Zalas

Welcome along! As an aside - keep those floormats safe - those with the 'z' on are like gold-dust. Have mine squirreled away and have a set of generic replacements... A

Thanks for the update, Alex. Sticking with OEM as per your DM recommendation.

Trying to identify a couple of parts for the back of the Zed that have seen better days. Have tracked down the exhaust brackets from Torqen but struggling to identify the other bits: This bracket: seemingly not supporting anything? And this brace? Can't really see what it's doing... crusty! It's a long ££ road ahead I feel.

Gotta be better than the split that's in my JDM exhaust. Photos sound great, please.

Looking for y-pipe to go with existing Cobra y-pipe back system. Either Cobra (ideally) or other alternative, used or new.

Hi Coz, thread jump... are the Ultra racing designed to replace the OEM brace or (as was called out in separate threads) designed to be used as-well-as/in addition to OEM?

Trying to work out if I can justify the Stag, the Zed, the beemer and a runaround... as well as my motorbike; the stag is the constant as it's got sentimental value for t'other half otherwise that would have been gone.... Really don't want to lose the Zed! On a related note looked at a CLK this weekend over in Kings Langley (TradeLink / Prestige and Performance, behind JZM Porsche) -- it's like a zed halfway house: must have had 8-10 zeds there including a gorgeous azure blue.

you and me both ;-) Was interesting - the packs that came off had no bubbling or any other issues and had good resistance on the multimeter.... I can only imagine it was a "dodgy connection" within the gubbins of the big black square bit on top...

Hi, Well put in a nice new set of coils (thanks, Ewen!) and started her up - she was running on all 6 but not very smoothly so I performed the various sensor resets and hey presto! Nice and smooth now with no engine warning light (it turned itself off for some reason)... took her on a nice long run in to London to aquire another steed for my fleet (2006 330d SE) as the Zeds time is unfortunately limited due to a "family expansion"...

Well Zed is back up and running after sparks and coils on up for a meet.... Now off to see Horsham for a cam cover replacement in a few weeks!

I've been working in Basingstoke for the past year on and off at the eni building on basing view Seen quite a few Zeds around there when I used to work in Viables for Sony (last year)... Wife takes the zed to the car park every day (well she used to up till May): there was always a zed or two that parked next to her is that anyone here? A.

Currently living with in-laws near Sunningdale (actually in the great park doncha know!) but only have 5 cyls for the immediate future

That's my thought too - unless it's gushing out so much that it fired after I drained it but then filled up between me switching off after changing plugs and me starting it a few hours later... Am willing to travel (mbike) for code reader if one isn't near by... A.

Hi, living with my in-laws at the moment and my zed is poorly! As I'm potentially going to have to trailer the car to be fixed I was wondering whether anyone had a JODB code reader I could borrow for a day or so to try to diagnose what the fault is, and whether it is that there is "too much oil in the spark well for it to fire"... It started from a very bad misfire resulting in limp-home-mode and a transport back from Bournemouth to Sunningdale where it's currently languishing. I swapped the sparks over this weekend and visually inspected the coil packs -- there was oil in the spark well of cyl 6 (a lot!) but no bubbling of the coil pack so already contacted Horsham to get a quote for cam cover repair (don't really fancy stripping that much down myself!). After changing the sparks (and probably buggering my cat in the process as the oil went in to the cylinder and there was a *lot* of smoke) it started fine so I thought it was job done. However, starting for a test drive a few hours later resulted in limp-home and rough-running-on-5 straight away Thanks in advance, Al.

Hello from Windsor, Andover and Bournemouth! I am currently the proud owner of a JDM which will be having to go to a good home soon ... if nothing comes along then mine is in vgc condition externally, good internally and less than 5k!

count me in !! Will make a decision shortly when at home. Presuming this will fit the JDM without an issue? 350z resonated please!

Bounce! Are these still available? Cheers, Al.

Hi guys, After changing the pads (thanks, cougar!) on the Zed the brakes are back to sticking again. I cleaned and red greased as best I could before pushing the piston in but it seems to no avail. One hard brake and *squeel*, *smoke*, *smell*. Think the disk is now warped as well as needing to replace the (now cooked) brand new pads. The other side has started to bind on the way from Hampshire to Cambridge last night, queue an hour of squeak squeak squeak. Sigh. Still, camping this weekend near Wells should go along way to help me at any rate. From the motorbike I'm more than happy to strip them down and redo the seals and dust boot -- is this worth it or is it delaying the inevitable? Been struggling to find a seal/rebuild kit - should I be looking for XTrail ones (I believe they share the same caliper?) If it's a "delaying inevitable" I think I'll either do a big-build kit or upgrade to the Brembos and take the hit now. Cheers, as always. Al.

Hi all, I installed a set of yellow stuff pads (thanks, CS!) onto the car at the weekend (only managed one side due to the rain) and had to wrestle with our old friend the siezed slider pin. I managed to remove both (thanks to a blowtorch on the lower slider) and duely greased them up using the EBC grease -- on re-insertion and re-attachment they're positively springing apart! If I compress the pin so that it's touching the thread on the caliper body and then take my finger off it springs back out until its over an inch proud. Can anyone confirm whether this is normal? I noticed that the top slide pin has a rubber bung at the bottom - could this be causing an "air cushion" within the slide chamber? Cheers, Al.

Hi, coming late to the party... Is the black bit of plastic that goes on top of the rear strut next to the silver Z panel, passenger side section, front facing, still available? A.

Bump! Likewise.

Just seen these - checking with t' missus whether she likes them (yes, yes, I know... under the thumb) but v v interested - presume too late to take down from ebay? A.