mattross1313 Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Its a shame they made the Nismo exhaust only slightly louder than the standard car. It's a nice bit of kit, just too quiet. Yeah, its a lovely item and the pipes are just massive! But doesn't quite have enough of the V6 purr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nub Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I think the Ark Grip would be perfect. They're £1,328 just for the last few days before Jan is over Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 I think the Ark Grip would be perfect. They're £1,328 just for the last few days before Jan is over You won't be disappointed! I loved the Grip on my old 370. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Few minor updates from last night. I dropped the car back down the wrappers as there were a few bubbles to remove. Whilst there he fitted a light tint sun strip, looks great! With that being done to the front I occupied myself by removing the rear wiper and washer jet. Looks so much cleaner now on the back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodaka Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Looking great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissanjuke Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicZ Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Stunning looking Nismo Matt. Who did your wrapping? Look forward to getting out on some runs when we are back from Spain. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Stunning looking Nismo Matt. Who did your wrapping? Look forward to getting out on some runs when we are back from Spain. Rob Cheers Rob, definitely give us a shout when your back in the area! Will organise something Car was sorted by Wrap And Tint Worx in Poole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Getting there slowly! Another 4-500 miles, quick oil change and she's good to go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Just found a pic from when we collected the Nismo, the dealership take pics of new owners. Looking at the quality they seem to have used a potato, not a camera. But figured I'd share anyway Myself and the better half. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipar69 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 You look too tall to fit in it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 You look too tall to fit in it! its all about the perspective 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Seems oh so long ago now when you were following Andy and I around in Wales in your blue 350 Great looking car Matt, must say I was tempted by A black one of these a little while back but I like going topless too much. They do look awesome. Enjoy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strudul Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 You look too tall to fit in it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 You look too tall to fit in it! I'm done. You win the internet this week :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Seems oh so long ago now when you were following Andy and I around in Wales in your blue 350 Great looking car Matt, must say I was tempted by A black one of these a little while back but I like going topless too much. They do look awesome. Enjoy ooooooo Matron (go on say it - in the voice, you just have to ) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Post weekend update! Spent Saturday afternoon and pretty much all of Sunday working on the car, starting to get through the items I have been stock piling at the office. Not many left now! Had a good time working on the car, even if it was a little frustrating on Sunday. Saturday. Start with the easy job - clean and install some K&N drop in filters. Bought them from a member before Christmas, in great condition. Hopefully get a little improvement whilst retaining the stock air boxes. Next up I took a gamble on a DAB module from Nissan. Another Nismo owner local to me bought one and said it works well with the stock Nav system. It didn't look like 'too' big of a job, so I set about getting to work. Removing all the centre console and stereo components was pretty straight forward, along with the A pillar for the arial wires. I took this opportunity to fit the hardwire kit for my cash cam also (looks so much better now without wires dangling infront of any passengers). It runs down the passenger side A Pillar, under the footwell and crosses to the driver side fuse box. I have piggy backed off the cigarette power fuse so the camera comes on with ignition The initial install of the DAB unit went very smoothly and everything seems to be working great. So I set about putting the car back together, which may have been a little premature. As on the drive to work this morning I kept getting drops in signal, then after a while it just stopped all together. So I will need to revisit this at the weekend. Sunday. Early start as I wanted to install sound proofing to the boot floor and wheel arches. The road noise from the Nismo seems just as bad as my old 370 despite Nissan adding 'improvements' over the years. So I ordered up some 2mm alu sheets along with a load of 6mm sheets of closed cell foam. The boot panels all came out pretty easily and I made a pile in the living room. It didn't take long for curiosity to get to the better of these 2! They had a great time Then I had a quick brain wave....oh, whilst the boot is empty I can 'quickly' install the LED fog light I ordered ages ago. So I grabbed it from the man cave and set about removing the old fog light. No pictures of this as it's been done to death on the forums. I got the new unit fitted nice and easy, then ran the cables up to the rear light so I could tap into the wires. Feeding these cables took far too long and cut my hands to shreds, but we got there in the end. A quick test of the fog light showed no signs of life and after much faff I figured I'd blown a fuse. So took the fog light back out (and wiring) and checked wires, footwell fuses, even the IPDM in the engine! All good..... So I had some lunch, when I came back the wires were working as expected!! No idea how or why, so I set about re-installing the running cables (again, hands...pain etc). I got it all wires up just as the light started to fade and things almost* worked as expected. That will do for today! No lights on, just smoked rear fog Side light Fog light Reverse light My original plan and wiring diagrams (scrap of paper!) was to use the brighter red light for both brake and fog. Using 2 diodes it is a pretty easy circuit. However once I had it all wired up on the car the fog light would not work correctly. Brakes were fine and the fog would light up bright red on pedal press. But when turning on the fog light it the bright red would come on for a second, then turn off (even though the fog light was on, on the dash). So I whipped out the diodes and will run foglight only for now until I workout how to bring the brake lights back in. All in all, a good weekend, just need to work out whats up the DAB module. Cheers, Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Nice mate some subtle but nice mods Let me know how the DAB module progresses (and the cost) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissanjuke Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 what are your intentions on the boot,is it to make it bigger, now that you have taken the guts out and just clip in a can of tyre foam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Nice mate some subtle but nice mods Let me know how the DAB module progresses (and the cost) I do like a nice subtle mod Yeah I'll let you know how I get on with the DAB. I'm going to try re-earthing the aerial tonight just as a matter of course. It might be that it has a bad earth and is giving crap reception. what are your intentions on the boot,is it to make it bigger, now that you have taken the guts out and just clip in a can of tyre foam? Plan is to fit 2 layers of sound proofing, then refit all the stock interior again. I don't use the Z to transport much, but the road noise is becoming hard to live with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 It will be fine when you get rid of that super silent zorst and put something LOUD on - road noise nop longer a problem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 It will be fine when you get rid of that super silent zorst and put something LOUD on - road noise nop longer a problem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipar69 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) Nice work. Love the cats! Edited February 21, 2017 by sipar69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Nice work. Love the cats! Thanks Simon. Cats are great, other than when they play with the bedroom door at 4AM Just had a brain wave over lunch whilst pondering the DAB signal quality. Last night I tried to improve the grounding of the aerial but this has little to no effect on the reception. However, whilst installing the DAB on Saturday I also took the opportunity to install a hardwire power kit for the Dash Cam. These cables run VERY close to one another down into the passenger footwell - and the power cable could be quite cheap (unshielded etc) and causing interference. I hopped out on my lunch just now, pulled the fuse to the dash cam and scanned for DAB.........BOOM, good reception! I am hoping that this is the cause of the issue, I will try the DAB on the drive home and see how it performs whilst the car is moving. But this could be a quick solution once I reroute the DashCam cable down the drivers side of the car and away from the DAB aerial. It didn't occur to me during installation (must've been too excited!). Will update soon for those interested 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) Nice mate some subtle but nice mods Let me know how the DAB module progresses (and the cost) Looks like I've sorted it. Worked great on the way home, had a small drop in signal on the odd channel, I can only assume that some channels are stronger than others. It must have been the dab aerial cable being so close to the dash cam power cable. Now that's the other side of the car it looks/sounds fine. Cost wise I will find out tomorrow. Nissan put this on my account and I need to ring tomorrow and pay. I'll ask how much shorter unit would be and if they'll let me use Lisa's discount code. Could see if there's a bulk discount and see about a group buy if there's interest. Edited February 21, 2017 by mattross1313 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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