CPhillips93 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Hi everyone! So after months and months of deliberation I decided that it was time to sell my old car, a Clio 182. I had 2 good years with the old bird, and she treated me well. Anyways, I sold the 182 to a guy called Dan who came and viewed and bought the car on the same day, I was shocked to see her go after all the great memories she gave me! Here she is in new ownership Nonetheless, I felt the need to move onto something with a bit more about it... I looked at countless ads on Autotrader and Pistonheads, at s2000s, Evos, 535d, 335d, 350z, just anything with more bhp than the clio! I narrowed it down to either a s2000 or a 350z as I didn't fancy growing old before my time just yet! So I went ahead and test drove an s2k that was local and to be honest I wasn't all that impressed; it drove great but didn't have that low end grunt that I was looking for. The cabin was also very small, and I am only 5'12"! Aside from that it for the money you didn't get a lot of "creature comforts". So I looked at 350z's and fell in love! For the same amount of money you can get so much more! So I scoured the ads for exactly what I wanted; a low mileage example of the 313 HR model, with GT pack preferably in blue or black. I had found one for decent money in grey, but as always was too good to be true. But I kept my hopes up and managed to find a perfect example on Autotrader, a night blue, sitting on 55k miles, with full service history. It had the full GT pack with GPS, bose, black heated leather seats etc. MOT till September 2015 (shame about the tax). Only problem was... it was in Nottingham, a mere 10 hour round trip. But I thought f**k it, why not, if its as good as is made out to be then why not! So I took the trip scoped out the car and walked away with it after knocking alot off the price. . Here she is in a car park near where I bought it from: And it didn't take me long before I had it home for a good clean There wasn't much dirt, mainly just dirty water from the trip home: However the paintwork was a tad swirly : But I got cracking, and washed the car in the usual routine (sorry for the lack of pictures but got a bit carried away with the cleaning ) and then clayed the car. This was one pass on the roof : and after the whole car: The exhaust tips were also looking a little worse for wear, so used a little elbow grease with some Autosol (half assed attempt at a before and after photo haha. I did actually polish the top of the left tip!): Overall the car was filthy! But once washed and dried I used Poorboys Black Hole to hide some of those nasty swirls, even the misses got involved: End result: I have sinced washed the car again and polished it with Meg's Ultimate Compound and followed by AG HD Wax for some protection! Comments welcome! Conor. Edited October 20, 2014 by CPhillips93 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Good choice and a rare colour ... welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) car looks good Black hole is good stuff, lots if fillers Edited October 20, 2014 by GIXXERUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z370Z Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Very nice HR Conor and welcome aboard. I've a feeling you will like the detailing section, ....as well as the rest of the forum of course. Link: http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/23-car-detailing/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Welcome to the forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCook Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Hello and One of the best colours IMO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy james Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Welcome along sir! Nice looking Hr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14N Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Hello and Conor. Nice looking Zed you've got there. Your 182 looks like it's sitting nicely, what's the story with wheels and suspension? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Welcome and my 182 treated me well when I had mine Your zed looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veeg33 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Hello and welcome 👋. Nice looking zed there after lots of TLC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopedmark Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsniss350z Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Welcome to the forum and congrats on the purchase of your Zed. Your Clio will be but a distant memory once you've done a few more miles with the beautiful V6 soundtrack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Lynx Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPhillips93 Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Thanks everyone! Hello and Conor. Nice looking Zed you've got there. Your 182 looks like it's sitting nicely, what's the story with wheels and suspension? The 182 had the cup Turini's, refurbed in shadow chrome! I also lowered it on Cooksport springs, which were the best ones available. Lowered it about 30mm and improved the handling massively Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryjax Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tatooandy67 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Great looking zed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilMH Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Nice write-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350zedd Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hi and welcome Good choice and best colour!!!.......My son had a 182, guess what he's got now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saihaynes Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Welcome dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asad Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Great choice of zed 313HR is the one to get. Enjoy your new motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veilside z Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Lovely car in this rare colour. A former member peter10 had one, not sure if it was his old ride. You certainly have worked hard to get the finished result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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