sumshiftyguy

Admins - hopefully I'm not breaking any rules with this post and it's in the right section! I've recently (Mar 2023) started a coaching business where I empower individuals and couples with young families to overcome money stress and be more confident and intentional with their finances. I've already got a few great clients but I'm looking to market myself more and realised that I've not mentioned it on here to all of you lovely lot! Why did I do this and why should you care, you might ask? Before I had kids I was adrift in life and goals and my money was no exception. My attention would flit from one passion project to the next (*points menacing finger at 300zx*😅)and I paid no real consideration to the long term. If life was like a game of snakes and ladders, I was on the final straight to the finish. Then I became a father and almost overnight I felt an immense amount of pressure to have a plan. For the kids future - their education, their first home, their savings; and for the family's future - our retirement and our standard of life. I had to know our money was going to set us up for success. I'd landed on a snake and found myself right back at the start with the whole game still to play. Fortunately I have a background in finance which I was able to leverage to fast track my learning around personal finance, financial independence and investing. I came up with a plan for our family to become financially free within 5yrs. A way for my wife and I to cut back on work to maximise the very limited time we have with our kids before they start to prioritise time with their friends over time with us. We can't be 100% certain of what life will throw at us or our girls but we're so much more confident now that we'll be able to handle it and that our finances will remain stable. None of this would have been possible without creating a plan for our money which removed the daily stress and worry of decision making and wondering whether our long term goals were still on track. If any of this sounds familiar to you or you know someone that might be having similar worries then I'd love to have a chat with them to see if coaching might be valuable for them. I’m also open to working with referral partners such as financial advisors, mortgage brokers and life coaches as my offering can be a great way to prepare clients for these follow-on services. You can see more about what I offer on my social accounts - do give them a follow and engage / share if anything resonates with you: https://instagram.com/theukmoneycoach https://www.facebook.com/TheUKMoneyCoach If you have any questions, let me know!

Hot on the heels of the AV setup, I also wanted to adjust the stance. I had been looking into BBKs such as the Akebono and when I discovered that they wouldn't fit under my BBS LMs, the thought did cross my mind to replace the wheels but wanting to delay that expense, I opted for spacers. The fronts, as they are running Porsche calipers, already had 10mm spacers on them but the rears were not. I opted to go 20mm on the front and put the 10s on the rear. I think the rear sits perfectly now but the fronts could do with some positive camber adjustment BEFORE AFTER . BEFORE AFTER . BEFORE AFTER

Despite owning a 300zx for almost 12yrs, I've never had a fully working sound system. I wasn't too bothered as I quite like taking in the sounds of a full throttle driving experience but with a Euro road trip coming up and lots of motorways til we reach our destination I decided now would be a good time to replace the redundant Japanese system with something more modern. I had attempted to modernise my last 300zx as well, identifying the components I'd need for my build and even having someone fabricate a double din android tablet holder but I never managed to finish the job before selling. Fast forward to 2023 and there is a lot of choice when it comes to Android headunits which are plug-and-play. The headunit runs Android and can take it's own data-enabled sim but I just hotspot off my mobile instead of having to pay for another mobile contract. My phone also connects via BT for calls, messages, etc. As an Android unit, I can also use all the other usual apps - Waze and GMaps, Whatsapp, GMail, YouTube, Netflix, Prime, etc. I've also installed NDSI for live diagnostics. For speakers, I've kept what was in the car already. I believe the fronts are aftermarket but the rear are stock. I've installed a Cerwin Vega spare wheel (slim) sub which is immense. I contacted CW and discovered that they do not ship or support sales outside the US so I had to do some digging to find a supplier Stateside who would ship to me. In terms of accessories / peripherals, I've installed a USB ODB adapter to work with the NDSI app. It works perfectly except for not reading speed but I'm aware of the fix and just need to get around to doing it. It's proven so shouldn't be any issues there I hope. I've also installed a bullet-style reverse cam fitted in place of the tailgate lock. It's not the highest resolution but much better than expected and is very, very useful. Finally I've installed a wireless charge-pad connected to the quick charge port of the Atoto and situated it in the centre console. The idea is that when I get into the car, I turn on hotspot and then put the phone away in the console, using the Atoto for anything and everything whilst driving. I've been able to do away with the unsightly phone holder and charging cables entirely. Removing the old stuff was also very good as there was a LOT of stuff...the previous owner was definitely running some sort of big AV setup as well as the Japanese told card reader, etc. One thing that has stopped working is the melody box. It must have been wired into the old system but we couldn't figure out how to refit so I'll be looking into replacing that as I loved the authenticity it gave the car...or feeling of! The finished product sounds and performs incredibly well so I'm absolutely chuffed! So is my 2yr old who came for a ride today and was quite content sitting in the back watching Paw Patrol on the HD screen..lol . . .

Happy Birthday!

Here's a table I found in my own research on the topic. I believe it to be accurate

Can't help with an answer but do you have pics??

Thanks all! Haven't been on here for the past few weeks as was jaunting across Northern Europe with the fam.

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The annoying thing I'm finding is that all the bullet style cameras claim to be HD / night vision capable / etc but the reviews suggest otherwise. It looks a lot like pot luck. So far I've not been able to find a HD camera that will fit so may need to go with a low-res one for the time being. Unless I can figure out another place to mount a larger camera. I don't really want to put holes in the bumper!

Thanks. Having not taken the panel apart / off yet my assumption was that I would present the camera from behind the panel and have it sit flush with the outside edge. I'm going to be ordering a couple of different cameras and will need to trial and error fit them.

Did you know what dimension the camera had to be or was it trial and error / luck?

Does anyone know what the internal dimensions are of the tailgate lock barrel? I'm considering fitting a reverse cam in there. I do have a link to a camera which I know another owner has installed successfully but unfortunately the listing doesn't mention it's dimensions. I'm hoping to find one with Night Vision and perhaps HD too.

I've been to plenty of shows but not displayed at many. I thought the organisation for this one was very well done. There was absolutely no friction at any point and there was something for everyone but it is still a car show so my kids faded pretty quickly come noon. I do like these sorts of shows where it's not all about measuring dicks (ie. super/hyper cars only). You can really feel the passion in the air as you're walking around checking out everyone else's pride and joy. Thanks Tom for organising! I'd certainly be interested in making this an annual fixture in my diary. It's so close to me that it would be rude not to! ...and allow me to balance out the representation of the non-blue attendees...

I won't be able to make a 6am meetup I'm afraid. I'm hoping to be there for around 7.45am. Loving the hot and sunny weather but hoping for a little cloud cover from time to time to make it more enjoyable!!

Likewise, though I'm waiting for a reply from the organiser on whether there are any rules for departure times. Will have the kids with me so more than likely I'll be making an early exit...

What's the benefit of this mod? Not heard of it before @Aff68 aren't you selling your car? Or do I have you confused with someone else??

Very lucky indeed!! Though the seller could have done a better photoshop job! I hope he ended up giving you a discount!!

My car came with what I believe to be a very rare Tommy Kaira cat-back exhaust system. I liked the look of the oval tips but the sound was a little too subtle for me. I wasn't after an ASBO exhaust but I did want more of a sense of occasion when driving it. I had heard that the Veilside Evolution was the one to go for if you could have any but those are rare these days so I had consigned myself to having a custom system fabricated. My V8 F-Type R had an inconel system and was by far one of the best sounding exhausts I've experienced so I started looking into an inconel custom system. If you know anything about these things, you would not be surprised to hear that my search ended pretty quickly once I found how how bloody expensive that would be! Stainless steel is would be then! I started corresponding with a few fabricators via social media, where I could see several examples of their work to give me some level of confidence. Costs weren't too bad and I was almost ready to get serious about it but one niggling thought kept popping into my head - "how would I know what it would sound like before it was made (and costs sunk)??". Anyway, fate struck and at the right time, an ABFlug Power Superior system became available in the UK. I hadn't actually heard much about them previously but some quick digging and chatting to those who know (much) better led me to understand that THIS was the system to pick and was actually very similar, if not identical to the Veilside Evolution. More importantly (for me), I was able to find one solitary video on Youtube of this system fitted to a SWB TT in the US....and it sounded glorious! I wasn't too enamoured by the look but it would be worth it. I think. Fast forward through a few months of it sitting in my office in bubble wrap, waiting for better weather (and time to polish it!) and it was finally fitted last week. I had timed the fitting to coincide with a planned drive this morning with my car club to Kingsley Range Rover and I love how much better it sounds. The car really feels like it has so much more presence! Neither system had any whisper of a drone but this one has a lovely deep boom and burble that you can definitely tell that I'm coming now. All this on a stock engine with cats in place! It also doesn't look all that bad, though I'm still not a fan if looking at it from a certain angle but I won't have to do that much! I made a view comparing the two and posted some photos of them fitted below: https://youtu.be/q5dbxJS3QSU

Evri as shambolic. Like Raja, I always use my own service via Parcel2Go and make sure not to select Evri! Hope it gets resolved for you Richard. And Gareth, if you're here...where in Croydon? There's a few of us about!

Thanks, that's a good idea. Where did you source yoir hangers and gaskets from? Are they particular to the 300zx?

Ticket purchased. Updated list below based on other posts: 1) TheRealNips 2) GSC 3) Raja93 4) Bones28 - Zedless 5) MattE 6) AndrewG 7) Sumshiftyguy (Vig)

If I was looking to DIY replace my current cat-back system with another, what parts should I be replacing? And are there recommendations / trusted items for this? What I have so far: Gaskets? Spring bolts? Should I be using an exhaust sealant instead of / in addition to replacing the gaskets?

The past year has flown by and it's MOT time already! Went for it last week and to my surprise, it failed. Nothing major or sinister but a split steering rack gator and no rear fog light. The latter was a shock as it passed an MOT prior to being registered in the UK but after a bit of investigation, it was supposedly fitted with a temporary item to get through the MOT. It is slightly annoying that I wasn't told all of this as I would have had a whole year to sort out the rear fog install but c'est la vie. With support from @AndrewG, we managed to wire in a switchable rear fog light which was connected directly to the front fog, so operated via the standard fog switch. Went for gator fit and re-test today and sailed through. Hoping to now have problem and worry free use of the car over the warmer months with lots of events lined up! Some photos of the rear fog install, for posterity.

That is annoying!! I feel for you. Where are you based? If you're going for a full new MOT then time to look into an alternative testing station?

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