Back at the start of the month I picked up a new project.

(Gallery of full size pics Here)

Drove straght down to Wales after work and arrived back home early on Thursday morning with it.

 

 

Ok, so 2am is not the best time to be taking pics :D. Heres a few more in daylight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

She's a JDM '99 NA in midnight purple, has already had a manual conversion and a few extras (EGR delete, HID's, Japspeed exhaust) but is in need of a bit of tidying up (and some turbos :D)

Edited August 29, 20168 yr by Mightysi

Didn't Baz own that at one time

Didn't Baz own that at one time

 

I think so, but Sir Charles most recently.

 

Really nice car. An original gear knob and xenon headlights would be a big improvement I think!

Didn't Baz own that at one time

 

Yep, for a while. It looked a bit different though, lowered and with nicer wheels.

My Cars little sister even down to the number plate

First set of jobs was to make the drive a bit nicer, starting with an offcentre steering wheel.

I'll get it tracked once the new wheels are on, but for now I just moved the wheel one notch round back to almost straight.

 

 

Then onto the ICE. I'm guessing this cars had an install in the past thats been removed.

The headunit was a bit loose, and if I pressed it too hard it turned itself off :lol:

 

 

The speaker setup was also 'interesting'. The passenger door speaker has torn and been glued back together (which didnt hold)

The drivers door speaker was a smaller aftermarket one with some heavy duty wiring that didnt work at all.

I found the aftermarket wires were just wound up under the sill covers and not connected to anything..!

 

 

So, In have gone new speakers front and rear, and a new headunit removing the mass of bullet connectors

I also "fixed" the clock by simply plugging it back in :thumbup:

 

 

Whilst all the center panels were out I also tightened up the shfter, replaced the knob with a factory one and treated the car to a new pair of gaiters in alcantara.

Whoever put the current gaiters on had got them mixed up, handbrake was on the gear shift and vice versa. Confused the crap out of me, I nearly sent mine back thinking they were wrong :laugh:

 

 

 

I plan to get the handbrake and the steering wheel recovered to match the gear knob at some point to really finish off the controls.

My Cars little sister even down to the number plate

 

Close, a bit more like a cousin who didnt get all the toys? ("R" spec and Twin Turbos :D)

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First set of jobs was to make the drive a bit nicer, starting with an offcentre steering wheel.

I'll get it tracked once the new wheels are on, but for now I just moved the wheel one notch round back to almost straight.

 

 

Then onto the ICE. I'm guessing this cars had an install in the past thats been removed.

The headunit was a bit loose, and if I pressed it too hard it turned itself off :lol:

 

 

The speaker setup was also 'interesting'. The passenger door speaker has torn and been glued back together (which didnt hold)

The drivers door speaker was a smaller aftermarket one with some heavy duty wiring that didnt work at all.

I found the aftermarket wires were just wound up under the sill covers and not connected to anything..!

 

 

So, In have gone new speakers front and rear, and a new headunit removing the mass of bullet connectors

I also "fixed" the clock by simply plugging it back in :thumbup:

 

 

Whilst all the center panels were out I also tightened up the shfter, replaced the knob with a factory one and treated the car to a new pair of gaiters in alcantara.

Whoever put the current gaiters on had got them mixed up, handbrake was on the gear shift and vice versa. Confused the crap out of me, I nearly sent mine back thinking they were wrong :laugh:

 

 

 

I plan to get the handbrake and the steering wheel recovered to match the gear knob at some point to really finish off the controls.

 

Little job for si there then handbrake and steering wheel with red stich work

You doesn't mess around do you!

First set of jobs was to make the drive a bit nicer, starting with an offcentre steering wheel.

I'll get it tracked once the new wheels are on, but for now I just moved the wheel one notch round back to almost straight.

 

 

Then onto the ICE. I'm guessing this cars had an install in the past thats been removed.

The headunit was a bit loose, and if I pressed it too hard it turned itself off :lol:

 

 

The speaker setup was also 'interesting'. The passenger door speaker has torn and been glued back together (which didnt hold)

The drivers door speaker was a smaller aftermarket one with some heavy duty wiring that didnt work at all.

I found the aftermarket wires were just wound up under the sill covers and not connected to anything..!

 

 

So, In have gone new speakers front and rear, and a new headunit removing the mass of bullet connectors

I also "fixed" the clock by simply plugging it back in :thumbup:

 

 

Whilst all the center panels were out I also tightened up the shfter, replaced the knob with a factory one and treated the car to a new pair of gaiters in alcantara.

Whoever put the current gaiters on had got them mixed up, handbrake was on the gear shift and vice versa. Confused the crap out of me, I nearly sent mine back thinking they were wrong :laugh:

 

 

 

I plan to get the handbrake and the steering wheel recovered to match the gear knob at some point to really finish off the controls.

 

Not guilty on any of this, all I did to the car was change the wheels to JDM. You can blame the previous owners botching before me haha

Not guilty on any of this, all I did to the car was change the wheels to JDM. You can blame the previous owners botching before me haha

 

I'm guessing most of it will get blamed on the owner before Baz, who's conveniently not on the forum... :D

I'm guessing most of it will get blamed on the owner before Baz, who's conveniently not on the forum... :D

 

Yeah it would be them I would have thought. Although when I picked up the car from Baz the alarm was playing up and indicator was getting stuck on all the time so I didn't buy a well sorted car.

I'm guessing most of it will get blamed on the owner before Baz, who's conveniently not on the forum... :D

 

The diplomatic approach!

 

Just noticed your username, is that some in-joke with FunkySi? :p

I'm guessing most of it will get blamed on the owner before Baz, who's conveniently not on the forum... :D

 

FYI - :oops:

Edited August 30, 20168 yr by bigh

FYI - Before you put your foot in it.........Baz IS still on the forum.

 

 

Does it not say, the owner before Baz is Not on the forum?

Must read thread properly :oops:

Just noticed your username, is that some in-joke with FunkySi? :p

 

Nope... No connection whatsover.

Some history for your Z. Its first UK owner was a member here called Craig David http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?27807-What-fuel

Then it was sold to an Albania family then Baz bought it in 2014 http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?175514-So-I-bought-a-new-300zx

Then sold to Dean (Sir Charles)

A few more updates...

 

So, with my large feet I was having some issues catching bits of the plastic hanging down near the pedals, seems this might have been down to the "professional" alarm install.

I took the panel off under the steering column and the alarm control box just fell out, not secured in any way, just wedged behind the panel.

 

 

There was also a relay hanging down, still attached to its bracket. If anyone wants to tell me what its for that'd be great, but I ditched the bracket and cable tied the thing in place

 

 

Tidied up a load of the alarm wiring, cable tied the control box in place and put all the vent plastics back, and now no more catching feet

Also did the clutch pedal adjustment whilst I had things out. That and some new brake fluid has made the car much nicer to drive.

 

 

 

Been having a few issues with the lighting too, so I pulled out the main beam bulbs and instantly saw why.

Also rewired some of the HID connectors that were a bit lose and still had issues, so I got a pair of new ballasts and now the headlights work fine

Plus, the new ballasts are about 1/2 the size and weight of the old ones!

 

 

At some point its had the sidelights moved into the indicator housings, whilst I do kinda prefer the look it was done at the cost of the foglight,

so I swapped it back to standard for now so I have a full set of front lights

 

 

Onto the back end, the bulb out warning light has been going off since i bought the car, and that is the kind of thing that annoys me quickly,

It was becasue the inner brake lights had been chopped and rewired for the fog lights, I guess probably by the importer.

Now me, I love the massive rear brake lights, its a real feature of the 300, so that had to go back to standard

(I'll worry about wiring in a fog light somehow later, I'm thinking maybe two of the reverse lights)

 

 

And, finally for ths update, the first actual "mod"

 

 

 

You ever get the feeling you're being followed???

 

 

I love how these look on the car, the "Titanium Bronze" really works well with midnight purple imo.

 

 

 

I need to get the car clean and break out the proper camera at some point...

Are you lowering it? :biggrin:

really does need to drop a little looks like its on stilts

more stance :tt2:

It does need more lows, but it's still a lot lower than the Slicky :wacko:

 

really does need to drop a little looks like its on stilts

 

Probably wants driving back and forward let the suspension settle.

when i first fitted 18s on stock springs even after a drive it did still look a little to tall

Yeah agreed, not that high though lol, the camber looks odd too. Then Daves pic, looks better.