Great pics as always :tup:

still waiting lol

BAYAM!!!!

I worked kinda hard on it so if you don't like it just keep it to yourself:roflpuke2:

The GTR Button was pretty simple but, I like most people removed the wrong screws at first.... it's kind of deceiving. It actually took longer for me to remove the shift knob than install the button.

The side skirts were way easier than people made it out to be. I talked to a lot of people (excluding most of our Z locals telling me to do it myself) and they said take it to a shop for sure for "fitment Issues" and what not, but after being quoted everything from $250-$750 just for a damn 2 hour install I said forget that and decided to tackle it myself. So I inlisted the help of my girlfriends dad and some of his tools/garage space seeming as I only have a busy parking garage to work in lol.......

OK to the point!
the skirts were as easy as 1,2,3. I'd say 20 minutes a skirt if I had to do it again. Start off by turning your front wheels all the way to left if working on the left skirt, and to the right when taking off the right, to give you working space in the front fender well so you don't have to jack the whole car up and remove all wheels. Next jack up the rear end ( I used the jack supplied in the trunk) and remove the rear tire on the side your working on. After that you can start unscrewing the 4 screws (phillips) in the front fender well attached to the front end of the skirt and the 2 in the rear fender well holding the back end of the skirt.

Make sure to save everything from removal as the replacement side skirts will use your existing screws and bolts... at least most kits do not supply them. I think out of the 4 screws in the front 2 may just be holding the splash guards in place but I have to look at the photos I took to be sure, and if you don't have splash guards then thats just one less thing to worry about. After you get all the phillips head screws (black in color) out, you get underneath the skirt and remove 6 ( 8 at most, I forget) 10mm bolts (silver in color) all along the bottom of the side skirt at which time everything will be removed externally and the skirt should feel loose when tugged but there are still plastic "snap clips" holding the skirt in place.

This is were I got a little nervous but everything ended up a lot easier than expected. Open your door for work space. You should have a little wiggle room at the back side of the skirt and you'll need to pull it away from the car a little to locate the first clip.

You will need to use a pry tool or something equivalent and wrap it with duct tape (or any tape) as to not scratch the skirt or the body and, from the back of the car forward start prying as close to the clips as possible and they just pop right out. after the first few you will have the hang of it but as you get towards the front you have less room to work because the door gets in your way but you should have it removed in about 2 minutes or less and you can leverage the skirt in one hand while prying with the other so there won't be any added stress on the skirt. After doing the first one with some help I had the second one off by myself easily.

However when it came time to install my new side skirts the jack ended up being in the way so we had to use a second jack in a different spot, then remove the first one to install the skirt. So watch your placement on the jack or you may end up having to put your wheel back on, lower the car, reposition the jack, lift car, remove wheel, then install the skirt.... but we had a second jack so I was able to avoid the hassle, plus the one that's provided in our cars is a little sketchy!

Chapter 2:inoutroflpuke:

haha just kidding hope all that helped!

Subscribed....very nice photos and the car is coming along fast in the mod dept.

Thanks for subscribing. Glad you like the photos, and as for the mods, I'm trying to keep em rolling

ghey....




just kidding buddy. youre doing a great job, but I will catch up lol

Thanks, I'm trying to take it out more often for pics, I really want to get some shots in downtown sometime soon I'm just lazy.

I wish I had a good camera to take pics, but I don't want to spend any money on it. All my pics aren't bad though for just using my cell phone camera :p

The best camera is the one that's with you. I end up taking a lot more photos of the Z on my phone than my camera. And your shots are good anyway

Yeah, thanks! Only thing is it sucks for videos. I have to borrow someone else's if I want to make a video, like I did for my exhaust.

I don't doubt it. Your always surprising us with new mods out of the blue. You probly got 5k in parts on the way :happydance:


Don't you worry, I've got my secrets too :stirthepot:

lol i wish i had $5k in mods coming...unfortunately, i spent $6k getting the car, so my wallet is still recovering lmao.

but i do have a couple of secret mods coming soon (hopefully)

This car has my wallet on perma recovery mode

Kit came out great man. Have you tried the lip yet?

Thanks, I'm putting it on tomorrow morning. We didn't have any fitment issues really, there is a really slight gap on the rear right side spat for a couple inches but everything else is spot on. We didn't have to use any 3m tape or adhesives just used screws. As for the front I'm not sure yet.
If there ends up being a couple gaps I may just fill them in with some weather stripping.

Yeah my iPhone doesn't record good sound either. I bought the Kodak Zi8 not that long ago and it's pretty good. The video is good, sound not so much.... But I plug in an external mic and the sound quality is really good.

I just installed 2 blue LED boards in place of the single bulb in my dome lights. It came out really good. Blue on Blue!

Installed photos

looking good, im going with bright white myself

Yeah that's definitely more popular for the subtle, clean look. You'll like em. These are really bright compared to the stock bulbs

Well Since I downloaded this tapatalk app I might as well upload some iPhone photos before I get busy at work

Loving all the cf and can't wait for the wheels to go on

looks good

Thanks. I'm about to head over and get my TPMS swapped and the new wheels and tires balanced. should have them on shortly

thank you

son of a :ugh2:

Rim teaser
 

Well I got the rims and tires on and they look awesome. Taking her out for photos tomorrow with the new shoes. Just about every bit of exterior silver color is no more with the exception of the headlights which I may or may not paint myself (undecided).

I'm very happy with the fact that Iv'e done all the work on the car up until now, exceeding my own expectations on how good the work is on everything, (my own opinion of course) but when it comes to balancing wheels and tires and installing TPMS... just count me out and let the pros knock it out in an hour lol.

And so until tomorrows shoot..........................
http://images.us.viewbook.com/991012...a9e0_large.jpg

my 3000GT is in the background unintentionally again lol, and the Camaro is just to the right which we (me and the chick) will be getting some rims for pretty soon seeming as we're running rim fever haha. We're thinking a nice deep concave 5 spoke in gloss black to match the stripes on it. I may just add a photo of it in here if we do get some soon.

Picture Update!
 

Man am I too fast for you guys?!?!:roflpuke2:

No comments on the teaser but I guess thats just how it goes when the stuff is installed next day! I hope you guys like these as much as I do, they're great so far and I got a great deal on them from LC_370z..... thanks Chris. Here are some photos I took today


#1
This photo was taken at the first place I stopped for photos today about 10-15 minutes from home, wandering around looking for a good location and BAM!....... Huge water puddle, perfect!

The front wheels should have been left in a straight position instead of turned to the left but I wasn't exactly planning on getting a shot from the side. Also I was using the polarizer more to emphasize the reflection in the water than to reduce the reflections on the car so there is that one mad reflection in the window but I think it still looks good regardless.
http://images.us.viewbook.com/23d529...35e9_large.jpg


#2
Here is my first take on an interior shot since installing the blue LED's in the dome light housings. they actually look really good in person. In this photo you can't really see the GTR button good. My nismo shift knob is also installed in this photo. At night I like to roll the windows down with the fob as I'm walking to the car when people are around so they see the blue lights as I get in.......:shakes head: (can you say "tool box!!!") yes yes, I know.
http://images.us.viewbook.com/5e9910...2c78_large.jpg


#3
I've been wanting to get a good overhead shot like this for a while now and this is an awesome spot for one, but I should have waited till closer to sunset because there wouldn't be that reflection on the front. Once again the wheels should have been straight but I was getting other angles from ground level that I wanted them turned for. Too lazy to walk back down and fix them, but I'll remember for next time.

This is not an HDR just heavily edited in Aperture 3. I forgot to move my iPhone off the seat and my caribiner from the cup holder, O well. Enjoy
http://images.us.viewbook.com/4d26f9...5507_large.jpg


#4
Same spot as the last photo, but shot from ground level. I really like the concave of the rear wheels. In this photo I added vignetting (darkening of the edges of the photo) to all but the bottom left corner. I could have taken the time to black out the front window in Aperture instead of it looking like a brick wall but was too lazy. I'm finally (lol, owned the Z for 5 months) getting her together, but there is still soooo much I have planned. Pretty sure me and my girlfriend agreed today not to do any more modding (excluding the rims we're about to get for the Camaro) the cars until christmas.... BOOOOOOOOO! but we'll see.
http://images.us.viewbook.com/155213...483e_large.jpg

Post some comments and let me know what you guys think!

Time to open up those headlights and black them out!
Car is looking good!

Looks awesome. And those are your best pics so far :tup:

Yeah. I've seen all black, black housings with paint matched shrouds, and paint matched housings with black shrouds on monterey blues and I'm still deciding what I like best.

Thanks

Thanks. I noticed in your sig it says AAM. Do you have their short tails? I've been looking at those for a while as a cheaper exhaust mod until I were to get catbacks. If any one on here likes and would recommend these please let me know.

u know i recommend them lol

Great looking car. All of your exterior changes are very cohesive and have taken the car in an aggressive direction without going overboard.

Great pix too.

I do have the shortys. They are great looking and pretty aggressive sounding. I get compliments all the time on the sound. I'd say they are about 50% louder over stock compared to 100% with full gthaus with hfc.

http://www.the370z.com/members/flush...am-shortys.jpg

see dallaz, they look exactly like mine. get them!!!!!