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Penny pinching to order a Varis hood and Craft Square mirrors
Considering the Carbon signal lip kit . . . which i like but don't love, and hate the price for

and there's no point in a lip kit at my height since it'll get destroyed

which means I need a cup kit.

so. yeah. ouch.

Car looks great man! saw your thread from the post in my suspension thread. Look forward to see what you have coming up next.

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Originally Posted by OptionZero (Post 3719641)

:iagree: With you on the lip kit. Like you I keep going back and forth on this as well and don't want to risk hitting the thing or even knocking it off.

Hood is installed and painted. Front end getting Xpel film applied, then i can finally drive it again. In the meantime . . .some pix of my GTR inspired Varis x Nismo mashup

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1968/...cdbaa66c_b.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1941/...29d52e9c_b.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1953/...c6eeeaae_b.jpg

finally found your thread lol

Welcome to my thread and welcome back!

car is back at Diamond to fix that damn cracked wing

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Originally Posted by OptionZero (Post 3806155)

Welcome to my thread and welcome back!

car is back at Diamond to fix that damn cracked wing

hurt, I've been looking at 370Z again debating on getting another or wait till new one.

Love this build...do you have any pictures of the rear straight on? Trying to get a good look at the nismo spoiler to make a purchase decision.

Still looking good my friend, still looking good!! :tup:

Got enough sunlight to play with the new camera:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7917/...68c0b1e0_b.jpg

An iphone really is useless for black wheels. Huge difference just with an entry level DSLR

Second set of wheels for future track use:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c4f638ec_b.jpg

Enkei RS05RR
18x10 +22
18x11 +16

Just a very clean setup, love it

Looking good. One of the best pearl whites I've seen!

This is why my Z has been on hold. About 8 months working on this:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a7c92293_c.jpg

Love IS's; what's all done/being done to it?

Fortune Auto 500 coilovers (wonderful)
serial nine FUCA (proceed with caution if ordering)
Figs rear lower arm + toe correction
serial nine traction arm
Racing Brake front caliper upgrade for Supra rotors
factory rear caliper painted red

Enkei NT03 +M 18x9.5 +27, super brilliant coating
Cooper Zeon all seasons

Sportcross/Gita front bumper
TRD lip for Altezza Gita
TRD sidekirts for Altezza Gita
TRD sedan rear lip
Vertex +15 vented front fenders
EGO rear spoiler
MMM retrofit LED rear taillights (no longer in business)
custom retrofit HID/LED headlights by Kustom54 Lighting (cannot recommend)

TRD axleback for altezza
K&N cone filter
Cubespeed shortshifter (questionable upgrade, SUPER short shifts but much increased noise from transmission)
Supra clutch conversion using OEM parts

Massive delays in the paint process at the bodyshop, then poor fitment by the bodyshop that had to be redone. They also drilled a hole in my radiator by accident which caused my car to leak and smoke as i was leaving one time, then Serial Nine sent me defective upper arms without telling me which meant i had to try a bunch of different options to fix it, eventually they figured out i got defective arms and i had to wait for shipping from Canada during the holidays and finally it was aligned enough to not rub like crazy

Kustom54 was also a terrible place to get a retrofit headlight job, it took six months and came out like ****, paint on the housings had massive runs, the wiring was ****, they used parts from a bad supplier (Flashtech). I used them bc they were in California and recommended by RetrofitSource. I should have just forked out the cash and gone with OneEightyNYC and gotten it done CORRECTLY the first time even if it cost more

i forgot my tripod so i couldn't take good pix, so i'll probably do that this weekend

Altezza/IS300 is a good platform overall but Toyota did so much stupid **** to make it annoyingly hard to upgrade. the front wheel fitment is terrible, you basically need massive pulled fenders or wide aftermarket fenders to run anything decent, and the wheel well has poor clearance on the inside so you need a lower profile balljoint or shortened spindles - that in turn ***** up your geometry. The OEM shifter/trans for the 2JZ has a TERRIBLE clutch feel, the Supra upgraded is basically required to feel decent, but the shifter itself is tall witih long throws. Unfortunately all the good JDM shifters are out of production so i went with Cubespeedin Australia that had a good rep among other Lexus/Toyota. It is indeed short, VERY short but buzzes annoyingly at high RPM.

There's a lot of coilover options, thankfully, and more importantly a ton of engine options from building the 2JZ, swapping in a variety of 1JZs, or a V8 if you wanna go there, or the 3SGE BEAMS engine

Also, a manual one in good shape is hard to find . . . but if you're swapping an engine anyways this is no big deal.

This is daily so i dont think i'm going that far. It's actually pretty comfortable. I did have to swap in an aftermarket wheel/hub because the wheel is too far away in stock config when you're 6 ft tall. Thats a pretty easy fix though

The fortunes ride very comfy

Always looking good brother. :tup::tup:

:iagree: :tup:

But that wheel fitment! :facepalm:

:icon17: ;)

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Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 3928521)

:iagree: :tup:

But that wheel fitment! :facepalm:

:icon17: ;)

:bowrofl:

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Originally Posted by optionzero (Post 3597776)

wheels are volk racing te-37 ultra. Face-4 and s-center (deeper mounting surface) all 4 corners. Goal was max concave everywhere.
20x11, +15 fronts
20x20, +20 rears
project kics iconix r40 lugs w/ optional red caps

hmmmmmm...

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Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 3928521)

:iagree: :tup:

But that wheel fitment! :facepalm:

:icon17: ;)

Someone just posted a fantastic thread on wheel fitment. He should check it out. :stirthepot:

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Originally Posted by Zezus (Post 3928551)

hmmmmmm...

Fixed

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c1b25e9a_b.jpg

Just one of many mods sitting around the house ready to go...

Sparco EVO II QRT, limited edition red
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1a8735ef_b.jpg

OptionZero - Your Z looks absolutely awesome! I love the wheels and swapped spoiler! Very nice work!!!

Can't wait to see the interior.

Is the Blacked out A Pillars a wrap?
Can you post a close up of the A pillar from top to bottom...showing the transitions from black to white?

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8f3efe4c_b.jpg

It's a gloss black wrap. A buddy that runs a wrap/tint shop did it, i just told him to use whatever black is available in his scraps

Looks great! I haven't see you around town, but the car would have immediately caught my eye.

I bought a Honda fit to bum around town, Z usually only comes out weekends

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Originally Posted by OptionZero (Post 4015480)

2022 hurry up

So..... you got gay rim bolts.........