You're a goddamn maniac!:rofl2:

Go to Home Depot and pick up some mesh. I used some on past cars that was intended for screened doors. Just paint it flat black and zip tie it on. :)

lol! Dude I can't just decide I hate something then take a machine to it and saw it off. That type of attitude is expensive haha. On a side note it'll look clean with a nice mesh (black mesh).

On another side note: whats up with the:
"I survived Zdayz 2013

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do you write that or is it part of your sig?

actually I had an idea, I've seen small office trash cans that were made of this really nice brushed nickel looking metal mesh stuff. I'm trying to find a picture of it right now to show you what I mean...

Boom.

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dude that would own. I've never thought of using that before! Nice idea, pics when completed :tup:

Hahaha yeah I totally understand. That's a bad habit of mine, I get in a mood and I have to go do it. Sometimes I can be really productive when it happens, like when I suddenly decide that the house is entirely too dirty and I go on a cleaning spree, or when I look at my garage and decide I'm gonna rearrange the whole thing. 12 hours later I've thrown most of the stuff away and built shelves and put up slatboard on the walls lol. But then sometimes I'm like "this will be easy, I got this", and halfway through I realize I'm in over my head. I'm the type of person that has to take something apart to see how it's built, and then try to put it back together again.

I've seen a couple DIY's on cutting the slats, and I've been wanting to do it for a while, I've just never gotten around to it. Now I have, and I just need to figure out what to do about those little holes on the side of the mouth, that's gonna bother me if I don't fix it.

The Zdayz thing is my sig. I went to this last one they had two months ago and it was the best time of my life. Some of it is a blur, but I totally enjoyed myself and I'm already planning on next year. If you have the opportunity, you should make it next year. You won't regret it!

Thanks man! I'm gonna figure out if I can find something like this localy (I seem to remember Target having something like this, and I'm sure Office Depot will too) then I'll chop it up and mount it. Pics to follow soon!

I wanted to go but being a Cali guy it was way too far. Maybe if I buy my GT-R and can rent a trailer to tow it (id hate to stick all those miles on)


My target has em! I just saw it a few days ago. Im just curious of the metal will lay flat or will it be convexed...

I should be able to get it to lay flat. I can either take it apart and lay something flat on top of it for a few days to reshape it, or I could just mount it to the grill the way it is, I'll have to look at the back of the mouth to see what mounting options I have.

Anyways, I'm off to bed for now. I'll update tomorrow or sometime soon.

:iagree: You were bitching about getting wheels for the longest time! :p

Grrrr I'm only have way there!! Do you realize how much longer I'd have to wait to save up another $1500-$2000?! I'll kill myself!


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Grab a set on the forum. Thats what I did. I couldn't afford retail on Volks. My wife would kill me to spend that kind of cash on a set of wheels.

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:eek: This dude is the Texas Z car killer and he wants to hack apart my Z...:wtf2: Dude! Your sooo bored go for a drive or something before you hate your coupe and want a roadster! :icon18:

I would but I'm very picky, I have a certain size, width, And offset I want. And if I bought used it would just bug me that they were used lol.


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stay patient and continue to save...don't settle.

:iagree: i'll have a few more dollars towards your fund in a couple weeks... just please keep that scary saw away :icon17:

Haha don't worry I won't cut anything of yours :)


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Went to the powder coater today and he quoted me $80 to do my strut bar and tow hook in pearl white. He's gonna order a color card so that we're sure it'll match and then if it does he'll order the powder. I may ask him to do my stillen intakes as well, not sure yet.

I went to autogeeks.net and ordered a Meguiare's DA buffer with some pads and polish, so I'll be shining up the Z and the wife's Audi soon
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I'm also trying to find a good pair of carbon fiber hood struts, I hate the bar that comes with the car and hood struts are way more convenient. I've pm'ed B2Auto to see what kind of deal they'll give me on theirs, they're the only ones I can find that have made them in carbon fiber. Anybody else know of one?


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So here's a quick update. The powder coater still hasn't gotten back to me about the color card. It's starting to piss me off cause I've called him a few times and he's said first that it hasn't come in yet, then he THINKS it's come in but he has to check and make sure, he'll call me back. He never does. I'm gonna start looking around at some other places. I went to another PC place in cocoa beach and they wanted like $160 for the two parts and they said it would take around a month. I laughed and left.

I found some carbon fiber hood shocks at B2autodesign for about $115 shipped. I'm pretty happy with them, they look nice and solid, it's real carbon fiber, and they're convenient to have. No more prop bar! Pics will follow shortly...

I also got the Anvil shift knob from Moddiction, and I love it. It's heavy as balls (1.2lbs - 1.3lbs) and it's simple and sexy. Plus it sits a lot lower than the stock knob so it operates somewhat like a short shifter kit, and the weight makes the shifts feel smoother. $65 shipped from Moddiction with $5 off from Facebook. I thought about getting one of the titanium finish ones, but I didn't want to spend $100 on a knob. Although, now that I think about it, I sold my stock on for $40 so I could have done it. Oh well, I'm more than happy with what I have!

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Lastly, I have been slacking on finishing my front bumper. It's been about a month since I started it, so last night I decided to start working on it. I went out and finished all the cutting and made it a lot cleaner looking. Then I cut up the trashcan that I had bought for the mesh and laid it out and made it nice and flat. So now all that's left is a little bit of sanding and repainting and then mounting the mesh, and we'll be done. I'm gonna have to buy another trash can because it looks like one is just wide enough for the main grill opening, but I don't know if it will be enough to cover the little side holes that are on either side of the grill opening. Anyway, here's a couple pics. I still have to take the plastidip off and sand it all down and repaint it, so it still looks rough right now. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/10/nu9e4age.jpg

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Also, I'm trying to figure out how I want to mount it. I'm am thinking maybe black flat-headed screws going into the top of the grill mouth with nuts and washers on the other side, and for the bottom part of the grill screwing it into the mounting point for the plastic things that cover the holes on either side of the grill mouth. Anyone have any other suggestions? Im planning on having a carbon fiber fang cover on there so you shouldn't be able to see it, whatever I choose to do.


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lol its happening. I didn't think you'd go through with it lol. Nice, looking forward to the after pics

Yes sir, once that first cut is made there's no going back after that. Hopefully it should be done by Monday or Tuesday (if I can get off my lazy ***).


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Well I finished my grill insert project last night. It came out pretty good I think, I could have spend *a little* more time on the cutting to get it absolutely perfect, but it's at about 95% perfect and I'm happy with it. Unless you get down there and really inspect the work, you'll never notice anything wrong. Also, one thing that's bothering me is that some of the screws I used to mount the mesh are showing when you're far away from the car. You can just barely see them and I don't like it. But I decided that I'm gonna get a CF fang cover, at least for now until I get an entirely different bumper or maybe the Top Secret rep from Carbon Signal that covers it all up anyway. So since I'll be covering it all up I don't have to worry about sanding the parts where I cut or repainting it which is nice. I took a few pics with my phone and a few with my camera, I'll post the better pics later on today when I get home from work.

Anyway, let me know what you think!


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I like it. I've been thinking about doing something similar behind the stock grill to keep the rocks and bugs from hitting and denting the radiator. Where did you get the mesh?

Edit: Strike my question. :shakes head:

Here you go, CLICK HERE

Here's how I mounted it to the inside of the bumper...

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I had to make stress relief cuts because at first it didn't want to bend straight, it kept bubbling out...

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The whole thing...

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Finished product (for the most part. I'm gonna take off the plastidip and get a CF fang cover to go over it)

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Gotta get your fangs repainted brotha. Then I think it'd look cherry.

Actually I'm gonna get a fang cover to go over it, so I'm gonna take the plastidip off and then install the fang cover.


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In for results! :tup:

Haha it'll be a little bit. I just got a zdpeed under shroud, I'm getting a tattoo on the 26th, and full on custom headlights are in the works. It'll be a few months before I can spend more money on a cf fang cover lol


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So for a quick little update, I got my Zspeed undershroud installed, that thing is awesome. It looks nice underneath and is so much better quality than the plastic stock one. Plus, since I've cut out my grill slats you can see the Zspeed logo through the bumper haha.

A friend of mine with a black Nismo just got a package deal of parts from a friend of his, mostly suspension stuff like camber arms and Swift springs and whatnot, so he calls me the other day and asked if I wanted an oil cooler. I'm like hell yeah! Nissan's performance driving event in Miami is coming up soon and I don't want to overheat. I've been talking about an oil cooler since Zdayz earlier this year, my temps were at 250ish. So anyway, I go over there and it's a DIY unit, the guy he got it from had sourced the parts and put it together. It's in great shape so I got that from him plus some 20mm spacers with extended lugs, all for less than $200. Woohoo!

Next I got all the parts I need to do my headlights, I'm doing flat black everything, turning the turn signal into another projector, LED turn signals, quad white halos, and demon eyes in all 4 lenses. I'm doing two different colors for the demon eyes that I'll have on switches, so I can choose either red or UV. I can't wait to do them!

Last car mod was my clear GTR map light covers that I got last night from Z1. They look so much better and transmit more light than the frosted stock ones. For $30 it's not a bad deal at all.
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Next up isn't a car mod, but a body mod. I got my first tattoo and decided to put it on my chest. The artist was like "if you start crying or wanna tap out it's ok, most people do. The chest is really, REALLY painful." Well that made me nervous, but I was like screw it, I'm here. Let's do it. Turns out she says I have a really high pain tolerance because I barely even felt it. 2.5 hours later we're all done. It says "Ex Malo Bonum" which is latin for "from evil comes good". It serves as a reminder to me that no matter how bad you've been in the past there is always the possibility to be better. You're never a lost cause, and you always have the ability to be a better person.
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That's all for now, I'm trying to save up for something big! We'll see what it is!

I think I'm gonna try to install the oil cooler tomorrow, I have to stop being lazy and just do it. I have to have it installed for next week's autocross shindig at the Nissan performance event in Miami. I can't wait for that! I'll be sure to take lots of pics :)


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Good deal man! Sounds like you've got some good bargains lately. :tup:

Can you linky the GTR map light lens for me?

No can see linked pics tho. :(

Edit: is this the one?
http://www.z1motorsports.com/g37_370...oducts_id=6920

That's them buddy. I'll check out the pics later on and see what's up :)


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Hey guys! About two weeks ago I went to the Nismo Performance Acadamy and it was freakin awesome! Here's the personalized video I got from them just earlier today.

lucky bastard. also video doesnt appear embedded properly

fixed. I tried to embed the Vimeo one they sent me, but it didn't work so I had to upload to youtube real quick. Should be good now.

Yep, its good. Also, I hate you.

You'll be ok. hahaha

This is a temporary post to show someone the spacers I'm selling. The phone won't let me put pics in a private message.

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Zdayz 2014!!