Richie K

Had a long day today, back to the consultant at the hospital, he's not happy that I drove myself or that I had to cut the grass as the neighbours hadn't done it, bugged the hell out of me with it sitting nearly 2ft high, strimmed it yesterday and ended up sore again:oops:. Consultant reckons 3 months before I'm fully fit, which, in my line of work is not a good thing. Have to take it easy, so anyhow I got these today,:sneaky2: so started my full strip down of the calipers.:ohmy:. I'll take it easy once these are built up:innocent: 2 ltr bottle for reference I've ordered rebuild kits for both the front and rears, new springs, pads and pins also, they're now fully stripped down ready for the powdercoaters, along with another full set of Evo Calipers:whistling::innocent: Only thing is... as the new front calipers hadn't really been used, the pistons were a bugger to get out and I may have chipped / scratched a couple :scared: Can anyone tell me if they will be ok with a quick rub down or should I order a few pistons also??

Got it thanks Russ, no need to apologise buddy, especially since you're killing yourself for the good of your Z:thumbup: Will post yours out tomorrow bud:thumbup1:

Heading to Post Office now guys, I'll have to sort Russ's another day:yes:

Got it Howard, thanks. All packaged up and ready to go with the exception of one, if somebody has a contact number for Russ (Veilside01702) could you ask him to PM me please. Thanks

Right. Nobody has pm'd me their details :confused1::confused1::no: I've just spent the last hour and a half trawling through old pm's and have found addresses for Ted, Bird, Mondo and dannzx. I don't have any info for Joel, Veilside or Howard (bigh). Trying to get this sorted out tonight for the morning. I'm also going to be sending any other parcels (Phutumsch and Evanss) :yes:

Never mind the Funky one Si (Mondo), tell him to get to the back of the queue!!:laugh::laugh:

All packaged up, I'm going to have to use wrapping paper to hide the US Postal Services Logo on the padded envelopes :biggrin: I have some names and addresses, but it would help if everyone sent me a short PM with username, full name, address and phone no.:thumbup1:

These arrived 5 minutes ago.... Really happy with them:clap: I'll get them sorted out this evening and into the post first thing tomorrow guys:thumbup:

Was talking to Ash last week and apparently it's the turbo's that are causing him all the headaches, he's swapping out the OEM's for 5 bolt GT675's. He got the tech's at his garage to do a proper cylinder leak test and they found it to be extremely healthy:thumbup:

Cool, I'll be Back from my hols the first week of August, I'll book the car in for near the end of August so Ash:thumbup:

Holy crap!! you're not wasting any time on this, are you??:thumbup: Hurry up and get those turbos fitted:biggrin::laugh:

It's probably the AR-15 I said I'd try and sneak in:laugh:

I've been tracking these since last Tuesday, they're sitting in Dublin since 7.45 am Sunday morning, processed yesterday morning and have been sitting in Customs since 10.31 am yesterday :sweatdrop::biggrin:

Change of plans on the subframe assembly, I've decided that while it's all in pieces that I'd get new Energy Suspension Diff and drop link bushings, they're on the way, also ordered my 355mm front and 350mm rear brake discs with the change I had from selling the rear 4pot Brembo's. :thumbup:

Are you leaving the cage gloss black or painting it in a satin black to tie in with the interior?? Just a thought :thumbup1:, I think it might look better in a Matt/Satin or even a stippled black??

That's quite a neat cage matey :thumbup: Not too "In your face", it looks well.

Diff done :yes: Leaving everything to cure till Monday, when I will begin reassembling the rear

Always the way Dan, not to worry, car will be better for the extra attention to detail:thumbup:

Got out to the garden today and got stuck into the NA subframe again :thumbup: After shot blast After a tidy up

Nice car you have there Smudge:thumbup:

Snap!! I hadn't even seen your post Si, when i saw the pics of the wheels sitting inside the arches, I'd said I'd post almost verbatim what you said:thumbup:

That SR-71 looks to have the Kaminari Styling parts:thumbup1:

Another great day today, more goodies arrived for me (3" Z1 testpipes, AEM 320lph pump, mani gaskets, turbo gaskets and my Win factory bonnet struts), for Phutumsch (Win factory bonnet struts) and for Evaansss (FairladyZ emblem and gear knob):punk: All I need now is my 3" divorced downpipes, which should be here in the next fortnight or so:thumbup1: then I'm ready to start building up my engine upgrade :punk: I'm hoping to sort out my braking components and NA subframe next week and get them all fitted.:thumbup:

So, good news today, I managed to sell my newly acquired Brembo 4pot rear calipers to a Supra owner in Germany of all places:clap: the power of Facebook is strong :innocent: I also sourced and bought the correct rear calipers for half the price:biggrin: they're not new and silver in colour so I'm going to strip them all down front + rear and get them powder-coated to match up:punk:, the spare change from the calipers are going to get me the brake discs front and rear. Got a parcel from our very own Baz today also (Cheers buddy:thumbup1:) Fan, power steering rack with poly bushes, prop flange and OEM shifter (already have bronze bushings for it)

I'm of the opinion that the clocks are not genuine UK spec (he just said they were to offload his crap!!). Old news, not really a shock at this stage, just sickens me thinking about the dirtbird ripping me off!! Still he's long gone from here, and good riddance!!:yes: