NemesizX

I12 roughly.. Bedfordshire

My premium with £25k agreed valuation is £430 taking in to account the uninsured idiot that hit my car causing me to have a fault claim on my insurance, however with all mods declared and that agreed valuation, i think thats actually quite reasonable with a claim on record. Previously my premium was under £200 but flux decided to wack it up to over £700 after the incident that lead to a claim. Nice of them to penalise me for an unisured drivers mishap! Im now with lancaster.

I see what you're saying Chris. The Zclub will give a true valuation of the car based on it's overall condition, service history, modifications and bills for parts etc. They give a realistic figure based on the individual vehicle and although it may not cover all that you have spent, it will at least give you a much better value than the usual insurance would do. there's nothing saying that you cant ask the insurance company to insure it for a figure you have in mind, but if you cant back that up with a valuation from a trusted source, they will usually have their own valuations people assess it for them. i don't think their own assessors will hold the necessarily have the knowledge to actually really know the worth. That said, you can always ask for the figure you want, but if they decide to have a valuation done, this can also work out less in your favour.

I guess that all depends on how you look at it chris? As I've spent in excess of £30k on my car, if i don't have an agreed valuation figure set with the insurance company, in the event of an accident or loss i would be paid the going rate for the car or book price which i believe is around £7000 less the excess. in effect that would leave me around £25k out of pocket, where if i have the agreed valuation in place, i only stand to lose a few grand which is far more acceptable in my opinion. As time passes the car will of course accrue a higher valuation, so although i may lose a certain amount, i wont be losing everything i've spent! I'm sure you'd agree, after spending this amount on getting the car to the standard it is at, getting back near what you've paid is far better than next to nothing! Insurance will never pay out every penny you spend on a car, neither will selling it on, but at least this way i'm protected to a level where i can at least be safe to know i could replace the car with something nearer to the condition of my own if the worst ever happened.. i see it as a safeguard thats as close as possible to regaining most of its value. if it got damaged and the insurance sent me a cheque for £6.5K i would be devastated for sure, although in my own opinion, a car can be replaced but each one has an individual soul and no 2 the same. there's no insurance for that though ?

agreed valuation requires 6 photos of the car from different angles, any documentation, receipts etc for parts , basically any information to support the total amount you are looking to insure the car for. You can get an independent valuation from the Zclub.net but you will need to be a subscribed member, not sure if anyone here in this club can do it. £15 a year to subcsribe to the Z club so not a lot really and you can be a member of both. service history also a bonus!

im actually thinking of taking on the franchise myself. If all is worked out and its a viable business, then I'll change my job from underpaid and under appreciated truck driver to playing with Z parts all day.. Happy as a ? in ? with that result. Lol

Sat around bored so decided to do a little job on the Z. Been meaning to change the badging, so went for it today. When i removed the metal Fairlady Z badges from the perspex strip, there was a ton of foamy sticky crud under it which peeled off the badges. So bust out the autoglym tar and varnish remover with a fair amount of worry as to wether it would damage the perspex. I used something similar on the old rear lights and it crazed everywhere spreading the classic creeping cracks! Anyhow, glad to report that this stuff didnt damage it and it worked a treat! Topped off with some autoglym glass polish to remove the mild bleaching effect of the sun and it came up perfect again and ready for the oem logo to be fitted. Applied the new oem decal and looks much cleaner now. So happy days! The next job for the girls backside is gonna take a while, but im sure it'll meet the approval of a fair few on here.. All will be revealed when its done

funny you should say that because i was actually talking to czp about a franchise here to cover europe and the uk.. Pretty sure that it would be a good move because a lot of people dont order from the usa because of the shipping and duty costs.. Businesses get a different rate if its goods to sell, so they may look in to it.. Also remember its also all Zs they cover plus infiniti models.. theres plenty of those around the uk and Europe

Another CZP delivery arrived today! That time when your wallet goes "Ouch" but your heart goes oooh!

Let me know if any plans get made cos I'd be up for a run down that way too richard.

Cheers gaz.. thought i was having more eye problems whilst looking at mine lol.

Appreciate that andrew, thanks.. i have sent the templates pdf files to the wheel manufacturer and they have now given me suitable fitting instructions on wheel size and ET range. Also thanks for the information on the decals, quite interesting the differences between different models and markets. So it looks like mine being a jdm import, I'll be fitting just the nissan fairlady Z to the car.. just hoping the badges ive had on there havent left a fade mark otherwise it'll look a bit awful! Thanks again, appreciate your help

just as an update in the here and now, ive just insured mine with lancaster this year for £430 at 3k miles with agreed valuation of £25k. Hope to never have to use that valuation but after spending £30k on it, at least its a good representation and realistic with the fact I'll never get it all back! Adrian flux, i am dissapointed to say, decided to up my policy renewal by £200 for no apparent reason unless another years no claims bonus qualifies me to the special " pay 33% more " category? This was also still on 3k miles but with a £20k valuation... Not feeling like a valued customer after getting several quotes cheaper, some with better benefits and higher mileage allowance. Now having the cover at £35 cheaper than flux last year and without the extortionate increase, being the reason i wont be renewing with them.

weirdly i received the new nissan decals from japan and find that the two sides of the badging are different sizes? Is the twin turbo part of the lettering slightly larger than the nissan fairlady Z part on the left? I imagined that nissan wouldve made both sides the same size?

Well, dont know whats going on with mine then! It was printed to scale 1:1 which is as it states and converts to "actual size" and the measurements are all over the place! Ive printed it 3 times and all are exactly the same? Whilst on the subject of size.... I bought a set of genuine nissan decals for the perspex strip on the boot lid and for some weird reason, the nissan fairlady z part is one size yet the twin turbo part seems to be slightly larger? Is this correct for the oem decals? Ive never really paid much attention to them but pretty sure nissan would keep the same size lettering for both sides of the panel wouldnt they?