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Just got an email from HotUKDeals. DiRT Showdown is currently free (usually £9.99) via Humble Bundle - https://www.humblebundle.com/store/dirt-showdown-free-game The offer expires tomorrow. I don't really know much about the game, but the reviews seem pretty positive on Steam and I can't resist a free game.

Ah right, wasn't aware of that. Been slacking a bit on checking eBay for 350z parts even though I'm on there on a daily basis! Not sure why he doesn't just plonk a reserve on there. I assume price is what he's concerned about

I don't know enough about alloys to check for potential serious damage, counterfeits etc... but: RAYS NISMO - LM GT4 Current price: £650.00 Bids: 0 # bidders: 0 Reserve: No Delivery charge: Collect Time remaining: 6 days 05 hours Location: Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272478085322

Ah I think I've seen that guy before. He died too didn't he? I think I'm seeing a pattern here...

Thank god the quality of that video wasn't too high. I won't repeat the usual "risking other people's lives" etc... but yeah, it is stupid what they do. Just hope no innocent bystander gets caught up in the aftermath...

Here's the full version of the 350z video:

Glad you found it useful

Photos? Anyhow sounds very interesting. I'll be keeping an eye out for updates!

No problem!

Followed! Will be very interested to see the end result

PMed about plenum space!

Haha (I'm crying inside)

Haha yeah, I think they're pretty cool so wanted to display them rather than storing it out of sight! I don't think any of my friends share the same enthusiasm though On a different note, there's like 16 individual shelves and that's the only one I've been allowed by the wife!

Cheers Chris Been a hell of a journey, though still not 100% finished!

Sooo... it's been a massive struggle, but 9 months after buying the headlights, I've finally managed to finish modifying and installed the headlights! I'll keep this particular post as short as possible, as doing a full write up on the entire process would be... loooooong! I'm on the fence whether or not I'll do a full write up, but it will be next year before I have time to type that up even if I do decide to go ahead, as I'm pretty busy until then. Anyhow, first of all I guess before and after pics of the headlights: Before After The modifications carried out to the headlights include: Internals - Painted stain black Halos - The original ones weren't a full circle and were very dim, so I replaced them with COB LEDs. I've added auto dimming, so it dims when the sidelights are on (dim level adjustable via a potentiometer) Sequential indicators - These are in the 5 holes below the indicator. It's a bit low "resolution", if I can describe it that, but I prefer it over the DRLs that were originally there. 5 DRLs + 2 halos per side IMO is a bit too much LED indicator - Although not depicted in the image above, I replaced the indicator with an LED bulb as the one shown above was a bit dim for my liking. Also using an LED meant that I could colour match it to the sequential indicator LEDs. Lastly, the fact it removes the fade in/out of incandescent bulbs was good considering the sequential indicators below. Bulb + ballast - These were replaced with newer eBay specials. The bulb I chose was 6000K. Projector - These were replaced with Mini H1 projectors Demon eye - Added demon eyes with a power switch in the cabin, as I won't be running these on a daily basis Here's a pic of the entire set up, prior to installation: Not the best pics, but here's how it looked after installation: The RGB demon eye: With these particular headlights, the adjusters move a bracket that holds the projector & high beam reflector. Therefore the shroud for the projector doesn't move with it, hence why the demon eye above isn't centered within the halo. A tad annoying, but not too big a deal. Oh also the headlight lens above is just dirty, it's not super scratched up. The reason I switched out the projector is as I realised how terrible the previous ones were. I'm not sure, but I think they were halogen projectors with H1 PnP HID kits in them. The light output was very uneven, and there was quite a bit of glare above the cut off. At the time I was still unsure if it'd be an improvement, so I bought some generic Mini H1 projectors from eBay. It required some tuning (adjustment of cut off shield, shimming bulb etc...) but here's a comparison of the 2 projectors. Needless to say, I went with the above, which is the Mini H1s: One of the problems I originally faced (in my previous post in March?) was that the headlight output was aimed sky high. I think that just an issue these headlights (Junyan/Spec D Tuning) face due to the way they were designed. During the installation I aimed them down. The driver's side was adjusted without any issues, but on the passenger side the projector hit against the plastic housing and bent the bulb holder. This had to be fixed, so for a week I ran a mismatched pair of headlights. Anyhow here's an output show of the headlights during this time. You can't really see the OEM projector output anyway, so it shows the output of the new headlight pretty well: I fixed the passenger side headlight by modifying the housing a bit (and using a toilet float ) and installed it. Here's my current output. As you can see I've messed up the rotation of the projector, so that's next to fix!!! I'm really busy until the new year, so I'll have to grit my teeth and bear it for now. In the meantime, I've aimed the headlights lower to prevent blinding oncoming traffic. That pretty much concludes my quick update! Next in line is to sort that passenger headlight rotation (another round of opening up the headlights...)! On a kind of related note, I accumulated a mini collection of projectors during the above... Not shown above, but I've also got another set of Mini H1 projectors, RX8 headlights (pair), E46 headlights (pair), and a single Porsche 981 Boxster headlight...

Sorry to hear that. And yeah couldn't agree more, Westway Nissan in Aldershot is absolutely rubbish!

Nah, it's not bad at all for £20. Personally that bulge really isn't for me, but for tinkering purposes I think it's a good buy

Oh wow, I didn't realise they bulge that much! That's pretty insane!!!!

Thanks a lot for taking the time to post, but a bit further away (3-4 car length?) and against a single colour surface would be awesome! Sorry, being a pain! As I say, no rush at all as I'm just being nosey!!! From what I can see, the output looks pretty wide though! Is it just me though, or could it do with aiming a bit more to the left though?

When you have time, do you mind posting a pic of the light output against a wall? Maybe from 10-20 meters away? No rush at all, just curious to see the light output in more detail. Also good to see you managed to find one of the possible causes of the condensation. I did a quick search just now and some people said it's worth checking the ballast has been seated properly as well. Oh and someone else suggested plonking some silica gel packs in there. Anyhow hope you get the condensation sorted! I've recently installed my aftermarket headlights (that I further modded) and it's suffering from condensation as well.

Pretty robust, the 370z

Great choice

Ah right fair enough. Someone's going to get lucky! What? Me? Vulture?!! No....

Exciting times You going to be selling bits & pieces from the 350z then? HFC, facelift lights etc...?

Facelift N/S Brake Light Buy it now price: £100.00 Delivery charge: £10 Time remaining: 21 days 2 hours Location: Milton Keynes http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-Nissan-350Z-Tail-Light-Rear-Lamp-Light-Left-Side-OEM-LED-/131988752633