phill82

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Having recently fitted the 99 spec rear lights, I think I actually prefer the '300zx' writing in the white of the old lights. Everything else about the 99 spec is far better though.

Anyone know which week's show this will be in? Saw a split second of it in the series preview at the start of tonight's show.

maybe:)

will do, as soon as I get it back!

Mine was there! Stock black one (as in sig), with recently fitted 99 spec rear lights :D. Mines having the air con sorted. I guess I will have missed you though, I dropped it off about 8:30.

can't be doing with black wheels, always think they look like you just lost the plastic wheel trim! Each to their own though...

I haven't laughed so much in a long while!

Out of it's peers, I think it's the only one with the elegance to be a supercar. Obviously the performance is another matter.

ah but he may not have realised his true identity! I do now!

...there you go!

I at last got chance to check the coolant levels this evening. It took about 1/2 a litre to bring the radiator up to the brim, and another 1/2 litre into the reservoir to bring that up to the 'H' (full) line. So it wasn't dry, and as I said, Zedworld told me to check it a while ago but I never got round to it so I would have half expected it to be a bit low. Thanks WillieO. I get the change in engine revs when switching as you say, but the air temperature coming out of the vents doesn't change at all (I had the temp set at minimum to test). I also felt the little radiator in front of the main one and that was not warm at all.

The car had been standing for about an hour and a half, but with the weather being as it is it was still pretty warm. I'm afraid I've no idea if the air con system has been refilled at any point, there's no mention of it in my rather sketchy service history. It wasn't working very well before - with it on, the air blew out very slightly colder than when turned off, but wouldn't have described it as 'cold'. It doesn't appear to work at all now though - blows distinctly warm no matter how you set it. Thanks Paul, so do I pour the water into number 11 (rad cap) and not number 7? Do I need distilled water or can I just use tap water (with anti-freeze)? The level could be low regardless of this incident as when I last got it back from Zedworld they told me to check it and top it up after a couple of days, but I forgot :slap:.

Thanks guys, I'll have to check when I get back from work. 300_zedx - is it not number 7 that I need to check (just read my manual!), I did have a quick look under the radiator cap (11) but couldn't see much. Any ideas why the air con should have stopped working at the same time? The fan works, just blows warm air. Thanks.

I've not checked the water level as such - possibly really stupid question, but how do you check it? Have I got to take the arch liner out?

does your air con work now? (sounds similar to the problem I've just had)

I aways used to admire your car for it's stock wheels! I'll shut up though, if I tried to stick up for stock wheels I think I'd be fighting a loosing battle!

is this wheel round?

I started the car today and thought I'd leaving it running for a few minutes so that the air con could cool the inside down a bit before driving it. After a minute or two there was a sudden whoosh and cloudy steam looking stuff came out from under the bonnet! Seemed to be coming from the passenger side at the front somewhere. I turned the engine off. It hissed/steamed for 30 seconds or so and then died away. I couldn't see anything very obviously wrong (not that you can see much in those engine bays) so I started it up again and everything seemed OK, so I gingerly drove it home (watching the temp gauge like a hawk!). Every thing was fine engine wise, the only thing wrong was that the air con had stopped working. So I'm guessing (hoping) that the steam and hissing was 'just' something to do with the air con and nothing more serious. Does that sound likely? Any idea what could have actually happened/would have caused it? And what sort of job I'll be looking at to get it fixed? Any help much appreciated. Phill

Thanks for that Chris, very interesting.

Saw a silver one parked at Lidl in Shrews this morning on my way to work. Not the one in your pictures though. Was a fairly standard J-spec, just with aftermarket wheels from what I could see, G-reg.

was it 300bhp stock or 280? Sorry for all the questions... but I've always wondered how you measure power at the flywheel on a rolling road?

how do those figures compare with how it came out of the factory? Are the factory figures that get quoted flywheel or rear wheel figures?

Sounds interesting! I work at Creative Audio (hifi shop, down dogpole). How about you? Do you know any of the other Zeds (and owners!) in Shrewsbury?

I still find my completely stock Zed pretty scary! There are some occasions when I wouldn't mind a bit more, but they are quite few and far between. Although I'm sure I'll get used to it and start getting power hungry like the rest of you at some point!