calliers i should know about? Ive done pads on standard 300zx brakes and loads of other cars, just nothing with brembos. Cheers danny

hi all . if you have ever gone on the ozzy owners site you may have seen my post on there . if not here goes . firstly remove all seals from car , around doors , targa tops . clean all metal as clean as clean you can get it . fill your bath with hot water and a load of fairy liquid and throw all the seals in. when i done mine i left them in for about 5 hours and just kept topping up the hot water . all of the crap that has built up over the years in the seals (drain holes running through the seals)will soften and with a soft cloth can be cleaned out . a good method is to take the shower head off and blast water through the seals .you will be amazed at the a…

ok ive sorta havent bothered with the Z since ive got the Supra, but i had it out the garage today & realized its still one bad car! :) the car doesnt have the HICAS anymore. when i put the TT pump on initially, it worked fine, but then i had a leak, and ruined the pump. it was either the leak, or the fact that i didnt remove the piston thing in the side, which goes to the Hicas solenoid. anyway i got a replacement pump, and this time removed the piston thing for the HICAS. pump worked fine for 1 day, then went completly. ive tried routing the Hicas take-off back to the resivour, but still nothing. did i buy a broken pump? …

After a lot of soul searching I have decided to do an auto conversion on my manual. Main reason for this is that my Porsche is Tiptronic and I love not needing to bother changing gear. I went in someone elses zed that was an auto and it was a great drive!. I have just sent back my brand new Manual box and twin plate carbon clutch to buy the new bits I need for my conversion :thumbup1:. Looking forward to going auto :thumbup:

After getting the Z back on the road and mot and taxing her. After a months flawless use apart from a bit of a starting issue the gear box decided to fail on me last wednesday, and was out of my means to fix financially. I have sold to another 300zx person who i think is gonna break or make mine good he does not know yet but will point him here also for advice if he gets issues. I would like to thank all on here for advice and help during my 2 years in Z world and hope to have another Z one day. Regards Phantom 2080

My starter motor is making some funny noise. as i know its about to die. A few phone calls later, just to give an idea of the vast difference on price Starter motor for a manual TT. Not refurb but a new OEM item. Local car parts suplliers £231.75 + vat Nissan direct £265. + vat. Found a place online Hillmart alternators and starters £109.17 +vat (£4.95) delivery This is not a refurbed one, but new, even has the same manuf (mitsubishi) and part number as the one i have. Bargain. Always worth getting some prices from a few places. If anyone knows of cheaper place please let me know

I Haven't heard anyone mention ZTech in a while. Although he inherited a complete mess, Chris impressed me as being very honest and sincere guy who would make a good name of it. Any props for him?:thumbup1:

Hi All, I haven't had the car that long and I need to rebuild my front offside brake caliper as according to my friend it has a lazy piston? I haven't had a proper look at the caliper yet and I'm assuming that it will have a number pressed on it somewhere, however, I was wondering if anyone could confirm whether or not it is a standard 300zx caliper just with a bigger adaptor and disc from this photo? Will be ordering a rebuild kit from biggred.co.uk for £30.00 unless there is anyone on here that sells them? Pic here; Thanks in advance

Me and my dad never really liked the white super advans so we had a little play with 1 wheel today...let me know what you think of the outcome. Dad thought of leaving it like this but i told him that the wheel screws around the wheel will be harly noticeble so....ended up like this

Gonna do a complete oil change in a couple of days and can't remember how much oil the Zed takes. Is it 3.5 litres or 4 litres?? Done a search but couldn't find much! Thanks for any help.. :chinese:

Im going to be welding up and respraying the rear hatch. Id like to replace the glass trim at the same time and ill use a universal trim. Question is do i have to remove the glass and if so how do i do it without smashing it. its a swb so replacement glass will be a pain to get hold off. i think i will get a much better respray result with the glass out as i hate that nasty look of not bothering to remove trim when spraying. Anyone help?