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My car lives a fair few miles away from me most of the time, are all the hoses easy accessible to change over? To be honest I got the Mishi hose kit for a grand total of £29.76 inc delivery so for the that price I cannot moan I managed to fit the samco ones without any need to jack the car or anything. Standard height though and standard front. Not sure if that would make a different for you? That would only be because of the bottom hose connection to the radiator and getting something underneath to catch the coolant. Needed to get the old coolant out first into a bowl then used my hose clip removal tool, bit of effort to get the old pipes off. Fitted the new ones with new jubilee clips, screwed tight. Filled with new coolant as per the technique shown in the service manual and bob's your uncle. My only concern was the bleeding procedure. Made sure i followed that and kept topping it up. All in think I had to put about 6 litres back in her. All worked a charm. So you don't need many tools really. Bloody amazing price for those pipes when I think how much I paid for the samco. Then again not many do the white ones.

Well done mate. Well deserved win.

Car looks great bbk. The bolt kit is really nice. I used to spend time with my gf. Not for the last few months though lol.

All good Steve. Coolant hoses make quite a difference I think. Heard the mishi's are good too. Once you start with the engine bay you won't stop lol

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Cheers Paddy and sorry about that. But then i don't find there's a day i spend on this forum where i don't want to change something lol G, as long as you don't change it to the other exhaust i have been considering thats ok lol Seriously though, not changing anytime soon but conversations with someone means i have another option should i want to change it down the line, o plus it would be titanium more than happy for now though Cheers 3sjr - definitely need to pop along to join the "ark" parking lol Need to get that turbo fitted mate! will pop over once i've got a bit more done on here this week

Cheers pjf Matt these exhausts are getting a bit like the side skirts Going to have an Ark only parking area at the national meet As for the cover - love the way it looks, he's done a good job i think with the finish. I'm just hoping it holds up to the heat ok

Hi Fluke Ive got a clip of the ark exhaust fitted to my car now running berk hfc's http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/84682-wizurds-build-confirmed-zeditus/page__st__40

Nice work. Leds are a good choice and that odb reader is nice and cheap! Might have to have a look for one of them now. Once you start making changes it won't stop lol Like the carbon on the washer covers. Don't know how it would look with a different colour but the black works I think.

Congrats Ian. Great looking car.

That's not annoying at all is it. Time to buy an axe me thinks.

ahhh lol doh my bad. Yer i couldn't find just a one character anime film that anyone has so this was the closest i could get. Gotta say i do like it. I know it won't be everyones cut of tea but then its a bit of a difference from the normal carbon fibre (got that as well lol). It'll be like an accent wall in the living room

Cheers G Your quite right think it is confirmed now Humpy - not stickers, its a hydrofilm. Like other dippings it bonds and because part of the paint, in this case a white undercoat. Then gets lacquered and you're good to go. Looks mental and better with some lacquer on it. As for longeivity i'm not sure yet. Fingers crossed, worth a punt.

Good looking car Scotti. Paint looks really good after the clean.

And because i have zero will power. Engine cover nuttiness:) Not the best pic since was done by the guy at the dippers before lacquering but you get the idea.

One of my mates in his infinite wisdom decided to ask me how much i paid for the Ark whilst stood with my girlfriend. I skirted around that subject quickly.

Here we go - see if this video works Ark exhaust with Berk HFC's filmed on an s3

excellent idea! silver bbq paint it is then. did you have to sand down the diff first or just clean it up?

Cheers G This is all your fault by the way. "Ark" parking area sounds like an excellent idea. I reckon by next year there may be a lot more in that area lol That's the name of the resonators i couldn't remember. Cheers Enjoying the zeditus so far its only the bank balance that's not happy about it

thanks Am considering the bumper tuck, if i get time on the weekend. Have a niggling feeling then that i'll want to polish the diff lol I'm feeling exactly the same re dirt. Don't want it getting dirty lol but the sound more than makes up for that.

Ok so finally got around to getting the exhaust fitted yesterday. Was going to do it myself but being lazy and having too much on went down to WhifBitz garage in Caldicot. He deals primarily with supra's (and has done for a long time so knows his stuff) but also works on pretty much anything else. So here's some pics of the fitting. Here she is pre the change Once they got all the old bits off there was a definite rattle on the single pipe mid section. So that explains the odd rattle i was getting around 2.5K sometimes! Strangely you can just see scrapes on the y pipes. In fact they were slightly flattened off like they'd been crushed a bit but that is the top side of the exhaust so don't know how the scratches ended up on there. Only one little issue Snapped bolt on one of the rear mounting points. No real problem though since after trying to get it all out (and it was properly seized in there), just needed to drill a new hole and add a new nut and bolt Now the new exhaust Shiny bits 1 Shiny bits 2 (love those exhaust tips Shiny bits 3 You can see from the last picture as well that the flanges would have been up tight against the plastic diff cover. Thankfully the lads had already sorted that and just cut out some sections of the cover so that the exhaust isn't up against it. Gotta say i LOVE the way it looks. Such a great looking bit of kit and the noise isn't bad either lol So all in all a really good day yesterday, plus got home and got all the wheels off for a proper clean and seal and then bleed all the brakes as well. If only all days were this successful Did also get a new radiator cap with the WhifBitz's logo on, thought why not since its a higher rated cap plus supports a local business. Next update will be after this weekend when i have to try to: Spray and fit slam panel, brake and battery surrounds, 3 brackets in the engine bay Fit strut brace back on since its back now with its white powder coated feet Fit engine cover since that's now dipped and looking mental (will have pics once its on the car) Fit boostjunkies white flexible hosing to get rid of some of the black stuff in the engine bay Fit door switch surrounds hummmmm think thats it lol i'm sure there will be more and a lot of colourful language in the process Anyway thats it for now. Might see if i can post the vids of the before and after exhaust sounds as well. Not great since did them on my phone but gives you an idea of the change. Overall the note is now deeper and more burbley (that a word?), still has that nice Berk HFC rasp, slightly louder and makes more pops when coming off the gas, basically all wins! Cheers for reading

that is a major plus for this place, all the help and info. It's not the doing it that worries me. Literally just the costs :-( see how it goes over the next few months. Looking forward to seeing your build on

Wow. I couldn't even do that by accident lol

Got my stand past yesterday. Cheers for all the hard work on this Steve (and anyone else that's involved)

welcome along. Single exit exhaust will be different to see so thats always good.