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depends what look you want.... without if you want it to look euro or with if u want it to look jap lol

/\ agreed

If this helps I bought a cat d 07 with 9000 miles it was a 313 full gt with sat nav for £7500 repaird. I have no major regrets as the car had a really good repair, but even though everything can look ok by eye I am at the moment having problems with the wheel allignment, nothing seems bent 3 garages including my dad can't find what's bent the car is out on the os rear toe by about 5mm. So all I can say is keep a reserve when buying a cat d and an even larger reserve for a cat c as these are sports cars and unnoticeable things like the geometry can be a big difference. It's cost me a good £350 to fix so far. Still makes the car a bargain but dnt expect no issues.

Ai don't worry I will be, my dads works specialise in hg commercial vehicles so they had nothing that could give me readings, you could just tell by visually looking at the back by how ****ed it was, we ended up setting the arms to oe length and guessed the rest... It won't be going in till Monday now but I'm not driving it until then, will let you guys know how it goes then! Fingers crossed

Ok guys ive just been down my at my dads works and my o my didn't that garage **** up my allignment! My car was twitching and just didn't feel stable on the back, when I took it to my dads workshop the lads ther pi**ed themselves laughing at how bad my allignment was, the n/s rear was toeing outwards like a bitch and the o/s had a massive positive camber it was really really bad lol its a shame he can't do it! I hate it when I have to rely on garages!, Also I've been avia auto's in Bridgend last week and Andy the guy who attempted the job last time without the adjustable arms (who I must say was excellent) wasn't in, I've now left the problem With my dad now who has a mate that's just had a four wheel allignment system installed, (wish i knew this!!) fingers crossed he can do it, at least he's not going to charge Me more money! also if that fails my old man will arrange to have it put on a jig. Will update asap, btw place it's going to now is Barry tyre center

Hey Jez thanks for the info, yea I agree even the guy said it was pretty bad, I can confirm that i've checked the bushes and ball joints and everything is nice and tight as it should be I can almost definitely out rule that problem, plus the car has only done 11,000 miles :-\

so third garage or take action with something else guys?

thanks so far guys, and again im sorry Ekona for not putting it on the same thread I just wanted to attract some more attention, lesson learnt though

Yea on the second check they didn't bother to adjust the rear again that's why it's the same. All they alterd was the front to make the steering wheel straight.

Also I havnt checked it on a jig however where it has had the repair, that side is not causing the problem the other side is 2 garages including my dad have spent a good while trying to find something bent with no luck, the chassie has no signs of damage it seems very straight it's unnoticeable

Nope, is it comman mind for my car to get checked twice within an hour with very different readings on the allignment, something just doesn't seem Right. I'm tempted to take it to a 3rd place but its Costing me a bomb

Heya mate me and my dad fitted them on his pit (he's a mechanic) and they went on very easily, they have about 2" of adjustment each way compared to OE spec in my opinion I was quite suprised how adjustable they where considering the car is not lowerd shorley that's enough? Also they are toe arms not toe bolts.

Hey guys i'm sorry to start a new Topic I just really need some help with this wheel allignment on my Z. viewtopic.php?f=10&t=63056 After having problems with 2 garages trying to track my car it came to the conclusion that the toe on the o/s rear just didn't have enough adjustment to get it within alignment parameters. so after spending ££££ on a D2 Racing Toe/Camber adjustment kit, I took it to the garage today and they still couldn't do it! they only slightly improved my toe with the heaps of extra adjustment these d2 arms where giving. In the end they said they got it to as best as they could so reluctantly I paid £60 for a job that wasnt quite right . Now sorry to go on but to add to the story I noticed my steering wheel was not straight so I took the car back, they then put it back on the ramp and the readings where totally different again on both the front and rear! As confused and as pi**ed off as I was the garage said it is definitely your car and not our tools. It would be GREATLY appreciated if someone could have a look at the print outs they gave me listed below this alignment problem as cost me so far £350! and it still isn't corrected. To say I feel sick about it is an understatment

Hey yea the facelift xenon headlights where fitted with washers which was good and everything is straight underneath there are no signs of damage at all, it's been over my dads pit . Also it has the satnav and reverse sensors and Bluetooth which is kwl Thanks again for the input! :-)

Thanks for opinion both and yea pics are all saved, the repair seems really good to! my dad has an inspection pit so I double checked everything with no nasty suprises, only gripe I've got is that they put a pre facelift bumper on it! I guess it's lucky it's only a minor change

I suppose it was the mileage and how new it felt inside that sold it to me. Kinda gutted now you said you sold yours for 8k though! Lol why so cheap?? I couldn't find any at the time like that :-(

Do you think I'll struggle to sell it for the same money now? (always worth knowing if i got a decent deal or not I suppose

Repaired I paid £7500 and I've spent about £200? On niggly fixes so say £7700 for what i think is now a perfectly good car?

Well fair enough I'll know to keep mine I suppose lol

Lol everything seemed "straight" I didn't see why I should of avoided it? Besides the car seems ok and I've been driving it for about 2 months now. Can I ask why would you avoid it? Lol

Hey guys I just randomly typed on google 350z cat D and my car came up With the salvage site that owned it! Here is the link http://www.salvagesparefinder.co.uk/NIS ... 236375.htm The car has now been fully repaired before I bought it but found it very interesting to see the damage it sustained. Please have a good look at the pics and let me know what you think the car seems ok but if you think I should double check something please do mention it :-)

Second hand brake discs?? Really???? Lol!

Just to add my zed is an 07 so the plastics are allot better and the engine is faster again... I can't comment on the older models....

I to owned a b16a2 Crx mk2 and loved it! I really miss the car. If I could have both I would. My Crx was a safe bet and very predictable. However I did get a zed for that very reason my Honda was to predictable! My zed scares the sh!t out of me! Lol

My dads a sprayer.... Lol but I guess if one goes cheap on fleabay maybe I should keep my options open lol