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OptionZero 2015 Nismo Build

New year, build thread time.

First mods were minor exterior touches. Black A-pillars and XPel ultimate front quarter protection by Imperial Works

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Then suspension stuffs and mild drop thanks to SPL Parts and Aragosta Racing:

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Ride height was to be a little lower and easily driveable because the next step was getting dem wheels to complete the stance.

Like I described in my other thread, I went with TE37 Ultras in matte black, special order color not stocked, certainly not in my sizes. Five month wait and finally they showed up:

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I hated that metal engraved ring/lettering on the edge, but unfortunately, Mackin won't take it off unless you special order like 25 sets or something ludicrous. After checking multiple shops (body shop, pin striper, vinyl wrap place), finally got a shop willing to tackle the job. Not 100% perfect because its impossible to get the paint in there totally evenly, but there is no bleeding past the edge:

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And now the wheels are finally at Affinity Performance being mounted and aligned. Still waiting on a fender roller for the fronts, but here's the progress:

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Thats at -3 front, -2 rear camber.

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
20x12, +20 rears
Project Kics Iconix R40 lugs w/ optional red caps

Tires are Toyo T1-R
275/30/20 front
315/25/20 rear

Suspension is SPL everything: front upper control arms, tie-rod ends, rear camber arm, rear mid-link, toe arms, eccentric lockout kit

Coilovers are Aragosta Type-S, pillowball upper mounts. 14 kg/mm front, 10 kg/mm rear. Rear spring swapped to a six-inch Swift set with thrust washer to fix the clunking. Coilovers are independent height adjustable and the rear mid-links from SPL are also height adjustable so you can dial in pre-load and the swift thrust washer solves the clunking noise everyone gets from spring rotation under compression/decompression.

Fitment goal is to be on the aggressive side, but still have more tire than stock. I see alot of people running 9 or 9.5 inch fronts and +30 to +20 offset and thats with anywhere from 245 to 265 fronts. I thought i could go more aggressive than that because folks shy away from camber. I've run an aggressive 17x9.5 +12, 235/40/17 tire in the front of my S14 and seen how camber can affect fitment. It doesn't kill your tire's wear rate. tires will wear unevenly but not faster if your toe is in order. Anyways, thats my rant, hope people will move toward more aggressive front fitment.

Rears are a different story. You can do anything in the back, the Z34 chassis has basically infinite clearance. Alignment guy said I could basically run a 5mm spacer and be just fine. I originally was going 325/25/20 but chickened out and went down a width to get a bit more stretch and get that clearance.

The rears are going to come down a bit lower and then have camber adjusted to stay around -2.

Future plans:
Stillen G3 sitting in my garage. Will get an oilcooler from FI or Z1 at the next sale to throw in at the same time.

Fast intentions exhaust

Carbon Signal

Debating between the 09-14 Nismo wing with carbon signal cover or a GT wing (Ings+1, voltex . . . or go insane and get Veilside or Esprit?)

Also debating between Varis VSDC, ViS Terminator, or Amuse style hood. Long ways away though.

Looks great. Ive never seen, or at least never noticed, a blacked out A pillar before. Looks absolutely fantastic. Simplest thing makes such a big impact. :tup:

Going for a baby GTR look, liked how it turned out with the tint.

What did you do with the wheel well flares? Sell them?

Sorry, I gave them to a buddy of mine at the vinyl wrap shop I use, probably gonna get him to do some work for me in the future.

I should mention for anyone getting a Nismo, yes, I removed mine. They protrude inward a few mm and can rub against aggressively fitted wheel/tires. You have less room than a regular Z34 in the front

Also, to roll the fronts, you need to take them off anyways. The rears were already rolled from the factory.

Darn. I know someone who would have bought them.

Curious ... why would anyone want them?

Likes the look. There are only a few who have removed them. I have only seen two sets for sale here.

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Originally Posted by OptionZero (Post 3597802)

Curious ... why would anyone want them?

Stuffing 325's and dislike tire poke and excessive -camber.

They don't add any actual clearance tho. If you need room, just roll or do a slight pull.

Heck if I ran a 30 offset rear I could do a 325 tire with low camber

Goodness me those wheels are lovely!!!
I'm picking up my white Nismo soon, it's already in the body shop for paint protection wrap and gloss black a pillars! We'll be twins :)

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Originally Posted by OptionZero (Post 3597818)

They don't add any actual clearance tho. If you need room, just roll or do a slight pull.

Heck if I ran a 30 offset rear I could do a 325 tire with low camber

Visually they do though. That 3/8 or whatever they protrude buys almost .5* camber no longer needed. Just covers up the edge of the tread blocks to the line of site.

At least that's how it works in my head. Haven't actually tried them.

And 30 offsets aren't the easiest to find in 18x11 rims without going custom. Seems to be 22 is the more common.

I had thought about grabbing a set of the Nismo rims you have but that machined bit on them stands out too much against a black car so would need to powdercoat them or something.

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Originally Posted by ChaseZ (Post 3597913)

I had thought about grabbing a set of the Nismo rims you have but that machined bit on them stands out too much against a black car so would need to powdercoat them or something.

Yep that diamond cut edges really bug me. I am looking into getting them powdercoated, but not sure if I should as they are proper Nismo rims. But I can't quite afford TE's right now so may Powdercoat just to keep the car looking sweet!

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The way the fender arches attach they physically protrude inward. There's a couple clips a song well as a little lip that extends inward

I'm telling you these literally reduce clearance, which is why it's so lame Nissan used these. The "visual" extensionhurts more than it helps. But feel free to experiment if that's a look you like. And like I said above, a little camber won't kill you u less all you do is drive in a straight line.

Also, my nismo wheels will be up for sale shortly.

Got the car back from the shop, rear slightly lowered, front bumper tabs shaved down almost completely, NO RUBBING in daily driving or u-turns, only rubbing at extreme driveways/ramps. Extremely happy with the fitment. Slight misalignment of the right side of front bumper but i think we can fix that next time by pounding the bumper tab a bit.

Took a buncha photos, although i waited too late in the day to get good lighting. I need a real photographer!

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The "7" fell off on the rear emblem during the wash. Reattached it, but only after i took the photos

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Originally Posted by OptionZero (Post 3597776)

Debating between the 09-14 Nismo wing with carbon signal cover or a GT wing (Ings+1, voltex . . . or go insane and get Veilside or Esprit?)

If you're interested, I have an 09-14 Nismo wing for sale. You would have to repaint it, but I'm sure we could work something out.

P.S. I LOVE the TE's! They look perfect in the completed shots you got!

Thanks for the offer; im gonna pass for now since i dont want to pay for shipping and paint at this point

I also might be able to get a dirt cheap KO Esprit GT wing from a GTR that i want to experiment with

Car looks great on the TE's man classic wheel, I tried to get my GF to go that direction with her Nismo but she purchased Vossen/Works instead.

Vossen has some ok designs but their lack of aggressive fitments was a pretty big turnoff.

Plus the TE37 is timeless, everyone should rock a set at least once in their life.

Really wanted an aggressive set for my S14 when I still had it, but a killer deal for some Nismo LMGT4's came up and I had to get those! How do you pick between LMGT4s and TE37s?!

Looking good and very nice fitment.

Aggressive fitments can be had btw with Vossen/Work's. They just have to be custom ordered with a 1-2 month turn around since most of the in-stock wheels are 20x10/12's with standard widths offsets for the GT-R/370Z. I just ordered a set of 10.5/12.5 for my next set.

Very nice stance and color combo. Really love the pearl white Nismo Z's.

Thanks for the info. Tom at Speed Image USA (Fremont) recently started selling Vossen/Work stuff.

But TE37's are a classic, the Ultras are just perfect for the Z/GTR

Can i make a suggestion? On the Vossen website, i cannot find any chart with all available sizes (widths/offsets). To me, thats just . . . how can you not have that? Even on the Rays website, all japanese, i could find the spec list with everything including disc face and brake clearance. It would be tremendous to get all that stuff on there

Man, looks great!! Jelly.

Car looks awesome with the TE37's!!! Perfect wheel for your Nismo edition!!!

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Originally Posted by OptionZero (Post 3613908)

That's because on a lot of the Vossen wheels, they're made to order with custom offsets. You correspond back and forth and they send you 3D models of different figments/sizes/concavity until you find something you're happy with.

Ordered a Fast Intentions TDX exhaust (carbon fiber cannisters + 18 inch res) and HFC, but i'm still about a month and a half out. Couldn't sit still, so i hit up OnEightyNYC for some headlight mods:
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Dual halos, platinum graphite shrouds, and gloss black on the chrome trim.

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Also, ran into RWB Sacramento #1 (Meguri Ai II) at Imperial Works:

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I was very fortunate to attend part of this build at Diamond AutoBody, brought a couple packs of Stella for Nakai-san. Amazing to see this dude work in person.

Check it out on instragram (@RWB_Sacramento)

Niz looks awesome. The stance is spot on!

WOW, it remind me of star trooper because of this.. LOL
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Looks good though

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Originally Posted by Z-Girl 12 (Post 3652076)

Niz looks awesome. The stance is spot on!

Yeah its pretty amazing what can fit under the Z. Wish more people would push the envelope.

Super clean! Nice job Bboyz.

Did you add tint to your led fogs? Looks really good. I have the exact same build on my headlights as well. Also I don't know if its the same for you but my halo's are a bit brighter than the led fogs and when i look at it my OCD kicks in lol wonder if there is anything we can do to make them match

Yeah, the DRYL's were covered with tint film. I don't know the spec on the tint, since my buddy did them for free he just used whatever and i picked the darkest available.

The color of the halo does not match the DRYL's, but i'm fine with it. I can't see it from inside the car anyways, so whatever.
IIRC the halos gotta be around 5100 or 6000k, since they seem blueish white, i bet the DRYL is closer to a yellow, so under 5000k? Just spit balling

The only solution is to replace the bulbs on the DRYL and i don't wanna bother with hit

You have had a lot of fun with this car. I have done something like this to a few cars myself.

What might you estimate the trade or resale value of your car is now, versus a bone stock Nismo of the same year and miles?

Dunno, somewhere in the mid 30's if i stripped off all the suspension stuff and returned it to stock?

Wheels, coilovers, and suspension arms probably get several thousand back sold separately.

I don't think i've done anything irreversible. Engine is stock except for a cold air intake and oil cooler (prety benign stuff), and the suspension is just unbolt and bolt the stock stuff back. The front fender roll is the only thing "modified" that can't be undone, but there is literally no downside to it.

Nice, love the te's !

First time i actually like the look of pre 15 wing on a 15+ Nismo, car looks great!