Alex350z Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) Hello all, wanted to start a thread to keep track of progress on my 350z, i cant promise anything out of the ordinary but hopefully it will be a fun read for some! So, here she is when i bought her on Saturday, 6th of June 2015. Its an 05 GT model and had 97700 miles on the clock when i bought it, but with only one previous owner and full service history it looked like a good one. First thing i did was take it home and give it a good clean as it had been sitting in the dealers lock up for a few months. I also had the gearbox, diff and engine oil changed. After having a good look underneath i noticed there was quite a bit of surface rust about so i took the W shaped brace off and gave it a rub down and a coat of hammerite. Its far from perfect but should slow the rust down! As you can see, a fair bit of surface rust! After a rub down and a nice thick coat of hammerite Next i gave the engine bay a clean up, this included: changing the belts, respraying the throttle body, respraying the strut brace mounts, painting the heads of all the old rusty bolts and of course a visit to Mopedmark to get my plenum blinged! I also fitted an earthing kit from horsham developments. Before After! And a few pictures of the in between. I loved the sound of the standard exhaust the moment i pulled off on a test drive before i bought it, but it wasnt quite loud enough! I decided to have the centre silencer cut out and a straight bit of stainless steel pipe welded in. It made it a lot louder and a lot more raspy! You can see here what i had done ( and no its not still for sale ) Mandatory video After having it like this for a few weeks i decided it wasnt for me as i wanted the deep V6 growl back. After doing a fair bit of research and spending hours on youtube listening to other peoples cars i decided to go for a resonated cobra system (backbox and centre pipe) with the plan of upgrading the cats and pipe at a later date In the quest for more power i booked it it at horshams for an uprev map, before doing this i fitted: new spark plugs, a new HKS panel filter, a horsham developments plenum spacer and obviously the cobra exhaust.Being a 10 year old car and having done over 100k miles at this point i expected it to have lost a few horses. I was shocked to say the least. Edited August 13, 2015 by Alex350z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justthejedi Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Looks super clean!...and in the best colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex350z Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) Recently i have fitted a new slave cylinder, changed the sidelights to some much brighter LED's and had it detailed! New slave cylinder - along with this i bled the clutch and changed the fluid. Feels a lot more like a clutch should now That being said its still on the original clutch so a new clutch and flywheel are quite high on the list. Before and after side lights And pictures of the detail i had done Edited August 13, 2015 by Alex350z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Looks super clean!...and in the best colour what he said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex350z Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 I also changed the standard wheels for a set of rays Before After 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumzo Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Looking good! Excellent work so far. Same colour as mine and I need to do much the same with the underside brackets and engine bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopedmark Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Looking good mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex350z Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Cheers guys, dont suppose anyone knows why my video wont embed, it does on the post preview then disappears when i press submit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Where is it hosted? What tags are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex350z Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Where is it hosted? What tags are you using? Its a youtube video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex350z Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Where is it hosted? What tags are you using? Never mind, i just figured it out! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Working now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex350z Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 LED sidelights at night, they are quite bright... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veilside z Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Excellent progress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 looking very clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargara Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 The problem with those sidelights is the light scatter, its not focused so will be dazzling to oncoming traffic. Obviously that's not a problem with normal dull sidelight bulbs so be careful you don't get pulled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex350z Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 To be honest i think the photo has caught the light badly, they definitely arent that bright in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex350z Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 Ordered this - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-SPEED-NEO-CHROME-MANUAL-SHIFT-KNOB-FOR-2003-2009-NISSAN-350Z-FAIRLADY-GT-Z33-/191125627390?hash=item2c7ff9a1fe Ive always loved Neo chrome so saw it and bought it straight away. Will probably look tacky and stand out like a sore thumb but it definitely adds to the japanese feel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Looking good Alex and I wouldn't worry about those sidelights, ...at least you've got both front lights unlike what seems like 50% of the cars on the roads nowadays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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