zelda

Hey, am I right in thinking you're the same chap who helped with Stu on my MR2 dizzy issue?

Cool. I didn't clear them since I wanted to get the diagnostic done by a garage approved by my warranty company. Ok, well on that basis I'll go ahead with the test tomorrow. Thanks all

So I should add that the warranty doesn't cover diagnostics, so as the light is now off I feel like I'm spending 50 quid for nothing. I guess my question should be, are the codes stored in the ECU memory?

Hi, Last weekend I did a 450 mile round trip to the Peak District. On the Sunday whilst I was there the EML light came on whilst I was poodling through Tesco car park (in the rain). Obviously being ~200 miles from home I was a bit twitchy about this so I followed the procedure to read the codes which came back as O2 sensor bank 2 maxium voltage (I have the actual codes written down). Happy that it was nothing catastrophic I continued on with my weekend, and the drive back home with the EML light on the whole time. I had no performance issues whatsoever, and I returned a health 27.1 MPG. 2 days after getting home I started the car and the light didn't come on. I have about 1 month left on my warranty with the dealer so I'd booked up a diagnostic test which is required by the warranty company to prove that there's a fault - but now I don't know whether I should bother getting it done now as the EML light doesn't show. (It'll be sods law that after my warranty runs out the light will come back!) What do you guys think? Thanks

That has been a bit of a concern of mine. I'm planning to be able to do the larger flat areas and where there are soft curves mainly. Any hard edges will do by hand still.

Just got in from another manual clean, polish and wax.. Thanks for the links. I'll have a nose tonight. Whichever one I get I'll post back and let you know how I got on.

Yeah, the one I have is like the two handed one pictured. Any recommendations/links for a good polisher? I'm happy to pay for something decent upon recommendation.

Think it must be a DA then. It feels pretty uncomfortable to use.. Do you think I will notice a difference in final finish if I opted for just the rotary? Or, would a better quality DA be better?

Hi, I'm planning to buy a polisher but have borrowed one off of my dad which he's never used just to get a feel for how good a finish I can get before I go and spend the money. When I powered it up last weekend, it vibrated quite violently.. so I didn't actually end up using it. Is it normal for a polisher to vibrate? I thought the pad just went round and round? Cheers

Thanks all. PM sent. Mine has a crack in it from previous owner so looking for something as close to mint and oem as possible.

Hi, Not sure what the correct name is but I'm after the silver plastic cover (with 'Z' in it) that goes on the strut cover in the boot. Must be in good condition, no cracks and ideally no scratches. PM price please. Thanks

Spotted nice looking 370z in yellow this morning. Plate ending in 'gaz', got to be on the forum?

1. Zippypooz 2. Paul_b 3. NEroadster 4. Maddog 5. ZPMC 6. 350z mike 7. F100 Jay 8. SHEZZA 9. CSD350Z 10. Bazzardbmx 11. LDUNKZ18 12. 9davelee 13. jbadger92 14. Desperadozed 15. Easty 16.BenZ77 17.azn_tony 18.Andy H 19. Zelda

No problem, but I think mine will be done in February so you'll maybe beat me to it. January is going to be a big month for getting service items done.

Fantastic, thanks.

Hi, I'm going to change the diff oil soon but was wondering, if I wanted to replace the bushes at a later date will I have to drain the fluid again? Cheers

Yep. Ready for my parcel! Adrian - after some other bits too.. bloody too tempting!

Wow. That is all.

Ohhh hydro dipping is on my list but tempted to do a DIY job.

Merry Christmas everyone, No doubt a number of you treated your zeds this year - so what did you get? I got: Engine oil Brake and clutch fluid Iridium plugs HKS filter and sump plug HKS panel filter Torqen spacers Plus a new socket set and a Haynes manual Dom

Put me down for day 1 please!

Thanks, will check them out.

Hi, Wondering if anyone can recommend through experience any wheel refurbishers in Essex? Obviously I've found a few but wanted to see if any were highly regarded. Cheers

Forgot to say , I decided not to claybar as I figured it'd have taken me another couple of hours and my arms and legs probably would have given up

Hi, 3 weeks into Z ownership and I've finally found a weekend where I have nothing to do, and importantly the weather is dry. Time to detail Zelda! I've uploaded a ton of photos from todays efforts mainly because I'm so impressed with how well she cleaned up. I've literally never cleaned a car with this much attention to detail, and to be honest as the hours went by I got more and more obsessive. Oh..and I fitted a stubby aerial. The detailing guide on the forum was spot on. I started with a wash using the 2 bucket method (Meguiars Gold), rinsed and then dried off. Then, I cleaned the glass and used some rubber treatment on the various seals. I also spent a ton of time removing all of the old dry wax from the previous owners effort.. (mission). Next up was to go round with Meguiars scratch X as there were a few unsightly scratches. I worked very carefully and probably could have done more, but as this stuff is quite abrasive I took care. Following this I used Meguairs polish. Arms aching by this point, and can't wait for xmas so I can get a machine polisher. Next was an all over wax with Meguiars liquid wax. This is why I'm getting a wheel refub! Ouch I am thinking of a colour change to something like a gunmetal or I saw on the forum somewhere that someone had 'smoked chrome' which not only sounds cool, it looked fantastic. And.... run out of daylight so didn't drive very far - just down the river for the sunset. I didn't clean the exhaust tips or backbox which I regret a bit. But I can do that next weekend... as it's a standard backbox will how well will it come up with using a bit of metal polish? That's all for today folks!