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10-21-2009, 04:30 AM

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Another guy from the United Kingdom and his progress...

Mostly cut and pasted from another 350z forum, comments welcome good or bad, thank you for looking

Added a nice induction kit yesterday

Before

After

LED Sidelights:

Varis Carbon Front Lip:

Varis Carbon Cooling Bonnet:

Gratuitous shot of my new gear ****...

Grounding Kit:

K1 Exhaust:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su2J_COwzF8

+06 model OEM LED rear lights

GT Spec Carbon Strut Brace

Added custom graphic...

19" Volk SF Challenge

Purchased at the Envy Mod Day, 19" Volk SF Challenge

***UPDATE***8th August 2009***
Went down to DMS Motorsport in Erith with my mate who had a service done to his 350Z, and I had HEL braided lines fitted all round.

On the lift

Old OEM lines

Old OEM lines in their new home....the bin

New HEL lines in place

HEL didn't supply enough brackets

But never fear

Extra brackets in place

I am well pleased with the extra sharpness my brakes now have and wonder why I didn't fit them sooner.
Did notice that the insides of my front discs a wearing and need replacement soon, so watch this space.

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10-21-2009, 04:31 AM

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***UPDATE*** 28th August 2009***
Got some INXX bonnet dampers and looks like they came from ESR originally.
Fitted them without any hassle, but wasn't happy how the brackets fitted.

So I went to a local ironworkers and had them make up some new brackets.

Made from stainless steel, they are slightly thicker than the ESR brackets and had them made longer so both bonnet bolts can be used to prevent the bracket from twisting under pressure.
Also had the balljoint bolt hole raised to clear the bonnet hinge better.

I was worried that raising the balljointbolt hole would change the geometrics too much, but I worried for nothing, fits perfect

All within 2 days from taking measurements and getting the call to pick them up for the nice price of £10, I'm happy with the result.

***UPDATE***31st August 2009***
Got up early today to go to DMS in Erith to have my P3 service done.
I thought I'd be thinking ahead and avoid all that commuter traffic on the M25, seeing that it's Monday and all.
Then about 15 mins into the drive I remembered that it was a bank holiday, DOH!
Arrived at DMS just before 9am.......was booked in for about 10:30, lol.
Once everybody arrived, they didn't mess about and started my P3 straight away.

On the ramp

Ready for servicing...

Ramp went up and engine oil was drained, oil filter was replaced, followed by the draining and replacing of the gearbox oil and lastly the differential oil was drained and replaced.

Whilst this was going on I noticed two things....

First one was this

I did question Dixon which of his mechanics had a preference to female underwear.
To which he said that it was one of the mechanics GF's that had left the bag behind (whether that is the truth........who knows

)

The second thing I noticed was this

Upon closer inspection, it looked like a worthless package.....

But it actually was a set of these for my car

In the meantime, the mechanics had removed my sparkplugs.
Dixon gave them an inspection and showed them to me.

They were replaced with new NGK Platinum ones

Then the new brake discs were to be fitted.
Looked at the pad wear and it looked like wear was even on the inner and outer pad, and seeing that there was quite a bit of pad material left, I decided to keep them in and get some new Dixcel Z pads next month or so.

Mmmmmmmm.....new discs.....shiney B)

Before...

After...

Brakes were bled and everything was ok (Brake fluid was not replaced, because earlier this month I had DMS install HEL lines where all the old brake fluid had been drained and replaced with DOT 4 fluid)

Then to finish a 4 wheel alignment chack was performed using the Hunter Hawkeye Laser Alignment System.
It was kinda out, but nothing drastic or dangerous.

As usual, DMS provided a great service and Dixon & crew were as helpful as always.
Before remounting one of the front wheels the mechanic even asked me if I wanted to take a picture before he remounted the wheel, hehe.
I did forget my service book, but Dixon just said to bring it in next time and he'll stamp it, funnily the speedo read 48K exactly, so at least that will be easy to remember, lol

Thanks again to Dixon for doing this on a Bank Holiday.
I don't reckon many places would do this.

After my service, I decided to pop over to Bluewater for a spot of lunch.
Found a nice empty row of parking spaces.

Sat down at Yo! Sushi and started my collection of plates.
13 plates and four cups of green tea later....

And typically, I return to the Zed to find lots parked up next to me, but at least Bluewater has decent sized bays.

I know which "Z" I prefer....

Drove home (via Dartford tunnel and a spot of noise pollution within... :teeth: entered at 20mph and then mashed throttle to 50mph, slowed down to 20mph again, and repeat till tunnel end

)

Once I got back, found a nice bit of deserted road and heat cycled the new discs.

Stopping power has increased and is sharper, and that is with the OEM pad, can't wait till I put the Dixcel Z pads on later.

All in all a great day for me, weather was nice too.

Thank you for reading.

New Brake pads from Endless and DBA rear brake discs
Up on ramps again, this time in Leicester...

As of recent, I noticed some grinding noises coming from the driverside rear.
I suspected that the inner pad had worn down severely.
Since I was also still running OEM pads on my front Dixcel discs, I opted to have all the pads and the rear discs replaced.

These were the items of choice:
DBA 4000 Series slotted rear discs and Endless SSS pads all round

Replaced the front pads first. I watched the mechanic do one side and then did the other side myself.
I was amazed how easy it was to do.
Here's one I done earlier :teeth:

Then onto the rears. The driver side was done first and upon removal of the disc and pads, my suspicions were proven right.
The inner pad had worn down to the metal and the disc was scored badly from the grinding

New disc and pads fitted

Everything was put back together and the handbrake was adjusted.

I'm very happy with my brakes now, no more grinding and stopping power has increased.

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