My Z Build
 

The paint job is almost done but couldn't wait any longer to post up some pics. Wheels and system are on order next week.

Fast & the Furious stripes

If you like it then cool!

It's nice that they continued the graphics into the door jams.

What front fenders are those? They look like the hot wheels version. Not a fan of the paint scheme but really like those fenders!


*Edit- Took a second look, looks like the entire body kit is Hot Wheels. Wow, fitment doesn't look to bad.

in for pics...

The whole kit is hot wheels. The fitment was insanely horrible until my buddy got ahold of it. 350hrs of body work and the kit fits.

nice kit! not a fan of flames on any car but if you like it :tup:

Yeah sort of looks like the beginning of a FF car, interested to see how it turns out though. SUBD :tup:

oh man.. sub'd

Sub'd.

+1

Wow, fitment was that bad? I remember when Hot Wheels first debut their kit on a Camaro.. :roflpuke2:

Which parts were the worst fitting? I was thinking about taking a chance and buying just the fenders,... but I think I may reconsider if you say it was that horrible.

He had to split the front and rear bumper in two places to resize them to fit the car. Every single piece had three mount holes or points that didn't line up with any of the OEM mounts. He ended up cutting the mounting portions of the sides kirts and fenders and molding them onto the kit. Then to top it all off the duraflex doesn't flex at all and it hairline cracked every time he took a piece on and off for fitment which he had to repair each time. 5 gallons of resin and yards of glass later the kit fit.

Here are the pics of the fender fit.

^^^ Holy smokes! That's crazy! Glad he was able to get it to fit for you.

That's a lot of work

Sounds like the Egg Mc Muffin of all builds...

:icon18: but yeah... In for pics of finished product.

He will have it buffed and polished by this weekend. I'll have him take some pics of the car with something other than his blackberry.

The sound system install starts this weekend as well.
Hertz Mille 3 way and the wicked magic box with JL sub with the JBL MS8 Loc.

I am still trying to decide what wheels to get. The more I look through the classifieds and the posted pics the harder it gets.

I definitely give props to my buddy Rob who is doin all the work. This was done part time. He has mad skills just lives in a bad market for car modification.

here is the car back on the ground. Still blackberry pics though. Stereo install in progress now.

I'll say it again, I love those fenders :tup:. If the fitment wasn't so horrible I would buy them for my Z. What is the cutout on the front bumper for? License plate?

I like that brownish/gunmetal color you have on the bottom portion of your Z. I think it would have looked better if you painted the entire car that color, not a fan of graphics and stuff. But I'm sure you're happy with it and thats all that matters!

everybody is so nice around here :rolleyes:

Keep the pictures and details of the build coming. Nice work. I had a buddy like yours where I used to live. He worked majic on my cars and treated them like they were his own. Rare finds those guys, but damn do they have passion for their work and the detail show.

+1 i'm biting my tongue. props for doing your own thing i guess.

It looks a bit different than what I was thinking. I am in Germany and the car is in Idaho so I let my Buddy run with it. His wife works and the paint supply store and he knows what I liked.

When I see it in person i'll make my final judgement. Paint is easy when there is no body work involved so if I need to change it I will probably do a full color swap to some sort of Blue.

yep its for the license plate. its a requirement for my state as well as in Germany.

Mods like the atmosphere to be this way!

I'll be blunt as your oldest or youngest brother. If this is 'it' as in the car's final stages then horrible! On par with the flamed out 350Z or blue blower 350Z on YouTube!

If this isn't the final stage then put my disgust on hold for the end results! A solid color, decent set of coils, and wheel/tire setup the compliments everything for a Z exponently times better than the Z here on these pages!

Good Luck with build man!

I would have personally done black to where that gun metal color is, it just doesn't flow with the white well. Might have even gone only black hood the white where it is and rest black IMO 4 colors is too much.

But give you full credit on how creative this job is and as long as you like it.

My honest opinion is that a perfectly good Z has been ruined. :eek:

Looks like quality work. I'll give it that..........

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Hmm, are you going with any rear add ons or rear bumper for the back? It looks like it sits a little high compared to the rest of the car

Holy hotwheels!

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final product
 

here is where the z stands at the moment. I will be shipping it to Germany and then continuing from there.

Well those higher quality pics + rims help, looks much better

Whats the car scene like in Germany, advanced, behind or the same?

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Sorry, didn't know someone was in here. Excuse me...

Looks much better. I'm not a big fan of bodykits and flames but to each his own. Any engine work?

That is a completely wild body kit and paint job!

That'll stick out at any car show.