RichZilla

Have polished headlights. RE: imports being easy to fix - my car needs a new driver's window regulator. $130+ GST from Nissan. Yes, I will have to wait a couple of weeks, but it's half the price of a regulator for an Avalon!. I flew from Sydney to Brisbane to buy my car, but I already had my mind made up. As long as there was nothing obviously wrong with it - like a blown turbo or big end knock, I was happy to take the car. To be honest, I didn't even need to drive it. Sat in the passenger seat for a few minutes and knew it was all good. And sure enough, over a year later, the only thing that's gone wrong is the window regulator and the odometer globe. I'm a mechanic and I've seen many newer australian cars with less K's have tonnes more problems.

I had a few weeks recently where I could do without my car, so I pulled the springs out and sent them to King Springs to have custom ones made up. I didn't want full on stiff springs, nor did I want to go too low. I asked for the new springs to drop the car by about 30mm and be about 30% stiffer. The front suspension is a bit of a pain - like my old Z31 300ZX, the strut and hub are one piece. Makes them a bit heavy when you're doing the job alone. Rear springs were as easy as undoing the outer control arm bolt and letting the arm down with the jack. You need all of ten minutes to do both rear springs. King sent me rears off another car that sat right in and are held captive with the suspension at full travel. Front springs were custom and still needed the spring compressor to fit to the strut. The result was good and the springs should now be available to order from King Springs. They don't make the car roll much less in corners, so keep that in mind. Perfect for my needs though. The car still rides really nicely considering the 20" wheels that are on the car. Before springs were fitted: Suspension set-up: After springs were fitted:

I've been driving around for months with the 'Pit' light coming on every time I started the car. I tried plugging a VG Plus scan tool in, but that was no good. Had a method that involved throttle depressions in a timed sequence, but could never get it right. While fiddling with buttons and menus today, I found it. Sorry, no pictures. I'm not good at that. Print this out and go to your car. Ignition on, press 'Mode' button. Go to 3rd menu down & press select In this menu there are 3 bar graphs. Below those there is a long button on the RH side. Hit that. The next screen is your service interval screen. Go to the top bar graph (with the blue section in it) and hit select. This will clear the blue section off the graph You can also change your service interval with the button below Go to the previous screen with the 3 bar graphs and click on each of their buttons. The blue sections will disappear and your 'Pit' light will be gone!!

I bought this car off Ben last weekend. And let me just say to anyone who was thinking about buying it, you missed out. There is one word that sums up the entire car: SMOOTH There is not a squeek, rattle or knock in it. I drove it back to Sydney from Brisbane and didn't have a single problem. Beautiful car. All it needs is a few more pounds of boost. I've had a VG30DET Z31 300ZX and a VH45DE powered Merc 280SE, so I'm used to a bit more urge. Saying that though, I don't even think I'll put an exhaust on this car. Tanks Ben!