Gio

That's his new interior isn't it?

The guy in Essex that MJP and I have used doesn't do Zeds any more. But I have been using Eurospec in Guildford http://www.euro-spec2000.co.uk/Contact-Us/ . I used to use them way back, stopped because I found someone very local to me who ended up more useless than one-legged man at an arse-kicking contest. Since the Essex guy stopped, I remembered about Eurospec and been using them since.

Fine thanks and the same to you. They should get that back on the shop, retro is the in thing, isn't it? :D

That's not you, Craig is it? Hallo mate, how are you keeping? At least the forums were the right colour back then :)

been saving it up for ages :rofl:

It means nothing to me :cool:

They don't all do this. Yes, all JDM fog lights have the sidelights in (at least mine have) but the kerb light only worked on the S3 (93) not the S1 (90) or S6 (99)

It gives you the pressures expected at idle and then also on the next line it gives you the pressures expected at 3,000rpm. It is not saying idle = 3,000rpm

http://www.300zx.co.uk/cgi-bin/manual.cgi?list=lc&dir=&config=&refresh=&direction=forward&scale=0&cycle=off&slide=15&design=default&total=15 Should be 3.6 - 4.6 kg/cm2 @3,000 rpm (= 51 - 95 psi)

4kg/cm2 is 59psi so that looks about right.

Just for Si, the gallery threw this up at random just now

Now most people know I don't approve of most engine conversions (there are honourable exceptions like those Nissan V8 ones) but putting a VG30DETT into one of these could be most amusing as well as make LHR into town much faster for tourists! New Black Cab for London

They're changing the stretches of M1 either side of that into managed motorways (eg like M42 south of Brum) - that will increase the flow of traffic (which should please drivers) but also meanhigher capacity so hence more cars means more pollution. I s'pose they could cancel the managed motorways schemes and let the traffic jams slow the flow to zero...

Never let the facts get in the way of a good rant :hammer: 1) It's still open for consultation https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/m1-junctions-28-to-35a-maximum-mandatory-speed-limit so if you feel that strongly about it, use your democratic right. 2) Here's the doc https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/267632/M1_J28_to_J35a_MSL_Consultation_Document.pdf the idea is more about air pollution for the poor sods that live either side of the M1 around there than speeds. And the limit will be removed when the air pollution improves as vehicles pollute less...

(ok it's completely the wrong reference but I like the clip anyway :) - who did say that?) [video=youtube_share;y5dy9URkLFI] ... found the quote but without a reference: "The poor man’s got no legs you know." "He had no legs before he got to the station sir, I don’t know what you’re insinuating!" That's going to bug me until I can remember it...

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?38-MJP-Eastern-auto

To the eye is one thing. That's exactly why I put the tape measure on it. 225 on left is 218mm wide at the sidewall and has wear-to-wear tread of 199mm 245 on right is 221mm wide at the sidewall and has wear-to-wear tread of 197mm They were both correctly inflated, both Bridgestone S-02 (might have been S-03 but they were botht the same) and both measured by me with the same tape measure at the same time in the same place. If you read the thread, AndyP also measured his Toyo Proxes and their tread wasn't different (225 vs 245) and also Trevz measured his - same result. So we have three people who actually measured their tyres and found 245s NOT wider - as against "everyone knows" and "they look" wider. Me - I prefer the evidence of the tape measure as opposed to one of the many Zed urban myths.

That was (back in 03) owned by the wife of the bloke that resprayed mine - Gary Bellamy http://300zxtt.co.uk/z1resprayoct03.htm The photo doesn't do it justice, Gary had resprayed in some multichromic (?) paint so it had a rainbow shimmer in the silver depending on how you looked at it/the light hit it. Looked $1m in the sun. He said it was very expensive. Gary was in Lincolnshire so not a million miles from Norwich.

1) (touching wood furiously as I type) auto daily driver since 2007 and no autobox issues. 2) UK/Euro spec is indeed 245 as opposed to JDM 225 but the tyre tread is NOT wider - post is here http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?25028-UK-Rear-Wheels-vs-J-Spec-Why but the pic fell off so I'll repost below 3) 90-98 front = great white shark; 99 front = whale shark. From the 240Z onward, that "shark" look has been almost a continual feature. Given the lengths the 300ZX designers went to lower and widen the look of the car by the hoizontal design cues, rear lights, the charcoalline whatever it's called, the original front is more in harmony with that than the 99-spec which looks like a reaction to the then Supra. Which is the wider tyre: 225 JDM spec on the left, 245 Euro/UK spec on the right.

They certainly don't look like the 300ZX custom Bose kit. Unless Mazda / Bose did something weird, I would guess they're standard. In which case if you like them, fine. JoelyP has a good point also.

Be careful, do you mean "general Bose speakers as fitted to many cars" or "the specific Bose systems - speakers and headunits and amps - made specifically for the 300ZX". From your first post, it looks like you mean "general Bose speakers". Bose, Sony, Alpine, JBL are all good so just pick the ones you like the sound of.

Aha! Wish I'd thought of that. My old blue one is still there (reg 1 Apr 2007) and also 638 silver (04 April 2008). Does this mean it took a whole year to register 60 new cars in Preston on 07/08?

Arf arf. Where's Sherlock when you need him. Because if it is L 578 OEO, look at the blue one on the right here http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?174642-Old-discussion-but&p=1793510&viewfull=1#post1793510 OK, thanks to this very useful registration reference doc http://www.cvpg.co.uk/REG.pdf I can see that the registration town for OEO is "EO - Barrow In Furness (Barrow In Furness to 1981, issued by Preston since 1981)" which makes sense. Barrow is where I got mine from. So if the silver one is 638, then someone was importing that one in the same area 60 cars later (or someone imported a batch of 60 cars, at least two of which were Zeds). V5 for mine shows first registered in UK 1 April 2007 So was there a lot of import going on in that area around that time? Does anyone else here have a Zed with OEO as the last 3 digits? Or it is 578 and someone repainted my old blue one.

That's scary - can your Jr get a closer look at that reg - or someone with photo wizardry. It's not L 578 OEO is it? Looks like L something OEO anyway but what's the number?

Would have come in handy because believe it or don't, one of the many unstarted projects for the silver Zed was to get a UK plinth and then shorten it for just the reason a) AndrewG gives - my "short" reg looked a bit lost swanning about on a fullsize plate. b) I also agree with which must be why we did something about it. But (and each to his own) I disagree with the "stuck on" look: to me a plinth is needed to make it look"deliberate and the right place for the plate". Anything else (including JDM flapping in the breeze) just looks a tad unfinished. I had a dig and found these comparisons of various plates and combinations on all 3 of my Zeds: 1) Zed 1 (short reg looking lost but on plinth) and Zed 2 (looks just bolted on any old how) 2) Zed 3 (full size reg and plate but looks silly on that small plinth) and Zed 2 with smaller plate but I still think would look better in "UK normal" position. And ref Joely Ps comment, I only just got away with that at MOT time by claiming airflow as the reason for a small plate mounted where it was! 3) Zed 3 with my short and "import size" reg plate If I wasn't lucky enough to have a short reg which just fits exactly in that JDM plinth, not sure what I would have done. Sticky letters on the bumper? Painted grille (was that done by Lotus or Caterham some time back?) - or maybe swapped the 99 spec bumper for the earlier type :devil: