Zerafians slow build thread~~Round 3~~

[God-Speed]

How was the fitment on the hood? Hopefully not too much adjustment.

[Zerafian]

Originally Posted by God-Speed

How was the fitment on the hood? Hopefully not too much adjustment.

Wont find out until I get the car down there. I hope its good because theres not really a way to add compound to a CF piece to make it more flush. Id consider letting them add filler/bondo to fix any fitment that may occur but Im still not 100% certain I want to paint it.

I may just get them to throw clearcoats on it and wait until I get it wrapped to get the color.

Hopefully its simple bolt tightening to adjustment fitment.

[Zerafian]

A few updates on the car. 3/12/21

1. About 5 weeks ago, I was getting on the interstate and one of the bolts holding the front splitter, pulled right through the bottom of the bumper. It ended up leaving the splitter unsecure in the middle. During that time, it caused the front of the bumpers paint to spider crack, due to all the flexing. So first pic is of that working getting fixed. They are currently working on a few metal bars that will be inside the bumper, reinforcing the bolts. The initial issue wasn't their fault, the bumper just wasnt thick enough and Ive also never used splitters on my cars. Lesson learned on that front.




2. To better help with fitment of the side skirts, in the door jam area, they used some epoxy originally. I told them that Id need to be able to take my side skirts off to do my own work on the car, especially being as low as Iam. So they went in, removed the epoxy and I asked them to fit a bolt where the kit doesnt actually sit up against the car, like it should. Even my 350z and g35 had the same issue in the side skirt area. Nothing to reinforce that spot on the skirt. Anyways, there will be more flush bolts replacing the current ones. Now the skirts are removable...which is now, how it should be. I do get what they were trying to achieve but sacrifice of skirt removal was a bit ridiculous. Also showing fitment right behind the doors, where the side skirts line up.




3. Replaced the standard bolts, on the side skirts, with more flush style bolts. Ill also be adding sliplo attachments on the front and side splitters



4. And last, the driver side rear bumper, right where it meets up with the fender, there was a slight body work screw up. The body line wasnt rounded the way it should have been, there was a slightly "bend". So they went in and fixed that. The black on black made it really hard to see and if I didnt plan on wrapping the car, I would have told them to leave it. I know it will bug the hell out of me if there was a light color on the car and it stuck out EVEN MORE..

[Zerafian]

I also scheduled the drop for my wrap, on April 3rd. I did a photoshop of how it will potentially look. Much less "chrome" like though.



Heres what the color actually looks like


here are actual pics of the color. Its 3M Gloss Black Rose

[Zerafian]

Well, someone over torqued one of my Work lugs and 100% melded it to the stud. Im down to 19 lugs and I have no back up.

These Kics were so hard to find, I had to resort to Ebay. Its awesome that they are 2 piece. The part youll see will never be touched by an impact.

Im going to get them painted the stock black color

[Zerafian]

already getting bored of not doing something to the car. Aside from the 2x10" system I bought the car with and the white LED light swap, this is my first REAL modification to the interior.