Stutopia

FFS!! First my grounding kit, now my bracelet..

FWIW I bought mine cos they looked pretty and my bay has red bits, was a total rice purchase. Never occurred to clean existing ground points as it was purely a cosmetic thing, not an issue I was trying to solve. I can tell you they made an unexpected difference on my DE with 50k miles, not saying extra BHP obviously, but I find the revs drop off smoother on shift and idles more happily. I can sell believe that cleaning up earths would have done much the same. I certainly wouldn't have paid £90 for them as a purely cosmetic thing but I'm too lazy to knock up my own and £30 seemed not too offensive.

No mate, that's about it. A few people have made up their own kits with their cable and connectors of choice. You can probably pick up the various mounting points from the install instructions for one of the off the shelf kits. Edit: I bought the h-dev one, sensible price and a pdf on the link below to install. http://h-dev.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=25417

Sexiest zed wing money can buy.

Mine's screwed into the bumper, but when it goes in for the annual road rash removal I'll get the bodyshop to flatten it all off and probably move the plate to the grille.

You find a forum for these or a decent online buying guide? My mate's about to pull the trigger on a 320D and I'm trying to convince him that the 335D is the way to go.

along mate, nice looking Zed Will you've not mentioned a stubby yet? :scare:

Was it this kid?

Nice work, car looks well. I'd lose the number plate plinth mind

Thanks nixy for this quick guide, worked a treat today, even with my limited socket skills. 10 minute job. Just wish my fluid hadn't been brimmed, nearly drowned.

Just stumbled upon this thread, interesting one for me as I quite fancy a track toy. Subscribed. Nice work so far, You look fairly handy with the spanners, is it a relatively easy car to work on? I'm a learner who wants to get more socket time in

The Aston's long gone Definitely do it then

DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT Though I can't imagine ever walking past an Aston to get into something else.

Unlucky mate, good to see everyone unhurt, hope the damage isn't too bad.

Is a massive feed what you want before you get home on anniversary night and have to have your A game ready? Steak all the way, the burgers 70% bread and you can eat that at home for next to nowt Will they cook it in two halfs, so the second half is still hot and fresh?

Cool project on a cool car. Hope there's nothing bad lurking inside, should be a fun thread to follow. Good luck

When you said "kill" swicth, I thought you meant the engine, not the occupants

It's renewal time again and Elephant have come up trumps New price is £580 with all mods declared (but not replaced in the event of etc etc). Given I hadn't owned a car myself for years before the Zed, I'm quite pleased with how much the premium has dropped off coming up to the end of year 2 Yr 1 - £920 Yr 2 - £695 Yr 3 - £580 Nearly 40% drop after two years. I know you don't really know about your insurer until you claim, but up to now I can have no complaints.

They look so good I nearly ordered another one

Nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

When my tech fitted mine he had some double walled silicone hosing lying about, which was marginally wider and fitted spot on. Might have been SAMCO.

The problem is as I see it; According to insurance companies younger men may be worse drivers but this is because when they have a crash it's usually a big one/possibly at high speed/writing off the vehicle and involving a claim. Whereas younger women drivers "probably" have a lot of accidents which aren't recorded in insurance stats due to no claim being made. Does that make younger women better drivers then younger men? I don't necessarily think so. Basically everyone should start on an even keel regardless of gender. Gender stereoypes aside Insurers don't care who is a "better" driver, they care who is statistically more like to make fewer claims. So driver A (male or female) with 1 bump per month which they don't claim for is a "better driver" than driver B with one write off in 3 years, but no bumps. The idea that everyone gets treated equally is a bit naive, although I get the principle you're driving at (and agree with it). Insurers are managing risk, so if you happen to fit the riskiest profile (young male driver), you get the risky premium. It sucks, but it's the only logical way to run a business.

Subscribed! This should be epic. Good luck

That's nearly as quick as an Astra VXR

A mate told me to check out a forum before buying the Zed, and I fully intended to drop in for some free advice and disappear, but then I started to read some of the builds and before you know I'd gone fully blown zeditis. The unusually helpful people (for an Internet forum) were just the icing on the cake. I'm staying even if the Zed goes Why is there no option "to hear SMD's sleazy stories from back in the day"?