Funkysi

A road trip in the Z on the continent is a road trip in a Z on the continent Art and a drive to Bordeaux shouldn't be sniffed at! Thank you though, it's a bit different than the original plan which was going to take me to Croatia and Slovenia, but didn't quite have enough time to do that one any justice, that would need to be a 10 dayer really just so that I could visit both the Lamborghini and Ferrari museums and spend extra time on Italy's Adriatic coast. I've been to the US twice this year and have a boat trip from Denmark to Iceland planned toward the end of the year, so running out of holiday time fast!

Last bit now booked. This is the long ferry crossing from Genoa in Italy to Barcelona. Thought I'd get myself a suite on the ship. Looks like that costs more than taking the car! :lol: Nice 5 star hotel with underground carpark in Zaragoza (Spain) - looking forward to heading into Cantabria. :)

If your coolant has ever been left to run bad yes. The rusty gunk will contaminate the valve preventing it from opening under pressure. For the cost, it's a no-brainer. New OEM caps are not expensive.

Take your boxing gloves off when you work on your car Richard - might help! ;)

There's a potential that my car won't be there for the show too. It's in the paint shop the following weekend for some touch up work. If I can get it back the following Saturday (day before the event) then I'll be there, otherwise....maybe not!

He hasn't replied to a message I set him last week either.

It's just the cat overheat light, they fail (the probes). Most people have either removed the bulb or disconnected it.

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Pin stripe is a 9mm graphite grey. Aux belt I believe depends on year and engine type so need to know that. As for the discs, that really depends on how rusty they are.

I think it's the rings too. On the outer edge, there's additional material coloured black, you can see by the shadowing and looking at the MPH needle. It's the black over moulded plastic that's wedged on the dial ring.

Pretty pointless though - it's way too low to be of any use unless you use it as a fog light. I've seen them before, they're a universal fit thing that you could get from places like Super Autobacs.

1: Funkysi (Simon Parsons) 13th and 14th 2: 3: Joely P (Joel Pickering) 13th and 14th 4: Baz (Barry Keen) 14th 5: RichardS (Richard Smith) +1, 13th and 14th 6: 7: Craig & Nikk 13th and 14th 8: Iangreenfield +1 13th and 14th 9: 10: Gray....Graham +1, 13th & 14th 11: AndrewG (Andrew Glen) 13th & 14th 12. Elly Calienda + 2, 14th only 13. Winnoze (Ant Whitehead) plus 1 13th&14th 14. Geedee (Malcolm Martindale) + 13th & 14th 15. Bigh (Howard Beckmann) 13th & 14th 16. Bones28 (Anthony Hext) +2 13th & 14th 17. GSC (Gary Crowther) 13th & 14th 18. BedZee Man (Chris Jones) 14th. 19.(adl) phoenix (Ashley Stevenson) 13th & 14th 20. KnightRacer (Stephen LI) 13th& 14th 21 black-zed (kev nottingham) 14th only, will aim for 10am but maybe a little later due to working sat night 22.GRAMPADRIFTER 13th and 14th 23.300zx aly 14th 24. Mondo (Simon Lee) +1 (?), 13th & 14th 25. NemesizX (Paul Liff) +1 13th &14th 26. ingram65 (John Martin) 14th 27. KGONZOKIA (paul kennett) +1 14th 28. Coopd (David Coop) 14th 29. BambooJoe (James Harris) +1 14th 30. cbr (Daniel Radu) 14th 31. 182stevecup (Steve +1) 32. ianl 13th+14th 33. Gonzo12c (Marty) 14th 34. makaveli96 14th

You know you can put your own name down. ;)

Hotel check-in is available from 3.

Come along as a visitor. You’ll be able to view the museum - weather is forecast to be nice too. :)

Yup, running costs and parts are substantially more than a Z32. Another Merc fan here, my daily being a W205 AMG-Line. E55 is a great car and under rated. Jimmer works on a few Mercs too, an SL55 and the parts for that (same mechanicals) are extremely high in comparison to a Z32 and the expensive stuff does fail!

Thanks Gary although I think Joel's and Andrew's are on another level to be honest! Despite all being painted by the same guy, mine isn't as sharp as the others, might be due to the colour. Shame you're not going to be there!

Fresh MOT, not advisories. Happy days. Car running extremely well. Need to do a wheels-off detail for next weekend, there are going to be some very nice examples there I think.

Sorry to hear Art. Curious though, if your car is going great as you mentioned above and you have a manual conversion planned, why did you buy this used autobox?

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No Tony, what he’s describing is the AIV inlets. OP, you can delete the AIVs. These pipes you describe are the small tubes feeding into the downpipes. The whole lot can be removed. I’m afraid the only suitable location for a Powerflow system is your local refuse site. I wouldn’t fit a Powerflow system personally, they’re abysmal. Questionable build quality from the wide variety of skill sets you get at the various franchise locations, the materials though are a constant and they’re poor quality at best.

Injection moulded. The quality I very good.

Junk - avoid

I’m currently at Chris Karl’s place (ZSPEC) out in Ohio and these are going to be launched soon. Until recently, they’ve only sold US versions which have the key hole, these are now Euro/JDM compatible. I know Howard was after a set and AndrewG, well they’re soon to be released if anyone is interested - let me know.

I discussed with him at length on Z32 values when I was the NEC and he said the same thing. He likes them.