So then, out in the US those little red reflectors on the rear bumper of the UK and JDM Gen 3 are lit. They look good at night and so if you want to replicate the look here’s a little guide for you to follow to get the job done.
polishing
This was the finish on the roof of my cube no matter how much hand polishing I did it was staying that way ,after a few recommendations I ditched the high street quality cleaning products and went and saw don at dodo juice and had a bit of a spend up on their products ,he talked me through everything I would need and how to get the best results
I was impressed with the improvements but that roof was still bugging me, I knew that dodo juice did a machine polisher so I went back to see don (their head quarters is only a half hour drive from me) and he recommended the spin doctor 2 and gave my a demonstration on how to use it ,I then had a practice on the bonnet of my work van before going near the cube with it
with this small 70mm head it fits nicely between the roof ridges and because of the soft paint on the cube you need only use dodo juice prep polish with the soft red sponge
its not quick the roof took me about 4 hrs to polish but it is safe as long as you have a steady hand, and flatter surfaces are quicker as you can use the larger sponge.
you can see here the area I have polished up to ,
As this was the first time I’ve done this I am not going to do a major “how to” but on youtube there is a guy called junkman who pretty much covers all there is to know about detailing cars
p1n1on
japfest2 2015
just a little reminder
date- 16th august
time- 07:00 am
place- rockingham
meeting point- nn17 5dt mcdonalds/asda corby peel centre
see those that are attending there 🙂
p1n1on
Where in the world is Cubie sandiego
It’s been noticed that the facebook group is nearing 2500 members and in the post mentioning it folks asked if we knew where people were. Well facebook doesn’t offer a quick option for that but it did remind that a while ago we started a Members map!
If you have a google account you can edit the map and add a pin to show where in the world you are and see other owners near you. For reasons of safety we recommend not sticking it right on top of your house but generally on your home town or rough area is a good start.
With so many new members lately it would be good to see a few more pins added so the map is through the image link below….
About the Shows
Just thought I would write a small piece about shows ,
this year I took on organizing the japfest shows for the club with Phil organizing the Nissan experience show. As Phil has now left the club after a number of years of developing the club (much appreciated and big shoes to fill) he passed my details on to the guy from Nissan, so next year I’ll carry on organizing these three shows.
In the past japfest 1 has been considered the main show of the year, but this year saw smaller attendance numbers. Likely due to poor weather and a disappointing stand position in 2014 I think a number of people were put off attending
So as we had such a good turn out at the Nissan experience show I think it would make sense to make this the main show of the year.
I have discussed this with a number of members and they seem to agree and it is a much more central location for everyone to get to being in the Midlands.
It would be nice to hear other people thoughts on this ,and if anyone has any other shows they think the club should attend drop them in the comments below.
Pinion.
How to Replace the rear bulbs on the Gen 3/Z12
It happens to everyone, a rear bulb goes out and some helpful citizen shouts at you from another car, usually followed or preceded by something about the weird car your in! The lights aren’t accessed from inside the car like many other models so you’ll probably find the kid from halfords with the basic tool kit you just paid £5 to fit your new bulb to looking puzzled as they didn’t have one of these on the training video. So to get into the rear light bulbs to swap them over you need to go through the following procedure. Continue reading
Hello world!
This is the first post on the website and a bit of a place holder for now whilst we look at the best way to pull this thing together.
We aim to bring you a great mix of show reports, how too’s and owners car features as well as some fun cube stuff and spotteds!
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