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no just the bumper mate - stock wings. lug - you mean where that screw is?

:rofl: thanks James - does magic work with fibreglass? i guess not, nothing does :headvswal cheers Dave - i'll contact archenemy and see what they can do for me - id rather get a pro to do all four corners

...and its worth watching this one from the beginning: http://www.viddler.com/explore/failblog/videos/231/

fook it let's do a bit of cheeky hot-linking ;)

this thread should help. i wouldnt just pour in neat coolant as youd never know what ratio your ending up with. how long has the motor been running on pure water? :eek:

straight into the top of the radiator (when it's cold of course ;) ) - fill it to a couple of inches below the top.

spill the beans then!! :smash:

i spent a while this morning trying to identify the cause of the scrubbage - it looks like most of the inner arch lining from 11 oclock to 10 oclock is the cause, mainly where there is a small hardish rectangular part around one of the inner arch screws (this is all on the front nearside by the way, where the problem is definately is at its worst). i used a knife to cut out a small area around here, and i used a large metal file to reduce down a couple of bits of metal that were poking around needlessly. ill not get a chance to see if this has made any difference until Tuesday, but it looks like it might have helped. has anyone else gone to any lengths to remove or cut down their inner arch lining? where i have taken photos (apologies for the quality!), im able to use my thumb to push the lining a good inch or so upwards out of the way of the tyre. also, has anyone relocated their coolant overflow bottle, as there's about a mouse's fart's gap between my tyre and the bottle, even though the bottle is indented!!!

welcome to the club mate - I hope you enjoy the Z as much as the Delorean :bow:

WTF? Hit and run fail! :rofl:

:rofl: yep - theyre the work of Al~Qaida and the only way to stave off this new threat to western freedom is to pay the government more money and invade more countries in terms of wasps, i find wrestling is the best way, work on the kidneys and knee them into submission. two falls and theyre out!

so wide you could play football on the bonnet! ...but I agree, KITT all the way :bow:

o i c :rofl: sorry i had a blonde moment there :D thanks for the explanations guys!

eh?

after my suspension tuning ive noticed that i get a fair bit of scrubbage (esp. on the nearside front) when i travel over even slight bumps at speed. Chris (the suspension chap) and myself identified the main culprit as being the small rectangular bit of plastic near the top of the inner arch which houses one of the arch screws. the problem is mainly from this one side as we also identified that my (far from genuine) bumper is very slightly closer to the tyre on the nearside than it is on the offside. ive done a bit of research into arch rolling, but even though its only the inner arch im interested in, being a fibreglass bumper im worried about damage being done to it. therefore tomorrow morning, weather permitting, im going outside armed with a hammer and seeing what fun i can get up to. my inner arches are (as far as im aware) all present and correct, so what mods have you guys done to your inner arch to house those precious fat tyres? :D

:( :( terrible to see a Z in that state, made even worse when lots of money's been spent on it. i thought i recognised it but its not as shiny and doesnt have the same badge on the headlight panel.

thanks all 3 of you for your input - im planning on scrapping my crappy front fogs and going with ducts instead :bow: the problem is my headlights really are crap and should i have an accident i dont want to get fitted up by my insurers because of HIDs

...are our cars legally required to have front fog lights? ...are HID kits actually legal on the road? i read somewhere that they may not be legal because the angle can't be adjusted. is this true or tosh? thankyou :D

i saw it up on the ramps on Wednesday. nice wheels! :cool: ;)

...Zedworld (yet again!)...for getting to the bottom of my drop in performance and why i couldn't boost past 14psi and why it took about 2 seconds to get there in the first place! :rofl: . turned out the connector to the det sensor was ballsed and the ECU was retarding the timing. now i know what the word 'boost' means again ;) also time to start tweaking the controller to chase 17psi.

oh, and my Z weighs exactly 1600kg (with half a tank of petrol and no driver), with 53/47 weight distribution not nearly as much as you're thinking ;)

just had mine sorted today. read about it here: :) http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=129801

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: brilliant!!! no hitting eachother with frying pans though :(

as expected really ;) nice one mate - give someone else a chance ;) :rofl:

...upon hearing some good feedback from this thread I decided to use them to set up the brand new aftermarket suspension initially installed by Zedworld. I have to say...and only the guys that have already been there can know what I mean by this...I cannot ****ing recommend this company enough!!! I spent near on seven hours there today (and thats after spending two hours at Zedworld for a few tweaks), and loved every minute of it. Chris' knowledge not only of suspensions but also of performance (esp. track day performance) in general is second to none, and why he's not closely involved with WRC or the like is a mystery to me :confused: Basically, I had KYB, Eibach and Powertrix parts recently installed. I loved the firmness of the new ride, and the handling seemed to improve over my old stock suspension...that is until I drove it after the propor geometry setup. After literally hours of fiddling, tweaking, measuring (and just a little bit of hammering and blowtorching ;) ) he took me out for a spin. Bare in mind that today the weather chucked it down, and the roads were quite wet. First of all we did the roundabout test. Chris took the newly setup Z with me as a passenger to a small, tight roundabout, and proceeded to drive in constant solid circles around it, in the wet, at a steady 23mph. it took less than 3 seconds to complete each circuit of the roundabout. if i hadn't been there i would never have believed that a powerful RWD could achieve that. the next test was straight-line performance. we found a safe, quiet country road. Chris dropped it into first, folded his arms, and anchored the gas pedal. we shot off down the wet road in a dead straight line. then, at the top of the rev range, he slammed on the brakes until we were back at rest. all the way through this he didn't need to touch the steering wheel once - the car (again, on a WET road), accellerated brutally and came to a halt in a perfect line. i still am absolutely gobsmacked at how a powerful RWD car could perform so precicely even in the dry, let alone in the wet. we found a pub car park, and swapped places. straight away, i found the car was working with me, for the first time for over 6 years. as i entered corners at speed i found myself no longer dividing my concentration between my driving, and expecting something to step out and having to be ready to catch it. i could approach a corner 100% confidently that i knew what the outcome would be. i am astounded at what a transformation such a little bit of tweaking can produce. :bow: Chris is a splendid chap with a good sense of humour, an unquenchable passion for motors and performance, and an enthusiasm for customer's cars that's second to none. It was also a pleasure to meet Matt, and Chris' wife Jayne. Guys, I cannot thank you enough! :cry: :bow: :bow: