trichevy Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Hi All, Its great to be part of the owners club and I am looking forward to chatting with you all about our cars. I bought my first Z32 TT UK manual in red when I was 20 years old and I absolutely loved her! Unfortunately I had to sell her on after I was involved in an accident and I was devastated to let her go! I am hoping to find that same car and have been looking! (H825 FLK) I have now bought my 2nd 1994 Z32 TT UK auto in white after 17 years of owning my first one. I love the car and im currently having her completely restored to original. Will post some pictures throughout with hopes of having her on the road in 2 weeks time before she goes in for a full repaint. Thanks all, have a good one! Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz 300 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Welcome to the club Ryan and look forward to your updates on the 300zx. Your old zx is coming up on a SORN with no MOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alic Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Hi mate, look forward for more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichevy Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Welcome to the club Ryan and look forward to your updates on the 300zx. Your old zx is coming up on a SORN with no MOT. Thanks for the welcome. Looking forward to posting some updates. Yeah I see that she is sorn. A big shame, I was hoping to see that she was on the road. I was told that she had some modifications done, was then painted pink and entered into the gumball rally in approx 2001/2002. Sold to a guy in the south west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichevy Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Hi mate, got hold of a correct set of UK spec OEM wheels that I have had fully refurbished. Just looking to put a set of new tyres on and I will use those as winter wheels. looking for a rear spoiler to replace my bad one. (thats the only thing I need) Bought all the replacement body steel panels (arch repairs, sills, rear boot lid etc etc) may as well do that before she is painted to make sure I do not have any future issues. New brakes all round and a full service. Looking to have her finished and mot'd on the road in a couple of weeks for the test drive and go from there. All going well she will be back in for a re paint and both front seats repaired (leather wear) then a bloody good detail clean!!! will post pics when I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joely P Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Welcome to the club matey, looking forward to seeing your progress. [emoji106] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alic Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 You can likely get a new spoiler from the dealership but it's around £450-500. Getting stuck in it looks like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichevy Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Thanks for the welcome Joely P. Im excited to get her on the road! will update the progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewG Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Welcomes to the Club Ryan! You can look up the factory build date etc of your UK spec with your VIN from the online resource : http://gtr-registry.com/en-300zx-z32-uk-europe.php Quote She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went - Simply irresistible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichevy Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Ah ok, will check the dealer. Yeah I want her done as soon as I can. but done right of course. I used to have my own bodyshop but now work away so my best mate is taking care of her. He has a very good eye for detail and his work is very very good. (Ian Webb specialist cars) look out for the updates soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichevy Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Perfect Thank you AndrewG thats great. I will take a look now. Thanks for the welcome :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardS Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Hi and welcome Ryan! Richard:cool::thumbup: Quote I have something to say............ It's better to burn out than to fade away..... :tt2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichevy Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 Thanks for the welcome Richard :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Hi & welcome. That's a big work load for two weeks?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichevy Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hi art213, Thanks for the welcome. Yes definitely not a 2 week build! She has been worked on for a few weeks now. Hopefully just a couple more to go before she is on the road and then I plan to test drive to see how she runs. Once im happy I will then take her back off the road for a full re paint. :) Will keep you posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie K Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hi mate, got hold of a correct set of UK spec OEM wheels that I have had fully refurbished. Just looking to put a set of new tyres on and I will use those as winter wheels. looking for a rear spoiler to replace my bad one. (thats the only thing I need) Bought all the replacement body steel panels (arch repairs, sills, rear boot lid etc etc) may as well do that before she is painted to make sure I do not have any future issues. New brakes all round and a full service. Looking to have her finished and mot'd on the road in a couple of weeks for the test drive and go from there. All going well she will be back in for a re paint and both front seats repaired (leather wear) then a bloody good detail clean!!! will post pics when I can. Welcome to the Club Ryan, just out of curiosity, where did you source all the steel body panels?? Thanks Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichevy Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hi Richie, I contacted a very helpful guy called Jimmer Thomas at Powerzed who helped me lots! Very knowledgeable on these cars! He then sent me the repair sections that I needed. Cheers Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz 300 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hi Richie, I contacted a very helpful guy called Jimmer Thomas at Powerzed who helped me lots! Very knowledgeable on these cars! He then sent me the repair sections that I needed. Cheers Ryan He sounds familiar. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardS Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hi Richie, I contacted a very helpful guy called Jimmer Thomas at Powerzed who helped me lots! Very knowledgeable on these cars! He then sent me the repair sections that I needed. Cheers Ryan He sounds familiar. ;) Yup - Jimmer is the Zed guru extraordinaire.... You can't go wrong taking your car to Powerzed Ryan; he's the best. And a damn nice guy too...:cool: Quote I have something to say............ It's better to burn out than to fade away..... :tt2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkysi Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Welcome to the club. Jim is a great guy, very helpful and takes real pride in his work. I wouldn't take my Z anywhere else and have been using him since the mid 2000s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichevy Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Really helpful! thats good to know. He is not that far from me so I will drive the Zed up when she is on the road. :cool3: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie K Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Really helpful! thats good to know. He is not that far from me so I will drive the Zed up when she is on the road. :cool3: Jimmer is probably the only guy I'll ever use and I'm in Ireland, he's currently building me a forged engine to drop into my freshly painted Z:thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bird Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Welcome to the club Ryan. Sounds like a great car you have and like the other, I'm looking forward to the pictures:) For the leather, we have a member / trader called Mondo. He'll be the man to see about the leather Quote Membership No 0780 INSURANCE GOOFA Datascan, Conzult, ECUTalk and a few others I have all the rare bits you can't find :tongue::tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigh Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Hi Ryan, hope you managed to get the tailgate back with incurring any damage as it slid around in the transit? Sorry I wasn't there to meet you hopefully catch up at sometime throughout the year at a meeting. Have you considered attending the "Simply Japanese" meet at Beaulieu at the end of July? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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