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Rear wheel bearings are a different setup to the front. Front wheel bearings come complete with the hub pressed permanently into the bearing, so it is just a bolt off/on affair that anyone with some mechanical knowledge can do at home. Rear bearings need to be pressed off/on, so unless you have a decent press at home, you will need a mechanic to do it for you. Any decent mechanic should be able to do the job though. Parts are cheaper for the rears, but will be offset by the labour cost.

2005 V35 350GT Sedan 6sp Manual. Stock. Daily Driver - 100% light city/urban - mostly sedate driving with the occasional hammering. Approx 10.7L per 100km. but will probably pop up to around 11 with summer coming and heavy AC use..

I would just hang out until a 4dr manual appears for sale. Too many unknown 'gotchas' with converting a 300GT to a manual, unless you know someone who has done it before. You could possibly need a whole aftermarket ECU to make it work properly..

There are a few.. when I bought mine, there was 2 others on carsales. But at the moment, it seems the only 350GT sedan on there is a CVT.

There never was a stock 300GT manual, so hard to say how well it will drive. Given that.. I think that is a cheap price, make sure you get it in writing that this is a complete 'turn key' job and they will resolve any issues it creates. As it is unlikely anyone has done this before, so there is likely to be several 'unknowns' along the way. My guess is that figure is for the mechanical work alone..

Not many ECUs these days use volatile RAM, so disconnecting the battery isn't going to reset anything. You need either a consult type tool, or one of the manual (stop watch and hold your tongue right) methods above. Depending on the fault, CELs will often clear after several 'start and run' cycles without any faults detected. The code will be stored, but the light on the dash goes out. All the ECU learns is long term fuel trim, this isn't going to stop your engine starting.

Interesting, when I check it only lists the V35, no V36, and still shows the Z436.If you search for 350z or 370z it is correct.

Z436 is wrong.. I advised ryco years ago, but they never bothered changing anything on their webpage. Z445 is the correct part. Z547 has the same thread and seal size, but is 20mm longer. So if you have the space (the V35 does), it will also fit.

Yeah, that is my next choice... what tyres to go with.. This car is my daily, so I don't need high performance tyres, some decent quality mid-range is what I am after... I currently have KU36s on the front, so the noise from them is driving me insane.. so quite tyres are high on the priority list.

Ok, so I swapped the front and rears over and all is fine.. not rubbing under hard cornering, even at full lock. VDC had a spak with smaller tyres on the rear. It doesn't have a problem with the smaller tyres on the front though, but that isn't really relevant as no-one is going to run smaller rear tyres normally. Also put the rear and front rims side by side and had a good look at the differences. I found a different shape with the mounting surface as per the pictures below. But there is nothing on the hubs that prevent either rim fitting anyway. That may be because I have a sedan which normally comes with the same size tyres all round, so there might be something on the coupe that is relevant to these different shapes

Good idea.. thanks. Not sure why I didn't think of that!! Do you know what the difference is with the rims? I have had them both off and the only difference I can find is the stamp 'rear' and 'front' in the casting. they are all 18x8 +30. I just assumed that the stamps were due to the different standard tyre sizes front-rear.

Hi All, I am in need of new tyres. I have a V35 sedan, but came with Coupe 18in rims on it when I bought it. it currently has 245/45 tyres on the rear and 225/45 on the front, which seems to be standard on the Coupe. I am thinking of going with 245/45 tyres all round. However, I am worried about the fronts touching the guard. I had to roll the rear guards slightly after fitting 350Z springs and having the rear camber brought back into spec, which kicked the top of the wheel out slightly. The fronts are fine with 225 tyres, but the camber isn't adjustable, so they have some negative camber with the 350z springs. Has anyone tried 245/45 tyres on the front of a sedan with 18x8 +30 rims? If so, did you have any issues with them touching the guards?

Ouch.. I imported a 20L drum of NS-2 fluid for my wife's J31 Maxima from Japan. it was $310 shipped.. and I thought that was expensive. I didn't realise that KTF-1 was so much more! Although they refused to ship it initially, stating it was a flamable fluid and can't be shipped. I had to find the MSDS for the fluid and forwarded it to them to prove it wasn't a flamable product for shipping purposes.

^^ good to know.. the prices in USA have been skyrocketing for the S2 double din and some said they have had them on backorder for months with no ETA. Good to you know can get them if I decide to go down this path.

I think the series2 double din units are getting hard to find.. I thought the Series1 were still available.

If you are swapping the reflectors, you should be fine.. The problem arrises when people use the entire headlights assy from USA, with the LHD reflectors/Projectors.

I would be very carefully checking out the history of the car before considering buying an import from a dealer.. make sure the KM are correct and it wasn't imported as a grade R and repaired. There are way to many dodgy imports sold by dealers. If you have the time to wait.. have a reputable importer find and import one for you!

Nah.. VDC will be fine with the same size tyres all round, many people run that setup without issue. The VDC equipped sedans have the same size tyres and don't have issues.

That produces a horrid sounding 'screaching', and is usually worse when you are braking. It is desinged to make noise when your brake pads are almost warn out. But that said, the noise could be brake related and might be worth having a mechanic check it out if you aren't up to the job yourself.

Agreed.. I have KU36s on the front of mine and I am waiting for them to wear out.. I can't justify the cost of replacing tyres because they are noisy, but they are really getting irritating.. they seem to get louder the more they wear.

The factory Bose system uses an amp. When replacing the factory HU, you need the correct interface to drive the Bose amp. Or you remove the whole system, fit the HU and wire in new speakers, with or without an aftermarket amp.

^^ yep.. if one of the smaller/lighter items is quite expensive, then ship it back while you are there if it will allow you to get under the $1000 for the remaining parts.

there wouldn't be much difference in diameter between a 225/50 and a 245/45 tyre though

talk to these guys - http://www.gslrallysport.com/ Depends if they are brembos or not.

I would think if it was a manual, it wouldn't have a 'snow' button.. I would expect they would all have at least TC.. if also it has VDC, it will have a VDC off button somewhere.