matt3579

so some time today was at pondering at what i could do the car on budget untill payday and ive wanted some black handles for a while but been unable to find any for sale so i thought well ill just paint mine and if it all goes tits up (fingers crossed it doesnt) ill just grab another set off ebay and try again. so quick search of youtube on how to remove them and im an expert at it (its like the matrix) so off they came sanded and primed. few hours went by sanded again with 3000 wet and dry primed again and left to dry. all looked good so on went the gloss black still wet in the photo but you get the idea now to let them dry and then clear coat

no idea to be honest i did buy them off the forum but cant remember who from came with disks pads and brake lines

it is a speedo off rev up yes but the speedo it self doesn't contain the red line restriction (i tested it) and the only difference is the lights for the cc my jdm speedo says slip where the uk has the drifting so asides visual differences the red line being shorter it does the same job but with cc lights and at some point im wanting to put custom dial faces in that ive seen here and there so in the long run it wont even be noticeable. but on that note i do have to say good spot tho heres the link for the neons i used but could any that are waterproof really http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201023314655?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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ok so earlier on i mentioned ill be upgrading to the full spec and part of that is fitting cruise control as some of you may know, you need to fit the buttons and the pedal switches however you will still need an uprev to install the cc function file. then once all that has been fitted with the exception of the uprev fairly cheaply too you all set with working cruise control, there is however one last milestone to get over many people it wont bother and some it will but you wont have any light indication to say th cc is on or not now while im happy to live without this "go big or go home" so i found online a speedo only 3000 miles off my own from a cc full spec model so i snapped it up and today it arrived quickly fitted it to test it all works and happy days it does. my only issues is it 3268 miles off mine so will have to take a trip to the beach or something to cover the extra

so i went off to see a friend of mine and we share a mutal love of cars and all things car related so naturally we chatted about future plans for the car and what i was gonna do it i said i wanted the windows done on it just to give it a darker look, he then turned and said well lets tint them. Now ive tried home tint film before and it went horribly wrong but this guy knows his stuff and i said ok lets give it a go. off we went to halfords grabbed some film £14.99 still at this point i wasnt expecting great things but you cant complain for that price the fasica for my double din cost more than that..... went back to his and got to shaping the film 30 mins later we were done and i was amazed how easy he made it look and very impressed with the results ok so theres a few specs of dust under it here and there but for for £15 it looks mint

so i though i would show off my double din i had a few issues fitting it, as im sure many of you know with bose and an aftermarket cd player you have no sound i found a bunch of pages about what wires i need so i ordered one but in an effort to save money, i got one from china so as a temp solution i went halfords and found a wire for nissia micra as it had the same fitment. so took a few pics and £2 for some spade connectors i knocked up my own harness and spliced in the amp wires and had sound and a fully working cd player. the days went on and my new harness arrived so pulled out my makeshift one and fitted the actual one everything was the same but now i had the bonus of steering wheel contor wires to, but sadly im still waiting on my new wheel to arrive so the wires are there no buttons also POKEBALL gearknob came in the post too how awesome is that

does torqen do them...? how much did you end up paying for it? ive found a whole kit just shy of £2000 replica ofcourse but im currently without spoiler and dont wanna fit one to take it in 6-9 months

not in a position to buy at the moment but eventually plan to get a full v3 kit but would like just the spoiler for the mean time does anyone have one that could give me a rough price on one or a link to where i can get one from in the uk or even better if someone is selling one give me a price and ill sell my body on the streets or something

so i few days went by and i found a nice engine bay washer kit and though gotta be worth a pun so snapped it up and had it delivered. while waiting for it to be shipped from china (love me a bargin) i happend to watch 2 fast 2 furious and took a liking to the r34 with neons all lit up as he drive to race at the start.... so naturally i ordered some neons. i say neons i cheated and won waterproof smd strips in 5 meter rolls though ide use 2-3 i didnt i used 1 and a bit there about 2mm thick and just glued them into place (its now a month on and there stuck solid) for those of you who didnt spot the cheeky bit of wiring in the photo heres another all tucked in nicely thats the ones from the front the sides go up the wings and and in though the side of the door behind the dash to a switch i fitted to a blank next to the traction control button, as i said ive started the thread late so and i didnt really think to take many pics of the install, but i have to say the back was the worst to fit. that was only because i had to pull most of the plastics inside out to hide all of the wires but it had to be done. and then after all the hard work was done had to take it out for a spin went to our local car meeting spot and found some friends so had to grab some cheeky shots of them together but if you ask me they need to up there games #showthemhowitsdone

found myself a cheeky buy on the forum brembos disks and pads all in good nic so snapped them up and £700 and 2 days later these beauty's turn up now it just a matter of getting them fitted easy than it sounds its true what they they are a b***h fitting them easy (a child could do it) bleeding the brakes not so simple. put them all on did it in the right order rear nearside, rear offside, front nearside and then front offside had nothing.... tried again the next day i had some brakes but not a lot, so again i tried rebled the next day and it was a lot better dunno maybe it just needed to settle or something but i now had a fully working brembo setup. also in the process of doing the postman was kind to trot along and give me that weeks ebay buys which happened to include a k&N panel filter (no pics but im sure your familiar with them) and chucked that into the box cant say ive noticed it makes and diffrence but ive always used panel filters in all my cars so i know there worth the money then as you do popped off with a mate for a cheeky photo shoot

ok so ive stumbled across the build thread and though i would knock my own up sadly it dark so im gonna have to add what pictures i have then chuck in a few more tomorrow. so to start with back in june i picked up my 03 plate jdm 350 and right off the bat was pretty happy with it, i think its a type t ...? not 100% on that tho but i lucked out and got bose and heated leather seats which i was pretty happy with. shortly after buying it and i mean very shortly within 10 days i managed to fry my calipers lost all breaking had to slide it round a roundabout and more or less roll into the carpark and slow on a hill put the handbrake on it just rolled so parked it flat and left it in gear to cool down. braking capablitlys were lacking after this and when going over 50 ide have to drop gears to slow down so i figured, good a time as any to upgrade to some nice shiny brembos.

Order some spacers on Wednesday morning and they turned up first thing the next day was very please with the service received and would deffinaly use again

just seen the lasy post its reading in mph anyway so im guessing it got a converter in it am i right in thinking then that a uk speedo cluster would remover my 120mph limit??? thats all well and good putting a new speedo in but when i get the uprev would they be able to change the mileage back to what it should be or are they not able to do that? thanks again

nice one thanks guys will add tha to my never ending list of bits to buy then i dont get paid often enough

hi all so ive seen the mishimoto oil cooler kit that comes with a thermostatic sandwich plate would this be ok to use on a daily drive ish i mean its my weekend/ evening car so it will make a few normal trips but i will be out a good 3/4 nights a weeks driving it like im on track would only say for 20 mins half hour then park it up for a few hours maybe less and hammer it home. would you say its worth putting in a oil cooler or not i dont want to fit one and have it running to cold but i dont know if anyone has any experience with the mishimoto thermostatic one and if does function well on daily driven ones thanks in advance matt

hey so next on my growing list of things to do is change the indicators for 370z ones as i think they look nicer. has anyone done this im guessing just need to cut a hole fit the indicator in place of the zed badge and the smooth and paint the old indicator hole if any has a guide or any pics would be greatly appericated thanks matt

looking at the photos mine doesnt look like either but i deffinalty have a kit on it looks like a heady duty version too by the look of it will take a pic and finally try to work out how to upload it

Hey do you have a set of 20mm and a set of 25mm can't buy them yet but looking to pay for them on Wednesday if you have them? Thanks

I'm looking at my engine bay and my earth wires seem to be cable tied in place Ive been looking at getting a kit but upon inspection I think one have have already been fitted can some show me the standard one so I can see if it's the same many thanks Matt

Any updates for is threads been quiet for a few days now

That sucks about the ecu though I was onto a winner Has anyone tried a cruise control speedo cluster once it been fitted to see if the lights work?

Bringing an old one back as I edited my switches just waiting on the wheel controls to arrive A few questions that have popped up If I change the speedo cluster with a speedo cluster from one that had cruise control will the lights ect work? And finally if I change the Ecu again for an ecu from one with cruise control will i need an uprev to enable it or will it work straight off? Thanks

hey i saw a few weeks ago some one was manafucturing spacers but i cant seem to find the ad anymore can anyone point me to it thanks matt

Can some help a brother out my speedo has conked out long story short I blew a fuse and swapped with what I though was a spare it wasn't so I've moved some round and now I don't know where anything goes Google is no good and I've looked but can't seem to find the right one That or the speedos dead both of them...? Can some one just post a pick of there fully stocked fuse box so I can copy it dunno if jdm and UK models are different