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It was good fun actually, i had a few bits from a previous car I took to a wrapping company in Redhill...the guy gave me all the off cuts and a plastic card with a soft and hard edge which helped. Imagine wrapping around the triple gauges might be a bit more difficult...

Maybe Monday nights are just one of those nights these sorts of things get done...only did it because I went out to fire up the Z and have a tinker when the wife stuck a RomCom on the TV

Sorry, what I mean was the cost for the follow up work, so its £402 for the initial work, then if I added a new exhaust etc in the next year and came back in 2012 what would the cost be to run the dynos again?

...1 broken ashtray, 1 off-cut of carbon fiber wrap, the wifes hairdryer and 10 minutes of free time. Don't think I will be doing the rest of the console though!

Similar MPG, not so similar average speed! Most miles are a 30mph limited run to work and back, with the occasional run round the M25...

Diesel generator or hotwire it into a street lamp I was thinking more along the lines of a scamera, surely there'll be plenty of those nearby? No need for cameras near me, the average speed is about 6mph in London traffic...self regulating!

I live on a main road in Zone 2 London, if someone has a 50m+ extension lead I could borrow it might do the trick...

Back to the machine... These polishers, do they have to be plugged into the mains or can they be plugged into the car cigarette socket? I cant park my car within distance of my house so this is a key issue to resolve before splashing out, its not clear in many adverts for these machines what you have to plug it into...

Thanks guys, just as a ballpark figure (will not hold you to it!) for a typical dyno session to reflash it? I need new wheels, tyres and a front bumper really so the engine mods come after that, but am tempted by an uprev initially if the dyno session at a later date is reasonable enough.

Just a quick question on this (as people at the Grasshopper seemed to be raving about the uprev tuning) - it seems you purchase a license/software to be applied to the car, the guys at Abbey etc work with it to modify the cars ECU. Question is, if I got my stock car done, then at some point in the future added parts such as exhaust etc and wanted it done again to work better with the additional parts, I presume as I hold the license it be a case of just paying for Abbey etc's time to do the reprogramming again? Is that right? What sort of cost does that entail? Cheers in advance...Col

I have seen the guys at Totally Dynamic debadging using heat guns and its pretty awesome, whipped off three badges on the back of my old Astra in about 3 minutes flat with nothing left on the bodywork. Still, would be a bit nervous using a heat gun...not that I got the choice, I can't park near where I live so no electrical connections available!

I think we have a winner

"Not much left to paint blue...!"

Aha yep me in the black one, yes you did spot me, on my way to the inlaws that day...good pub that...

Some pics from the meet at the Grasshopper 8th May...enjoy! Some early arrivals, parking on the whole was a bit shoddy, none of us lined up! But hey, its the cars, its all about the cars! A rogue 370 in there... Caption competition opportunity I think! A similar BMW event going on a few rows down, Quantity but not the Quality

Horsham, what company?

I think I am yeah! Should be there... ..yeah it does need some work, but getting it all fixed, gradually!

I got a dent in my front bumper near the reflector...tried pushing it out myself but it just goes back to where it was. Also there is a fair amount of welded insects on it so a respray is probably the best option...cost estimates for dent removal and front bumper respray? Apologies in advance for nicking the thread!

New Exedy clutch and flywheel in the Zed, as the clutch has been knackered since I bought it for the first time got to feel the power of the Zed, and it rocks Only thing though, is that gear changes sound a lot more clunky, and there is a little click noise when the clutch is pushed up and down. Nothing to stress over, just wondered if that is normal? It feels like there is a tiny bit of play in gears or something... just the previous utterly knackered clutch probably hid this...

Good stuff, its a popular thing to do but very rarely do you see an illustrative guide to it Something I do when de-badging is to spend a bit more time on clearing up the paint after removal. I used an old credit card to get the badges off rather than a knife, softened up with a sponge and some boiling water. Once off I spent about an hour with some polish just tidying up the badge area. Letting it dry up fully before putting the badges on, just makes for a tidier final result. For the marking up, I just used masking tape on its own. I also moved the 3 5 0 Z badges to the centre of the car, so spent a bit of time getting that straight!

I think air intakes are something of a placebo effect, looking for extra performance and convincing yourself that there is when you swap the air filter over. In the grand scheme of things the standard airbox I am sure is pretty damn good and any performance filter is 0.1% an improvement...also, keep an eye out, I am not sure on the 350z filters but they generally catch particles using the oil in the filter, this oil can make its way into the elements in the air filter and mean changes are required after a while.

I didn't notice the holes until you mentioned it! My dad just grabbed a tiny dab of black silicon gel and put it in there. By all accounts water in the holes doesn't have any effect, its just a slot to insert a tool which removes the aerial base. Bizarre on reception, I just drove M25 round to Essex and back listening to Radio 1 no probs? Looking at the photos, the holes seem more exposed than the ones on my car, literally only about a quarter of the outer part of the circular hole is exposed...?

Get some mates over, hang around with a couple of beers, get the baseball bats with nails sticking out the end and give it some ironic retribution. Unfortunately this is the state of the UK at the moment, utter lack of respect for people or their property.

Good work! Getting my Alex supplied Clutch and Flywheel put on this weekend, then once I get the tyres sorted an Uprev could be on the horizon!

Got my Aluminium gear knob through, looks the business, will be installed Saturday, very happy - cheers!