dpbayly Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Hi everyone, Ive been wanting a 350Z for a while and each time I've changed up my car I've looked about but never managed to find a nice one but this time I decided I wouldn't rest till I found the right one. I've been up and down the country the last 2 weeks looking at some really nasty examples of abused Zed's and very nearly given up after asking all the right questions on the phone only to find they had blatantly lied when I get there.....I did lose my rag with one chap after driving 180 miles after asking him on the phone has it had any obvious paint work done to which he replied no its mint and OH MY GOD it was astonishing how bad it was it looked like it had been rattle can'ed. Anyway I had decided at the budget I had set my self around 5k which I knew was low for a nice one and I thought at that price I needed to be a 1st viewer of the car being advertised because at that money if a good one popped up it would go in the 1st viewing and only the rough ones would be left so on Wednesday I had tabs open on my laptop for Gumtree, Pistonheads, Autotrader and Ebay with my search criteria set in and all day just kept hitting refresh and woo hoo it worked that night one popped up and although I wasn't the 1st to call no one had viewed it but he was a fair distance from me and after reading his very good ad and reading all the links to his forum activity and project pages I was very confident it was going to be a honest motor at a great price so on the phone I took a gamble and offered a £100 non return deposit to hold the car until I could come over yesterday which he accepted so I bank transferred the deposit then had 2 sleepless nights with excitement...... Well needless to say when I got there I couldn't fault it on inspection (Im a mechanic of 15 years and an experienced paint sprayer) and I went over it very thoroughly and happily agreed a sale and drove it home grinning from ear to ear. I haven't had a chance to take some pics yet but here's some of it from the ad: It's a 350Z GT4 number 170/176 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 (edited) Welcome to The Land of Zed. . Lovely GT4 Edited June 7, 2014 by WhackyWill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmck13 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 A warm ,must admit a few years ago I was a bit marmite with this colour, but its grown on me and I do agree, I think its a good colour, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nath8642 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Welcome and thats a very nice Zed someone has one that lives very close to me i see it out and about sometimes. Its a lot of car for 5K how much miles has it got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpbayly Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 Thanks, Forgot to add my plans I have for it, I have an addiction to carbon fiber I love it, so in the next few weeks I'm going to get a carbon front splitter/valance carbon wing mirror covers a carbon replica of the stock boot spoiler and I'd like if I can find some carbon rear spats (if anyone knows where I can source these from please share) so it matches the front then a small suspension drop, exhaust y section back, gloss black front and rear badges and a refurb of the GT4 wheels in a darker silver like a gunmetal shade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatooandy67 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Hi & Lovely looking zed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpbayly Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 (edited) Welcome and thats a very nice Zed someone has one that lives very close to me i see it out and about sometimes. Its a lot of car for 5K how much miles has it got? It has some legs on it 140K but it has full Nissan history all but the last one which was carried out by Horsham Developments and has EVERY receipt for every little tiny thing it's ever had, I do love it when you ask to see the service history and they bring out a big A4 box folder and everything inside is organised in the clear sleeves and it was jam packed and that's as well as the service book stamped up all the spare keys, It's only had 1 previous keeper, I think its been a very pampered 140K Being a mechanic Ive never really been hung up on mileage I'm more interested in the history and I also I gadge how well its been kept by it's tyres (matching and premium bodes well with me) I once bought a 2003 CL55K AMG (500bhp) which had 1 owner from new and he had clocked up 338000 on it and It wanted for nothing and pulled like a train and I had 7 months trouble free motoring even the bodywork was great: Edited June 7, 2014 by dpbayly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthatB0MBSHELL Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 (edited) Looks a great motor, and seems a fantastic buy if you got it less than 5K. Welcome. Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2 Edited June 7, 2014 by onthatB0MBSHELL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsexr Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Needs a "stubby" as well.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve916 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 (edited) Nice. I had this one bookmarked. I thought it was a steal at 5k but must admit was a bit apprehensive about the mileage. Glad it has gone to somebody on here. Oh and welcome btw Edited June 7, 2014 by steve916 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny cobra Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 :teeth:Wow that is lovely ..... :teeth: JC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraziekatz1 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Lovely Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Welcome Along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MITZ@CougarStore Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Welcome to the forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Welcome aboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyndzzz Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Hi and along Lovely looking zed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longsh07 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Good to have another GT4 on board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpbayly Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 Thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14N Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Congrats on the new purchase and to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpbayly Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 Thanks, I've not even had it 24hrs and i've already attacked it with a machine polisher (mop) with G3 compound and brought the paint up like new, Im always weary when mopping Nissan's as there paint is notoriously thin but no dramas today and after a clean up after I then applied a coat of wax to the naked paint to protect it. Some pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Come up a treat and welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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