Olly350z

Personally I'd always tell your insurance of any changes you make to the vehicle no matter how small. Working in the motor trade and dealing with insurances repairs they do like checking if its involved in an accident I'm with Brentacre and have been the last 10 years. The bit I like is if it doesn't add BHP they don't charge. I was forever calling or emailing on the last car notifying them of changes

So I managed to grab a morning this morning and the workshop was quiet so figured I'd load the car up with the brakes and get her in No in progress pictures however I can safely say I'm pleased I've got it done. Looking at the pads and discs that came off I'd have said they were around 70% done. I had noticed that the pads were heavily glazed which did give a reason to the slightly vague brake feeling. Stripped the calipers down, decreased as much as I could and got a tooth brush inside the caliper to remove as much excess brake dust as possible. Got all the slider pins out on the bench and wire wheeled them all before reassembly and lubing everything back up Big difference now in braking feel with a solid bite out the box and a nice firm pedal. Plus they look the donkeys behind the wheels. Full brake fluid change with new motul 560 and bleeder screws in the future once the new wheels are on

Thanks for the reply Davey - See I'd had the same thought, wheels in my view can make or break a car so that's why when I was searching I wanted to try and emulate the standard Nissan wheel, curved spokes, concave, 5 double spokes as i personally think Nissan got the MK2 wheel spot on So for me the Work Kirwami's ticked every box. I wanted a little splash of colour to break the nissan up but did try tieing it in with the red center caps. It was this picture that finally helped make the decision in my mind 🤣

This is the most recent photo back in January after finally getting the nismo arch trims on. I will say this was an utter pig of a job trying to identify which was the right tape. I'm still not overly happy with the finish so will definitely be doing it again in the summer when it's warmer. I'd like to maybe combine this with some bodywork as there are a few areas I want to tackle before they get bad so I.E a few stone chips in the bonnet

Well another 6 months has passed while I'm still recovering from the operation back in August I'd rather be where I'm at now than back then. Its been an arduous 6 months with the car where I really did start thinking all kinds of things like selling it and getting out completely, trading it in and getting an BMW M4 comp, a lower mileage example Nismo without the stupid road tax and much more. However I have decided to keep it, love it, and have some fun while getting some jobs done. So first order on the list, a new set of wheels! I'd looked at reps, I'd looked at genuine Nismos from the omari factory. And in the end I settled for something in the middle cost wise, a brand new set of Work emotion Kirwami's in ashed bronze. The fronts have arrived, still waiting for the rears from Japan. Little touch of red picked out by my partner to match the red trim on Nismos Next up ive been wanting to tackle the brakes. My Nismo hit 45K miles last year so I figured it's probably time to get the pads and discs changed as I'd noticed increasing pedal travel on spirted driving so I went for a set of MTEC drilled and grooved discs all round and a friendly street pad. This will be paired up with a brake fluid change to motul 660 which should firm up the pedal nicely Next on my list is a set of coilovers, most likely going to be tried and tested Meister R. I'd like to get the car booked in with Horsham Developments in the near future and I'm going to future proof myself with hopefully getting the timing chain done just for my own peace of mind combined with a full checkover

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Have we actually got a club stand to buy a ticket for?

Great news

Still very much up for this show but correct me if I've got my wires crossed, is the still the annual JDM combe show or a different one? I remember the last one we went to being in July and want to make sure I've got the right one

As said it isn't a dig just a general comment. I'll be honest I'm debating buying one but trying to reason it out in my own mind is the issue. Can you advise how they're secured on?

Way this is going the forums going to be all but dead for events soon 🤷‍♂️

Torqen do this kit for the Nismos, and i can't lie I really want it for mine. It's just the cost of all these kits, they're eye watering and that isn't a dig. 20 year old me wouldn't have batted an eyelid, older me struggles to justify it sometimes

Eibach lowering springs with hubcentric spacers. Not sure what sizes as previous owner fitted them and I've never checked 😂