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To add injury to insult, doing that exhaust resulted in an impromptu visit to the Eye Casualty department of the local hospital and having a metal shard scraped out of my cornea with a needle. 
I think this car hates me. 

Dam what a pain!! The joys of rust hey. Hope your eye is now ok.


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Been busy today. 

I gave up with the exhaust bolts. I'll let the garage that's doing my new sills drill them out. 

Instead I made a start on the front end regarding the bits raised in the last MOT. 

Needed the angry spanner to get the knackered drop links off, but at least I managed not to damage my eye this time. 

Unknown brand crappy adjustable FUCAs removed. Finished painting up my spare set of OEM upper arms, and will install the Whiteline adjustable bushes in tomorrow and refit to the car. 

New Moog drop links in. And I've cleaned and painted the front ARB and have new bushes and brackets ready to go on with it. Weirdly this is a 28mm ARB so either a previous owner uprated it, or Nissan gave up on the crappy thin ones that usually came with NAs by time they got round to the 99 specs. 

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Zed #2: 1998 Midnight Purple 2+2 NA. (owned 2020 - now) 

Zed #1: 1995 Blue Slicktop NA (2013-2015)

 

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44 minutes ago, AndrewG said:

That "silver" bolt is just temporary?

It's what comes with the Whiteline kit. There's a bolt either side into a threaded tube instead of a through bolt. The one on the other side is longer and has a locking nut to assist with camber adjustment. 

It's missing it's split washer in that image, but I've since found it and fitted it. 

Zed #2: 1998 Midnight Purple 2+2 NA. (owned 2020 - now) 

Zed #1: 1995 Blue Slicktop NA (2013-2015)

 

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The split washer is about the size of the OEM flange. And whilst it won't distribute in the same way, 100s of people run this system so I'm not worried.

Zed #2: 1998 Midnight Purple 2+2 NA. (owned 2020 - now) 

Zed #1: 1995 Blue Slicktop NA (2013-2015)

 

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Just so you know the arc that the outer joint of the FUCA travels in two planes as the vertical link travels up and down. This is not

commonly understood even by aftermarket parts manufacturers. It is one of the reasons that Nissan used compliant bushes to

allow for the twisting of the link as it moves up and down and the reason for the flanged nuts and bolts.

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She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went - Simply irresistible.

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Fully aware but thanks for pointing it out. 

The Whiteline bushes are compliant and have a significant lip to allow movement. 

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Zed #2: 1998 Midnight Purple 2+2 NA. (owned 2020 - now) 

Zed #1: 1995 Blue Slicktop NA (2013-2015)

 

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Gave up trying to drill out the studs whilst laid on my back. 

Removed the entire cat, and didn't snap any more studs! 

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Zed #2: 1998 Midnight Purple 2+2 NA. (owned 2020 - now) 

Zed #1: 1995 Blue Slicktop NA (2013-2015)

 

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Well she's covered in dust and bird sh**, has 2 holes where rear sills should be, but she's back on 4 wheels and started no bother after 5 months without being run. 

Need to replace this JapSpeed heap of junk exhaust. Hateful PoS. 

 

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Zed #2: 1998 Midnight Purple 2+2 NA. (owned 2020 - now) 

Zed #1: 1995 Blue Slicktop NA (2013-2015)

 

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I like the wheels on it! I am a red car man, but that purple is really nice! Cant wait to see it in the flesh

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30 minutes ago, TheRealNips said:

I like the wheels on it! I am a red car man, but that purple is really nice! Cant wait to see it in the flesh

They're Ultralite UL37 - copies of the Volks TE37. 

I'm always torn by them as I prefer 5 spoke. 

Zed #2: 1998 Midnight Purple 2+2 NA. (owned 2020 - now) 

Zed #1: 1995 Blue Slicktop NA (2013-2015)

 

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The TE37 style suits most Jap cars IMO. I think that bronze colour of the wheels really goes with the purple paint, so if you prefer five spokes, how about something similar like the Rota Gtr wheels? which can also be had in that bronze.


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I had a set of Rota GTRs in bronze sat in the garage for years (previously fitted briefly to my 350z). Should never have sold them! 

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Zed #2: 1998 Midnight Purple 2+2 NA. (owned 2020 - now) 

Zed #1: 1995 Blue Slicktop NA (2013-2015)

 

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Little jaunt out this morning. When I see her next she'll have a clean MOT! Hopefully. 

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Zed #2: 1998 Midnight Purple 2+2 NA. (owned 2020 - now) 

Zed #1: 1995 Blue Slicktop NA (2013-2015)

 

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20 minutes ago, AndrewG said:

That area of rust damaged is a lot less than some I've seen Alex.

Drivers side is worse, but not significantly so. Caught it in time before it got really bad. 

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Zed #2: 1998 Midnight Purple 2+2 NA. (owned 2020 - now) 

Zed #1: 1995 Blue Slicktop NA (2013-2015)

 

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Update time. 

Both sills are done and now in primer. Drivers side was worse, and had had a very crude repair done to it in the past on the outer sill without tackling the inner sill issues. 

Quarters have just been started on. 

I'll be hopefully getting the car back in about 5 weeks. So my attention is focused on what's next on the DIY list. New centre prop bearing rcvd and will be fitted. I've got used OEM tension rods and brackets which I'm currently cleaning and painting and will be fitting Nismo bushes into. 

I née to drop the exhaust again and get the car as high in the air as I can safely to start cleaning the underbody and then epoxy coating it. To this end I've spent a few hours or so knocking up a set of stackable wheel cribs. They're made from C26 timber and I've made them to be stackable. ie each crib can be 2 different heights means jacking up is possible in stages to get to the full height. Stacks fully interlock with no movement. 

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Zed #2: 1998 Midnight Purple 2+2 NA. (owned 2020 - now) 

Zed #1: 1995 Blue Slicktop NA (2013-2015)

 

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Great work, your opinion for getting the car higher was a lot cheaper than ours, my brother and I went half’s on a set of car display ramps. As soon as my Porsche is on the road, i will be doing the sills and undersealing on my 300. Good luck.

A pick of my brother testing them.

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