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Mike 05-27-2010 05:25 PM

Travis,
I think I will be keeping it.

The bulge didn't look so obvious when I picked it up. The bodyshop did point it out to me though. Soon enough, the bumper will be full of chips from the track, and it doesn't bother me enough to warrant them replacing it, only for me to have to get it reblended, painted and installed. I may do car shows like Zdayz or The Run down in tampa, but thats really just to participate, not to win. I don't even really clean my car before a show.

As for the nismo rims, thats all shes getting other than the track wheels. This car rarely sees the street. I was supposed to also use it as an airport car, but they recently put some speed humps in the parking lot and now the exhaust scrapes leaving work, so I don't think I will be driving it there much either.

Mike 05-27-2010 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by travisjb (Post 550659)
Hey mike, if you get sick of the flaws on the front fascia, I'll take it off your hands

Car's looking great!... I was thinking about what it needs aesthetically at this point and all I can come up with is maybe sideskirts?... I think they'd flow nicely from the lip on the fascia and would help balance out the slammed to the ground look... what do you think? btw, any clearance issues?

Yeah, I have been thinking side skirts too.

The clearance issues mostly are with the tiny rubber flaps in front of the front tires. They scrape on everything, as they are only 1" off the ground. They are wearing down nicely though.

The other issue is the one noted above with my work parking lot and the exhaust scraping. I can't believe the bumper doesn't and the exhaust does, but the angle from the up ramp to the level part to the down ramp parts of the speed hump is just a little too much.

kevr6 05-27-2010 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike (Post 552999)
Yeah, I have been thinking side skirts too.

The clearance issues mostly are with the tiny rubber flaps in front of the front tires. They scrape on everything, as they are only 1" off the ground. They are wearing down nicely though.

The other issue is the one noted above with my work parking lot and the exhaust scraping. I can't believe the bumper doesn't and the exhaust does, but the angle from the up ramp to the level part to the down ramp parts of the speed hump is just a little too much.

Your front wheel splash spoilers are easily removed. Just stay away from deep standing water or just slow down. They aren't needed.

Mike 05-27-2010 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevr6 (Post 553190)
Your front wheel splash spoilers are easily removed. Just stay away from deep standing water or just slow down. They aren't needed.

yes, but they do provide a little aero help, and soon enough, they will grind themselves down to the perfect clearance level. As long as I know what is rubbing on bumps, potholes, waves in the road, etc, i don't really care.

Mike 05-28-2010 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Reaper42 (Post 551163)
I think you should get some new rims, the S-tune parts are the ugliest things you could put on the Z. If you got some real nismo rims and powder coated them it would look SICK

These are actually my favorite rims for it, my track wheels. Custom widened 18" 350Z Rays wheels. I think they really go with the car, even better than they did on the 350.
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7987/49136604.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/6019/bremboon.jpg

HKYStormFront 05-29-2010 09:40 AM

less halloween........ more cowbell :)

w0ady 05-30-2010 02:03 PM

ahahaha airport car! i remember that excuse. 1 month later it was like 3 sets of wheels and 2 sets of brakes. whoops?

car definitely looks 100x meaner with the wing and stillen front and i love the way justin did the graphics for sure.

Mike 05-30-2010 04:53 PM

I need to lift it up and see whats scraping, but I think I can live with a little scrapeage for the joy of driving it to work. It really was supposed to be an airport car though!!!!

w0ady 06-01-2010 12:21 PM

too bad i didnt think about getting a ride at zdayz. 1 day ill definitely make a track day with you though.

Red__Zed 08-24-2010 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike (Post 553952)
These are actually my favorite rims for it, my track wheels. Custom widened 18" 350Z Rays wheels. I think they really go with the car, even better than they did on the 350.
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7987/49136604.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/6019/bremboon.jpg

How much did it cost to get them widened?

Mike 08-25-2010 07:17 PM

225 each

NewYorkJon34 02-22-2011 09:51 PM

My calipers came out amazing, thanks again bro :tup:

Mike 02-23-2011 12:19 PM

you are welcome!

Mike 05-22-2011 02:42 PM

Just a small update. Finished the exterior.

Also have my other wheels in orange too now.

http://www.the370z.com/members/mike-...1-finished.jpg

daisuke149 05-22-2011 02:52 PM

Looks good Mike!


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