From A to Zed

Cheers Stew. This was possibly the first job I managed without gashing my hands and swearing too much

I really need some Swarfega though, my work colleagues are begining to wonder why my hands are black every Monday

How many km did you have on those discs mate?

Hi Fatalus,

I am not the first owner of the car so I think they might be the original discs. My car has covered 53,000 miles which is about 85,000 km.

Thanks,

Matt

Thanks everyone, appreciate the comments

- Believe or not the brakes were still fine in that state... I was at Bedford on Friday for my first trackday and I was amazed how well they performed...

Those 22mm bolts take some breaking don't they!!!

Cheers

Hi guys,

After reading the guides on the forum I thought I would have a crack at this myself... I must admit to being touch nervous as I've never attempted anything like this before so I was really chuffed when it all went so smoothly. I highly recommend giving this go if you have the time and some decent tools

Attached are some pictures of my DBA discs and Ferodo pads. Look at the state of the old discs, they looked fine on the outside but the inside was another story

http://s484.photobucket.com/albums/rr20 ... 78/brakes/

And I know my arches my filthy!!!!

Cheers,

Matt

If they are the SPC ones that Adrian was looking to use, they do camber and toe. Dont ask me how, but every site that came up on Google said they did both

+1

I bought the Eibach kit from CS (like piece B above) and the guys at DMS were able to adjust my camber and toe. I don't know how either, I left that to the boys with the spanners and lasers. I can't comment on the bolt kit alone as I bought the arms...

16k is a lot but it's unique and stunning. White is very fashionable at the momement so I'm sure someone with a rich daddy will be along with notes...

Good luck with the sale.

Matt

Looks good Rob and your paint is looking fantastic too

Nice one Dan, it's not my thread so I'll let Maz77 step in first....

Hopefully soon mate, I've gone for the 4600's and DS2500's pads

I'm going to have a crack at fitting them so I'll post some pictures up... Of the AA towing my car to Nissan

Ok thanks Dan

And sorry maz77

Hi guys,

I have recently ordered some DBA discs and new pads as my original ones are starting to look and feel a bit tired.

Last weekend (with the window down) I started to notice a light rubbing / scuffing coming from the front driver's side wheel.

I jacked the car onto axle stands tonight and spun the wheel around in attempt to locate the issue. The pads still have a 'little' meat left but the inside of the disc is very corroded and seems to be rubbing slightly against the backing plate. I'm not sure if the backing plate has slightly corroded / expanded as I left the wheel on whilst looking under the car.

My discs are shot so I don't care about damaging them, I am just wondering if it safe to be driving around whilst I wait for my new brakes to arrive. This is subtle rubbing - I can still easily turn the wheel and spin it by hand, it's not like I have sparks flying out from under wheel....

Has anyone else experienced this?

Thanks,

Matt

Really Dan, was that for the bolts in the middle or the spades than connect to the front bumper? Maybe the guy behind the counter misread this for me. I scoffed and turned faced rather quickly after that quote

For reference I was at Glyn 'Gold Pockets' Hopkins in Waltham Abbey.

You could try Halfords or a hardware store... I went to Nissan and the spade clips on the front are 10 pounds each

Don't go to Nissan...

I would take the Noble, the lotus would be great fun on the track but possibly a bit much when you fancy a nice a weekend away... The TVR would be awesome but they tend to suffer terribly from reliability.

I like your choices, you're a patriotic man indeed

I bet your courier hates you Mitz

Have you delivered it yet?

Have you delivered it yet?

I look forward to seeing your new wheels Martin

There was good guide on here but the pictures have been removed... It's worth a read though.

Matt

http://www.350zmotoring.com/forums/diy- ... bleed.html

No worries

Sextons are pretty good, I got my stuff in a few days. Good luck getting everything working!

Nice one, a must for any snatch fan

To covert the ariel you need this little puppy

http://www.sextonsdirect.co.uk/fitting_ ... ml?cat=728

edit; this will join your 2 'loops' in pics 2 and 3.

It will be worth it in the end!!!!

Matt

When I first started looking at 350's on the net I thought the Alezan interior was foul (too orange) but it's stunning the in the flesh. We're all biased towards our own choices at the end of the day but I think Alezan complements the black paint really well. I think the black leather looks best against the Azure.

It's a personal thing though and I can see why some prefer the black leather

It looks really smart, good on you for giving it go!!

MJP sell the official Nissan mats, I bought mine from there.

He's a really nice bloke

Matt

http://www.mjpauto.com/350z-access.html

There really is some utter gash out there

And paint the roof silver

That will teach them

Looks good buddy... I wish I could copy that but it's hardly going to stand out on a Kuro!