Adam D

I'm probably about 4 years late to the party as always!! Made me chuckle but NSFW!!! https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/?_ga=2.66218798.1445413874.1566161089-1634355827.1566161089 Search for a Smart car RJ04ZYX

Might give them a try, £100 less than K-Sport ones I've seen and they also do ones to fit the old style bell housing. With the ones K-Sport sell you have to use adapters with them on the old style bell housings which are a further £36

You can do that quick climate control diagnostic if you haven't seen it, Gaz. At least it would give a rough idea what might be wrong: https://conceptzperformance.com/wiki/index.php/Auto_Climate_Control_Diagnostics

They are a far cry from the old days, I do miss my old 205 GTi sometimes, that was a hoot to drive!! I think the last car they made that I liked was the 406 Coupe...

Interesting, I've found replacement front discs on there for the 330mm K-Sport big brake kit... £285, that's a fair bit cheaper than K-Sports own replacement discs which I was looking at getting, are they as good quality?

Cheers Pete, I did speak to him but they only stock the EBC discs & pads

They seem to only have front pads listed currently. Just noticed Euro Car Parts have 50% off brake parts currently so may get the pads from there

They seem a good price, what pads do you use with them as none listed on there at the mo?

Does anyone have any recommendations for OEM spec rear discs and pads? Euro Car Parts stock the Pagid OEM stuff, anyone used those before?

Done

Wow, fantastic showcase for the club, stand and lighting looked awesome and a great selection of cars!!

Congrats on the new car,looks very tidy! :thumbup:

Ah thats handy cheers Pete. I'm not far from you so they are both nearby

I'd be interested in this, not sure how many takers there would be I'm looking into this as well at the moment, my friend who I would normally use has moved to Scotland and is in the process of relocating his business. I won't be looking at a race setup, basic 4 wheel alignment but from a company who can tailor the setup to your requirements. I'm also in the Midlands so will keep you posted.

Good news mate!

Looks great dude! Completely standard and not messed with from what I can tell too

Hi welcome to the club!! Yep, get some pics up or its all a big fib! :biggrin: It's £25 for 1st year, renewal fee is £20 each year

Cheers guys, liking the look of the Stillen kit so will give Mike a shout

I had Energy red poly bushes, Whiteline ARB's and Tein coilovers on my Prelude a while back. I'm surprised I'm not crippled with that combo! The Energy bushes are quite harsh definately a fair bit over stock on that car, although the ones I replaced with were fairy worn. I think I'm definitely looking for similar setup to what you are after, softer ride bout 20-30mm lowered. Cheers for the advice everyone so far, so thinking at the mo: Meister-R coilovers Uprated ARB's OEM/Nismo bushings 300 degree front camber arms Powder coating remainder of OEM arms Just a couple of questions: 1) On the Meister R's can you specify spring rates on the lower priced version (£749 ZetaCRD 8/6) or is it just the £1500 GT1 made to order model? 2) Any recommendations on ARBs? I have used Whiteline in the past and been happy with them both performance and durability Cheers!

Funnily enough I found the old spec sheet for the car and it used to have a full set of Powertrix arms, but the previous owner reverted back to stock before I bought it. I'm thinking of Meisters as they have height adjustment. I've never been happy with how the KYBs sit since I had the springs swapped (I'm a fussy git lol!) Andrew that camber kit looks good and will check through that pdf for the bushes. Think the KYB/Eibach combo lowers by 20mm if I remember, so do the standard rear arms allow much more adjustment?. I wouldn't want to go much lower than it is now but just have a bit more control over the heights which the Meisters afford.

The plan is to replace brake lines, discs and pads which will all be needed for the MOT, and at same time underseal it and go for powdercoating on parts, but I’m starting to look into whether that would be the time to replace any arms for upgraded adjustable. Is there much point for mainly normal & fast road and the very occasional track day? The bushings would have to be binned when powder coating so was looking into best options for those, whether to go stock/Nismo (unless NLA) or upgraded again. I gather the Nismo would sit in between stock and upgraded in performance/comfort? (I think I remember Si talking about these so will search that post out) From what I gather the stock rear camber has a bit of adjustment and none on the front? If so, what sort of height reduction would you need to start looking at going adjustable front and upgraded rear camber arms?

Blimey!!

Hopefully looking at making some changes to my Zed before I put it back on the road in spring. I'm looking at rebuilding as much of the underside as I have time for over the winter, including undersealing but mainly looking at swapping out the suspension and possibly adjustable arms and the like. Does anyone have any suggestions on available stuff, there seems to be a fair few options on Concept Z or are people preferring stock arms? Any "well if you're taking that out you might as well do..." to be aware of? (I'm sticking with HICAS). Current setup is KYB AGX/Eibach fitted by a previous owner. Its had a bushing kit a few years ago before I purchased it (can't remember the brand in the receipts but bought from DTA if anyone knows who that is/was) I think I'll be going with Meister R's (the £750 option) as heard good things in general, how are they on the Zed? Which option do people have for mainly road use?

Welcome back matey :thumbup:

I've not been on here much recently so just catching up on what's happened. I feel for you for how you've been treated but I'd take a few weeks to think about it. With you looking at selling the parts , I assume you've changed your mind on importing another Zed from a different importer now? Definitely hold on to at least the parts for now I'd say, as the time taken to research and order the parts plus the loss on the parts and delivery is a lot on top of what you've already been through.