ian.lewkowicz

I agree, I wouldn't let someone test drive the car without insurance. If it was a friend or someone you at least knew it is one thing, but a total strange is a definate no-no. When I was buying mine Nissan wouldn't even let me test drive it without me first agreeing to buy it following a successful test drive. This being me having to sign the paperwork saying I would buy it. I wasn't about to do this as I wanted to test drive one to ensure I wanted one, before having them to get the colour and spec I wanted in. I wasn't about to sign saying that if the test drive was good I'd buy the one they had in, so I left it thinking well a garage will probably let me test drive one. Nissan then rang me about a week later and said I could test drive one

Silver Coupe on the A50 which then turned up to the A38. Driver gave an indicator flash but not sure if it was someone from here?

Remember that feeling from not too long ago having 2 instances of 2 weeks without driving. I thought it was bad enough when I had my previous car in the bodyshop and couldn't drive it, but it's even worse when you can see the car but just can't drive it The thing is, like you've mentioned, you spend a lot in fuel in the first few days after getting back behind the wheel. I found I'd spent almost as much as I would have if I had been driving for the 2 weeks, lol

The wheels look great, matt black certainly looks good against the red, especially with the red lip. Think the suggestions of the door handles will look great too

Sorry to hear about that, hope it heals well and quickly. I know what it's like, I broke a bone in my foot playing football and couldn't drive for 2 weeks then broke the same bone again not long after being cleared to play football again I've seen contractors at work (and been close myself while working with my company) cracking themself in the face with a drill as they've been too close and the drill has caught and spun round and smacked their cheek. One of the lads who did it knows someone who has broken their jaw doing this, lol

Cheers for the update mate. Looking forward to getting this and putting it on the car

Nice motor, lovely colour if I do say so myself lol. Same goes (to any of ya in the area), if ya see us about give us a beep / a flash

How much longer is it gonna be coops?

I had thought maybe at some point close to that pic being taken you'd been on the grass

Bloody hell, that's a bit worrying. Good that it didn't do any more damage other than the battery Not suprised the AA bloke was crapping it. I remember when I had to get my Audi A4 towed, they sent out a normal patrol van, who then said there's no chance I'll be able to tow that (it was kitted and had a pretty low RS4 kit on it) so he called for a recovery truck. When he got there (it was getting late by this stage and the garage would have shut) he said I could probably get it on the truck but not many of the blokes could get it off so I don't wanna risk it incase one of the other lads needs the truck in the morning (he didn't wanna leave the car outside the garage without letting them know etc so was gonna leave it on the truck in their yard) as they'll end up ripping your bumper off. So he then rang and arranged for another recovery truck in the morning. This one was a bit more special though. The whole of the flat bed came off and was flat on my drive and you could pretty much push the car onto it. It's apparently what they use for things like Ferrari's and others cars which have almost no clearance. I just remember thinking how nice it is to get someone from a recovery company who respects the cars they are working on, not getting pi**ed that things are a lil harder because it's not a standard car

If ya mean me then nope, mine's not got a private plate. Have considered one in the past though

Good advice i hope shes a keeper..but will take alot to align every panel back into place..gaps everywhere! we'll see if shes straight first... if not- no good! Are the gaps just between aftermarket and stock panels? I.E. the new carbon bonnet and the wings / bumper, or are they actually at every single join in panels? If it's just in aftermarket stuff I'd have thought it'll just be either the quality of the aftermarket bits or the fitment of them bits. Maybe Max rushed a few bits and didn't fit things quite right or sommat. My advise would be to wait and see. If it was bent in the accident I can't see it not being recorded. Is there any of the original interior? Are there signs that the airbags have deployed?

Might seem like a lot of issues but don't think of them all at once otherwise you'll just want to get rid. As long as the inspection comes back think of them and think which are the worst ones and then do them in the order you wanna do them etc. Think of each one seperately and all of a sudden it won't seem so bad and also you'll get through them a lot faster than you'd think. With the help of people on this board they'll soon get sorted. Everyone's really helpful and will always give advice whenever they can. Personally I'd see how the inspection goes then see what the smell is under acceleration. Cosmetic issues aren't too bad, just your pride that will take a knock etc. But at the end of the day you'll still be driving round in a 350z, which lets face it is still an amazing car even with some cosmetic issues

I'm up for this

Yeah Eibach Pro-Springs are what I have been looking at

There should be no "real" issues except that : - you will loose the protection to the midsection which is the lowest area underneath the car - you will loose some chasis bracing too Don't know how much its contributes but i will rather a stiff chasis than a wobbly one I agree with spacing in your case as your zed is standard height and will not make too much of an isues with sensible negotiation of bumps as opposed to buying a new midsection when it breaks unprotected I have been considering lowering springs too

Ah rite so it's basically loosening off some nuts, move the bumper and that'll fix the 'lump' lol

Bumper has been like this since before I brought it. Just the first time I've looked underneath it as there was a big ol' piece of metal in the way before lol Couldn't feel any broke clip or any clip that wasn't attached etc. So dunno if it's a broken clip or sommat or whether it's been mis-shaped under heat or sommat "Sometimes the mid-section rubs on the W-shaped crossmember and spacing this with 2-3 washers sorts this out i did the same but frequently scraped it on speed humps so took out (mind you my car is 35mm lowered )" That's the one, couldn't remember what it was called. I haven't got it at the moment but they are keeping it for me. It looked like it was gonna struggle to fit in the Z and was filthy so thought i'll go back get it in a couple of days in my dad's escort. They have said that there's no issues with having it removed and that it would be spaced down by about an inch so thought I'd probably leave it off if that is the case

+1 I for one was gonna leave the outside completely standard and not touch the engine at all and the stereo was fine for me I've just had a K1 exhaust installed, in the process of putting a £550 stereo in it and will when I can afford upgrade the speakers Have already toyed with the idea of having the engine remapped Also if I could afford would be putting a bodykit on it

Nope, they are still there. There were some wheels there I wouldn't have minded swapping mine for because they looked nice, but think they were the wrong offset, and didn't wanna ask as I have no money to buy them anyway, lol As ya can see from the last pic, the bumper has a bit of a weird bend on it. I thought it was a clip or sommat that wasn't connected or was broken but having taken a look when it was up on the ramps I have seen there doesn't seem to be a clip or evidence that one has broken it or sommat so guess it must just be morphed with heat or sommat

Tried ABP due to wanting it done for the weekend and not having any time between now and then when I can have more than an hour off work, and ABP is like 15 mins from work It's on and seems to fit fairly well, a couple of things needed taking off, just covers from what they've said. I've got the bits that they've taken off. Also one item needed taking off that is apparently to be lowest part of the car incase it gets grounded. Not entirely sure what this is but apparently I can put it back on but it will need to be spaced down by about an inch but that will mean it's more likely to get caught than grazed if I ground out on anything. Will get a photo of the bits taken off at some point so that people can tell me if it's ok to be off the car, lol There's a slight rattle but think that might be my golf clubs in the back. I have also got photo's of it fitted so will put that up soon

Cars currently on the ramp at ABP having the exhaust fitted

That looks pretty cool, nice to be different from the norm

I have used the RCA output from the stereo for front and rear speakers (not got any RCA's in my Sub RCA Output yet and I have used the RCA leads on the InCarTec lead plugged into these and it seems to work fine. I do have the BOSE system yes, my car is on an 04 plate Have you tried following this thread to ensure the wiring is done correctly? Have you joined the blue/white on the InCarTec wiring lead to the remote wire from the stereo and black/white lead on the InCarTec wiring lead to the ground from the stereo? Think this powers the amp?

I have recently been installing my Pioneer AVH - P4200DVD and it doesn't seem to need the in-line boosters so I would check that it is needed (I made the mistake and brought the in-line booster and don't need it