I was searching for about 6 months before I found this Z32 for sale. Doesn’t have any written history with it but it was imported around 2004 as shown registered in January 2005. It’s only had 3 previous keepers.

It’s LWB, Twin Turbo, manual targa too currently showing 93,000 miles roughly but apparently the first 70k is actually KM and the last 20k in miles so approximately 63k miles although I can’t verify this.

The previous owner to me had the car about 3 years and had the sills and arches replaced due to rust and then had it resprayed in a Mercedes Black. It was originally black anyway. The car has some Brembo brakes off an Evo 8 on the front and a large wing on the back.

Interior is standard grey velour and is in really good condition, has a few interior pieces that have cracked but everything works! Has a double din radio installed with car play which is cool but the fascia is a single din that’s been ‘modified’ for it to fit. I’ll need to get a proper double din one at some point.

Engine is stock, although it has a Mishimoto radiator and an open cam cover so has obviously had some work done at some point. Also has some aftermarket HID’s I believe.

The wheels are Axe, I don’t know the model, but are 18” and 8.5j all round.

It has a very light oil leak but runs and drives really nicely, no crunching in the gearbox and pulls nicely.

Initial Plans

As I don’t have any history with it, it’s going to Jimmer for a full service, new belts, new gearbox oil, diff oil, filters, the works. If anything else needs doing then I’ll loook at that. Probably a rear main seal too but I’ll wait and see what Jimmer says. That’s happening at the beginning of May.

I’m having the brakes changed to R33 Skyline callipers as the current setup means it’s hard to find new wheels to fit.

On to wheels, I’m choosing a new set soon to replace the current ones as they are in poor condition!

Im planning on ordering a new wing and some other bits from Z1 and will get them fitted by a bodyshop.

I’ve got a set of 99 rear lights and centre panel read to be installed, bought from Z Centre, which will look great. Just need to get round to fitting them.

Depending on how much money I’ve got left I’m planning on taking it to get the underside stripped back, rust treated and under sealed to give it some protection.

 

 

The long term plans for the car are about keeping it relatively stock with a few nice upgrades, OEM+ If you like. I’d like to redo the interior with Alcantara.

I might look at upping the power in the future as well but probably no more than 400bhp as I want to keep this as a nice cruiser for weekends and to take to some shows.

It’ll live in my garage and probably be mainly a summer car!

Before you move on to trace the circuit back to the speedo. You might want to be aware of this intermitent fault condition with the sensor and the fix. The end cap on your sensor has moved out of its original position (arrowed). I've attached the document which gives more details:

Speed Sensor - Visual Inspection.pdf

Thanks for the heads up on that. I’ll take a look but I didn’t have an intermittent fault though, the speedo just died on me and hasn’t worked since.

I’ll make sure that I seal it up before it goes back in the car!

 

 

Was the odometer still working after the speedometer failed? The speedo gauge itself has a signal processing function from the speed sensor (analogue wave form) to the electronics for the ECU/HICAS/Power Steering/Cruise Control and the odometer.  Knowing either way will help to narrow down the fault.

To be fair I didn’t look at the odometer, but everything else worked, rev counter, boost gauge, temp sensor

 

 

Gave the underside some love today while it’s in the air. Removed some of the old under seal that was peeling, rubbed back some of the surface rust and then covered the under side in its second treatment of Lanoguard in 6 months

On 29/03/2024 at 16:11, AndrewG said:

Was the odometer still working after the speedometer failed? The speedo gauge itself has a signal processing function from the speed sensor (analogue wave form) to the electronics for the ECU/HICAS/Power Steering/Cruise Control and the odometer.  Knowing either way will help to narrow down the fault.

So the Odometer is not registering miles currently and there is no signal from the speedos to the ECU either.

i had someone go over the solders but that hasn’t helped. What options does that leave?

im currently looking at buying another set as I’m running out of ideas!

And it’s fixed!

New speed sensor from Amayama for £140 delivered and it’s all right as rain!

Next, body shop for a little tidy up of the rear drivers side wing and she’ll be sitting pretty!

Amayama is brilliant! Glad it was a simple fix in the end and saved you messing around with the speedo again. 

Paint sorted on O/S/R wing. The bodywork really is immaculate on this car now!

And a pretty sad day for me as I have decided to put my Zed up For Sale.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want more photos or anything like that.

 

20 hours ago, RobHowl said:

Paint sorted on O/S/R wing. The bodywork really is immaculate on this car now!

And a pretty sad day for me as I have decided to put my Zed up For Sale.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want more photos or anything like that.

 

Sorry to hear you're selling Rob - but from the photo you shared with me, I can concur your car is looking amazing mate!

A good buy for someone, for sure 🙂 

Thanks Rich, I’ve put a lot of time and money in to it so hopefully it’ll make someone very happy for years to come!

On 05/07/2022 at 05:17, RobHowl said:

Got her back from the bodyshop today. I had the old Bomex rear wing removed, some welding done on the boot lid (rear wiper hole closed up) and had a new Twinz Design Wing 3 installed.

The wing I took off was not really my style, also blocked the view out the back pretty comprehensively, and I believe the new one compliments the lines of the Zed much more.

Turns out the boot had 9 layers of paint on it!!

I used TP Smart Repairs in Aylesbury as they have a good reputation and Tommy did a fantastic job. It looks excellent, is like an OEM+ look and will be much easier to clean

On 05/07/2022 at 05:17, RobHowl said:

Got her back from the bodyshop today. I had the old Bomex rear wing removed, some welding done on the boot lid (rear wiper hole closed up) and had a new Twinz Design Wing 3 installed.

The wing I took off was not really my style, also blocked the view out the back pretty comprehensively, and I believe the new one compliments the lines of the Zed much more.

Turns out the boot had 9 layers of paint on it!!

I used TP Smart Repairs in Aylesbury as they have a good reputation and Tommy did a fantastic job. It looks excellent, is like an OEM+ look and will be much easier to clean

I know this might be a far stretch because of how long ago this was, but do you still have the bomex wing ? And if so would you be willing to sell it?