john300zx

Mark I ordered parts from Courtesy Nissan USA, once they got their act together with UPS Post parts were here quite quick, also it might be quite a bit cheaper getting parts from USA with the weak dollar, there are adjustable links shown on the link I am posting here. http://www.courtesyparts.com/z32/index.html HTH cheers John Crisp

OOPS Willie I was thinking of gutting the cats, I still dont know whether to or not as my emission test at MOT was kinda dodgy. Cheers John Crisp

Flames out the back sounds good to me, I have flanges to fit directly onto the cats so with me going to a single silencer system I dont think keeping the resenator will make that much difference, also Willie mines all welded sections but I was thinking of maybee putting a couple of metal discs at certain points of maybee 3.5 inch diameter with a centre 1.5inch hole cut in it and maybee loads of smaller holes drilled in the uncut section, maybee this is a waste of time but to be honest I am not really looking for performance gain, only to make the car have a kinda outrageous look, but with a nice tone from the exhaust, anyone else experienced this. Cheers for the replies....John Crisp

Anyone ever experimented with trying to quieten their Stainless Exhaust System. At last I am gonna get the exhaust on my car made up, its gonna be 3.5 inch bore from the Cats to a Y-Pipe going to a single silencer which is 2 inch straight through. I dont want it to be really noisey, anyone ever put baffle's in the system pipework, if so what size, etc. Cheers John Crisp

Thanks Ajay cheque will be in the post. Cheers John Crisp

12 volt 13 watt i think are the correct ones.....u can get them from z-centre....but i have 12 v 5 w in mine and they look oki. Cheers John Crisp

Can anyone tell me when I am due to pay my next years suscription. I have paid 20 quid in the past but not sure when. Cheers John Crisp

Thats the way to get a job done with a dealer, a fixed price quote, but obviously they have been stung before with a job probably being quoted for but running over standard times and they are just covering their arse by quoting 10 hours for the cambelt change, but it would be interesting to see if another Nissan Garage give a similar quote in the same area. Also surely there must be a bit of negotiation with that labour rate, absolutely shocking.....no wonder dealers get a bad name. Anyway dealers are a bunch of robbing *******s, i know i work for one. Cheers John Crisp

Is the book time for a cambelt not 4 or 5 hours. Cheers John Crisp

I guess u have the holes on top of the tailgate filled and a small section of fibre glass fitted on the vertical part of the back of the tailgate to hide the hole and the indentation, any idea where it was made and if in can be bought ready made. Nice lookin car Bee Gee. Cheers John Crisp

OOPS post, not pots. John

I am spaced now, I have just spent the last hour looking through the rides section. Can anyone pots close up pics from both sides of the high level spoilers if they have any so i can see what it looks like. Also does anyone know who makes/supplies the small strip that runs along the tailgate where the indentation and the hole is in the middle of the tailgate is. Cheers John Crisp

Justin i dont think its just Houghtons, for some reason i think most insurance companies give higher quotes for in scotland, I have heard of people usung Tesco's, Direct Line, I cant get any quotes under like a grand from them. Cheers John Crisp

Cheers Paul i will have a look. John

Anyone got any pics of a tailgate skin and rear spoiler they could either post on here or mail to me at tottiegt4@yahoo.com . I am looking for pics of the finished article all painted etc as i am trying to get a tailgate skin made locally to hide the back end of the tailgate. Cheers John Crisp

Justin, Houghtons quoted me 500 recently for my 300, 36 yrs old, full no claims, SP30, cat 1 alarm, protected, 6000 miles a year......with a big bore i am getting fitted soon so i might be changing to them. I see quite a difference in quotes but i think locality has quite a big reflection of the quote and my postcode is quite close to the local Beiruit postcode. Cheers John Crisp

Whats the name of the company, my 300 is on classic with AON but i cant get it below 500 quid. Cheers John Crisp

Yeah Scott its a nightmare.......psychoflex (spelling) bonding silicone is a nightmare to remove....3 large blobs....tailgate is a bit bent at the brake light hole but otherwise ok. Just shitty tape over the holes till i get my paint for the spoiler and the strip made/ or the one off the car at helen st. Cheers John

Oops never finished that message, I was gonna say what a nightmare removing the standard spoiler was......its off now but i have a mate who works for a company who do mouldings etc so hopefully he can make me a strip for not a lot of money. Cheers John

Scott I think there must have been a strip on the car but i never looked to be honest, I'll phone him in the morning but with my luck the cars probably gone.

OOPS I am fitting a high level spoiler in place of the standard spoiler. Cheers John Crisp

Anyone ever had a tailgate skin made up to hide the hideous tailgate after the removal of the standard rear spoiler on my 93 uk 300. I have seen the ones at the z-centre but as usual i aint budgeted for another 100 quid so hopefully this is gonna be the cheaper option. Cheers Guys John Crisp

I'm getting my silencer from C+C Exhausts in Hillington on Tuesday who are fitting the tailpipe and tidying up the silencer they made for me. I was gonna gut the cats cut i am having 2nd thoughts when i hear about smoke and turbo's failing, but the noise factor also comes into it i guess. I cant wait to have the single exit system built. Just my 2p's worth Cheers John Crisp

Billy, cheers for the link, thats what i have seen before but couldnt find it. Richie pics would be most welcome, my e-mail add is tottiegt4@yahoo.com . Thanks for all the replies guys. Cheers John crisp

OOps forgot to mention there was no skin under the spoiler on the smashed 300, I just wanted to see whats involved in hiding the holes on the tailgate. Cheers John Crisp