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Did it last weekend. I used a Stanley blade rather than a razor blade.

Double-dare with bells on. JFDI.

You will deffo need a pack of sandpaper as well. It's only £5. I used Meguiars and Autosol and found Meguiars better. I followed Husky's thread for my JDM and K1 exhausts and couldn't have done it without the paper.

Used it for the last year. Seems fine.

+1. Rushing the other day and brushed the kerb. Didn't you have similar wheels to me?

DO NOT turn off the TCS with odd tyres for the love of god... been there DONE that ... Bad experience Explain? Was it the mysterious "oil patch" or were you just driving too fast for the conditions? Not a criticism (we've all done it) just genuinely interested how you lost it.

Just go and drive around normally with the TCS off with your current set up. I bet you that you will feel the car having more bite and feel and nothing untoward will happen. All this talk of oil etc. is overblown. I've been driving for 30 years, all with sporty RWD cars and never "hit a patch of oil" and come off. This is always used as an excuse when someone gets it wrong and stuffs it in to a ditch. I've only ever come off the road once and that was in a 325i (with no TCS) and lost the back end because I was driving too fast round a roundabout. My fault. Not the mysterious "patch of oil".

Something tells me that is NEVER coming off.... Although I AM interested in having a little bit of a play somewhere with a little drift/tail slide. Somewhere SAFE... where the mistakes I WILL make wont matter.... Where do people go for something like that? To learn? (Other than a go-kart track in a go-kart!) There seems to be a mis-apprehension that the moment TCS is turned off, the car will spin sideways and explode in a fireball. This is not so. I drive everywhere with the TCS off when it's dry. And I drive fast. I have never "lost" the back end and only spun the wheels once in 12 months. The additional bite, speed and overall "feel" is so much better. Of course if you are a retard and floor the throttle whilst holding the wheel at right-angles you will get problems but I swear, if you go out now and turn it off, you will feel the difference and never go back. Well saying that my TCS is usually on all the time and even when going full throttle around bends i dont get the TCS kicking in, infact since i changed all 4 tyres over to vredestiens there is not even the slightest hickup when pushing the car Exactly. The 350z is a "point and squirt" car. i.e. drive like your pants are on fire when in a stright line, brake and select right gear when you come to a corner, turn corner with a little throttle and then floor it when clearing the corner. I've also got an MX-5 which is completley different (full throttle nearly all the time and scrub speed off by turning and changing gear) Try that in the Z and it's "hello Jesus!"

Something tells me that is NEVER coming off.... Although I AM interested in having a little bit of a play somewhere with a little drift/tail slide. Somewhere SAFE... where the mistakes I WILL make wont matter.... Where do people go for something like that? To learn? (Other than a go-kart track in a go-kart!) There seems to be a mis-apprehension that the moment TCS is turned off, the car will spin sideways and explode in a fireball. This is not so. I drive everywhere with the TCS off when it's dry. And I drive fast. I have never "lost" the back end and only spun the wheels once in 12 months. The additional bite, speed and overall "feel" is so much better. Of course if you are a retard and floor the throttle whilst holding the wheel at right-angles you will get problems but I swear, if you go out now and turn it off, you will feel the difference and never go back.

No laughing, pointing or giggling from me. Now turn the TCS off.

Superb. Probably the best Z that I know of when in "show" mode. Even looks great in current form.

Yeh, the Sports look nice but they're prior to the 2009 facelift. I want the facelift model as not only does it have the new front and rear (only subtle changes) but it has the PCM3 nav etc.. inside which is a big step up. Looking for a white, silver or grey Cayman S in 2009 with PASM, Chrono etc... and also the new DFI 3.4 engine which improves bhp by about 25 horses. Keep us posted. Many reports of the Cayman being a better/quicker/safer drive than the 911. I like the sport because of the colours! Tango orange, froggy green or white with stripes says Porsche to me. I'm soo 1970s.

Once did this to a fountain inside a shopping centre as a "protest" against, er, well I can't remember, in Taunton. Used industrial foam, and an indelible dye. Because of CCTV cameras etc. the main "urban terrorist" dressed as an old man with beard and dropped about a gallon of the stuff in to the fountain. The rest of us acted as look-outs and distractors. We over-did the foam because the fountain foamed to about 15 ft in the air with a mauve suds.The council had to drain it and clean it at a cost of "thousands" according to them. I'm sure this led to the overthrow of Thatcher 10 years later.

Hmm. Today my mate came over with his brand spanking new 2010 Porsche Cayman S in "seal" grey. I had a drive and now I thoroughly regret my comment months back regarding the Cayman, it was fantastic! It felt like it was on rails, steering was so smooth and perfect and that engine noise is amazing! I still love my 370z but I now have these horrible ideas floating round my head about trading/selling her in the next few months and getting myself a Cayman S! Go the whole hog and get an S Sport. If I had to chose my "next car" now, this would be it. Yours for £36k. http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1770081.htm

Bought. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Meguiars-Last-Tou ... 1c153daf78 Thanks for help.

Just for clarification, this is to be used as a lubricant for the clay bar, not as a detailer.

I've ran out of Meguirs Quick Detail lubricant which comes with their clay bars. What do people use as a cheaper alternative? Thanks.

PM Mark at Abbey with all this.

I bought my girlfriend a Mark 1 MX-5 last year. The smile factor is as high as the Z and at £1500 for a perfectly decent one, they are a steal. Also, the modding you can do to them is never-ending. The trade-in doesn't surprise me to be honest.

Google is your friend. http://www.vospers.com/Home.aspx

+100 Spend money making your car go slower on something nobody ever sees.

That looks great and a real improvement. Have you considered wrapping the lip spoiler?

+1 The rear of the 370 is absolutely shocking when colour-coded but by "defining" it with a black diffuser and spolier it pinches the lines and looks 100% better.

More!!!!!!!