Christian370Z's Progression Thread

[Dallaz]

I just looked through most of your pages. great build and the car looks awesome with the subtle drop and carbon pieces. I definitely want those HFC's now. I don't think iv'e seen another Z on here (haven't looked hard) with the Cats installed before other exhaust work had been done, also i'm very much into photography..... Great photos!

[ZForce]

Originally Posted by christian370z

I had to do some digging but the LED parking lights are on the first page of the thread, here is the link to the exact bulbs I used:

2 V-LEDS 6K WHITE 194 13 LED LIGHT BULBS 158 168 2825


Mulholland is definitely way too heavily policed and there is too much traffic to really enjoy anymore. I still find the smaller canyon roads like Stunt, Piuma, Latigo, and the second half of Mulholland after Kanan to be great driving roads with little chance of police presence and much less traffic.

Apparently Ojai also has a lot of police presence, especially because the Ojai sheriff lives on HWY 33 and orders a lot of police patrols. I have never heard of DeAnza Hwy though, I will have to check that out a bit!

Thanks for taking the time to hunt down the part # on the VLED's. I should have probably first checked your post #1. Thanks again!! Will also be ordering the license plate lamps.


Good to know on the offshoot canyon roads that are not heavy patrolled. It's a sham about Ojai as that was my all time favorite road for SoCal. I may have been mistaken on the name "DeAnza" and will look it up and let you know. It's been awhile.

[christian370z]

Originally Posted by Dallaz

I just looked through most of your pages. great build and the car looks awesome with the subtle drop and carbon pieces. I definitely want those HFC's now. I don't think iv'e seen another Z on here (haven't looked hard) with the Cats installed before other exhaust work had been done, also i'm very much into photography..... Great photos!

Thanks Dallaz, I tried to keep it clean and simple which I feel best suites the look of the Z. I was checking out your photography by the way, I love it. I have been working hard to improve my quality and feel like I have made good progress but up until now, I have only been using the basic kit lens so I am buying a Nikkor 50mm prime to see if I can start advancing my skills a bit more.

Do you have any tips on how I could improve?

Originally Posted by ZForce

Thanks for taking the time to hunt down the part # on the VLED's. I should have probably first checked your post #1. Thanks again!! Will also be ordering the license plate lamps.


Good to know on the offshoot canyon roads that are not heavy patrolled. It's a sham about Ojai as that was my all time favorite road for SoCal. I may have been mistaken on the name "DeAnza" and will look it up and let you know. It's been awhile.

Don't worry about it, sometimes things get lost in the dozens of pages of some of these review threads so I understand! I have been trying to put together an Ojai Cruise but weather and police presence have caused three cancellations so we have pretty much given up for now.

It looks incredible on Google Earth though, especially the uphill section of Maricopa Hwy!

[Dallaz]

[QUOTE=christian370z;1330751]Thanks Dallaz, I tried to keep it clean and simple which I feel best suites the look of the Z. I was checking out your photography by the way, I love it. I have been working hard to improve my quality and feel like I have made good progress but up until now, I have only been using the basic kit lens so I am buying a Nikkor 50mm prime to see if I can start advancing my skills a bit more.

Do you have any tips on how I could improve?



Just keep shooting. There is nothing wrong with the kit lens but if you want to get real creative You should look into a wide angle lens. Also you mentioned getting a 50mm prime lens which is good because any prime lens forces you to move around and find the best perspective instead of just going with the first angle you think might work and just zooming in or out to frame the photo. Your photos will definitely improve after shooting with it for a while.

But because you have a DX crop sensor a 50mm will actually be equivalent to 75mm on full frame, so you will find yourself scooting back quite often to get everything in the photo. I have the perfect lens for you! The Sigma 30mm f1.4..... On your sensor it will be approx 45mm lens so a little wider and more like a 50mm lens on full frame. I have this lens for my D90 and it is awesome.

You can really blur the background using it at f1.4 and it also is a very sharp lens. If there is anything else I would recommend it would be a circular polarizer filter. Basically (idk if you already know about these) it's just a filter that goes on the front of the lens and protects your lens and you can rotate it to reduce reflections on lots of surfaces (say the reflection on your car) and it enhances colors and cloud texture in the sky as you rotate it.

[ZForce]

Hey I know this is a bit OT from your current posts....but. I am looking to pull the trigger on Greddy DRL's and remember your VLED's. Could you point me to the page in your thread for some brush up reading?

[christian370z]

PS: My CarbonSignal CF interior parts were delivered to my school mailbox today, unfortunately I didn't get out of class early enough to pick them up but I will be installing tomorrow and taking plenty of pictures.

[hdskull]

^They look freaking amazing in those pictures! Looks like they were worth it! I have to check it out in person sometimes!

[Dallaz]

Those look awesome would the entire gauge cluster cover that the Z store sells be overkill? I think it would go good. You have got to get the steering wheel done, I cant wait to do that myself.

[ZForce]

Christian, those look awesome, I have to get them. As always your mods are in good taste and subtle.

Where did you pick these up and how much, if you don't mind me asking?

I agree the steering wheel would look good. btw...no need to apologize for the photo overload, it's your thread and do want you want. Plus a number of us including yourself are into photography.

[christian370z]

Originally Posted by hdskull

^They look freaking amazing in those pictures! Looks like they were worth it! I have to check it out in person sometimes!

Thanks! I will definitely let you know next time I am in SD, we should meet up.

Originally Posted by Dallaz

Those look awesome would the entire gauge cluster cover that the Z store sells be overkill? I think it would go good. You have got to get the steering wheel done, I cant wait to do that myself.

I was debating getting that part too but I think it would be too much, it is just too big of a piece of carbon fiber for the interior and would look out of place in my opinion. If I continue making a good bit of money on my daytrading portfolio, I might be able to afford a CF steering wheel haha.

Originally Posted by ZForce

Christian, those look awesome, I have to get them. As always your mods are in good taste and subtle.

Where did you pick these up and how much, if you don't mind me asking?

I agree the steering wheel would look good. btw...no need to apologize for the photo overload, it's your thread and do want you want. Plus a number of us including yourself are into photography.

Thanks for the kind words, clean and subtle is my goal! CarbonSignal made them, I believe the grand total was a little over $400 including international shipping, a bit pricey but they do great work so it was definitely worthwhile in the end.

[ZForce]

Definitely worth the $400 + shipping. I will have to take up newspaper delivery and mow a few extra lawns to keep up with my addiction...haha

[christian370z]

Ha, you gotta do what you've gotta do! I used to do landscaping back in high school before I started and registered my own detailing business, detailing was my main source of income and thankfully I was very successful. Hard work pays off!

[ZForce]

And it's now paying for your higher education.

btw: thx for website on lights, just ordered some LED strips...and yeh they are much cheaper than Greddy.

[christian370z]

Originally Posted by ZForce

And it's now paying for your higher education.

btw: thx for website on lights, just ordered some LED strips...and yeh they are much cheaper than Greddy.

Good choice, I liked my Greddy DRLs but I realize now they were not the best and they were also double the price of other LED strips.


I'm going to do a photoshoot later today but for now, just washed the Z so that it is ready for the weekend!

[christian370z]

No real explanation, just wanted to take some pictures since it was a gorgeous day!