Stan

We always stay in Coronado Springs and the lake there has a resident alligator (and some snapping turtles) - definitely not for swimming in! I read a report a while ago that said the child was a bit in the water, guess we'll have to wait for anything official.

It is loud, but you can still hold a conversation. The 1500-2500rpm in 6th is the worst drone so slow traffic can be a pain, but drop it down a gear and you're laughing. I don't actually have anything to compare it to cos my stock exhaust was blowing when I got the car so it was always extra loud anyway. Sounds even better with the roof off I will say that in time I may upgrade to ark grip or the such like, but it is a lot of cash

Stick me down, 350z DE (revup)

I go to Disney a lot and if there's anything you know about Florida it's that you will always find gators where there is water. Maybe these tourists didn't know that though. All the beaches round the lagoon have "no swimming" signs (although the rumour at the time was because of bacteria) but you can walk up to the water easily. It is unusual for a gator to go for a human though, maybe as they were a child they were a smaller target and got confused?

501 LEDs are cheap as chips, I tend to go for ones with SMDs on as I find them brighter. You can get ones that are too long so check measurements, mine are from ebay and look like this:

Small 20 min mod today - replacing the front indicator bulbs! I was hoping to have done this at the weekend when I had my bumper off to make it easier, but alas my bulbs didn't turn up in time. So I had to do this tonight via the top of the lights. There is a little wiggle room if you undo the top bolt, I ended up using needle nose plier to move the bulb holder out which worked perfectly. Old fried egg bulb: New LED bulb next to the old (for info, £8 from ebay for a pair. Make sure you get ones that are about 45mm high as longer won't fit in if you have the plastic bit inside your lights) New look (kinda hard to see, which I guess is the point!) Definitely a quick cheap worthwhile mod!

^^ I use Dodo Juice Ferrous Dueller as it has a slightly better smell and clings really well too

Out of sight, out of mind I say when wrapping lol. If you can't see it... no-one knows it's been done badly or not! Will like to see how you fit them in detail as I want a go at fitting some myself

I don't know what I'd do without fallout remover now... turns all your brake dust purple and it dissolves it completely. Smells a bit sulfury though but worth it!

Looking nice, definitely keep those wheels Can't say I ever saw this in Norwich while I was looking for mine, may have been persuaded to go for this tin-top if I had

Agreed, looking good indeed! What are the exact wheel sizes/offset you have?

Hi! I think a majority of people on here prefer the Z badge rather than the Nissan badge. As for plates, I own one as I got it as an inheritance, but I do tend to notice different plates on cars so I'd say go for it

Haha its funny what we use to justify stuff... 2 weeks ago I got a screw in my tyre and ended up buying a brand new set of rays rather than 1 tyre

Think I'll give it a miss, weather is meant to be pretty bad. Will have to come along in July now (on call next week then away on holiday).

Looking good, how hard was the flip key mod as I've been wanting to do that as well

Not too sure now about yarmo, depends on how the weather goes failing tonight then there is always next time. Shame it is facelift only... maybe you can do a bumper swap at the same time you do a headlight swap

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First 2 mods I did on my roadster - z badge and stubby! Now zeditis really begins...

For those interested, I got mine a couple of days ago and fitted them this morning, link to my build thread here Definitely a worthwhile upgrade for the facelifts

I always wanted DRLs and finally saw a nice pair on ebay that were also switchback (so they flash orange when indicating). Equally I hate the look of DRLs that shine to the side and wanted ones that shone forward. Therefore I had to have these For those interested the ebay link is here (these are facelift only though) Yes they are expensive for what they are, but they are of a high build quality, have all the looms pre-wired and cable wrapped, and fit perfectly. So I began by removing the bumper. 10 bolts underneath (although the 2 at each end tore through the plastic as they were so rusted, but it doesn't affect the fitment), 3 bolts each behind the wheel liners (turn your wheel left/right to get to these) and 6 trim clips on top of the bumper, and then the whole thing pulls off: The reflectors simply undo with 2 screws on each and then pull out. The new DRLs come with new screws so don't try and use the old screws. For the wiring look I ran it through the metal bar behind the foam padding, and then hooked the lights up each side. You can tuck the relay boxes in here as well and secure them with cable ties. The wiring is quite easy, you need to connect the red wire to an ignition live. On the back of the upper plenum is a 2 wire connector, the pink wire is live with the ignition on. I stripped back some wire and hooked the red up to this, and hid the wire under the battery cover trim. The black wire is earth so I connected it to my JWT popcharger bracket which was screwed to the chassis. The white wire is to dim the lights at night so I hooked these up to the sidelight one side (green wire) - the loom doubles this to the other side so you don't have to do this twice, and each side there is a yellow wire for the indicators, so I hooked each side up to the indicator wiring (green wire). I did have to move my lights for this, there are 2 bolts underneath, 1 on the side on the wing, and one on top in the bay. After testing it all worked, I put everything back together: Yay! Nice new DRLs And here is the switchback function working: All in all I'm happy with them. Having never removed my bumper it took longer than I would have liked, but in the end it took 2h45 so not too bad!

Try a japspeed K4 http://www.japspeed.co.uk/nissan-350z-k4-exhaust-system.html I have one on my roadster and it fitted pretty much spot on and looks good too:

Why not treat yourself, I got these from Tarmac cheap as chips and fit the rays perfectly http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121691245896 (Only put the ebay link as I can't find them on Tarmacs site)

I don't think the original frame is going to be airtight like a sub should be, so unless you go for a custom sub box, most aftermarket subs won't sound great (unless you find a free-air sub)

Anyone still up for this Sunday then?

PMd about the sub box