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See you've been busy too Dave, she looks very sweet!!

:rofl: If you saw some of the places i tried to perch it for photos you woudn't be far off there bud!!! And thanks for the kind comments everyone :)

LOL, was giving me stick for putting her pic up, think that'll soften her cough, cheers Funkisi!

Think multi's look great on black white or silver, but that's it. Those look well suited Darren :)

Bang on Alex :)

kids yes, wife sometimes :)

We went to Dunmore East, quaint fishing village, couple of pints of Guinness,took heaps of photos . I've thrown the Mrs and Kids in for good measure just for putting up with me and my camera!!

:shock: :shock: :shock: Stunning and as said original, hats off to you Jason! :bow: love to see those teeth close up!!.. You have to have this put on a mirror, you deserve a good discount too :bow:

if this is the alpine your talking about, you would have to look hard, but yep, it's there

few years back when i got my first z i didn't have a pc, so used the neighbours to search for all things z and first time came across an US zx site. All these guys had just come back from the cinema and were absolutely disgusted a z wasn't featured in the first fast and the furious. Bet they're glad now! :nana2:

I know the design team were influenced by other cars but , it's only now with the drab and boring looking cars that are being manufactured , you get a better idea of what they were aiming for at the time. So far i can see transam ferrari lambo lotus anyone see any other characteristics of other cars from that time?

nice one richie, glad everythings ok! A bit daunting when something goes wrong with your z over here. As for nissan , they may as well be looking up a donkeys hole ;) . Anyway, hope to see you at the Irish meet in march, if your down in waterford before then give us a pm and we'll meet up. And yep, your a jammy ******* :D Mick.

Nothing wrong with the stock horn, but must be like mine which has begun to sound like meep meep, I've ordered a replacement from andyTT, a trader on here.

Don't worry Dave, anything you've ever said has been deleted, chunk was on the case straight away. But maybe Abi's got stealth mode too......hmmmm....interesting :rofl: Still gotta hand it to you though, getting a mrs to buy a z is pretty cool. Hope I meet both of you this summer :)

experience is everything. Guy near where i work recently imported a 92 tt manual , tweed interior, loves mine and offered to help him out with his. It's funny, it's one of those things you would do again, and probably do it better

It's the only other car I would consider. They're holding value speaks volumes. Except I still hate the rear end. dunno , it just looks cheap. The rest of the car is stunning. Bit like the Z32 now , technology has surpassed it, but it's got that rare desirable quality :bow:

hellraiser's your man for a retrim :bow:

yep, only in black and white

Probably in stealth mode now reading and having a good laugh....... One of those scary old horror movie laughs......

bet he loves every minute of it :)

Tell him you want Car-puter, leather retrim (and make him do it all over again) and you want it treated like a Queen, no expense spared :) :wack: and not to forget take apart the headlights, clean them, put them back in, then do the rears, i'm sure there are loads more jobs he a can do for you.....

Lol!!nice one funkisi, never would've thought it. Ain't he a lucky guy! Abbi, dave didn't pressurise you into this did he :D

Not Mrs Legrath???? Hello and welcome!

I've got great advice from 2 experienced z experts who have both done this job many times. i've come to a conclusion about this, but i'm probably wrong. ok, there are two methods. complete dash removal or the quicker way from the drivers side with the seat and steering wheel removed. i'm quite sure mine had never been replaced before judging by the undisturbed dash as i got deeper into it, and mines got 126K miles 0n it. So method 1. get to the matrix and basically push aside the copper pipes which are attached to it , replace only the unit itself and re-attach the old copper pipes. Much easier once you've got to that offending screw, but if you don't seal it back up properly it may lead to problems so that's where method 2 comes in. Method two. Remove the dash all the way to the bulkhead, days work if you've never done it before, and lets face it if you dont take you're time and carefully lay out everything it will lead to problems on the way back.however, this will enable you to replace the whole unit including the two copper pipes , and have a bit of comfort knowing you have replaced the whole shebang and not using some of the older parts. Now remember this is coming from a Joe soap who has no mechanical knowledge. :wack: I sort of ended up doing it both ways. I started out with the quick method but got so pissed off trying to find the infamous screw,got confused and called an expert for advice and went for the dash removal, but still couldn't access the screw. Then got really pissed off and called another expert. This helped me greatly. Yes I did break off the screw but an hour later I had the whole matrix replaced as it comes from nissan, and as I was able to replace the whole unit with the dash removed. I didn't have to seal up the old pipes to the unit, but had I done i'm sure i probably would have made an arse out of it, and had to replace it again in the future. So this leads me back to chrisc's question. If you're skilled enough to do it the quick way fine. If you're not, and are chancing you're arm at a job you never want to do again, get a garage to do it or do the complete dash removal ( but don't make any weekend plans!) so I reckon anyone who's had to replace their matrix on their car and realised it's not the first time, someone like me must have been there already and sealed the old pipes back on with readybreak :tongue: Hope all this makes sense.