What's the dumbest thing you've spent money for on your Z?
#41
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Wow- that is a pricey purchase for coils and plugs. Like many things with the Z33, the OEM-spec sparkplugs and coils (unless they go bad) are pretty hard to improve on. Even though SCCA road racing rules allow open replacement of plugs, nobody seems to have found any advantage in this area.
Yea... Should of spent it on something more beneficial. Folks are using the OEM coils making 700+whp with no issues.
Live and learn.
#42
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Wow- that is a pricey purchase for coils and plugs. Like many things with the Z33, the OEM-spec sparkplugs and coils (unless they go bad) are pretty hard to improve on. Even though SCCA road racing rules allow open replacement of plugs, nobody seems to have found any advantage in this area.
They have been sitting in my basement for over a year with my new valve covers awaiting motivation.
#45
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#46
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Cheap EBay exhaust that required more $ thrown at it to make it properly fit than the exhaust actually cost. In the end I don't like the sound nor how it looks..,Live n Learn
#49
I guess there are a lot of potential ways to interpret "Dumb." I'm going the route of "petty and unnecessary," as the package at my door today inspired this thread.
Isn't she lovely! One gently used, like-new condition, perfectly functional... In-dash cup holder. I spent real money, but at least it's real flimsy and probaby can't hold much more than a medium coffee cup!
I am STOKED. Goodbye mystery hole in the passenger side dash. Goodbye days of almost tearing my rotator cuff just to grab my drink behind me in the center console. Goodbye worries. Hakuna Matata!
Please, follow up with more magical stories of exercises in dumbness.
Isn't she lovely! One gently used, like-new condition, perfectly functional... In-dash cup holder. I spent real money, but at least it's real flimsy and probaby can't hold much more than a medium coffee cup!
I am STOKED. Goodbye mystery hole in the passenger side dash. Goodbye days of almost tearing my rotator cuff just to grab my drink behind me in the center console. Goodbye worries. Hakuna Matata!
Please, follow up with more magical stories of exercises in dumbness.
#50
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Thread Starter
Let's see, what else is flimsy in the OEM Z33 interior... The Sat Nav lid, the center console lid, the plastic insert on the shifter ball, the ashtray/change cup right behind said shifter, the dead pedal, the interior door pulls (and the exterior door pulls for that matter), the mirror adjustment ****, the lining of the storage hatch and the 5th bow motor (roadster only), and the window motors.
Welcome to the joys of Z ownership
#52
New Member
I got the Z1 oil drain magnet. Not the dumbest money I've spent... I'm sure the filter contains most of the contaminants, but it's still reassuring to see the magnet clean when you're changing the oil.
#53
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Thread Starter
I didn't even intend for this to be an "informative" thread, but it sure wound up being one! As if I haven't already thrown enough cash at my car... hopefully this will prevent future financial errors.
Eh, let's face it, our cars are one big financial mistake
Eh, let's face it, our cars are one big financial mistake
#54
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I bought a Japanese style front license plate holder...never installed because a) there's no really good place to mount it and b) if you place it up in the grille it will massively block airflow.
Kauai cops are kinda funny - you can roll with 75% tint, huge 40" tires sticking waaay out of the wheel arches, lifted so high you can stroll under the chassis..they won't say a thing. But try to drive for 2 days without a front license plate - they are ON it!
Here's a couple pictures of my ride down by the harbor the other evening...note the stock license plate holder
Kauai cops are kinda funny - you can roll with 75% tint, huge 40" tires sticking waaay out of the wheel arches, lifted so high you can stroll under the chassis..they won't say a thing. But try to drive for 2 days without a front license plate - they are ON it!
Here's a couple pictures of my ride down by the harbor the other evening...note the stock license plate holder
#55
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I bought a Japanese style front license plate holder...never installed because a) there's no really good place to mount it and b) if you place it up in the grille it will massively block airflow.
Kauai cops are kinda funny - you can roll with 75% tint, huge 40" tires sticking waaay out of the wheel arches, lifted so high you can stroll under the chassis..they won't say a thing. But try to drive for 2 days without a front license plate - they are ON it!
Kauai cops are kinda funny - you can roll with 75% tint, huge 40" tires sticking waaay out of the wheel arches, lifted so high you can stroll under the chassis..they won't say a thing. But try to drive for 2 days without a front license plate - they are ON it!
Nice pics!
#57
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Edit** dboyz, indeed tranny and diff drain plugs both have magnets.
Last edited by Bak3rme; 10-25-2017 at 08:12 AM.