Hi all i'm Aaron from New Zealand just traded my 2000 BMW 330i m-sport on a 2004 350z touring, love the car alot different than the bimmer but within 3 days of ownership the 350z was in limp mode, the dealer has fixed most problems faults etc, but the slip light keeps coming on and a new fault code (B2201) has come up and my mechanic has no idea what it is love the Z but starting to have second thoughts on my purchase, the problem with the slip light i hope is caused by the dealer putting new tires 225/50/17 and not staggered, i'm looking to replace tires to factory specs or maybe new staggered 18's but not sure if i should start spending money on the car yet, anywho any help with the code would be great, i will let you know things go but may need some help and advise if that's ok. Thanks Aaron

 

Welcome fellow New Zealander!

What tires do you have front and back?
Post some pics of your Z

Also do check out the NZ Z club

 

Great another kiwi, tires are westlake 225/50/17 made in china i guess, hope to post pics soon going to give the Z a cut and polish, groom etc this weekend so i will do so then mate. Cheers

 

Hey Aaron, a few of us lurk over here sometimes. We've got a Z Club meet on Saturday in Auckland if you're interested, electric go karting.

As yours is a Touring, and presuming it's an older model 350, it should be on 225/50/17 front and 235/50/17 rear.


I know my tyres, and I've not heard of a Westlake on the market over here, so hate to think what they might be. Get some decent socks on that girl, and I think you'll find a few problems will go away. Does the slip light, light up all the time, or just on permanently? Catch you over on Kiwiland, don't have enough time currently to login over here as much as usual.

 

With our consumer guarantee's act, those tyres sound like they're not "fit for purpose", you'd be quite within your rights to ask them to put on a tyre designed for Kiwi roads, and a proper staggered high performance tyre. Can recommend a few things that are readily available over here.

 

When I got my 06 two years ago I had 225/45/18's up front and 245/45/18's in the rear. I got some aftermarket wheels and went with 265/35/18 all around and my slip light comes on a lot so I just turn TCS off every time I get in the car. When I'm due for new tires next time I'll go back to staggered and get some 285/35/18's in the rear.

 

Yip i will be looking at new tires soon, strange thing is the slip light only comes on at about 80kph seems ok on high speed corners

 

I'm pretty sure your tire size would be an issue. For winters I had on 225/55/17s all around and did not have any issues. Search around here as I don't remember the specifics, but i think if the tire sizes are more than 3% variance in overall diameter from OEM, it would throw the light and cause issues.

 

Hey Bronzee my dealer told me to bring the car back on tuesday, i'm not really up to play on this sorta thing so if you could give me a few options on the consumer guarantee's act before i go in the would be great. Cheers

 

Will flick you a pm. Been discussed over our side of the pond a lot.

 

Main problem with our roads over here being tarmac, especially in the summer the roads melt, then you're left with a gooey mess, or winter, just a slick finish, so even more important to get the tyre choice right.

 

couple of pics hmm that didn't work anyone help, how do you get pics up ?

 

hope this worksfinally got pics up, just had a fresh cut n polish.

 

Looks tidy. What's the mileage like?

Half Moon Bay?

 

82000 k's, pine harbour.

 

She looks very tidy indeed

 

thanks, back to the dealer tomorrow, hope to have a bit of luck changing the tires.

 

Good luck.

By the way, the stock size tyres for the rims you currently have on is 225/50/17 front and 235/50/17 back.

 

yeah this is the problem i have with the slip light coming on, dealer agreed the tires are the wrong size, see what he says. Cheers

 

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