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Ordered mine in Jan. Reason for the delay is due to the optional Alezan trim - I thought about dropping this in favour of standard charcoal, but I think Alezan looks great in a black car (brightens up the interior a lot). I think the GM being a popular colour also gets priority in production volume, as well as SatNav (have you got this in yours?) www.petrolprices.com - find your cheapest SUL retailer!

Great pics, thanks Radio has the same functionality but is slightly revised in order to be a flush fit for the revised centre console around the radio - especially at the bottom. Hopes are that it'll be more reliable than the original european spec unit. As David has said, don't use 95RON unless you *really* have to. Must feel good to take delivery - will be doing the same in 10 days!

The 'American International' is supposed to be better quality radio kit, with the 'Metro' brand a close second. Also be aware that the MY06 Z has a slightly revised centre console which requires a new radio kit to fill the gap, particularly at the bottom. CAD do the AVX1 for £309.98 delivered, I've used them before and recommend them. If you need help installing your kit, their forums are an excellent source of info. http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/product ... ts_id=4166

Do a search for '350z radio kit' in ebay The JVC AVX2 is now available by the way. www.caraudiodirect.com

I'd say that could be overpriced for a very early import model. Still, it's worth haggling...

Touch up paint for 'G41 Ebisu Black'

Try ScratchX first - thats fine for concentrating of specific areas. I doubt Mitsubishi would be interested in bodywork, they'd refer you to to a body shop.

Hopefully, not tried it myself. Depends on the pre-out voltage in comparrison to standard heads. Hopefully someone can get a definative answer for you.

The speakers and amp are the main reason for the poor sound quality. The head unit is the main reason for the poor reliability. Do yourself a favour and do the job properly

I read that test and its flawed. The Meguairs section was not prepared in a similar way to the Zaino or Zymol sections. What they should have done was fully prep the whole panel using clay and a cleaner, then polish - *then* sectioned it off and apply each wax.

Autoglym - pain to use and leaves horrible residue. Old tech.

pah! Who uses Divx anymore? xvid has now reached maturity dude and fully mpeg4 compatible - not to mention free for encoding! Having said that you vid plays back okay with divx5 codec installed

Meguiars NXT is okay but doesn't last long. If your going to use Meguairs, I'd recommend the crystal 3 step system, or Mirror Glaze range. Try Poorboys for the next step up after Megs, that's what I'm currently using. If you want close to perfection, invest in a Porter Cable 7424. www.autopia.org for loads of reading material. The ultimate is supposedly Zymol, but that is *very* expensive.

You can get 99 octane readilly enough - its made by Greenergy and available in most Tesco petrol stations at a reasonable price.

Read into that what you will about the 7th revision though. It could mean anything from using different materials, improved manufacturing process to fixing gremlins. Suffice to say, the gearbox on the Z isn't a weak link.

Nice to read your post I understand what you are saying about the Z and the way it feels. My last car weighed less than 1200kgs and the Z didn't feel heavier. At the end of the day, if the chassis is sorted well, then who gives a munkys about the 'paper' weight? True, the car can't be called lightweight due to the specification alone, but if it handles like a sportscar and drives like a GT, you have the best of both worlds. Personally speaking, as an overall package, I rate Japanese cars over German cars. Okay so perhaps the interior of most Japanese cars aren't exactely as good as some German cars, but then again if BMW built the 350Z, you'd be paying a heck of a lot more money. I would rather have a reliable Japanese muscle car with a questionable interior over a less reliable, common german car with a prohibative price tag and exorbitant servicing costs. Plus I'd stand a better chance of getting out of a T-junction in a Japanese car

To keep the filesize managable, just upload the relevant section of the programme, not the whole thing (as that is always available from the 'usual sources' along with TopGear )

52 import sounds like an early model. According to my350z posters, the 350Z is now on its 7th revision of gearbox!

Ah - gotcha

Your using the wrong wax dude....

All UK 350Zs from 2006 have 6 spoke RAYS as standard. The only optional wheels are the Nismo ones. So it boils down to what your actually after - 5 or 6 spoke RAYS? 5 spoke are only available outside Europe, but 6 are readilly available. I was after 5 spokes a while back, but decided to go aftermarket and keep my 6 spoke RAYS for winter.

As in, the new style 5 spoke RAYS? They are not available in Europe.

Take them all for a test drive - afterwards you will wonder why you started this thread in the first place

I think flat colours don't have lacquer. If you are attempting to fix the stone chips yourself, the best advice seems to be for flat colours: - apply with a toothpick, slightly proud of the rest of the paintwork - use very fine wet & dry to remove excess paint after leaving for 24 hours - polish, then wax.

Kuro is a flat black, not a metallic or pearl. Why not use your local ChipsAway to see if they can touch up 'professionally' ?