cheer up
 

i made a small PG album of my woman. i better get some REP for this

http://www.the370z.com/members/bigviet23-albums.html

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...you are a gamer ! Thanks for sharing ! :tup:

no problem, anything to help, tasteful comments are always appreciated as well
:tup:

So.. back on subject lol I took my car to the shop and they got it all stripped down. I've taken it to this guy a few times and we've kinda become good friends, and today he actually offered me a job. I took it :) Now i'll be getting paid to work on my own car :p I'm going to get a seibon Ts carbon hood. Wrap the roof in carbon. Paint my wheels and door handles a dark gunmetal color, and some other small stuff along with lots of body work and respraying her. Also just put on some 255/285 Hankook v12s.

Kills me seeing this :(
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Congrats on getting the job. The car was sexy & now it will become even sexier.

:yum: :tup:

congrats on getting the job... your car will be perfect because your personally working on it :tup:

Congrats on the job ! It was awesome before this mother nature thing happened ... it will be better than ever now. Whenever I get a weather alert for hail in the area I cringe.

Wow FlushNismo, that's scary to see! Hopefully everything will be 100% again.

that looks horrible, every time i hear hail i cringe and start thinking about what garages are available to park at. I know you'll love the opportunity to fix her up, congrats on the job too

Now that's what I call a blessing in disguise. Congrats on the job man! Can't wait to see your Z when its done!

Okay I'm gonna try to post some pictures of the whole process my car is going through. For those of you that don't know, it got about 8k in hail damage and had to be repainted. I work at the body shop so I got a ton of extras thrown in at no extra cost.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z...40/photo_4.JPG
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I ordered a seibon hood & spoiler and also a carbon roof. We sanded down all the carbon fiber and put 3 coats of clear over it. I also removed all the 3m tape off of the roof and then panel bonded it to the car...it was a lot more flush this way and now it's permanent. We will cut and buff everything tomorrow so it'll look like glass :)
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The wheels, door handles, emblem, and fang section are painted this cool gunmetal color.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d...25282%2529.JPG
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Car should be done next week...it'll look completely different.

Oh snap... Got some competition going on with cf roofs :). Can't wait to see te pic bro. Smart idea. We wrapped the whole roof "removed windshield and hatch and pillars" are you doing the same or are you able to do it wholes it's all still on since u got a cf roof cap??? It's gonna look sick, now I gotta get my car back together ;)

Ouch just saw the pics bro. Sorry to hear that about the car. I loved your car. Now it's time to one up the car :). I Did that after my accident, just had to make it better, all at once lol. "note: very expensive all at once"

The car is completely torn down so all the windows and panels were already off.
:p

Nice progress man. It'll be worth the wait

Thanks.. It'll definitely be different than anyone else now. I'm sure there will be many haters. lol :icon17:

i think the GM will look good, even on the fang section. Did you do the rear valence too?

very nice! I think it'll look great...

I envy your new paint :icon17:

looking good bro!!! is that a cf roof?

scratch that i actually read it and its a carbon roof.... lol... what brand is it bro?

Looking sexy bro... Cant wait for it to be finished.

It's from option racing.. They are the only people I talked to that had it in stock. Fitment is flawless. :)

Annnnnnnd.. Here she is ;)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-r...0/IMG_5960.jpg
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Happy to see her back in action, great job!!

Dang! love the fangs and the wheels, the gun metal color looks really good with the monterey blue! always been a fan of your build, but it looks even better now! :tup:

good work!

Thanks guys :) I think i'm gonna post this somewhere else too

Your car looks really good. Well put.

-Shine

Somehow managed to rip off my undertray.. Anybody know of a replacement that isn't too expensive?

Z Speed aluminum undertray :tup:

Z Speed Performance Aluminum Undershroud

Might be trading my car for an 06 viper coupe. What do you guys think?

I wouldn't do it. :bowrofl: I want to know details!!!

It would be a nice upgrade...but I would miss your Z dearly. Why not just go boost?

Well a viper has always been a dream car..and I'm honestly getting a little bored of the z. :eek:

I totally forgot you! lol what the heck are you lowered on? That look sick.

I bought Eibach springs the first week I owned the car. I decided I wanted adjustability, so before they arrived I bought Vipair suspension. When I installed it, I found out I had 3 blown shocks. I ended up procrastinating for 3 weeks and found a set of lightly used OEM shocks. Before they arrived, I finally manned up and bought KW V2s and installed them last weekend.

Let me know if you have any questions on anything.

I know how you feel man.. I, too, am getting a tad bored of it as well after owning her for a few years. I'm ready for boost or a different car lol. More towards boost, though...

Been in the same boat brother...

Its a straight trade deal, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I'm guessing you have minimal commuting where you live, so gas mileage shouldn't be too bad. Not sure if I'd want to daily the Viper though. I would consider getting a car port or garage too; you're luck with the Z outside hasn't been exactly great

What front lip is that? I like