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That looks cool [emoji106]

Poly bushings are well known to transform the car into a crashy ride, particularly on the rear. There was a note on the ES bushing kit on CZP stating that this is not for road/daily use cars as it makes the ride too harsh. Pair them up with the solid bearings used in 99% of the adjustable arms available, coilovers with shocks on firm settings, springs rates designed for hardcore track use and tyres with very little sidewall; the result is something that most people would find too crashy for road use. The bone shattering ride also has a negative affect on the audible feel of the car creating rattles throughout the interior, NVH felt more prominently through the steering wheel and seats etc. It's generally not possible to maintain a feel as soft as stock if you're after a stanced car with larger wheels, but is it possible to minimise the negative effects: [emoji777] To start with, anything with poly bushings (especially on the rear) is removed; [emoji736] and replaced with Nismo alternatives. Stock bushings are mostly NLA and if they are available are sold with the complete component assembly so are pricey! [emoji777] Any solid bearing adjustable arm or joint is removed (again, especially on the rear); [emoji736] and replaced with either stock or bushed components (non-poly on the rear). [emoji777] Coilover shock damping settings wound down from the higher, firm settings; [emoji736] and wound down to the softer spectrum, start with max soft (I run mine on max soft perms antsy for road use). [emoji777] Remove springs with a high spring rate; [emoji736] and replace with less track orientated numbers. The MeisterR for example are not "too" bad with 8 - 6kg/mm combo but some manufacturers have rediculous numbers like 12 - 8! Personally, after a long chat with Jerrick, I ordered my MeisterR suspension with a 6 - 4kg/mm combo. [emoji777] No run flat tyres! [emoji736] Obviously tyres with larger sidewalls (smaller diameter wheels) will give a more refined ride but I'm a sucker for my 19's and my ride feels very acceptable. After doing all of this, as a GT car the ride felt supple, smooth and forgiving, it was great for driving in straight lines but turn a corner and it felt like the body roll was excessive. Luckily I have the Stillen ARB kit so I stepped them up from the previous softest setting, to the firmest position. Now the car corners well for a street car, it will never be competitive on a track but if I was to use it on the track, by stiffening up the rebound rates of the shocks, it will go some way towards improving its handling for the day; certainly an improvement over stock and most aftermarket shock/lowering Spring combos. I'm sure my setup is certainly not for everyone, but those that have driven it advise positively about the ride feel and quality.

Welcome to the club [emoji106]

Just remember, if you do that and it arrives damaged or doesn't arrive at all, the insurance only covers the declared value.

There will be more for sale threads Rolandas, don't cut your nose off to spite your face chap. Be sad to see you go [emoji17]

Welcome to the club dude. That's a damn fine looking Z you have there [emoji106]

Happy Birthday Andrew [emoji512][emoji322][emoji482]

Although they do look huge with the design of the spokes going all the way to the rim, I think the colour choice tones that down a bit. If they were a bright silver for example, I think they would be too overpowering. Regardless of the colour of your calipers, I don't think several matching colour splashes is necessarily a good thing, I'm on the side of toned down wheel elblems but they're subtle enough to not matter [emoji106]

Sumshifyguy [emoji106]

Putting it all back together was very therapeutic for me. Frustrating at times but very rewarding seeing it all coming back to life, it took me 2 full days to align the wings, bonnet and front bumper panel gaps! When you do reassemble, remember; no clothes with buckles, no jewellery and careful with the ratchet/spanner swinging!

[emoji780][emoji845] No, I think he'll replace the rear right strut top gasket. [/condescendingreplymode]

He had to change that packaging as they kept coming back!

For info, those H&R spacers Simom linked are 30mm per axle so they're actually 2x15mm spacers.

OMFG! Yes!

PiCS FFS!

Ah so you're leaving the 20mm spacers on giving et15 effective?

The stock battery is approximately: L260mm W175mm H222mm.

I would say harder leather would be easier to damage than a softer, more supple leather.

Fit them now dog nammit! With the design they're going to look huge, interesting to see the fitment up front with 8.5" et35. I'd be tempted by 10-15mm spacers in there but it's going to look pretty damn nifty either way!

With regards to the fan shroud being fitted or not, I wouldn't expect a difference in hot idle temps across a range of cars, what I would expect is a difference in the position of the thermostat and the grip of the clutch in the viscous coupling. I agree with Stephen that the efficiency of the fan would most definitely be affected by not having a shroud fitted, but the system will counteract this loss in the same way it would on a hot or cold day. What it will do is move the ceiling at which the car can cope with the extreme hot conditions, however Noel's experience suggests that this change in the cooling capability and efficiency isn't enough to justify the installation of the shroud. For me, with the cooling of these engines being so critical due to the amounts of heat they seem to hold, I'd rather keep it installed to let the system work as easily as possible with as much of a buffer as it can. Besides, it looks better with a shroud in my opinion.

Fantastic build there Dan, look forward to seeing this [emoji106]

Welcome to the club Mike [emoji106]

You would need to space the wheels out to fill the arch extensions, giving you a wider track and affecting the handling characteristics. Form > function >_

On a different note, has anyone done anything to their Z today? [emoji1]

The tool chests are very cool and the wheel offsets on the bed are very aggressive!