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crash1369 02-17-2013 09:39 AM

They look great, but stock calipers? After spending all that money on rotors I would expect a matching upgrade to the calipers?

Rusty 02-17-2013 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by crash1369 (Post 2169754)
They look great, but stock calipers? After spending all that money on rotors I would expect a matching upgrade to the calipers?

6 pistons calipers are down the road when my driving skills increase. The stock 4 piston calipers are not bad. Pad and rotor choice play a big part of their performance. Also,others things need taken care of too. So I have to choose wisely.

cv129 02-17-2013 09:58 PM

Even C&D said that the issue wasn't with the hardware, but its due to lack of cooling. The much heavier FX50 uses the same hardware

crash1369 02-18-2013 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 2170697)
6 pistons calipers are down the road when my driving skills increase. The stock 4 piston calipers are not bad. Pad and rotor choice play a big part of their performance. Also,others things need taken care of too. So I have to choose wisely.

I had no doubt you looked a tall you options that why I was so curious about the calipers. I would have expected them to be temporary until I saw the powder coat and thought you may have just deiced to keep the nismo look, but you generally pick substance over style.

You know if you would have gotten this silly care a little sooner it wouldn't have taken much to convince me to keep mine :driving:

Rusty 02-18-2013 12:46 PM

I looked at everything out there. Brembo's, AP Racing, etc. For now, I decided to stick with the stock calipers. But calipers needed some color to them. They blended right in with my wheel centers. And Mikes prices are not bad at all for powder coating. :tiphat: So I bling them. LOL

crash1369 02-19-2013 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 2171626)
I looked at everything out there. Brembo's, AP Racing, etc. For now, I decided to stick with the stock calipers. But calipers needed some color to them. They blended right in with my wheel centers. And Mikes prices are not bad at all for powder coating. :tiphat: So I bling them. LOL

Fair enough, they certainly do look good. :tup:

Rusty 04-03-2013 09:56 PM

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Replaced the Lower Front Bumper Fascia. From when I clipped a curb with it on my last trackday last year. Got the new one from the link below. About a hunderd bucks cheaper then the dealer. There is a piece broken off of the bumper tho. Going to try a fix it with a plastic welder. You can see it in the last picture. I was under the Nismo today, and the new fascia is already scrapped up. :shakes head:

2009 Nissan 370Z Front Bumper - Diagram 3 620301

Rusty 04-03-2013 10:02 PM

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Also when I replaced the lower fascia. I notice that the 3 plastic rivets that hold the diffuser to the frame are gone. This is the 3 in front of the oil pan. I have a ZSpeed diffuser too. So I got some Well Nuts that would fit the holes. Put them in and screwed them tight. No more having to worry about them disappearing. :tup: And it's tight.

scruffydog 04-03-2013 10:55 PM

Good job yea that lower diffuser isn't cheap.

Rusty 04-04-2013 12:38 PM

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I installed ARP wheel studs. I did a How To thread. Here's the link. :tup:

http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...eel-studs.html

Rusty 04-11-2013 10:49 PM

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Got a GoPro Hero3 Black. And bought all the toys for it too. :shakes head: Been playing around with a mount for the harness bar. It's from RAM Mounts. It's for an atv roll bar. It secures with a hose clamp. Using an external mic. I have it taped to the rear bumper. Between the exhaust. It picks up the exhaust, road noise and some of the wind. The problem I have now. Is that my computer has to be up dated to be able to down load the videos. :mad: :shakes head:

sig11 04-12-2013 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 2262977)
Got a GoPro Hero3 Black. And bought all the toys for it too. :shakes head: Been playing around with a mount for the harness bar. It's from RAM Mounts. It's for an atv roll bar. It secures with a hose clamp. Using an external mic. I have it taped to the rear bumper. Between the exhaust. It picks up the exhaust, road noise and some of the wind. The problem I have now. Is that my computer has to be up dated to be able to down load the videos. :mad: :shakes head:

Weird. I haven't had to do anything to the computer to get the videos off. You could get a $10 SD card reader and avoid that.

Make sure you update the firmware on the camera! They're buggy pieces of junk without the updates. I helped a friend get his working last weekend at Mid-Ohio. Took great video once we got it upgraded!

sig11 04-12-2013 07:45 AM

Oh! How is that external mic? Do you still need a big dead kitten to get clean sound?

tibal 04-12-2013 08:04 AM

That's pretty sweet! Your not messing around with a setup like that. :)

Interested in the videos once you get that computer updated!

scruffydog 04-12-2013 10:43 AM

Good job! It's always entertaining follow up on you. Thanks for all these fun posts.


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