Adam D

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.

I don't believe the Zed isn't in the same range as the rest (Supra, GTO, RX7 etc) they should all be worth roughly the same by rights. I love my Zed but don't think any car in that group is worth £20k+ (excluding your Zed, my personal favourite in the club and I don't even like SWB's!! :biggrin:). The NSX is and was on launch a higher lever car than the others. The S15 has never dipped below £10k from what I remember. I see the S14 has gone up in value though! Probably due to the majority being driven into the ground by the drifting community. I suppose Japanese cars in general should be going up in value, due to badge snobbery against them lowering as time goes on (similar to what happened with Fords for example), so I guess we should probably accept the higher values!

I wouldn't pay £20k for a Zed personally. I think £10-15k max for any of the Japanese supercar-like models, barring the NSX. Not checked prices recently but isn't £25k into NSX territory? There's no comparison between the two cars as far as I'm concerned. I do like the MkIV Supra, the 2JZ engine is superb, but definately prefer the Mk3 or the A60 models. As a comparison to the Z32 you only need to look at Joel's pics to see which has aged better, inside and out . A lot of the Japanese cars which are holding and climbing in value are ones related to movies, such as models from The Fast & Furious mentioned above and the AE86 from Initial D for example. I guess a lot of the earlier Gran Turismo poster cars too... the Supra & Skyline fit into that catagory amongst others. One car I've never understood which has always held its value is the later version of the S14 180SX. I've always been fond of these but last time I checked a few years ago the earlier models were around £3-4k but the later ones closer to £10k.....

Here's a couple of shades- Ignore the old reflection on the bumper :closedeyes: bit short of time!

Just quickly knocked up grey-ish panel and black mesh for you-

Cheers guys, will speak to Nissan on Monday

Si, if you have the part number to hand that would be great buddy - no worries if not. I didn't realise Nissan still sold them, my fibreglass effort has started trying to leave the car so was wanting to replace it soon rather than have it rebonded & sprayed.

Arrrrgh forgot to renew last summer, been a bit busy will resub! Whats the main difference between Bluestuff & the NDX version? The DC Performance site I posted above has the Bluestuff pads for £115, doesn't say NDX anywhere though.

Can't seem to edit posts anymore: Are Bluestustuff pads ok at low speeds and everyday driving? It's very rare I will do a trackday, possibly 1 a year. So mainly for occasional use over the summer months, including a bit of spirited driving on clear country roads.

I'd probably lean more towards a fast road pad, Yellowstuff are closer to what I'd want from EBC. Also there are Pagid pads on that web page. Not had any experience with those before, OEM spec or performance level. I've been happy with the performance of Ferodo pads in the past. Quite dusty but thats not really an issue. Do Yellowstuff pads still suffer from crumbling round the edges? I had two mates who had them on different cars a few years ago and it happened to both, not sure if it was caused by grooved discs though (with the pads being fairly soft?)

Looking to get my Z back on the road for spring and searching for some replacement front disks & pads. I have the old style, dark grey Ksport 330mm set Was wondering if anyone has compared the standard K-Sport pads to Ferodo DS2500s, as the price difference is huge? Also I assume I would need the 6mm>8mm bolt inserts? Will keep looking but unless anyone knows of anywhere different here are the cheapest I've found the discs so far : http://www.bigbrakes4u.co.uk/k-sport-brake-kits/ksport-replacement-2-piece-disc-rotors/k-sport-330mm-replacement-rotors/prod_496.html Pads (cheapest for both the K-Sport & Ferodo pads): http://www.dcperformance.co.uk/uprated/k-sport-kit-front-brake-pads.html

If you are still looking I bought this one a while ago and was pleased with it, had my engine sat on it for over a year with no issues!! : https://www.sgs-engineering.com/garage-equipment/engine-stands/es1000-450kg-engine-standhttps://www.sgs-engineering.com/garage-equipment/engine-stands/es1000-450kg-engine-stand

Some good options there, cheers guys. Will get a set of those ramps and decide on a jack. only about 20 mins away from all 3 places luckily! Was that one in Costco recently Andrew?

I was going to use my jack to do some work on the daily car today and realised I must have lost the blooming thing when moving house :oops: so going to have to get a new one! It's been years since I've jacked the Z up with a normal jack as I've used a mates garage for most of the work I've done over the past few years, but swear I used to have to drive onto blocks and then jack the subframe from behind the front wheel... Does anyone have a recommendation of a low profile jack that would allow using from the front of the car to jack the subframe? (Understand I'll still need to drive onto planks to get the jack under) I think the main issue I can see with a lot of the low profile ones, is they still seem to still have a high body, which I assume to to still allow the pivot to be high? Not an issue when jacking up a low car with sill jacking points, but still a pain when trying to get to the subframe on a Z.... also you have the issue of space to move the handle.

Mine is the same as this but also fairly rippled which could be down to the finish (same as the sideskirts, all fitted by a previous owner). It was bonded around the edges which has started coming away the past few months so need to do something with it. What options do we have for 89 spoilers currently?

Ha, I was trying to hit the hazards but as I hardly drive the thing i had a moment where I forgot where the switch was!! Plus, you didn't give me much time to react!!! :biggrin::wink::thumbup:

Just reesubbed for another year Is there an autorenew option, I forget every year even though I always get the email reminder!! :lol: Cheers

Saw a silver zed near Woodseats on the A61 going into Sheffield, pretty sure it was last Thursday around 7.30pm Not sure if you saw me, I was queuing in my grey zed going the other way

Have to agree, I went to JAE at Billing a couple of times in the early 2000s and remember it being full of nice cars, and a fair bit of static stuff going on. Was a good laugh and not too expensive Then went to it once when it moved somewhere else nearby in Northants, with a drift oval added (around 2004-2006) The only other time I attended was last year at Newark, and chose the Sunday as was working on Sat.... which was a bad choice!!!

Just having a bit of a clearout so have some part for sale: Strut Brace - SOLD Polished Throttle Cover - SOLD ERG Turbo Timer - SOLD Blitz Access ECU - SOLD Aftermarket Tubular Turbo Manifolds (removed from the turbos I fitted to my car, one looks to have been shaped to make it fit a larger turbo) as seen in pic £20 + delivery Upper Plenum (The back connector arm was damaged when moving it unfortunately, this will be included but will need to be repaired) £25 + delivery Front Upper Arch Liners L&R £10 each (or £15 for both) + delivery Also have the following bits if anyone is interested: OEM spare injectors x4 (370cc, tested between 12.2 - 12.5 ohms, removed working from my car when I fitted upgrades) OEM Front Water Hardpipes OEM Turbo Harpipes OEM Turbo Manifolds 1x Catalytic Converter