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I do like smokey and the bandit, didn't manage to sit and watch it when it was on telly the other day though. Vanishing point also good, haven't watched for a while. Not so much a revisit a classic but I did watch Fast and Furious 7 for the first time last night courtesy of a surprise DVD purchase by my missus. I did enjoy it, I know they are all over the top ridiculous, particularly the later ones, but I know what to expect and still find it enjoyable anyway.

First thing I thought was Hulk. Purple shorts green chest. Whilst I wouldn't do this myself I look forward to seeing where it will go

That makes me feel better

I didn't actually know either of these. Learn something new everyday.

Yes p2 same as p3, includes air filter and brake fluid change over the p1 which is just oil and filter and inspection (We do an alignment check also) I thought that was the case. Thanks for clarifying for me

More pics is always good

I had to do this fairly recently. I initially tried to remove with dash panel in situ. It's much much easier with the panel off. Especially for when you come to put it back in. To get panel off u need to remove the small panel in footwell by the door. If I remember correctly there is 1 bolt right where passenger left foot would be. The main panel has I think 3 bolts and a screw. 1 inside card holder/cup space. Use a screw driver to push a little tab up at back to get this out. 1 inside the 12V socket door. Final bolt and screw can be found by peeling away the plastic trim just inside the door. The bit by the kick plate. You will need door open to get at this. I don't have any pics but if u need some let me know and I will head out and take some photos of the locations of bolts etc. Hope that helps.

If you are still looking this set has appeared on the for sale section: http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/107974-rays-nismo-lmgt4-alloys-19-black-with-tyres/page__hl__alloys

I used to have an alfasud and they had really long inlet manifolds. Anyway, when you blipped the throttle frost would form on the top of the manifold and then immediately disappear due to heat from the engine. I'm pretty sure its due to the pressure drop caused by the throttle opening and this causes the air temp to drop (Boyles Law?!) and cool the manifold enough to freeze any moisture on it. Frost/ice in the induction system is bad news - in carburetterd aircraft pilots apply carb heat to stop ice forming. That's a really nice snippet of information, thank you

Looks nice , what mods do you have? I know you said it's probably more than you realise but what are the ones you know. Just looking at that pic I'm seeing upgrade to HR bonnet, obviously a different front bumper and those alloys aren't factory fit.

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Thanks for the offer, unfortunately I don't have any trips going that direction planned for any time soon at the moment. If I end up going down the M40 in the future and haven't got one by that point I will send you a PM. Out of interest what do you think the shipping will be? I'd say £50 shipped for boot mat as they're £80 new and mines in decent condition PM sent

Does anyone know how I can edit the title of this thread to at least mark it as resolved on page 3 in case others find it in future?

I don't disagree here, but prior to the full service I had done this reset numerous times. It would drop revs initially and then give up. Mark@Abbey informed me that it won't complete if the revs were too high to begin with. Before disconnecting everything for the umpteenth time the revs wouldn't sit low enough for long enough while warm to carry out the reset. It was only after doing everything that it calmed down enough to be able to attempt the reset with a reasonable assumption that it would complete. So whilst I am tempted to agree that the idle air reset was what finished off the fix, I think some interaction along the way of reconnecting hoses and fresh fluids everywhere made the reset possible, if that makes sense.

Aye could be, although plugs didn't look particularly bad and all looked similar, who knows. Just happy it's ok

So when a load of these start popping up on ebay we know where they all came from

Nice spot, god knows what they thought you wanted with all of them they know people will buy to sell. thats why they limiting them, someone on fb has stuck them on ebay at £30 a set and has sold 2 already! halfords do them for £25 lol. That's mental. Might pop down to morrisons to see if they have any. Even buying 20 isn't a big outlay and if it is that easy to recoup the initial spend it's worth it. Could also save some for christmas for gifts for car people.

Thanks Stu, really appreciated you coming round. If you happen to be in the area again at any point I owe you a pint.

Nice spot, god knows what they thought you wanted with all of them

Thanks for the offer, unfortunately I don't have any trips going that direction planned for any time soon at the moment. If I end up going down the M40 in the future and haven't got one by that point I will send you a PM. Out of interest what do you think the shipping will be?

Thanks, I would be a little happier if I knew what the cause was and the subsequent fix but I can't complain since everything seems to be ok now.

I figured I should update this in case anyone reads up on it in future. I am tempted to call this resolved at the moment. The frustrating bit is I am not really sure what has happened. If you have followed the thread you would know that I had my ECU reflashed by Mark@Abbey, massive thanks to him for the outstanding service here by the way, but after initially seeming like all was well symptoms returned. The odd bit was the symptoms were inconsistent and after long drives seemed to go away a bit. Anyway I did myself a full service, plugs, oils, fluids etc etc and since then it all seemed to calm down, not perfect but nowhere near as bad. During a long journey one day I decided to stop at services after a couple of hours on motorway and do all the resets again, as car was all nice and warmed up and idle dropped from the circa 850 that it was to the 650 shown in the manual. Since then I have not had any issues (although the car has not been out loads to be fair). I'm wondering if the full service which required removing throttle bodies etc to change the plugs, meaning all hoses were obviously disconnected and reconnected, plus the freshly bled cooling bla bla bla all contributed. Maybe there was an airleak somewhere or a small stubborn airlock in a coolant hose or maybe something else. All this calmed it down enough to let the idle air reset complete and all seems fine. I wish I could better pinpoint the solution for people who have a similar issue in future but apologise that I can't. Long story short, thanks to all who took interest, made suggestions etc. In particular thanks again to Mark for his help as detailed above and to SuperStu for popping round with his laptop and uprev cable. Really appreciate it. I am now happy with the way the car is running and back to thoroughly loving the Zed. Fingers crossed it doesn't return as before.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome along from someone on the younger end of the zed owners spectrum

1. Not too far then 2. My apologies