My Z is a mess but I am slowley making it better. I washed her today, the first time since putting DaveW's spoiler on (Thanks Dave, Looks 100% better now) and Jon's brake light, (Thanks Jon, looks the Biz now!)

 

I took a few ticks just to keep but I may as well share them with you. I got some but this is with a new camera

 

The, Z, ready to pounce off the drive

 

Rear view showing the spoiler and light. The old spoiler was soaked and was ripped all along the bottom. I can not stress how much nicer it is with the new one on.

 

An arty picture.

 

Arty picture 2.

 

Nice and shiney side. You can see the whole world on it.

 

Any thats it. What you think?

She's ordinary, but she's mine.

 

Stuart

nice shiny zorst mate, is it new or have you just polished the tailpipes??!!

 

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I feel the need, the need for speed!

 

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Originally posted by Paul C:

nice shiny zorst mate, is it new or have you just polished the tailpipes??!!

 

 

I polished it. It took me about an hour to get off 3 years of crap. But now that its off, I just wipe it with a cloth and it all comes off.

 

Stuart

looks the biz mate, what make is it??

 

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I feel the need, the need for speed!

 

Nice one Stuart - looks lovely.

Mongoose

i was hoping thats what you were gonna say! after one myself!!

 

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I feel the need, the need for speed!

 

looks lovely, my rear spoiler needs doing :\

 

what does the mongoose exhaust sound like, im tempted to go for one

 

Mike

join in on the group buy Mike!!!!

 

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I feel the need, the need for speed!

 

goto www.nissanzx.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

 

its a site that I was starting to do but not touched in ages.

 

Click on sound and there is a short sound clip of the exhaust. Its only from the laptop mic so its not that good, but good enough to get the gist.

 

Stuart

 

Mike Also http://www.300zx.co.uk/rides/srrae/tc.avi

 

Right click download on the link. Its a Vid of my car pulling off with Traction Control on.

 

You need DIVX 5 on. If you dont have it, you will get sound and no pics. If you have DIVX you will see the pics too.

im tempted, need to sort out cash flow this month though need to sort out NPS on gear box and a new wheel bearing

 

sounds nice!!!!

Is that a Rover 200/400 I see in the reflection of your Z?

 

Nice pics by the way!

 

Very nice Stuart!!

Originally posted by Cos:

Is that a Rover 200/400 I see in the reflection of your Z?

 

Nice pics by the way!

 

No its a Nissan Bluebird

Looks great Stuart, glad my rear spoiler ended up getting a good home!

Did you re-paint it? The colour match is very good.

Wish my Mongoose shone like that I think you're gonna have to let me in on your secret!

Dave

 

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Looks very smart m8 , what cleaning stuff did you use?

 

oh and that wall needs a bti of attention m8 , wouldnt want those bricks falling on the zed now would we

 

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Hi Dave.

No I didnt paint it again, the colour is slighly different, but you have to look really close to notice and even then its hardly noticable. I polished it a little to try get some of that "orange skin" effect as you called it. I used the harsh Auto Glym Paint Renovator, and it came of with out trying really.

 

Clarkey, I use Auto Glym or is it Gylm? I dont know

As you can see I have every think they make under the sun.

But I feel the more you keep it clean the less you need to do later to make it sparkle. Once a year I have a blitz on it. About 6 hours of Shampoo, dry, tar remover, paint renovator (Harsh, like T-Cut), resin polish (Not harsh polish) Gloss protection (Makes it like glass) and then the glass, tyres, wheels rubber seals etc etc.

Any way.....!!!!!

I wash my car at least once a week. And because I have polished it like that and I wash it often, it always comes out shiny. Next week I will wash and dry it and it will look like that again, with out needing the polish. In 3 months time, providing I get time to wash and dry it every week, it will still look like that after every wash.

Today I washed an polished it with the resin polish, the soft polish, because it hasnt been washed for a few weeks.

 

My advice is, if any one wants it not that any one does, is to wash your car, and if posible dry it too every week. You will find that your car will look like it has been polished every time you wash it.

 

Clarkey, I know the wall needs attention. That is through years of the wall being hit by the cars being put on the drive. Every one in the family has had an encounter with it, bar me *touching wood now!* My mums the best who managed to virtually beached the Sierra on the wall. :S Dont ask how.

 

Stuart

Originally posted by Cos:

Is that a Rover 200/400 I see in the reflection of your Z?

 

Nice pics by the way!

 

Actually the car on the front my just be. It could be either the peoples over the road's Pug 206 or Rover 200

im thinking of spending this money thats burning a hole in my pocket on some autoglym stuff. You mind me asking how much that little lot cost?

 

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Auto glym is good, managed to do this to my Z

 

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Cant remember. I know that Halfords do a set in a green bag with loads of the stuff there.

The things I have, have been built up over a while. Its like, get shampoo one week, next week get the polish. Few weeks later get tyre dressing and alloy cleaner, stuff like that.

The shampoo for 1L is £6 I think but it lasts ages, the polishs are about £4-5 each, tyre dressing £4 or so and the alloy cleaner. Costs very little if you buy when you need it. If you got it all at once I think it would cost you about £40.

But thinks like the tar remover I hardly use becuase you have to polish it after to get rid of the huge smudge it makes, but it does get rid of tar very well. The Extra gloss protection I only use after I use the Paint Renovator (T-Cut) Because it puts a layer of protection of it, which has just been ripped off by the Renovator. So things like that you dont really need untill you really go to town on your car.

 

If I was you I would get

Shampoo,

Super Resin Polish

and

Glass Polish.

 

Later on when you want more detail, get

Tyre Dressing,

Wheel Cleaner,

and

Bumper Care.

 

The tyre dressing makes the rims nice and black, but its not like a black paint. Its a spray that soaks into the rubber keeping the wall moist.

The bumper care is for all the rubber trims making them supple, last longer and really black. I also find that after about 10 mins of really slapping it into the T-Top seals, it helps to stop the water getting in. It used to pour in mine and leave the seat wet but now I get a drop every now and then, and when that happens I take them off and work more bumper care into it and it stops leaking for a few months then do it again and this time it will last longer untill it starts leaking again. Well it does for me.

 

One other word or wisdom from me.

Always follow the instruction on the bottle. If it says wash/polish in straight strokes, do it that way. If its annoying/tiring/awkward to do it that way, keep with it, other wise you wont get the best out of the product and end up with swirly polish marks and stuff.

 

Stuart

 

(Cleaning. The only thing I am good for )

 

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The Darkside is strong in you

SRRAE - so what did u use on the tailpipes, mine are all black now. I can get the round ends clean with mr muscle but not the inside bits like you have.

 

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Z first and anything else is secondary!

John Newcomb (NukeEm)

www.geocities.com/jn300zxtt

thanks for the info, ill go buy myself a treat later then . Nice bag of tricks make the car nice.

 

There are some deep scratches on the drivers door, they can be seen in my rides section, and a big dent too. where could it go to be fixed? and how much ui think it would cost?

 

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