Project: b1adeZmobile

b1adesofcha0s · 08-31-2011, 12:34 PM

This is the journal thread for Project b1adeZmobile.

Mods List:
35% Huper Optik Tint on sides/rear + 20% vinyl on brake light
Replica OEM Sport Spoiler
Berk Exhaust
Painted Tail Lights
Swift Spec-R Springs
Stillen G3 intakes
Evo-R Front Lip + Black out fangs
CNT Racing HFC
Plasti Dipped gunmetal emblems, and badges
Carbotech XP8 brake pads with Motul RBF600 brake fluid
Brake Calipers painted red
Z1 34 Row Oil Cooler Kit
Wheels painted gun metal
Headlight housing painted black with gun metal shrouds
Eibach Sway Bars
Ark Grip 2 V2 Exhaust
Uprev Tune by AAM

I have a 2009 Platinum Graphite 370Z 7AT Touring. I bought it on January 8th, 2011 from a dealership in PA. Bought it the weekend of a snowstorm because they dropped the price by $2k and drove all the way from/to MD in the snow for it.

Here are some of my first pics of it:

More pics here: Nissan 370Z Forum - b1adesofcha0s's Album: My 370Z

2/11/11
My first mod was tint for the windows and tail+brake lights, which I got done at Xlnt Tint in Owings, MD. Got 35% Huper Optik tint on the sides and rear and a 20% vinyl for the tail+brake lights. Total for everything was $285. This was a birthday present for me from a few of my cousins.

More pics here: Nissan 370Z Forum - b1adesofcha0s's Album: Bday Present from the BoyZ

2/24/11
This was my birthday present for myself. I bought a replica OEM spoiler from eBay for $140 and had it installed at Christian Auto Body in Columbia, MD for $80.

3/12/11
My biggest accomplishment with the Z thus far. Went to the drag strip for the first time in my life and did amazing on my first run. It was at Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, MD. I ran a 12.986 @ 107.46 mph and brian0128 was there watching/coaching me, thanks man! Still currently the 2nd fastest stock 370Z 1/4 mile time

Proof:

5/21/11
Waxed the Z for the first time. Took some nice pics.

7/5/11
Installed Berk Exhaust. Thanks to blu370 for giving me an awesome deal on his exaust. Also want to thank Steve (m4ghey1mustang) for helping me install it

Here's a video I made of the exaust:

8/17/11
Had a lot of issues with the vinyl on my tail lights bubbling so I got a refund for them. Went to Wilson's Auto Body in Baltimore, MD and got them painted for $100 w/Bertaut discount

. Thanks to Kirkster for helping me uninstall and then reinstall the tail lights.

Oh noes teh bubbles

This is much better!

09/17/11
Installed Swift Spec-R springs. Want to thank 370zforMe!!! for selling them to me and Kirk for installing them for me!

Pics of the drop after I got it aligned:

09/22/11
Installed Stillen Generation 3 Ultra Long Tube Dual Intakes and heat wrapped them as well. Thanks cotizi for selling them to me and thanks again to Kirk for helping me with the install

Before Pic:

Quick pics of the install at the gas station this morning:

09/30/11
Went out to Capitol Raceway tonight and it was ok. Didn't do as well as I had hoped, but still good. Here is a video Jon (ZCarMan) made of my first 2 runs that night. Thanks Jon!

b1adesofcha0s · 08-31-2011, 12:35 PM

2/21/12
Blacked out my fangs with plasti dip and installed the Evo-R 3 piece front lip. Had the sides color matched platinum graphite and left the middle part black.

3/3/12
Installed the CNT Racing HFCs today. Big thanks to Rob (MightyBobo) aka the DemonBoltmeister for spending all day with me installing these. Surprisingly, the demon bolt was the easiest part of the whole process

Here's the only pic I have from the install, courtesy of Rob

Don't have any videos yet, will try to make one when we get some nice weather on the weekends.

3/19/12
Plasti dipped my wheels and went with a gunmetal color. Started off with 4-5 coats of black plasti dip and then used 3 coats of the silver plasti dip metalizer. Also did my emblems and badges with the plasti dip I had left over after doing the wheels. Kind of rushed through these a bit, but they look ok.

You can't really see the metallic effect in the pics, but you can in person.

6/3/2012
Installed Carbotech XP8 brake pads and Motul RBF600 Brake fluid. Since I had to take my calipers off to do these, I decided I should paint them red. I used VHT Caliper paint which should withstand temperatures up to 900 degrees. I'll have to see how this paint holds up when I go on my hyperdrive at Summit Point Raceway in 2 weeks. I ended up using 2 cans of paint for the calipers and brackets with 2 light coats and one heavy coat of paint applied to each part. The total cost for all the painting stuff was like $30-40. It's a cost effective mod that looks great, but be prepared to spend all day working on it. Here's a before pic some after pics:

6/16/12
Had my first track experience today at Summit Point Raceway for Hyperfest. Here's the video of my session. More details of my experience in the thread below:

My First Track Experience

6/19/12
Installed a Z1 34 row oil cooler kit on my Z today with a lot of help from Rob. The oil cooler works really well, my temps stayed steady at 170 on my 20 min drive home. Definitely need to add a blocking plate soon so I can get my oil up to optimal operating temperatures.

9/15/12
After taking the plasti dip off my wheels (which was ruined after I had my tires changed) I decided to paint them myself in a similar color. Couldn't get that exact same shade of gray as the plasti dip, but it still looks good. I started by taking the wheels off, cleaning, and then sanding them. Then hit it with 2 coats of primer, 3 coats of paint, and 3 coats of clear. I used VHT Wheel Paint in Graphite color along with VHT Wheel Clear. The first day I did this, it was really hot and humid outside so the paint didn't go on smoothly. Had a lot of orange peel and bubbling in the paint as well as a very rough finish. I had to refinish them by wetsanding and adding 2 more coats of clear. This smoothed the paint out and gave it a nice wet gloss finish, which is what I always wanted with my wheels.

9/22/12
Decided to paint my headlights. Did the housing in black and the shrouds in a light gun metal. The color of the shrouds ended up lighter than the car's color (I wanted it to be darker), but it still looks good. Had an incident with one of the lights where the lens was melted in the oven. At this point I'm just gonna leave it as is, but I might buy a used headlight later down the road to swap out the lens.

12/6/12
I got Eibach front and rear sway bars installed today. Sorry no pics, was in a bit of a hurry. I'll try to get some next time I'm under my car. Set it to the soft setting in the front and middle setting in the rear. Steering feels a lot tighter and sharper, but I won't really get the full effect of the sway bars until it gets warmer and I get summer tires back on the Z. It was still a pretty noticeable difference in the handling/steering. At least as much of an effect as installing the swifts were, if not more. Highly recommend them

b1adesofcha0s · 08-31-2011, 12:35 PM

Feb 2013
Uprev tuned at AAM Competition. Put down 304 whp, 240 tq before the tune and 318 whp, 254 tq after the tune.

June 2015
Back to (mostly) stock and getting prepped for sale. Time to move on to bigger and better things

birdmanx1 · 08-31-2011, 12:40 PM

SUB'DDDDDDDDD. Pics of new tail lights MON!!

b1adesofcha0s · 08-31-2011, 12:45 PM

I'm getting there bro, be patient.

Gotta go to class now so I will have to work on this later.

Red__Zed · 08-31-2011, 01:00 PM

In on the gheyest thread in human history

b1adesofcha0s · 08-31-2011, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

In on the gheyest thread in human history

Sorry bro you already got that title. I know how it gets you all excited though. No one can ever rival your gheyness. Except maybe Isafag.

b1adesofcha0s · 08-31-2011, 04:05 PM

Ok so I think I've got everything updated now!

Red__Zed · 08-31-2011, 04:07 PM

Buy my stillen splitter

Red__Zed · 08-31-2011, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Sorry bro you already got that title. I know how it gets you all excited though. No one can ever rival your gheyness. Except maybe Isafag.

Hey, I'm not the one driving a car painted "blades of ghey"

Jus sayin

birdmanx1 · 08-31-2011, 04:12 PM

LOL. Nice pics, I just love what Frank did with your taillights.

b1adesofcha0s · 08-31-2011, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Buy my stillen splitter

Maybe next year

Gotta get a new bumper first. Spending too much money on crap and didn't get as much money back from school as I was expecting. Otherwise I would have. Maybe for my bday in February if you still have it then.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Hey, I'm not the one driving a car painted "blades of greatness"

Jus sayin

Fixed.

b1adesofcha0s · 08-31-2011, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by birdmanx1

LOL. Nice pics, I just love what Frank did with your taillights.

Me too, wait till you see them in person. I should stop by and show him them some time. I know your tempted Bert, go for it!!! You've already gone all out with the rest of the car. Might as well complete the look.

Red__Zed · 08-31-2011, 04:14 PM

Cover damage with splitter= winning

b1adesofcha0s · 08-31-2011, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Cover damage with splitter= winning

Maybe, but I prefer the clean look. I'll let you know if I change my mind. How much you want for it BTW?

08-31-2011, 12:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Project: b1adeZmobile This is the journal thread for Project b1adeZmobile. Mods List: 35% Huper Optik Tint on sides/rear + 20% vinyl on brake light Replica OEM Sport Spoiler Berk Exhaust Painted Tail Lights Swift Spec-R Springs Stillen G3 intakes Evo-R Front Lip + Black out fangs CNT Racing HFC Plasti Dipped gunmetal emblems, and badges Carbotech XP8 brake pads with Motul RBF600 brake fluid Brake Calipers painted red Z1 34 Row Oil Cooler Kit Wheels painted gun metal Headlight housing painted black with gun metal shrouds Eibach Sway Bars Ark Grip 2 V2 Exhaust Uprev Tune by AAM I have a 2009 Platinum Graphite 370Z 7AT Touring. I bought it on January 8th, 2011 from a dealership in PA. Bought it the weekend of a snowstorm because they dropped the price by $2k and drove all the way from/to MD in the snow for it. Here are some of my first pics of it: More pics here: Nissan 370Z Forum - b1adesofcha0s's Album: My 370Z 2/11/11 My first mod was tint for the windows and tail+brake lights, which I got done at Xlnt Tint in Owings, MD. Got 35% Huper Optik tint on the sides and rear and a 20% vinyl for the tail+brake lights. Total for everything was $285. This was a birthday present for me from a few of my cousins. More pics here: Nissan 370Z Forum - b1adesofcha0s's Album: Bday Present from the BoyZ 2/24/11 This was my birthday present for myself. I bought a replica OEM spoiler from eBay for $140 and had it installed at Christian Auto Body in Columbia, MD for $80. 3/12/11 My biggest accomplishment with the Z thus far. Went to the drag strip for the first time in my life and did amazing on my first run. It was at Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, MD. I ran a 12.986 @ 107.46 mph and brian0128 was there watching/coaching me, thanks man! Still currently the 2nd fastest stock 370Z 1/4 mile time Proof: 5/21/11 Waxed the Z for the first time. Took some nice pics. 7/5/11 Installed Berk Exhaust. Thanks to blu370 for giving me an awesome deal on his exaust. Also want to thank Steve (m4ghey1mustang) for helping me install it Here's a video I made of the exaust: 8/17/11 Had a lot of issues with the vinyl on my tail lights bubbling so I got a refund for them. Went to Wilson's Auto Body in Baltimore, MD and got them painted for $100 w/Bertaut discount . Thanks to Kirkster for helping me uninstall and then reinstall the tail lights. Oh noes teh bubbles This is much better! 09/17/11 Installed Swift Spec-R springs. Want to thank 370zforMe!!! for selling them to me and Kirk for installing them for me! Pics of the drop after I got it aligned: 09/22/11 Installed Stillen Generation 3 Ultra Long Tube Dual Intakes and heat wrapped them as well. Thanks cotizi for selling them to me and thanks again to Kirk for helping me with the install Before Pic: Quick pics of the install at the gas station this morning: 09/30/11 Went out to Capitol Raceway tonight and it was ok. Didn't do as well as I had hoped, but still good. Here is a video Jon (ZCarMan) made of my first 2 runs that night. Thanks Jon! __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust Last edited by b1adesofcha0s; 06-17-2015 at 04:33 PM.

08-31-2011, 12:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	2/21/12 Blacked out my fangs with plasti dip and installed the Evo-R 3 piece front lip. Had the sides color matched platinum graphite and left the middle part black. 3/3/12 Installed the CNT Racing HFCs today. Big thanks to Rob (MightyBobo) aka the DemonBoltmeister for spending all day with me installing these. Surprisingly, the demon bolt was the easiest part of the whole process Here's the only pic I have from the install, courtesy of Rob Don't have any videos yet, will try to make one when we get some nice weather on the weekends. 3/19/12 Plasti dipped my wheels and went with a gunmetal color. Started off with 4-5 coats of black plasti dip and then used 3 coats of the silver plasti dip metalizer. Also did my emblems and badges with the plasti dip I had left over after doing the wheels. Kind of rushed through these a bit, but they look ok. You can't really see the metallic effect in the pics, but you can in person. 6/3/2012 Installed Carbotech XP8 brake pads and Motul RBF600 Brake fluid. Since I had to take my calipers off to do these, I decided I should paint them red. I used VHT Caliper paint which should withstand temperatures up to 900 degrees. I'll have to see how this paint holds up when I go on my hyperdrive at Summit Point Raceway in 2 weeks. I ended up using 2 cans of paint for the calipers and brackets with 2 light coats and one heavy coat of paint applied to each part. The total cost for all the painting stuff was like $30-40. It's a cost effective mod that looks great, but be prepared to spend all day working on it. Here's a before pic some after pics: 6/16/12 Had my first track experience today at Summit Point Raceway for Hyperfest. Here's the video of my session. More details of my experience in the thread below: My First Track Experience 6/19/12 Installed a Z1 34 row oil cooler kit on my Z today with a lot of help from Rob. The oil cooler works really well, my temps stayed steady at 170 on my 20 min drive home. Definitely need to add a blocking plate soon so I can get my oil up to optimal operating temperatures. 9/15/12 After taking the plasti dip off my wheels (which was ruined after I had my tires changed) I decided to paint them myself in a similar color. Couldn't get that exact same shade of gray as the plasti dip, but it still looks good. I started by taking the wheels off, cleaning, and then sanding them. Then hit it with 2 coats of primer, 3 coats of paint, and 3 coats of clear. I used VHT Wheel Paint in Graphite color along with VHT Wheel Clear. The first day I did this, it was really hot and humid outside so the paint didn't go on smoothly. Had a lot of orange peel and bubbling in the paint as well as a very rough finish. I had to refinish them by wetsanding and adding 2 more coats of clear. This smoothed the paint out and gave it a nice wet gloss finish, which is what I always wanted with my wheels. 9/22/12 Decided to paint my headlights. Did the housing in black and the shrouds in a light gun metal. The color of the shrouds ended up lighter than the car's color (I wanted it to be darker), but it still looks good. Had an incident with one of the lights where the lens was melted in the oven. At this point I'm just gonna leave it as is, but I might buy a used headlight later down the road to swap out the lens. 12/6/12 I got Eibach front and rear sway bars installed today. Sorry no pics, was in a bit of a hurry. I'll try to get some next time I'm under my car. Set it to the soft setting in the front and middle setting in the rear. Steering feels a lot tighter and sharper, but I won't really get the full effect of the sway bars until it gets warmer and I get summer tires back on the Z. It was still a pretty noticeable difference in the handling/steering. At least as much of an effect as installing the swifts were, if not more. Highly recommend them __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust Last edited by b1adesofcha0s; 04-18-2014 at 08:45 PM.

08-31-2011, 12:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Feb 2013 Uprev tuned at AAM Competition. Put down 304 whp, 240 tq before the tune and 318 whp, 254 tq after the tune. June 2015 Back to (mostly) stock and getting prepped for sale. Time to move on to bigger and better things __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust Last edited by b1adesofcha0s; 06-17-2015 at 04:41 PM.

08-31-2011, 12:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
birdmanx1 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 95 Posts: 3,175 Drives: 370z Nismo Rep Power: 23	SUB'DDDDDDDDD. Pics of new tail lights MON!! __________________ 370Z NISMO #0462 \| ClearBra \| 3M tint \| Head/Taillights \| Dynamat \| Black Roof \| Tommy Kaira HB \| CF Parts \| Berk HFCs \| FI SS \| NST Pulleys \| Takeda aFe \| K&N \| H&R Spacers \| Swift Spec R \| SPC F&R \| Zuperman M370 Nismo Vid \| Nismo Journal \| Nismo Rumble Last edited by birdmanx1; 08-31-2011 at 12:42 PM.

08-31-2011, 12:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	I'm getting there bro, be patient. Gotta go to class now so I will have to work on this later. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

08-31-2011, 01:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
Red__Zed A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: window seat Posts: 28,940 Drives: Mostly on two wheels Rep Power: 119	In on the gheyest thread in human history

08-31-2011, 04:05 PM	#8 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Ok so I think I've got everything updated now! __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

08-31-2011, 04:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
Red__Zed A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: window seat Posts: 28,940 Drives: Mostly on two wheels Rep Power: 119	Buy my stillen splitter

08-31-2011, 04:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
birdmanx1 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 95 Posts: 3,175 Drives: 370z Nismo Rep Power: 23	LOL. Nice pics, I just love what Frank did with your taillights. __________________ 370Z NISMO #0462 \| ClearBra \| 3M tint \| Head/Taillights \| Dynamat \| Black Roof \| Tommy Kaira HB \| CF Parts \| Berk HFCs \| FI SS \| NST Pulleys \| Takeda aFe \| K&N \| H&R Spacers \| Swift Spec R \| SPC F&R \| Zuperman M370 Nismo Vid \| Nismo Journal \| Nismo Rumble

08-31-2011, 04:14 PM	#14 (permalink)
Red__Zed A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: window seat Posts: 28,940 Drives: Mostly on two wheels Rep Power: 119	Cover damage with splitter= winning

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