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I keep thinking ... must lower Zed ... then the realisation that I live in London hits home and stops me Nice Zed

I know I apologise, it was vulgar

Ricey, Team GB

Astra 1.7CDTi?

They never quite moaning do they - all that hotness comes at a price my friend

Could always try snap em up in any case, you would only need to replace 1 wheel and these style of wheel are kicking around a fair bit at the moment. Could work out to be a bargain.

You can still buy tickets on the 2012 website...

Good luck and I was adamant for black as well, bloody hard work keeping it clean though

Thats happened a few times at companies I have worked at, mostly though they have tried their best to be placed as close to where they are now and if they do move further away that its as close to as many of the employees as possible. I don't think legally you can do anything, if its too far you will have to come to an agreement with them as to a financial settlement to leave I would suspect.

Yes I will be writing in red ink on here soon to correct people Thats the problem, I couldn't find anything that would be sufficient to replace Zed. I like to be different (hence my mods) and have something a bit loud and eye catching, but just can't find the right thing. TVRs are just too much hassle, if anything an RX7 might be a good option.

As the dyno is at the hubs the flywheel readout can at best be a mathematical guess, If you ask Mark@Abbey he'll give you the formula he uses to calculate the flywheel number. Personally I don't think the numbers are the main reason to get an uprev though. Was hoping this would be a review thread, rather than a pick apart the review thread so that others would do the same. As for the above, an up rev does give you a better drive yada yada heard it all before but I think pretty much everyone who gets an up rev likes to know the numbers, you have paid the money after all, you get reads at the fly at lots of other places, would have been nice to have had it here also. As I say, its a review, it was something I would have liked as a paying customer.

I got a lump in my throat then I have had thoughts about selling my Zed recently, think I would be distraught to see it go!

OK easy fellas Peter, as much as a forum is great for getting knowledge, the same questions have been asked hundreds of times, it wears people in the end having to answer it hundreds of times over. Lots of encouragement here to get new users to get used to navigating the forum to find the info they need, yes its a bit of a faff at first but ultimately its quicker for users to dig in and find what they need rather than sticking up new posts every time they need an answer to it - this forum is a brilliant database, its worth the time to get used to it

Run it on super, thats what the handbook says, normal unleaded will ultimately do bad things to your internals.

The chef at my local pub just traded in his Evo IV for a motorbike complained a lot about the poor ride and fuel economy

Hope you have checked the insurance on an Evo...comes up x3 times more expensive than a Zed for me And of course, you need to service it every 6 months... I understand where you are coming from, Evos do look mental good fun, but I am still sticking with the Zed

Oh yeah, the weather was hot as well

from a fellow Surrarian Yep, take your time, pick the right one, many out there Have a nose through the Zeds for Sale section on here also, you will have a lot of history and knowledge of the car as people will have posted on here about their Zeds

Unfortunately no clip of Milltek minus Berks, should have done really as its often wanted. As above though, its pretty quiet, probably a touch quieter than stock.

No idea mate, PM rare rims on here might be able to help, also ebay search turns up these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/D1-FORGED-LONG-WHEEL-NUT-GOLD-NISSAN-FAIRLADY-350Z-CUBE-ELGRAND-PULSAR-SILVIA-/261070930638

It got hotter the day after Ian left, just as well he wasn't there on Tuesday otherwise my Zed would never have gotten finished it was so hot.

Hmmm, 6,250 for a 52 plate import non GT version...you could do better me thinks for that money...

...just having a look over my Zed and its many mods, thinking about how many PMs I get about each part, thought why not write up a short review of all the bits I have on it in case anyone would like to know how I got on with it all. Maybe inspire some of the guys with really amazing Zeds to do the same Internal Cosmetics Centre console wrap, got some satin black vinyl from RTB, wrapped the gear surround and the rest of it up to the triple gauges. The wrap is hexis branded and does a great job of overlaying the nasty plastic look, in fact looks a bit leather style and adds a bit of class to the interior. One of the first and best mods in my book, would love to do the rest of the interior. The gear surround is very easy to do, the rest is a bit of a pain and it does need removing from the car but this isn't too difficult. I got off ebay (yeah no wise cracks thanks) a matching mono handbrake and gear knob. Taking the handbrake off is quite scary, you know it is a permanent removal, you need a blade to cut it off so if you balls it up you are left with a metal stick for a hand brake! In actuality its not a difficult job, just cut along the stitching with a sharp blade and it comes away easily. The difficult bit is adapting the handbook cover. I was lucky enough to buy one which needed no adapting but to adapt it you have to cut a one inch slot in the base so it goes all the way over the handbrake itself. Makes a bit difference to the feel of the handbrake as its much chunkier, SMD is your handbrake expert though. The gear know is easy enough, unscrew and attach the new one. I found that the rounder more chunky ones with a bit of weight make changing smoothly a lot easier. I have carbon wrapped a number of parts, the door grabs and the silver parts on the steering wheel. The door grabs come off easy enough and take a medium level of skill to wrap as there are a few angles that need heat, stretching and reapplying. The steering wheel parts can be done with the wheel still in the car, just wrap around and use a credit card to tuck the wrap into the gaps. I think the steering wheel wrap makes a BIG difference to the look and quality of the car. Hexis trumps 3M every time I have found. Bought a handsfree module off ebay, used it lots, like it. Works fine with iPhone 4s. Wheels/Brakes I bought the Volks GTVs early on, big investment, never looked back. Super lightweight and wider than Rays/stock wheels they make a big difference to the feel of the car. Also they look stunning, if you get the chance to snap up some Volks, I would give them a big thumbs up over the standard alloys. At the same time I purchase some wheel guard called GTechniq C5 which is absolutely awesome. Will last 4-6 months, you get very little or no brake dust stick and when it comes to general cleaning just car shampoo on a wash mitt and they are back to immaculate. I ordered Black Diamond brake discs and pads from CS to replace the previous set of unknown discs and pads. Stopping power is very good, can't comment if its better than the DBA/Ferrodo combo everyone seems to go for but its more than sufficient for how I drive. Only down points on these are that sometimes the pads can rattle in calipers, it seems random as to when they do this. Also the centre hub of the disc tends to gather that rust colour a lot so requires dedicated cleaning. I also got some HKS braided brake lines which make a big difference to the braking, it kicks in a lot quicker than when the rubber standards ones were on, takes a bit of getting used to but will improve sensitivity of the brakes. A really good mod for the money just needs a bit of work bleeding the brakes. Exhaust System I have ended up with a Milltek cat back and Berks HFCs under the Zed. Have to say the Milltek really is too quiet without the HFCs, I wouldn't recommend going Milltek without some change in the stock cats. The Milltek though fitted perfectly. no welding or removing of parts and married up to both the stock cats and the Berks perfectly. Berks HFCs will add a rasp to the exhaust note, if you haven't heard it before and you add them it can be a surprise hearing it, so would recommend going out at one of the meets with someone to hear the effect they have. Berks HFCs, after warming up WILL pass the MoT emissions test. Milltek with HFCs makes a sweet sound, quiet below 3k revs, very racy/ferrari like with foot down 4k-7k revs. Exterior Styling Have a plan before you start adding bits! I knew what I wanted from the start, so went for the front splitter and side steps to give a 'flow' around the edge which also made the car look lower without lowering it (which is difficult to get away with around london). Got the Stillen front splitter which is really well made, it does though leave some gaps and won't fit flush to the standard bumper, I am going to try get some more work done on it to pull closer to the bumper lip. Otherwise it looks stunning with the NASCAR style bars on the front. Also I emailed Stillen about some decals to put on it, 4 days later at zero cost I had a set of six to choose from thanks guys. The side steps are by Aerokit, the build quality is average, they flex a lot but that is quite useful as I have caught my foot on them many times getting in and out. Note that both these items collect dirt like you wouldn't believe because they are horizontal and flat, be ready to clean them every other day at least. Debadging is good for the car if you want Joe Public to have no idea you are driving a Nissan...I have a custom badge on the back now and smoothed front. Engine Modifications Up front, to answer many a question, NA engines do not return much BHP for the money you spend. It does though however make the best use that the NA engine can offer. Personally I found it frustrating that I wasn't getting the best out of it so I added a plenum spacer, I went for the Motordyne option and have to say the instructions and parts that came with it were first class, installed myself, again medium difficulty level also you can wipe out the muck that has gathered under the upper plenum. I also added a Stillen CAI which I got off ebay (again no wise cracks!) which although adds no bhp in reality (nor loses by all accounts) does give a nice noise a low level roar but also a turbo-esque whistle sound which I give a thumbs up for. I went to Abbey for the up rev, slightly annoying that I didn't get a BHP at the fly readout (as then I can compare to the factory claim of 276) but otherwise a good job done there. I have played with the look of the engine bay but it requires HUGE work to get it up to showroom style (ask Wasso). I have though bought some coloured bolts from Tarmac and they look really good, well worth adding to the car. I got a 350z-uk cooling plate, can cut your fingers off if not handled properly but have left it on, looks pretty good although me bad have sprayed it red now. In the theme of red, I have bought a grounding kit from H-Dev in red, looks great, easy install, from what I can see makes absolutely no difference to the drive of the car though. Looks good though. So thats about it guys and girls. Hope this spawns some similar write ups (reviews of the mods rather than just build updates in the build section) or inspires others to have a go Col

Thanks Ian, an epic 7 days that, lots of elbow grease and pinkness combined to make a lot of south east Zed owners very happy. The rain is just beading off the Zed at the moment ... looks stunning!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volk-alloys-350z-19-inch-staggered-set-up-/110926698508