[OFFICIAL] Discussion for the next new Nissan 400Z Z35?

zeeder

Agreed, and I was hoping for a $35k staring price, as well, but knowing that it's still priced similarly to the 350 makes it a little easier to swallow...lol. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be in the market for a new one for a couple years and I'll be loving my 370 until I'm ready. I just got back into the Z so I'm not in the same position as others who have been driving it for years, or a decade, and are exhausted by the wait.

I'm hoping that the changes that were made will make it feel worth the increased price and that it sells well so it's still on sale, or at least has plenty of used options, when I'm ready...lol. That said, the telescoping steering wheel's siren song may be too much and will have me upgrading before I should?!

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Ghostvette

I'm on the fence. I'd love to get the new Z, but I'll definitely wait a couple of model years before I pull the trigger. It will be interesting to see what will swap over, I may just pick up a tele-column and put it in mine, if it fits. My current car has about 27K on the clock and I'm in no hurry to replace it.

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zeeder

My assumption is that the EPS is what enabled them to do the telescoping wheel but, hopefully, it'll be swappable. I bought my car with 76k on the clock and I'm about to hit 80k but everything still feels tight as a drum and I'll be replacing bits with upgraded parts as they fail, or as I have the money/desire.

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FI catback, HFC, and Start Button - Z1 Intake - Nismo S-Tune Spoiler - PasswordJDM V2 Shift Knob

Ghostvette

There are several older cars that have tilt/tele columns that don't have electronic power steering. My 2005 Malibu had EPS and it was a pain in the backside. It would intermittently quit working while I was driving and the only way to reset it was to stop the car, turn off the engine & restart. Then when it came time for alignment, part of the setup is to sweep the steering wheel left to right to center the wheels. Doing that would set a check engine light and the idiots aligning the car wanted to charge me extra $$ to 'diagnose' the light.

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FL 4Motion

2005 gm product, that was the root cause of your problem.

Ghostvette

I know, that's why I got rid of the car for my 2012 Z.

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takemorepills

Wrong assumption. My 2014 Infiniti Coupe has POWERED tilt/telescope wheel, you could bolt it right into a similar generation Z if you wanted to as the Infiniti is just a 370ZX 2+2.

Nissan was just being cheap with the 370Z on that.

zeeder

Any idea what the cost would be on something like this? Telescoping steering would be a huge plus for me!

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FI catback, HFC, and Start Button - Z1 Intake - Nismo S-Tune Spoiler - PasswordJDM V2 Shift Knob

takemorepills

I used to do mods like this "back in the day" fortunately Nissan/Infiniti have very basic electrical systems. If you have a friendly junkyard nearby, see if they can put a 370Z column and a G37/Q60('14 or '15) column next to each other, they should be the exact same mounting dimensions.

Also, remember that later year models won't have the steering column lock, that's the same for the Infiniti G/Q, they dropped it also.

Ghostvette

I'd wager that the connectors to hook up the electric tilt/tele are probably under the dash of the Z, just like the power seat connectors are already under the console.

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