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Cheers for the input, basically its what i thought, the car really isnt setup for the wet and my zero minutes wet track driving combined made the outcome pretty predictable, but i do need to get to grips with it so am getting some spare wheels and “wet tyres” to at least get a competitive “safe” time next time. Its all one big learning curve this first season, need to check nothing is broke/bent when i get the alignment done but fingers crossed i had a lucky escape and gives me the chance to refurb the wheels in another colour, erm... what to go for?

Apologies mate, would have had it but didnt see collect only, too far from me.

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Exactly same code as mine which comes on every 100 miles or so. Only started since i fitted cobra hi-flow cats so should be something to do with that or a genuine faulty sensor which i will replace at next mot and see if it perm clears it. See below from obd2 reader when i plug into mine

Time for another update. August is a busy month for most people and for me it was no exception. A well deserved family holiday to Majorca was followed on return by a trip to the JPS Coventry show. Been the last 2 years and it always has some great cars on show. Decided to fit my "race" steering wheel the day before as it looked simple enough but as you may have seen on another thread, ended up taking me 4 hours at a garage, anyway now its on, looks much better: So after a last minute hick-up, I headed down to Coventry next morning, a very early start from Leeds, and as usual and again you may have seen on another thread, the cars were great, always great to meet up with fellow members old and new, pic below of my car and also @valy who managed to get a spot in the main hall away from the "pigpen" Onto this weekend, and just got back from another hillclimb, this one was a washout and rain the entire day, now I have read and heard it from the company themselves that the AR-1 tyres are not for the wet and I can confirm they seem to be far worse than the R888R others were running, pic below of mine and Kierans Zeds in the crappy weather. Onto the details, first practice run, ended up in the gravel trap at what is called farmhouse, went to brake and gave myself more room than usual due to weather but the car just locked up and would not turn at all, headed straight to the gravel trap and spent the next hour trying to get around half a ton of gravel dislodged from underneath the car, had a warning from marshalls as I was still "gritting" the track during next run. I initially thought I just was carrying way too much speed but the ABS warning light was on as I was being towed out so possibly some sort of brake system failure contributed, its a sort of excuse anyway. Brakes seemed fine rest of day though. Afterwards a very steady practice run, then lunch. After lunch was the first of 2 timed runs, and this is where it really went Pete Tong. tried to give it as much as I dare in ever worsening conditions, in hindsight I realise my car is just not setup for the wet (at all) the back end stepped out when changing gear up the final straight and I went straight into the barrier, I feared the worse as it was a big impact but carried on and after inspection from the marshalls/scrutineer and lots of others we were amazed the dame seemed minimal. The rear wheel took the brunt of the impact as luckily my SSR wheels stick out just slightly more than the bodywork. The wheel needs a full refurb and the alignment is all off but other than that, there are only a couple of marks/scrapes where the paint has come off where the rear arch and rear bumper meet. All the suspension components and tie rods etc seem ok but will need a proper inspection when I get it re-aligned. need to decide whether to refurb the one wheel and it being a slightly different colour or do the lot and have a change? Final times of the day, me being car 75, way down the list and 16 seconds behind my dry time! as you can se, I spent more time visiting the scenery than posting times so will have to get some dedicated wet tyres for next season. Finally, my video is uploaded of the run I smacked the barrier, if anyone has any idea why it broke loose (possibly the diff, poss some standing water or oil?) who knows. (may contain a strong word!)

Another enjoyable day with the zed crowd. Another thumbs up for Ian for sorting.

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Welcome along, not many red zeds around. There were just 2 at japfest this year out of around 130 or so zeds

I have a set for HR but im guessing your asking singular as its DE

Right, i only took a few pics as i was getting increasingly frustrated with the wheel and then the new boss, so went to my local garage i use and the only option was to start cutting the plastics behind the wheel (still part of the wheel assembly) to gain access to the bolt and pull it back straight. we then tried hammering a socket over but it was just bending the lug before it got enough purchase even with wedging tools behind it so we cut away a large section of the plastic and got out the angle grinder. This did work! Cut a slit in the head with the disc then got a big flathead screwdriver and released the bolt, i thought great thats it sorted but oh no, the momo boss had other ideas. The cutouts in the boss for the horn/steering wheel control connector and the little round bobble (not sure what it is, something to do with cancelling turn signals) were both in the wrong place and did not line up. so the garage had to drill a new hole for the bobble and i unscrewed the plastic housing for all the controls so you were left with just the pin connections as above that did fit through the cutout in ghe boss. As we would just be using the horn we only needed to connect a new wire to the third pin and attach to new wheel horn. We then realised we needed a new wire making up for the earth which we attached behind one of the 6 hex bolt screws holding the new wheel in place. I also attached the restrictor for the airbag connection that came with the boss. Now mine is a HR and online it says you need 2 airbag restrictor but so i bought an extra one as the boss only came with one but when we got the airbag off eventually it only had one connection so maybe different countries had 2 connections? Anyway, got all that done, went for a quick spin and soon realised the mark on the centre spline which should indicate straight on and where to position your wheel was one spline to the right so my new wheel was pointing a few degrees right when going straight, no good when you have OCD so had to take ghe wheel off and re-attach one spline anti clockwise from the mark. All is now good (apart from one butchered oem steering wheel) finished pic below (excluding horn sticker which i have now added) looks much better. The wheel is an OMP superleggero, 350mm dia as opposed to the 370mm stock wheel and hell of a lot lighter. The moral of the story, take extra extra care with the security torx bolts and dont buy a momo boss or you will end up taking 4hrs to do a 30 minute job.

Wheel is on, what a palava. Will update shortly

ah right, so it may be possible to just "Dremel" the whole lug off. (this will cut some of the plastic trim but its getting replaced anyway with the new boss) Gonna pop to my local garage in morning and see if they can sort it.

My issue is its just bending inwards when i hit it or if i tried drilling it, i dont know if its attached to a “crumple” part of the steering boss that could set the airbag off?

Bought a funky new steering wheel, watched a few youtube videos, seems simple enough. What no one tells you is the head on the T30 security bolts is made from cheese and Nissan use space station grade threadlock. So after rounding off the star thread I tried to hammer a socket onto the head which resulted in the whole bolt and whatever its attached to bending inwards so the head is now not facing the hole. Pic below hopefully shows what i mean. Any ideas people, i have removed the other side bolt after chewing that one up as well so its just this holding the airbag assembly in.

Will try and make the holiday Inn @conlonl i will be going down M1 from near Leeds if any good

I had to buy adjustable toe bolts and had to grind out the hole they bolt through to make it longer so you can get the extra adjustment needed. You can use a dremel or similar as space is quite tight. I got the eibach adjustable camber arms and toe bolts as a kit. The templates and instructions were included.

I may take this, need to check regs for hillclimbing I do and if allowed. Will let you know next week when back from holiday, obviously if someone wants it before then by all means sell it to them.

If anybody wants any car care stuff this week I can bring along to this to save delivery. Just select the local/events option.

Well done Dave. As anyone will tell you, there is no cure for Zeditus but buying a car with lots already done means it will be much easier to live with for you and the family.

Just got mine through tonight

Welcome along Coilovers (some) are a great upgrade and dont ruin the ride, they make you more connected with the road in my view, the issue is that almost all will lower the car and the zed like you say is low for starters so if you live in an area with harsh speed humps it may be an issue. After mine were fitted i clattered my y pipe on 2 humps not realising how low the underside was.

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Yep i get that Dave, thats why i used different examples, it was just the thing that got me wondering. Although ironically everyone i have seen with an integra calls it a dc2 or dc5 i think possibly some manufacturers can only use certain numbers so have to stick to them where others have “earmarked” others to use. Dont know at what point and by who does this, like if ford brought out a 320d im sure BMW would veto it but can they possibly have the copyright/trademark or whatever to a number or number+letter?

Is that because they realised that if they kept going eventually they would end up with a Peugeot 911

Apologies, last post off topic, just got me thinking with original post skyline R32,R33,R34 yet 911 always remains. Great looking cars and price is only going one way so your not gonna be out of pocket. Enjoy