What did you do with your Z today V (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY)

MZ DAIZY

Yes! What he said! Excellent suggestion. Thanks.

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Dreadnaught

You should also service your power steering and brake fluid.

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babyzilla

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@SLOPOS

I didn't see yalls post until after I posted my post above. I'm at 50k miles and have never changed my diff fluid...oops

Hopefully everything is ok lol

SLOPOS

Probably fine if you haven't had any bad noises or heat issues. I'm guilty of also ignoring time frames for fluid changes and usually would go just based on miles, but if you think about it, these oils don't last forever once you heat them up the first time and even if you're not driving, they're breaking down just sitting there. I've seen some horror stories/videos of people that ignore oil change intervals because they don't drive their car much and the way it gunks up the engine is scary.

babyzilla

My power steering fluid was checked and topped off not too long ago. I'm waiting to get my brake fluid flushed when I install my z1 slotted rotors w/ new brake pads. The rotors are backordered though and I ordered them late last year.

INV_MY_370

Designed this for my drift switch today.

Mikeny

Bought my car in Dec (2009 Touring Sport, AT, 56K miles) and drove it home a couple hundred miles, been sitting in the garage ever since. I live on the back roads in upstate NY and they won't be clear of sand and crap for another month or so.

The dealer did an oil change before I bought the car. Over the winter I installed an oil pressure gauge, wired up a plug for a batter tender, did transmission service (drained and filled 3x and cleaned the filter) and drained/refilled the differential. Luckily, non of the fluids looked too bad. Just finished up today and now I am dying to take the Z out, but resisting the temptation until the roads are better. Makes it tempting to move somewhere else.

Tractionless

Don't forget the PS fluid. I simply use a syringe to suck down the reservoir at every oil change to keep fresh and refill with fluid in lieu of the bs associated with purging the rack. Also grab some coolant test strips and see how the PH is looking. Pull your steering lock fuse too.

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Mikeny

Thanks for the heads up on the PS fluid. I think I will do that with both the PS and Brake fluid. Steering lock fuse pull I did the day I bought the car !

Tractionless

I recommend complete removal of old brake fluid from the entire system and refilling as if you only remove the fluid from the reservoir all of the existing fluid will still be left in the lines and calipers, i.e. the "business end".

I use a digital brake fluid tester to determine the percent of water in the fluid and change when greater than 2%.

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SeeThruHead

So doesn't look like these are tips. at least from feeling around under there.

Did the previous owner install a nismo muffler?

I was thinking it sounded better than my last car slightly.

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Spooler

Yes, that is a Nismo muffler.

abm89

The latest logs from the last flash look really good. AFRs are on-target and there's zero timing correction on E75. I imagine we may do a little more fine tuning, but it's close to being wrapped up!

I also have some more OE parts on the way. A new stock front bumper, plate bracket (yeah, yeah, whatever), and some shine auto carbon skirts for the side an rear that were ordered weeks ago. The Stillen front bumper is beat up and too draggy, and I never installed any extra coolers in the side vents.



For the cherry on top, my friend sold me his Top Secret Lip he still has when he had his Z with a "Friends and Family Discount".

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BettyZ

Z is up and running. New fuel pumps, return system, ATI superdamper, and Wavetrac diff all functioning well. No fires of any sort.

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