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Hi all, my prop shaft bearings are going (possibly) and I thought I’d look at changing to a single piece as I’ve heard it’s an upgrade as they are lighter. anyone know anything about them? Where I could get one? Are they an upgrade or am I wasting my limited squids?

Passed the MOT! Inspector said it’s really good for it’s age, better than some of the newer cars he had today 👍 Also had a go with Lanoguard yesterday to give it some TLC. Very easy to do, smells like horse.

That’s interesting Joely, what’s the solution? Doable in my garage with my time, basic tools and very basic mechanical know how?? 😂

The only stuff I had done that could have caused an issue was the inner and outer Hicas ball joints. its going back to the garage in November (they’re moving premises at the moment) for them to have a look at it. I was wondering about the prop shaft bearings as for all the time I’ve had the car, when I pull away or change down to 1st or 2nd, the car rattles at about 1200rpm. Just briefly but I always wondered what it was. Didn’t seem to cause any issues but maybe related?

Not massively impressed with the titanium key. Seems to have scratched very easily and quickly, plus it’s started to flex. Admittedly it was a tight fit in my door lock (cut from a photo) which meant some resistance when I turned it but I didn’t expect it to actually bend! Since it came back from the garage in March it’s had road noise and vibrations through the seat at 50-60mph. I've had the wheels balanced and it hasn’t solved the problem. It seems to be worse when I first start driving the car and as it warms up it lessens but is very pronounced certainly at first.

1993 LWB TT in Black is a blog I’ve been doing on the forum with all my stuff I’ve done over the last 18 months!!

Hi Denis, nice to meet you mate, car looks nice. What mods have you been doing?

Today I got hold of this rather tidy steering wheel. Mine is flaking and in a sorry state and needs recovering. I nearly tore RichardS’s arm off when he said he was selling his old (refurbed) one! Not fitted it yet but will soon, thanks Rich

Why would that have just started do you think mate? Anyway I can find out for sure?

Mine has been in garage for wheel balancing as had vibration (felt from rear) at 50-60mph and a lot of road noise. Three needed doing, one was quite bad apparently and the road noise is much better but still getting vibration.

Still attending if anyone’s about. Four turned up last year

When I got the car, I only had the valet key. So I bought a new black master key from Amayama (£12) and really wanted the titanium one. Found a company in the states that make replica’s and can cut them from a photo. 😬 Wasnt sure about this but someone else on the forum used them without issue. It arrived today, looks the business, and does work on the car. It’s a little stiff in the drivers door lock but will hopefully losses up a bit. Cost £76 all in for cutting and shipping so thought it was worth a go! if you’ve got the key code then they can do it from that

Got on the interior last week and fitted my ZSpec double din stereo fascia to replace the butchered one that was already in it. Turned out to be a bit of a ballache of a job in the end, only because it was difficult setting my JVC stereo up at the correct height etc. Anyway, so the kit I bought was really good, really well packaged with crystal clear instruction cards written for dummies (fortunately for me). It came with its own mounts for the stereo too and is mainly setup for Kenwood or Pioneer as they seem to be the top main brands in the states. I ended up test fitting a number of times and having to modify the mounting brackets to get it to fit but the difference it makes in the car is really noticeable. Sounds weird as the single din fascia isn’t all that different (after butchery) but having a proper setup it streaks ahead. The stereo also sits at more of a 90 degree angle than the old one as well, so I get a lot less glare on the screen now.

Turns out he was wrong! I took the key back, asked him to cut it anyway despite his protestations and it only bloody works! So there you, you can get a main key cut from the valet 👍

Hey guys, Torqen (LU7 9GW) are have a JDM meet up again this summer where they have loads of different JDM cars and food and stuff. It’s round the corner from my house so I’m going. I believe it’s first come first served for parking but last year there were 4 Z32’s there which was good! any interest?

Welcome to the club mate, cool looking car! The flared rear on the SWB make it look muscley

I’m just going on what society seems to want to tell us! im sure you’re an expert on onions and all their variety! 😂

Ah man that’s annoying! Our local guy is really good, it’s only a little shop in our small town but he’s got a YouTube channel with 270,000 subscribers, so he knows his onions! And keys.

That’s my plan! Did you send them a photo of your key then? What was the postage like to UK?

I’ve only got the red spare key with the car so I ordered a new 300zx black master from Amayama (KEY0000095). Took it to my local key cutter and it’s the wrong key apparently! It does look slightly different to be fair. So first question, are there more than one master key? Does anyone know the part number? Mines a 1993 JDM. And the the one above is available if anyone wants, it cost me about £13 so happy to sell for that plus postage. Second question, I’m also going to order a nice titanium one and would like to get it cut off the original spec, research shows that a sticker in the glovebox has the code, mine has long gone, but my red key has a 4 digit code engraved on it. Can anyone confirm if this is the code?

Did you get a ticket in the end?

Evening Gents, Did we get a 4th for this event? Looking forward to it! What time are you guys getting there? I had an email a couple of days ago about it

Today I looked at mine in the garage while getting the kids scooters out before going to the park! I am definitely taking it out next week! Rich, I really like your interior, one day I am determined to get mine fully redone in Alcantara

Thanks Lexx, it’s was only chatting to Rich that I realised there were different series. Thought it would be useful info for people to have!

Evening, does anyone have information on the different series of Z32 that were released over its lifetime and what the differences were between the series?