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kenchan 01-22-2014 01:32 PM

check out the DIY on splash guards. i think you can just get new clip nuts, screws, and perhaps fix it? :confused:

critical 01-22-2014 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Bananaz (Post 2662370)
My front left splash guard has slowly been coming off. The bottom part was basics dangling. Only held in by the top screw and I don't think it's salvageable

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i used some extra bolts from the car i had and some washers (since they had big holes in them) to hold on my splash guards.

Bananaz 01-22-2014 01:44 PM

It's the black part of it that's messed up not the actual colored part you know?

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kenchan 01-22-2014 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Bananaz (Post 2662394)
It's the black part of it that's messed up not the actual colored part you know?

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yah, thought that part was held in by clip-on nuts + the black pan tapping screws? no? mine was overtorqued by the dumbarse mofo dealer as well since ownership.

critical 01-22-2014 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Bananaz (Post 2662394)
It's the black part of it that's messed up not the actual colored part you know?

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yeah.

here's mine. there's a nut behind the bolt with the washer. lost the clip.

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1390424517

Fountainhead 01-22-2014 03:03 PM

Oooh! For the last few months, my '09 knobs have been erratic, the encoders weren't being reliably read by my radio (bose navi) and it was very irritating. So today at lunch I gently pulled the knobs off all 4 controls (they were all intermittently being read when rotated), and sprayed Cramolin Red, rotated them a few times (I sprayed them at the border of the potentiomer/encoder assy aluminum plate/plastic body, I bent my red spray tube down slightly). They now work flawlessly.
I recommend this for anyone who has an out of warranty car. Don't use just any old tuner cleaner, use something that cleans, lubricates, and leaves a protective coating. Many "cleaner" products for electronics washes off the factory lubricant and really screws them up.

kenchan 01-22-2014 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by critical (Post 2662551)
yeah.

here's mine. there's a nut behind the bolt with the washer. lost the clip.

ummm... are you showing the air deflector forward of the front wheel well? i think bananaz's talking about the splash guards... (you know, aft of the front wheel well)...(?)

kenchan 01-22-2014 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Fountainhead (Post 2662552)
Oooh! For the last few months, my '09 knobs have been erratic, the encoders weren't being reliably read by my radio (bose navi) and it was very irritating. So today at lunch I gently pulled the knobs off all 4 controls (they were all intermittently being read when rotated), and sprayed Cramolin Red, rotated them a few times (I sprayed them at the border of the potentiomer/encoder assy aluminum plate/plastic body, I bent my red spray tube down slightly). They now work flawlessly.
I recommend this for anyone who has an out of warranty car. Don't use just any old tuner cleaner, use something that cleans, lubricates, and leaves a protective coating. Many "cleaner" products for electronics washes off the factory lubricant and really screws them up.

are you talking about the dials on the dash? :confused:
mang, i am full of confusion today. :icon17:

for intermittent electric contacts, i use WD40. it's a trick i found back in the early 80's when my 1/4" instrument cables would make static/scratchy noise when i rotated them in the jacks. wiped the jack clean with WD40 on a paper towel, walla. no more scratchy noise. same goes for volume pots, dials, etc. :D

Malm 01-22-2014 05:01 PM

Today I drove to places for work using my personal car because I felt like I had to drive my Z.

This raised a question... I keep getting shocked when touching the door lock on the outside..

I mainly drive 3 cars,

Merc Sprinter Van (work) --- never shock
07 silver Honda Civic (gf car)-- door shocks me when I get out
11 silver 370z -- been randomly shocking me when I get out

This mainly happens when its cold.. and I mean cold for Florida (40-50s F)

I swear I do not rub my body against the seats! Today I tried to close the door using my ***, and it got a nice shock !

damian_mb 01-22-2014 06:31 PM

^^ lol

Because the car gods hate silver cars :D :D

kenchan 01-22-2014 06:38 PM

malm- step out while holding something metal on the car. it's like that on all 4 of my cars in the winter time. by winter i mean 0F or below. :)

good thing(?) for me is that it's so cold im wearing gloves... so no shock.

equalme 01-22-2014 07:51 PM

Blacked out the rear valence with plastidip...should hold me over until I get the fujimura cf diffuser.

Waiz 01-22-2014 10:14 PM

Took my Z out for the first time since Sunday to get some groceries from Target

I love the lighting in their parking structure!

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...psomdt01uh.jpg

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Originally Posted by critical (Post 2662328)
http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1390417595

premium floor mats are in. other ones were junk!

Nice mats! You can tell they are quality from the thickness of the material.

Riptide67 01-22-2014 11:53 PM

Well, I got the following parts this week: Stilled sways, SPC front camber arms, evo-r c.f. door handles.

Installed my aerojacket hood!

And just today got some FI ceramic coated LTHs!

Fountainhead 01-23-2014 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2662595)
are you talking about the dials on the dash? :confused:
mang, i am full of confusion today. :icon17:

for intermittent electric contacts, i use WD40. it's a trick i found back in the early 80's when my 1/4" instrument cables would make static/scratchy noise when i rotated them in the jacks. wiped the jack clean with WD40 on a paper towel, walla. no more scratchy noise. same goes for volume pots, dials, etc. :D

Yeah the dial controls (rotary knobs) on the dash. I would be OK with WD40 in a pinch but prefer purpose built chemicals for long term reliability. We used to put Cramolin on our mixer board sliders, worked great. WD-40 is a cleaner that acts like a lubricant, it would be OK on mechanical connectors but not in an electromechanical device like a slide pot or rotary encoder/volume control. I have no experience using WD40 in the way you describe, might be OK for 1/4" plugs, XLR, Neutrik, etc.


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