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I contacted the seller and he'll do it in solid black without the logo so I've ordered it. I'll post some picks when I get it. I've ordered an alacantara boot for the gear stick and handbrake aswell off ebay - hopefully a pretty cheap upgrade of the low rent interior that is the only thing that makes me want to sell the Z Somehow if you think the Zed interior is "low rent" how is a cheap upgrade going to make it any better? I think you may find that by seeing the joins in the stick on stuff its gonna make it look worse (personally I dont think it looks too bad and not low rent, seen lots that are worse!) and not flow... Also if it dosnt fit right its not going to help. What colour shift boot did you go for? And are you going to fit the bits that fit ontop of the centre console? Fair point and it may not work out but I think it's worth a punt for £100 (and the seller offers a refund within 30 days minus 15%) as I've wanted to try and improve it for ages. I'm planning to see which bits work and what doesn't out of the kit, I expect using all of it will be overkill. The gear shift I've ordered is black alacantara. 'Low rent' is probably a bit harsh but I just wish there were affordable cars with nice interiors. I think there should be an option for sensibly priced cars like the Z to spec a luxury interior from the factory for say a grand or so. The GTR interior is far more like it so they can do it!

I contacted the seller and he'll do it in solid black without the logo so I've ordered it. I'll post some picks when I get it. I've ordered an alacantara boot for the gear stick and handbrake aswell off ebay - hopefully a pretty cheap upgrade of the low rent interior that is the only thing that makes me want to sell the Z

I've emailed the seller and they can do the kit in solid black aswell. Very tempted by this. Have you got a retracting cubby lid and if so does it still work?

The iPhone is fussy with chargers (somthing to do with needing some other pins of the USB cable to recieve a charge that older cheap chargers don't have and that were added with iPhone.) I've got this and works perfectly for a few quid. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Car-Cigarette-Lig ... 3ca9134e76

lots of great tips on here! For monkeys, if your not too worried about them being snow monkeys, they also have them in Nikko. I got stalked by a family of them after my food whilst I waited for a bus. They are up in the mountains just by the town where theres a beautiful lake and waterfall. About a 15 minute bus ride. For getting into tokyo, the guides also say to take the limousine bus but I found that as my hotel was in Shinjuku, there is a JR train that goes straight there that was faster, easier and almost as cheap. Plus it'll give you a chance to get your JR rail pass that you'll need to explore tokyo. One more tip thats a bit geeky and seems rediculous in the age of the iPhone is taking a compass. Everyone says how easy it is to get lost - but just knowing which way north is with the street map in hand makes it soooo much easier.

Hi Jak, I went a couple of months ago with the gf and loved it. If your planning on going to Tokyo, the Time Out guide is very good. I had quite a few of them and was by far the best. Found a great hotel from Trip advisor (http://www.oakwood.com/serviced-apartme ... p6921.html) Its actually apartments but is cheaper than a hotel and more convenient. It even has a bar on the top floor called the sky lounge thats great for a cheap night. Whilst Tokyo is great, if your there for 2 weeks you'll run out of stuff to do and want to do some trips out and I cannot recommend enough hiring a GTR (http://www.senkei.net/eng/yamagaso.html) which is apparently where Tokyo goes to relax. We also went to Nikko which will give you a full fix of temples. You need never see a temple again. I probably sound too enthusiastic about everything but really did have an awesome time. I'd recommend trying as much new stuff as possible -food and even things like maid bars - very weird but very Japanese. Finally. I really hope you like fish.

I just got back from a 10 day roadtrip round europe and absolutely loved it. Maybe this'll give you a few ideas... 5 people, 3 cars, me in a zed and others in a Cayman S and an alfa 147 2.0. We took eurotunnel and then stopped off overnight in Dijon for mustard and to break up the trek to the south of france. From here we went to Eze in the south of france which is halfway between nice and Monaco so was a good base for a night out at each. The drive to get here was epic. Route Napolean is a must although watch out for the Gendamerie. They weren't keen on English drivers giving it some beans and I paid the price with a trip to the police station and 270 euros in fines so watch out! Then on into Italy (with a tyre blowout / very fast punture on route) to go to lake como just north of Milan which is really beautiful and nice to relax after some heavy nights. From here we hit Zurich which was rubbish imho but was worth the visit just to drive through the Swiss alps ( even on the space saver wheel.) The Splugen pass was a real highlight - and seems to be where all the awesome roads in ads are from. Zurich was also good for new tyres but at a price - 1000euros for 2 tyres!!!!! And they only had goodyear eagle F1s which means I can't get matching fronts. From here to Germany, a town called Adernach where we had a great night on the beers and close to the Nurburgring. This however was closed due to severe fog which was absolutely gutting. Then finally a weekend in Amsterdam - less said about that the better , and then ferry back from there to Harwich. I had a bit of a run of bad luck but still loved it. Costs can get high pretty quickly so it's worth making sure you got some overdraft of credit cards just incase and RAC breakdown cover was an absolute life saver. Also - take your V5 - the gendamerie wanted to see it and would have been a further fine without. Highlights that you should try and cram in - probably some sun in the south of france, french alps for roads and swiss alps for views and finally lake como and amsterdam to unwind.

The credit card like slot is definatley for toll cards. I was driving in Japan on holiday in June. It is for the barriers that open so fast you don't have to slow down. I didn't have one.... which was a great excuse to test out the 0-60 claims for the GTR every few junctions

Thanks Sarnie. I've been in touch with Glen who's just got back from hiring a car!! very helpful.

I'm off to Japan in a month and I'm going to hire a GTR http://www.premium-rent.com/en/cartypes.php The plan is to get it for 24hrs and do a day trip out of Tokyo and drive back in the following morning having got some gratuitous shots in the car with Mount Fuji in the background. Has anyone driven in Japan and does anyone know where I could get an english sat nav with Japan maps. Google's not finding much. I'm a bit nervous to say the least and can't imagine getting far without a sat nav

The panasonics are generally the best from reviews I have read - but they cost a fortune. For nearly the same experience for far less you can't go wrong with a Samsung. Also - on the whole plasma / lcd debate it all depends on what you want to use it for. If its lots of films and standard resolution TV plasmas are generally better. If its hooking it up to your pc and playing computer games the LCD screens are better suited.

I've been googling about this, this morning and from what I can tell cigarette lighters are not a great place to get your power and I need to either change the ground for the cigarette lighter to the connection used by the stereo or not use the cigarette lighter at all and power it from the stereo's power feed. If that fails I'll try a surpressor. Prevention is better than cure..... I think?!

I'm about to set off in the zed for a decent blast but am dreading using the 7" satnav I intsalled into the cubby hole a while ago. Works a treat but is ruined by annoying alternator whine over the (stock) stereo. I've given up trying to convince myself it's similar to supercharger whine I presume the grounding is poor and thats leading to the problem but I don't know where to start to improve things. The satnav is connected through the front cigarette lighter. Any suggestions of where to start - perhaps a grounding kit? Anyone else with the same problem and fixed it? pictures always make a post better, relevant of not so heres a video playing through the satnav

I use these but you need to get the format and resolution right. you can find them both on google image search and then resize them and change the format with something like Photo shop or the MS office picture editior. heres one up and running on startup

Very cool! What do you think about the mother board mod? Do you feel it would work? If you mean the tape deck hack as described above - it worked a treat.