Joely P

And speaking of climates, my Z certainly has a tropical climate of its own under that bonnet after a drive! I replaced my fully functional "series 1" PTU around 10 years ago when it was apparently failing on every car 3 times a week and if I didn't replace mine within 5 working days, my car would catch fire and the seatbelt would not release... Sorry; I mean when it was fashionable and the group buys were tempting!

The original black insert/decal won't fit on the TwinZ spoiler as it's a different shape. I had mine painted but it could easily be done with black vinyl.

What modifications have you got?

Doesn't everything in your drawers fall out when you open them?

Is the price £10 per adult this year? I'm sure last year it was per car with up to 4 people in the car?

We can't enter the parking area until 10? That's the target time of arrival?

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=184926

Well in that case, it's Steve's turn to return the favour and do the driving... Fancy a Boxhill to Brighton run?

Never mind old times sake, get back in a Zed and rejoin the party! I'm sure you will see several names that you recognise from 10+years ago, welcome back.

Ironic and saddening with the previous talks of manufacturing your own cross member and yet, here you are now re-manufacturing a previously manufactured manufacture from the bloody manufacturer! I guess your efforts to "make good" of the defects has removed a large portion of the likelihood of a positive outcome, but fingers crossed they do the right thing and compensate for the troubles. I feel that this responsibility should fall with the vendor, who should then in turn claim from the manufacturer but things are rarely that easy.

I wouldn't be surprised if Z1 buy them from a similar or the same source.

Has Roy Hodgson triggered article 50?

What a transformation. You certainly made the best of a bad situation there my friend. I take it your foot has pretty much healed now?

Jeez dude, I hope no Zeds go to that show! Nothing against the show but that's the same day as our main summer meet and AGM at the Coventry transport museum, get your name down for that instead [emoji106]

We will need visas for our next adventure!

That was a close call with the opposing majority in Scotland and Northern Ireland nearly tipping the result. I wonder if Scotland will be rethinking another referendum now the deal has changed or whether they will ride the wave which could well lead to a more prosperous future? With rumours of Holland following suit, a snowball effect of this result will be the best outcome for us I believe. The more big contributors that leave, the less powerful/wealthy the Union becomes (namely Germany and France as the top 2), leaving us in a stronger position.

I doubt you'll catch Kurt on this forum these days Chris.

Hell yes!

I'm sure Greg at Protuner has had a fair share of disaster stories but from the limited feedback we have from this club, it appears that he takes several steps in order to ensure the likelihood is minimised. When Howard originally took his car to Greg, he refused to map it due to the discovery of a small leak using a smoke machine (one that would possibly be undetectable without a smoke machine). This was rectified by the builder, Jimmer - who now owns a smoke machine! Whilst this was an expensive outcome for Howard with the accommodation costs wasted etc, it was also a blow for Greg as it meant a days mapping was lost, along with the full payment for it and there is a long queue with lots of people waiting for his services. To me this further highlights the careful approach and ethos to ensure it's done safely, not cheaply. The website states all of the pre-map checks that are carried out for those who are interested to see the detail of which the inspection/checks are carried out. My point is, I know that Noel does not go to such depths to ensure every possible variable is covered and therefore I would expect a higher failure rate. I also know that Noel charges a lot less than Greg (or at least he did when he was mapping on public roads) so it's understandable that the time to make these checks are not feasible. In which case it's comparable to any product or service you buy; if you go for the cheaper option, there is often a gamble involved for the quality/longevity of it. I would expect the cheaper items to have a higher returns rate than the premium equivalents. I understand that Noel has previously refused to map cars, but my impression is that is more obvious defects that halt progress. Over time, large volumes of negative feedback catches up with the trader and with the cost factors involved when these things go wrong, it can leave people deeply out of pocket. It can also leave the integrity of the builder in question so my advice at this time would be to approach people such as Jimmer or Lee Dent for advice on mapping.

Bit of a late update here, after taking advice from Junkman, I naively went through probably 10 years of polishing clear coat on a section of my bonnet! Whilst I learnt a lot from his tutorials, I have now adapted and merged advice from others to form my own techniques (including yourself Steve, many thanks). It is very time consuming so I have been chipping away between work and life commitments but I had to stop a few weeks ago to use the car. I will soon crack on again, starting the final cut with an ultra fine polish and pad to achieve the finish that I have been seeking. Here's how it looks currently, although in these pics it's quite dusty!

In all honestly, it blew away my expectations! As a local car show it was relatively huge and had a very wide scope of cars, a large majority of which were very high quality. We thoroughly enjoyed the day, the weather was great all day and the crowds of people was madness! The Z is now covered in sticky fingerprints and probably scratched to buggery but I still have the final cut to make on my polishing project so that's ok. Lots of activities for the kids to do giving them a whole day of boredom free entertainment and made even better by the fact that everything was free for the exhibitor's and their passengers.

I carried out a camper Z conversion of my targas...

Banana car, bent and twisted, write-off Cat B, nadgered, wrecked, part out?

Good work Mr Coop, looking fantastic.