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Matt, very nice pics there, but I suppose you would have no excuse for duff ones!

New wheels make the old Nismos look understated, still quite nice though. I'm quite wary of spacers from an engineering point of view, can you feel any difference in the steering?

I thought my uniqueness in the club was in danger then! But yours is a roadster So finally.... BEST COLOUR!!

We Continue....

Very nice, hope it didn't rain afterwards!

Well done Dave! Can't wait to see it.

JESTER350ZGT has one in red, he lives over in the north east somewhere. It looks very nice. Some pics on here of a previous meet: http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=28488&start=75

Happy 21st again lass!

Isn't august still caravan season etc?

Sell the lot! Then buy a decent example instead of stressing over this steaming pile! Christ, I'll start a whip-round with my own money if it gets you away in something worthwhile. I'm sure WeBuyAnyOldTin would, like most car supermarkets, only be interested in standard examples, so I suspect you might be wasting you're time there.

LSD as standard on all models mate

Hello folks, thanks to recent messing about with spark plugs, I have created a guide for changing the spark plugs on the VQ35HR engine found in the Model Year 2007+ 350Z. This Guide is for the 309BHP HR engine, not the VQ35DE and rev-up engines found in 2002-early 2007 Zeds. The later engine is identifiable by the twin air intakes and the humped bonnet. Please note the spark plugs in the HR engine are smaller than those in the DE and Rev-up, M12 threads versus M14. The HR engine also has Irridium plugs as standard! Should you need the guide for the earlier engine, Ming has already covered that base here: http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=4021 First things first. Tools. You will need: 14mm deep socket with a magnet-on-a-stick or 14mm spark plug socket 10mm socket 5mm Allen Key Needle nose Pliers 30mm spanner (across the flats) or big adjustable spanner. Phillips screwdriver A well stocked 3/8ths socket kit should cover most bases. Your HR engine should look a bit like this: Note the large plastic cover that obscures all the bits we want to get to. To get past it to the oily bits, we first need to remove the strut brace. To aid refitting at a later date, I drew a line with a permanant marker so I could retighten the nuts to the same position. Slacken off the two outer nuts of the three with your spanner or big shifter (If you're rough like me). These are the lock nuts that stop the brace undoing itself. The left-hand nut turns toward the front of the car, the right-hand to the rear. Let them off a couple of turns. The center "nut" needs to be slackened off to take the pressure of the brace. I found two whole turns to be enough, turning towards the back of the car. Remove the plastic cable clips from both ends of the strut brace. Take your 14mm socket and remove the 4 bolts at each end of the strut brace. Remove the brace and place to one side. Next, the engine cover. Take your 10mm socket and undo the 4 bolts first from the front, and then the rear part of the engine cover. Bare naked plenum! No chance of a nice shiny polished one here. Next up is to remove the intake piping from both sides of the engine. It looks complicated, but you only need to undo a couple of clips and screws to take the whole lot out! The removal can be simplified by popping the trim clip of the air scoops in the front panel. This lets you lift out the intake easier. Remove the two small screws from the air sensor and carefully place to one side. The air box is held down with one screw in a vibration mount. (All in red below) Squeeze the spring clips and remove the two small pipes from the intake, in yellow below. Undo the Jubilee clip (Blue below) on the throttle body and wiggle the intake pipe off. The whole assembly will now lift out. The left hand intake is pretty much the same. Undo the 4 5mm allen bolts from each throttle body and cable tie the body out the way. Take a 10mm socket and remove the bolts from the three coil pack plugs on each side, unclipping the cables. The rearmost ones shouldn't be too tricky as the obscuring pipes can be bent out of the way. Next the trickiest bit! The spark plugs on the HR engine are small and deep set. A 6" extension for your wrench is necessary, as well as decent thin walled 14mm socket. If you don't have a spark plug socket with a rubber insert to grab the plug, you can improvise with a magnetic probe or screw retriever, or maybe some ghetto style blu-tack stuffed in a socket! Once all 6 plugs have been changed, all you have to do is put everything back in the reverse order you took it off. Don't forget to tighten both ends of the strut brace down before tensioning it back to its original position. Easy as pie! Please feel free to correct me if I've made any errors.

Is the saga over now? Thank god for that.

Very nice mate, congrats!

Hope it gets easily sorted mate!

I personally wouldn't have the kit, but I must say those wheels suit it very well.

Nope, Just the bodykit mate. Exhaust and induction kit you'll have to find yourself.

Guess the magazine?

+1 for PB sealant, its great stuff, have converted many to it. Give the wheels a damn good clean, claybar and polish, just like normal paint then put 4 or so coats on, applying and leaving to cure for 10 mins or so. Jobs a good un - so much easier to clean then Haha, don't think I'm up to yours and James' level of attention to detail yet, I think i'll try a spray sealant first and see what thats like. Maybe go a bit more mental before Wales.

do you deliver? Actually, i'm heading down past your way on friday going to liverpool if you have anything you "want rid of"

What products are people using on their wheels at the moment, I have a gap in my product shelf!

Hope it goes well mate, don't be a stranger!

Hope you find the right car, get down to a meet pronto!

Yep, Ming did the original one, I was just going to do an updated one for the HR engine.

I'll probably still get round to doing a guide for it though, I've probably taken enough photos, maybe save someone else the hassle.